Description: This talk is preceded by a guided meditation to introduce the topic of discussion. The talk begins at 27:30. This talk is #8 in a series on the Oxherder Pictures, a Chan/Zen Buddhist series with roots in Taoism, that describes aspects of our spiritual journey. This is a standalone talk and you do not need to have heard the rest of the series to understand this one.

An exploration of the benefits of committing to practice through the metaphor of diving into the ocean on a daily basis in the movie, My Octopus Teacher.

In this talk I share poems carved into the walls of the Angel Island Detention Center, the Ellis Island of the West. These poems speak to the historical suffering and experience of Chinese immigrants in the early 20th Century. I introduce the RAIN practice as a tool to address suffering in the moment.