Kaz Tanahashi & Enkyo O'Hara & Steven Heine & Joan Halifax: Dogen and Nonduality 2021 (Part 1 of 4)

Series Description: Zen Master Dogen’s writings are prolific and profound. In this intensive, we followed his practice of meditation and explored the essential meaning of his teaching in relation to the direct experience of nonduality. The power of studying Dogen’s ideas involving the oneness of practice and realization, the unity of being-time, and the universality of Buddha nature can be understood in relation to an integrated experience of continuous practice in relation to everyday life. In exploring Being-time (Uji), Recommending Zazen to All People (Fukanzazengi), On the Endeavor of the Way (Bendo-wa), and Spring and Autumn (Shunju), we considered how Dogen’s approach to nonduality goes beyond the typical view that seeks to unify or combine opposites. Instead, Dogen emphasizes that nondual realization encompasses full awareness of the multiplicity of possibilities so that delusion and realization, or entanglement and awakening are intertwined at every stage of cultivation. Instructors: Roshi Enkyo O’Hara, PhD; Sensei Kaz Tanahashi; Steven Heine, PhD; Joan Halifax, PhD. Join this marvelous group of teachers in this unique program for a plunge into Dogen’s vision of nonduality. Episode Description: In this first session Sensei Kaz Tanahashi shares reflections on Dogen’s life work and the concept of non-duality. He introduces us to Dogen’s Shobogenzo, or Treasure of the True Dharma Eye, while emphasizing that all translations are imperfect. Kaz invites us into realizing non duality “with the entire being, not just with our heads, to experience with our feelings and our body, and to act accordingly, that is the real challenge.” Sensei Kaz’s talk is followed by a discussion amongst all four instructors. To access the resources page for this program, please sign up by clicking here. To access the entire series, please click on the link below: Upaya Podcast Series: Dogen and Nonduality 2021