"Spring Yellow" watercolor on paper, 11x14 inches, May 3, 2007

Daffodils and Rebirth

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Daffodils are the wonderful yellow flower that for me and many people symbolize the coming of spring. I gave this Dharma talk on April 16, 2015 at the Village Zendo in New York City. In this talk I read poems by William Wordsworth and John Keats, and I tried to connect the Zen of moment-to-moment rebirth with the freedom from self-identity that can be experienced in meditation. Here is the talk in it’s entirety 18 minutes long:

Daffodils and Rebirth

 

Artwork: “Spring Yellow” watercolor on paper, 11×14 inches, May 3, 2007

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