San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks podcast

Disentangling Karma

1/29/2026

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

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01/28/2026, Hokyo Lorenzo Garbo, Shuso Way-Seeking Mind talk at City Center. Hokyo Lorenzo Garbo unpacks the shuso’s way-seking mind by framing practice as an everyday exercise of holding internal conflict without fixing it, allowing harmony to arise naturally, and walking one’s vows through ordinary activities.

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