“Sometimes anger is like a sunset, even though it looks like anger, actually it is a beautiful red sunset. If a buddha is not upset when he should be upset, that is also a violation of the precepts.” - Sunryu Suzuki
Emma Roy takes us on a journey through one of our favorite pieces of Zen writing, The Harmony of Difference and Equality. We get a poetic reading of the piece, helpful context of the why, when, and where it comes from, and commentary from the great Sunryu Suzuki himself. The sangha runs with the conversation in a wide ranging discussion about how to measure time from the moving platform of life, whether learning is possible, how and when anger is necessary and good, some helpful dog training advice, and how this all relates to dating.