HOW PRACTICE ZAZEN LEADS US TO INNER HAPPINESS: BARBARA KOSEN || Isra Garcia Podcast - 226

"Knowing yourself is not tying yourself, it is abandoning yourself" - #BarbaraKosen. Isra García #interview with Bárbara Kosen #Zen Teacher, Founder of Mokusan Dojo and the #TaisenDeshimaru Zen Association. A discussion where Barbara covers essential aspects of zen, #zazen and life. A conversation focused on how to live a fully present and conscious moment after moment. A lesson on how to learn to live a whole life embracing all contradiction and darkness, where the grand notions of Zen such as #Shikantaza (just sit), #Mushotoku (do it without profit, without objective), the consciousness of #Hishiryo (think without thinking), Jijiyu Zanmai (using the "I" in happiness), #Dogen's Genjo Koan and how to bring all of that into our daily lives.
"#meditation to become aware, what you see, what you are, can happen at any time"
The categories there are answers from the zen teacher Bábara Kosen also collects and covers topics such as going beyond the restrictions of time, dealing with stress, overcoming anxiety, the vital steps to practice zazen meditation, practising #detachment, haste, return to childhood as adults and their relationship with Master Taisen Deshimaru and the great teachings that Barbara takes from him.
"Immobility is a transformation, the immobility of the body and little by little the mind, which is totally integrated with your sitting body" - Bárbara Kosen.
Barbara Kosen zen teacher interview zazen, shikantaza, mushotoku and the happiness of the self - Isra Garcia podcast
"Concentration on actions leads you to peace of mind"
Main topics covered in the interview:
1. Highlights in Barbara's life.
2. The shining pearl of Zazen.
3. The Genko Koan.
4. Routines and daily activities of a Zen teacher.
5. The most needed skill today.
6. Explaining Mushotoku, no profit, object, or aim, just "this."
7. About Shikantaza - just sit.
8. Barbara's most fantastic learning experience in the last 20 years.
9. The most striking thing for Barbara.
10. Accompany the teacher Taisen Deshimaru until his death and the great lessons learned.
11. The antidote for the scarcity of values.
12. Barbara's proposal to find peace of mind.
13. The fears of a Zen teacher.
14. Using the "I" in happiness - Jijiyu Zanmai.
15. The primary function of the mind.
16. Understanding Hishiryo's consciousness.
17. Cooperate with stress and eliminate anxiety.
18. How Barbara sees this fight between feminism and masculinity.
19. Essential steps to practice zazen.
20. The most common mistakes about meditation and zazen.
21. On abandoning body and mind - Shin Jin Datsu Raku.
22. Key teachings of Dogen.
23. On acceptance and surrender.
24. Practice detachment, according to Barbara Kosen.
25. To live a good life...
26. How not to be crushed by time.
27. Correct the problem of wanting to be someone you are not.
28. Return to the original state of mind.
29. Embrace contradictions and be one.
30. Quick blank questions.
31. End.
"We do not take care of our body. It is the unknown. We do not understand it"
Podcast Notes:
- Zenkan - Zen Taisen Deshimaru association: zenkan.com/
- Taisen Deshimaru: es.wikipedia.o...
- #KodoSawaki: zenkan.com/lin...
- Shorin-ji Zen Temple: zenkan.com/sho...
- Jijiyu Zanmai: zenkan.com/ens...
- #Shôbôgenzô - book: www.amazon.com...
"The zazen I practice now is the same as the first, but I am totally different. My body has practised for years, and my mind has plugged in and fitted into this body" - Barbara Kosen
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