Fully Engaging Body and Mind: Wholehearted Practice




San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks show

Summary: In this talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, Ryushin Paul Haller discusses how the practice of fully engaging body and mind is expressed through attention to posture and awareness in sitting zazen and wholeheartedness in the activities of daily life. Dogen zenji points out in Genjo Koan that there is a potential for a one-sided approach. When we bring that sensibility to the paramita of Sila, we can see how expressing Sila as virtue and ethics calls for the inquiry of appropriate response. That is, to keep in mind Suzuki roshi’s phrase “maybe so". Recorded on Oct. 25, 2023.