That’s Just Disgusting – Koshin Cain – 6 February 2022

A monk asked Yunmen,”What is Buddha?” Yunmen answered, “Dried shit.”

According to a recent New York Times Magazine article, the impulse of disgust and strong aversion affects our lives in profound and not always helpful ways.

Buddhism and Zen has been working with purity and disgust for a long time, and may be able to help in surprising ways.