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Eko Hensho – Turning the Light Around: Winter Solstice Talk

Eko Hensho – Turning the Light Around: Winter Solstice Talk

Update: 2025-12-29
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In this Winter Solstice gathering, Roshi Joan Halifax offers a grounded teaching on awareness amid darkness. Speaking during the longest night of the year, she introduces the Zen phrase ekō henshō—“turning the light around”—as the practice of directing awareness toward awareness itself. Through a story from a vinaya gathering in Thailand and a single word—“phenomena”—Roshi explores how we meet…


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Eko Hensho – Turning the Light Around: Winter Solstice Talk

Eko Hensho – Turning the Light Around: Winter Solstice Talk

Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot