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Talk · Dokushō Villalba · 2015What Zen Is
30 min
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What Zen Is

A half-hour introduction to Zen from his own channel, pitched at someone meeting the tradition for the first time.

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Dokushô Villalba was ordained as a Soto Zen monk by Taisen Deshimaru and received Dharma transmission from Shuyu Narita. He founded the Spanish Soto Zen Buddhist Community and the Luz Serena Zen temple near Valencia, and has translated Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō into Spanish.

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