Dharma Talk with Kanho Chris Burkhart : Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches?

Kanho Chris Burkhart opens her dharma talk at Samish Island Sesshin 2025 with a Mary Oliver poem: "Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches?" She then discusses taking the backwards step and letting go of projections, non-identification with thoughts and the self, and the peace and stillness of sesshin. 

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