“This is poor man’s Buddhism - we don’’t have the resources to carry around bundles of scrolls with us, we don’t have the time to memorize sutras. Zen is about self sufficiency, autonomy, freedom. It’s a simpler way….” - Erik Andersen
In an lightly amusing and deeply enlightening talk, Erik takes us on a very deep dive into a very short story as he gives us a close reading of Prajnatara’s classic three sentence tale of a very poor practice. Along the way we discuss the Zen shortcut to to truly mindful breathing, how to properly speed read the scriptures (hey look, there they go again!), self care, Zen mysticism, Lion's dens, Elephants, and fox tracks (oh my!)