Paths of Practice with Shodhin Geiman, PhD

Shodhin Geiman, PhD, serves as abbot of the Chicago Zen Center and as Senior Research Professor at Valparaiso University. Shodhin is the author of Alone in a World of Wounds: A Dharmic Response to the Ills of Sentient Beings as well as Obstacles to Stillness: Thoughts, Hindrances, and Self-Surrender in Evagrius and the Buddha.

We discuss 'Midwestern Zen,' Chicago Zen Center’s 50th anniversary, the fundamental role of dokusan in Zen practice, and viewing the bodhisattva vows from a place of egolessness.