About this episode

Bear Gokan Bonebakker discusses the authentic form of Buddha and the practice of Zazen as a means of self-contemplation.

Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Osho - ZMM - 6/14/26 - What is already present is the authentic form of Buddha, not different than your own body and mind. We may think there is something broken that needs to be fixed about ourselves, or that we’re lacking in some way. Zazen is the authentic form of Buddha, and returning to yourself again and again is the contemplation of our own true self. Gokan Osho takes up this teaching and encourages us to see ourselves “without distractions and without duality, going beyond conceptualizing,” to contemplate Buddha.

People in this episode

Guest: Bear Gokan Bonebakker

Topics covered

• Buddhism
• Zazen
• Self-contemplation
• Authenticity
• Mindfulness

Keywords

• Buddha
• Zazen
• self
• contemplation
• mindfulness
• authenticity
• distraction

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Organizations: Zen Mountain Monastery

Books & works: Buddha

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