“The Middle Way means to demolish all concepts set up in our minds…allowing life to be life.” – Kōshō Uchiyama

 

During our recent Summer Sesshin, Chodo Sensei offered an instructive and expansive dharma talk weaving together several strands of guiding wisdom. His talk explores the three pure precepts of not-knowing, bearing witness, and loving myself and others while offering clear connections to the Five Remembrances. He reminds us that the forms of Zen practice, like observing noble silence while on sesshin, may allow us to experience glimpses of freedom from our discursive mind. 

 

 

ZENTALK NOTES

Chodo Robert Campbell Sensei is a co-founder of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care and is part of the core faculty for the Buddhist Track in the Master in Pastoral Care and Counseling at Zen Center’s education partner, New York Theological Seminary.

 

 

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