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I Want an Awakening Experience. How Do I Get It? | Henry Shukman
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They say enlightenment is always an accident. Here's how to make yourself more accident-prone.
Henry Shukman is a poet, author and Zen master in the Sanbo Zen lineage. He is founder of the Original Love meditation program, spiritual director emeritus at Mountain Cloud Zen Center and co-founder of the single-path meditation app The Way. His most recent books are Original Love: The Four Inns on the Path of Awakening and the Zen memoir One Blade of Grass.
In this episode we talk about:
- Henry's awakening moment
- The meaning of the term "inn"
- We walk through the four inns
- We talk about loving your obstacles
- Whether finding a meditation teacher matters
- What koans are, and how they can enhance your practice
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Henry's meditation app, The Way
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Henry's latest book, Original Love