Zenju Earthlyn Manuel: The Shamanic Bones of Zen (Part 2 of 3)

In part two of Zenju Earthlyn Manuel’s three part series on The Shamanic Bones of Zen, Zenju explores the power of ceremony and embodied ritual practice. Ritual, Zenju insists, is not about perfection, but about moving in “spirit time”: responding to the moment however it happens to arise; and not only responding to it, but celebrating it. The Shamanic Bones of Zen, Zenju tells us, is both about the lighter, celebratory side of Zen, and also the deeper side of Zen, which we experience when ceremony is personalized: when it is deeply felt in the body; when it lights us up from within. Ritual ceremony, however intricate it may be, is not about controlling the moment, but about letting oneself go into the particular, unrepeatable moment just as it arises. Click here to order your copy of The Shamanic Bones of Zen. For Program/Series description and to access the entire series, please click on the link below: Upaya Podcast Series: The Shamanic Bones of Zen 2022   This talk is also part of the Spring Practice Period (SPP) 2022. To access the resources page for the SPP 2022 program, please sign up by clicking here. And to access the SPP 2022 entire series, please click on the link below: Upaya Podcast Series: SPRING PRACTICE PERIOD 2022: Making Visible the Invisible – An Exploration of Zen Liturgy