197: Michael McCord, Guest Explorer

In this episode we talk to Michael McCord, president of San Francisco Zen Center, on bringing Zen practices into daily life and work, and how enlightenment is seen as an ongoing process of increasing awareness, not a fixed end state to achieve. • Includes a guided meditation introducing the Zen practice of breath counting. To learn more about Michael McCord, please visit these San Franciso Zen Center pages: and on YouTube: @SFZenCenter Or email him at: michael.mccord@sfzc.org The Zen manual discussed in this episode is the Tenzo Kyokun (Instructions for the Cook). This site has links to a few translations: Don't forget to

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197: Michael McCord, Guest Explorer is an episode from Awareness Explorers by Jonathan Robinson.

This episode is 56:40 long.

This episode was published on Oct 14, 2025.

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