About this episode

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi explores the healing energy of zazen and its implications for practice.

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 3/28/26 - The subtle healing energy of zazen is likened to an acupuncture needle by Hongzhi, and Shugen Roshi explores how this teaching functions in our own practice life. Within zazen, are we truly engaging what is right in front of us? The simple and direct nature of zazen brings us back again and again, and so we return and settle into the ease of being within our own minds. Hongzhi invites us to “know without touching…and rest there.” Things become closer, softer, bright and clear.

People in this episode

Host: Geoffrey Shugen Arnold

Topics covered

• zazen
• healing energy
• mindfulness
• Buddhism
• practice
• self-awareness

Keywords

• zazen
• healing
• Buddhism
• mindfulness
• Hongzhi
• practice
• self-awareness

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Organizations: Zen Mountain Monastery

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