Dogen Seminar 2025: Meeting Paradox in the Teachings of Zen Master Dogen (Part 1)
- Author
- Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot
- Published
- Tue 26 Aug 2025
- Episode Link
- https://www.upaya.org/2025/08/quennell-byler-tanahashi-overley-norman-kathie-fischer-heine-halifax-dogen-seminar-2025-1-8/
In this opening session of Upaya’s Dogen Seminar, program faculty introduce themselves and reflect on themes and paradoxes within Dogen’s teachings they will be sharing over the weekend. Roshi Joan Halifax presented Dogen’s fundamental question from age 13: if we already possess Buddha nature, why do we seek enlightenment? Teachers Steven Heine, Sensei Kaz, Norman and Kathie Fisher…
