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Jan 26Liked by Taishin Michael Augustin

I listened at work this afternoon with my little earbuds. When you read the letter that you sent yourself, especially when it was signed Taisen, I had to set my tools down. I could feel that teary eyed joy welling inside!! That was really powerful and really shows the bigger picture of whats playing out here. Incredible!! Thank you for being vulnerable enough to share this!! 🙏

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I'm surprised that I didn't cry myself during the whole talk. I remember practicing it a few times before that Sunday, and I would cry at a few different points. Some of the tears were from painful memories, others were from small victories.

Thank you for taking the time to listen. I'm grateful. 🙏

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Jan 26Liked by Taishin Michael Augustin

Please keep posting your writings and podcasts. By the way; are there more podcasts published somewhere?

I’ve read enough Buddhist teachings and books through the years to at least have a substrate for your teachings. Listening and reading your stuff kind of brings it all together.

Man, I’m glad I joined substack and stumbled into your offerings. I have faith that ‘It ain’t no coincidence!!!’🙏

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Yep, on O-An Zendo's website: https://www.oanzendo.org/our-dharma-talks.html

You can hear talks from my Guiding Teacher and from other sangha members too. There will be a fresh set of talks come April when our format changes with the spring season.

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Jan 26Liked by Taishin Michael Augustin

Oops...’Taishin’...sorry about that.

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Totally fine. 🙂

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Jan 27Liked by Taishin Michael Augustin

What a beautiful, powerful story and teaching, Taishin Michael. Thank you for sharing.

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Thank you for listening. 🙏

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