Nowhere Else to Look
In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Chris Senko Perez explores the wisdom of the Diamond Sutra with humility and insight. Drawing from various commentaries, he investigates how this ancient text points to the fundamental truth of “exactly this here right now.” Perez shares his own struggle with feeling inadequate to address such a profound text, revealing how this very struggle exemplifies the Diamond Sutra’s teaching about moving beyond self-concepts. Through everyday examples like making pita bread in the kitchen, he illustrates how our insertion of “self” into experience creates separation and suffering. Perez emphasizes that liberation comes when we drop our fixed ideas and experience life directly, allowing for “the fullness of presence, the fullness of manifestation.” His exploration reveals how wisdom naturally emerges when we meet each moment without fabrication.