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FPP2025: Introduction to the Text: Actualizing the Fundamental Point (Part 3)

FPP2025: Introduction to the Text: Actualizing the Fundamental Point (Part 3)

Update: 2025-10-26
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In this Fall Practice Period session, Senseis Kathie, Monshin, and Shinzan, with reflections from Hoshi Senko, open the study of Dogen’s Bendowa and Genjokoan. They invite participants to encounter Dogen not as a distant master to be analyzed but as a living companion in practice. “The zazen of even one person at one moment,” reads Sensei Monshin, “imperceptibly accords with all things and resonates through all time,” illustrating Dogen’s vision of practice and enlightenment as one. Sensei Shinzan reminds listeners, “It is right here… it’s happening,” while Sensei Kathie speaks of the “dynamic center” of the Middle Way and the spaciousness of beginner’s mind. With warmth and humor, the teachers guide students to slow down, trust the body, and let Dogen’s teachings come alive in everyday experience.

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FPP2025: Introduction to the Text: Actualizing the Fundamental Point (Part 3)

FPP2025: Introduction to the Text: Actualizing the Fundamental Point (Part 3)

Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot