339 – Bright Clarity Appears Before You: Insight When You're "Just Sitting"

The Zen Studies Podcast by Domyo Burk

Aug 27, 202627:47Religion & Spirituality

When we sit Zazen, even if we're working with a koan, we do not actively try to achieve insight. But nonetheless, Chan and Zen masters throughout history have exhorted us to awaken to Reality. How does insight happen whe...

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