Dharma Discourse by Konrad Ryushin Marchaj, Sensei

Ryushin Sensei discusses how our everyday experience is constantly being filtered through our personal bubbles of illusion. Inside, we believe we are the center of the world- and so we suffer.  How can we break free? If we stop trying to maintain our grasp on reality, the truth will reveal itself.

The koan in this talk is Qingyuan and the Price of Rice, Case 5 from the Book of Serenity. This discourse was given at Zen Mountain Monastery.