Zen and the meaning of Easter. Apr 19, 1987

Talks by Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee por I & A Publishing

Notas del episodio

Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, gives a talk themed on Easter. (While Lola was primarily a Zen teacher, she was also an ordained Christian minister).

Lola reads from the Gospels exploring the meaning of Jesus asking, “Why have you forsaken me?”

Symbols of Easter include a baby chick, pecking its way out of an egg to become that which he was destined to be. That is also a good metaphor for the human situation.

Lola discusses various religious traditions, including that of the Mayans of Central America and Jewish Mysticism.

Nothing is taken away from the outer. And nothing is added to the inner. It is a union of the two.

Nirvana is Samsara — and Samsara is Nirvana.

The history of Constantine, the Roman emperor who became a Christian—and changed the world.

No one becomes truly religious on the order of anot ... 

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