Everyday Buddhism 116 - Revisiting Koans: Releasing the Grip on "Reality"

Everyday Buddhism 116 - Revisiting Koans: Releasing the Grip on "Reality"

From Everyday Buddhism: Making Everyday Better by Wendy Shinyo Haylett

June 12, 2025 · 1h 9m · Episode 116

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Wendy revisits the practice of koans and shares personal experiences related to her health and meditation journey.

As some of you have noticed and commented on, I haven't been as active in releasing podcast episodes. A few listeners were worried about me and, for your concern, I am grateful. I plan to get back to more timely podcast releases, with quite a few on my schedule, but in the meantime, I will re-run some podcast episodes so my podcast listeners will know I haven't disappeared … and to that end I will be releasing 2 early episodes: Episode 11 and Episode 12 on koans. I decided to re-release these two episodes on koans as a double episode for Episode 116, because I've been practicing with koans for a few weeks now, through the guidance of Henry Shukman and his meditation app, "The Way." As an additional note, Henry will be joining me on the podcast in July. I am quite excited to have him as a guest. Something I wanted to share with you about my recent practice with koans. To frame it, it's as if my life after falling on the ice in December and spending a couple of days in the hospital, shook the puzzle pieces I frame my reality in and left all the pieces in a heap at the bottom of the puzzle box. I started my second book, Living Life As It Is , and it seemed as if a frame on life was…

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Host: Wendy Shinyo Haylett

Guest: Henry Shukman

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