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	Podcast:		Upaya Zen Center
	Episode:		Joshin Byrnes & Matthew Kozan Palevsky: Practice Period Orientation
	Category:		Religion & Spirituality
	Duration:		00:27:32
	Publish Date:		2019-01-12 11:40:44
	Description:		Episode Description: In this talk, Sensei Joshin Byrnes and Matthew Kozan Palevsky introduce practice period by explaining some of the history behind it, and what it might mean for practitioners now. They also emphasize the theme of this practice period, the Four Great Bodhisattva vows. Practice period is just about community and living together, “together action.” Quoting, Zen Master Dogen, Joshin says, “When we go into practice period, we are making buddhas and bodhisattvas.” Sensei Joshin Byrnes Sensei Joshin Byrnes is a dharma teacher at Upaya Zen Center and directs Upaya's Chaplaincy Training program. He is a student of Upaya's founder, abbot, and guiding teacher, Roshi Joan Halifax,... More Matthew Kozan Palevsky President Matthew Kozan Palevsky first traveled to Upaya in 2006 for a weeklong silent retreat, or sesshin. He returned eight years later to join the resident body and was ordained as a novice priest by... More
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