Jul 22, 2026 · 36 min · 10 segments
Zen was forged in the fire of change. In 10th Century China, the old teacher Fengxue asked, “When Buddhism was destroyed during the Huichang persecution (9th Century), where did all the dharma…
Kynan SutherlandHost
Well, perhaps you can readily imagine the sky, the great, big, wide, blue, open sky.
Australia is very good at great, big, wide, open skies, particularly winter, actually.
When the clouds move across and part a little bit, you can see that astonishing blue.
It's almost a hard blue, but it's empty and it allows every single cloud, bird, wisp just to blow right through.
The moonlight of wisdom brings across the sense of the dark, the dark of the night.
This moonlight that just is allowed to settle on each and everything, not picking and choosing.
Again, not picking and choosing, not playing favourites, just letting the world bathe in awareness, you might say.
We actually gather together in this sacred hall to make it easier, to actually make it possible.
We need these guides to help us find the ancient path, to actually provide a kind of sure footing for our practice.
Well, perhaps you can readily imagine the sky, the great, big, wide, blue, open sky.
Australia is very good at great, big, wide, open skies, particularly winter, actually.
When the clouds move across and part a little bit, you can see that astonishing blue.
It's almost a hard blue, but it's empty and it allows every single cloud, bird, wisp just to blow right through.
The moonlight of wisdom brings across the sense of the dark, the dark of the night.
This moonlight that just is allowed to settle on each and everything, not picking and choosing.
Again, not picking and choosing, not playing favourites, just letting the world bathe in awareness, you might say.
We actually gather together in this sacred hall to make it easier, to actually make it possible.
We need these guides to help us find the ancient path, to actually provide a kind of sure footing for our practice.
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