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	Podcast:		Upaya Zen Center
	Episode:		Kigaku Noah Rossetter: What’s Your Genjo Koan?
	Category:		Religion & Spirituality
	Duration:		00:33:34
	Publish Date:		2020-07-27 06:00:57
	Description:		The Genjōkōan is the entire world as it is, but “What’s Your Genjo Koan?” In this opening talk of Upaya’s Genjokoan SESSHIN, Kigaku Noah Rossetter asks, What’s your fundamental question? How do you actualize it? What is your motivation for living and for practicing? Kigaku also explains why he uses two words for Genjo Koan in the title of his talk instead of one. This talk serves as the Wednesday dharma talk and as Part 1 of the series SESSHIN: Genjokoan – Actualizing the Fundamental Point. Series Description: Sesshin literally means ‘gathering the heart/mind’. A sesshin is an intensive multi-day Zen meditation retreat with a consistent schedule that creates a deep, quiet container for practice. During this sesshin, we deepened our Bodhisattva vows while considering the teachings found in Dogen’s famous fascicle, Genjōkōan, “Actualizing the Fundamental Point.” Dogen tells us: “To study the way of enlightenment is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things. When actualized by myriad things, your body and mind as well as the bodies and minds of others drop away. No trace of enlightenment remains, and this no-trace continues endlessly.” Kigaku Noah Rossetter Assistant to Abbot and Integrator. Kigaku Noah Rossetter first came to Upaya for the 2010 Winter Practice Period, and later in the summer, he attended a Wilderness Fast at the... More
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