Awakening in Zen is often characterized as "The Great Death," In this teisho Mitra-roshi comments about this, sharing something from Frank Ostaseski's recent book, The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully.
Zen and Death 2
Continuing with the topic of yesterday's teisho, Mitra-roshi speaks to the role of thought in defining our persona and how to free ourselves from it through mindfulness, deep questioning and the very effective tools of Zen meditation practice.
Zen and Death 3
Day 3 of a 7-day sesshin, Mitra-roshi shares more of Frank Ostaseski's personal journey as written in his book, The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully, and translates that into the work of coming to awakening through Zen meditation practice.
Zen and Death 4
In teisho Day 4 of the July 2018 7-day sesshin Mitra-roshi continues to share and comment on Frank Ostaseski's book, The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully--and of course, how it applies to Zen meditation practice and the reach for Enlightenment.
Zen and Death 5
Day 5 of the July 2018 sesshin Mitra-roshi shared and commente on more of Frank Ostaseski's book, The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully. Suffering has the potential to change us in positive ways, opening us to our innate compassion and wisdom, but it's important to work with it in a way that it becomes liberating rather than confining.
Zen and Death 6
This teisho was given on Day 6 of the July 2018 sesshin at Mountain Gate. In it Mitra-roshi continues sharing and commenting on Frank Ostaseski's book, The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully. She also shares portions of an email from an out of town student regarding Joko Beck's statement, "There is no verbal component to pure experience," and its relevance to the process of coming to Awakening.
Zen and Death 7
On this final day of the July 2018 7-day sesshin at Mountain Gate, Mitra-roshi continues to share and comment on Frank Ostaseski's writings in his book, The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully—tremendously applicable to meditation practice and to life itself.
