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I Want an Awakening Experience. How Do I Get It? | Henry Shukman

Apr 09, 20251 hr 10 minEp. 931
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Episode description

They say enlightenment is always an accident. Here's how to make yourself more accident-prone.

Henry Shukman is a poet, author and Zen master in the Sanbo Zen lineage. He is founder of the Original Love meditation program, spiritual director emeritus at Mountain Cloud Zen Center and co-founder of the single-path meditation app The Way. His most recent books are Original Love: The Four Inns on the Path of Awakening and the Zen memoir One Blade of Grass.

In this episode we talk about:

  • Henry's awakening moment
  • The meaning of the term "inn"
  • We walk through the four inns
  • We talk about loving your obstacles
  • Whether finding a meditation teacher matters
  • What koans are, and how they can enhance your practice

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