04/06/2024, Ryuko Laura Burges, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Ryuko Laura Burges opens the City Center temple’s celebration of Buddha’s Birthday by recounting the story of the Buddha’s birth for the children in attendance, before further unpacking this story for the congregation. Buddha’s early life of privilege, renunciation, spiritual seeking and eventual awakening have powerful parallels in our modern world.