About this episode

The episode explores whether the practice of zazen is aimed at achieving enlightenment experiences like kensho.

Do we do zazen in order to have a kensho or "enlightenment experience"?

People in this episode

Host: hardcorezen

Topics covered

• enlightenment
• zazen
• kensho
• Zen practice
• spiritual experience

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Zen, kensho

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