I'm a Thing! : How Craving Dreams Us Into Lumps- Hogen, Roshi

Zen Community of Oregon Dharma Talks · Sep 3, 2026 · 20m · transcript

The Tanha Sutta's core teaching, Hogen explains, is that craving turns the fluid, ever-changing experience of being alive into a fixed identity — "I am this," "I am that" — which then must be defended and reinforced. This talk explores this as an attempt to become a solid "thing" and how that goes against reality itself, making us smaller and more fearful rather than secure.

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