About this episode

Domyo Burk shares his guidelines for deepening Zen practice and outlines a practice agreement for formal students.

For many years now, people have been asking me how to deepen their Zen practice. They wonder, "What's next?" Some lay people are perfectly content guiding their own practice, but others long for more structure – some kind of program to which they can apply themselves. I have long desired to meet such requests, but I wasn't clear how. After teaching Zen for over 15 years, I have developed a clearer sense of what to require of my students if they are asking me to personally guide their practice. I share my practice agreement for formal students here.

People in this episode

Host: Domyo Burk

Topics covered

• Zen practice
• spiritual growth
• meditation
• guidance
• practice agreement

Keywords

• Zen
• practice
• meditation
• spirituality
• guidance

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