Joan Halifax: SESSHIN: Case 5, Kyogen’s Man in a Tree (Part 1)

Series Description: The Gateless Gate January, Winter Practice Period is capped off with this 6 day sesshin. Everyday a case from the Mumonkan is selected and presented by one of the Practice Period teachers. Episode Description: As the first day of the Gateless Gate Sesshin for Upaya’s 2021 Winter Practice Period, Roshi Joan Halifax comprehensively enframes the heart, body, and mind, to take full advantage of the gift of sesshin. How alive are you willing to be? Can you commit to full presencing? ‘Sometimes practice feels like a cold hard winter, maybe practice awakens the spring in us,… to who we really are…the spirit of zazen is non-alienation, absorption into all of life, to make life genuine, through practice…we taste zazen.’ For Program/Series description, please visit Winter Practice Period 2021 INTRO: Passing through the Gateless Gate. To access the entire series, please click on the link below: Upaya Podcast Series: WINTER PRACTICE PERIOD 2021: Passing Through The Gateless Gate