{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Zen Community of Oregon Dharma Talks","title":"I'm a Thing! : How Craving Dreams Us Into Lumps- Hogen, Roshi","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/6459c43e\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1240,"description":"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.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ysc5puGALN--Uz1moTcFvli3kIcKng7GyNAEqZ2qVkk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzY4MjUvMTU3ODQ1/NTE0Ny1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}