Norman gives his eleventh talk of a series on the Sandokai, “The Harmony of Difference and Sameness” (or “Merging of Difference and Equality”) to the Dharma Seminar. The Sandokai is a poem written by eighth Chinese Zen ancestor Sekito Kisen (700-790) and is a fundamental text of the Soto school of Zen. Norman will be referencing commentaries by Shohaku Okumura (Living by Vow) and Suzuki Roshi (Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness).