Linda Shinji Hoffman, Senior Lay Student - ZMM - 10/23/25 - Central to our practice is cultivating an openness to what we don’t yet know. Sounds simple? To continuously return to this openness means to face the habits we have of thinking small, “knowing things,” and return again with an open awareness to the fullness of life. Lay senior student Shinji shares teachings and stories to bring us back to the beneficial mind of not knowing.

Linda Shinji Hoffman, Senior Lay Student - ZMM - 10/23/25 - Central to our practice is cultivating an openness to what we don’t yet know. Sounds simple? To continuously return to this openness means to face the habits we have of thinking small, “knowing things,” and return again with an open awareness to the fullness of life. Lay senior student Shinji shares teachings and stories to bring us back to the beneficial mind of not knowing.

Linda Shinji Hoffman, Senior Lay Student - ZMM - 10/23/25 - Central to our practice is cultivating an openness to what we don’t yet know. Sounds simple? To continuously return to this&nbsp;openness means to face the habits we have of thinking small, “knowing things,” and return again with an open awareness to the fullness of life. Lay senior student Shinji shares teachings and stories to bring us back to the beneficial mind of not knowing.

Only Don’t Know

These talks were given at either Zen Mountain Monastery or Zen Center of New York City by visiting teachers, dharma holders, and senior students. These talks are given from the speaker's personal experience of practice and the dharma and are offered in the spirit of encouragement and support.

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