Acupuncture Needle of Zazen

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi – ZMM – 3/28/26 – The subtle healing energy of zazen is likened to an acupuncture needle by Hongzhi, and Shugen Roshi explores how this teaching functions in our own practice life. Within zazen, are we truly engaging what is right in front of us? The simple and direct nature of zazen brings us back again and again, and so we return and settle into the ease of being within our own minds. Hongzhi invites us to “know without touching…and rest there.” Things become closer, softer, bright and clear.

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Acupuncture Needle of Zazen is an episode from The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast by Zen Mountain Monastery.

This episode is 42:43 long.

This episode was published on Mar 28, 2026.

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