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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Last weekend I visited my old friend Nonin at the Heartland Temple in Omaha and led sesshin. I had a delightful time with the whole crew. Now Adam over at Sweeping Zen has put up the talks \u2013 \u201cBuddha Raises a Flower\u201d and \u201cSolitary and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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