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Dogen Seminar 2025: Eight Awakenings of Great Beings (7 of 8)


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In the seventh session of Upaya’s Dogen Seminar, Sensei Genzan explores Dogen’s Eight Awakenings of Great Beings (Hachi Dainin Gaku), weaving scholarship with lived experience to reveal how Zen practice addresses the paradoxes of daily life. “It’s not that Dogen is paradoxical,” he notes, “our lives are paradoxical.” With humor and humility, Genzan shows how the Eight Awakenings form not a list…

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Podcasts | Upaya Zen CenterBy Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot