Learning From Difference

07/01/2020, Ryushin Paul Haller, dharma talk at Tassajara. Senior Dharma Teacher Ryushin Paul Haller discusses implicit bias, sharing his personal history growing up poor and Catholic in Northern Ireland. He speaks on the strength of his intimate and oppressed community, with their identity forged in oppressive colonialism. After converting to Buddhism, Paul discovered another strong sangha based on vow and commitment to non-identity. Letting go of powerful, fixed views opens Zen practitioners up to the richness of everyone's unique experience- cultivating tolerance for difference.