“It is very popular to see a life of practice as a transaction as opposed to just doing because that is what needs to be done.”

Totally engaged, to be no where else except here, this is the practice. In this talk Koshin Sensei reflects on what it is to practice a life lived in accordance with what we can directly experience in every moment. Can we be clear? Can we stay and not ride our thoughts careening out and away? Can we be with what is in front of us? Our heartaches? Our anger? Leaning on teachings from Dogen, Koshin invites us to stop escaping. The path of freedom within ourselves and the way of interconnection with one another is right here. Can you see it?

Koshin Paley Ellison Sensei, MFA, LMSW, DMIN, is an author, Zen teacher, Jungian psychotherapist, and Certified Chaplaincy Educator. Koshin co-founded the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care.

Heart Sutra by Kanho Yakushiji –  Buddhist priest and musician of the Rinzai sect and Imaji temple in Imabari, Japan. In 2003, he formed “KISSAQUO”, a songwriting duo based in Kyoto.

• Untangled (Koshin’s new book) here: https://bit.ly/untangled-book
  
• Wholehearted: Slow Down, Help Out, Wake Up here: https://amzn.to/2JTKF1t
  
• Awake At The Bedside here: https://amzn.to/3aijXdL
  

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