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FPP2025 Sesshin Day 5: Effort Without Desire

FPP2025 Sesshin Day 5: Effort Without Desire

Update: 2025-11-02
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In this Day five talk during the Fall Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Monshin weaves together stories of generosity, effort, and hummingbirds to explore “effort without desire”—the natural, uncalculated movement of life giving to life. Beginning with the question of “deserving” in the meal chant, she challenges the logic of worthiness and turns us instead toward reciprocity and appreciation.


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FPP2025 Sesshin Day 5: Effort Without Desire

FPP2025 Sesshin Day 5: Effort Without Desire

Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot