Remember the People You Came From — July 20, 2025 — Dharma Talk

In this episode of Living Zen , Eshū reflects on two guiding phrases: the Zen teaching "To study the self is to forget the self…" and the Gàidhlig seanfhacal "Cuimhnich air na daoine às an tàinig thu" — remember the people you came from. As he returns to regular practice at Zenwest, Eshū speaks candidly about the pitfalls of spiritual bypassing, the power of ritual technologies like zazen and chanting, and the importance of community as a container for awakening. He explores how our practice is rooted not in escaping the past, but in embracing it — recognizing that our lives, our questions, and even our suffering arise from deep interwoven relationships, both ancestral and present. This talk invites us to turn toward our conditioning with compassion, to see practice as relational, and to remember those who brought us here — not just in blood, but in all the "selves" that shaped us along the way. Resources mentioned in this episode: Free Orientation to Zen course: zenwest.ca Support Eshū's work and access more teachings: patreon.com/redmountainway Personalized mentorship and Zen training: monarchtrancework.com

You can listen to Remember the People You Came From — July 20, 2025 — Dharma Talk online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Remember the People You Came From — July 20, 2025 — Dharma Talk is an episode from Living Zen Podcast by Ven. Eshu Martin.

This episode is 24:52 long.

This episode was published on Jul 27, 2025.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Living Zen Podcast when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.