I Want an Awakening Experience. How Do I Get It? | Henry Shukman

They say enlightenment is always an accident. Here's how to make yourself more accident-prone.

Henry Shukman is a poet, author and Zen master in the Sanbo Zen lineage. He is founder of the Original Love meditation program, spiritual director emeritus at Mountain Cloud Zen Center and co-founder of the single-path meditation app The Way. His most recent books are Original Love: The Four Inns on the Path of Awakening and the Zen memoir One Blade of Grass.

In this episode we talk about:

• Henry's awakening moment
• The meaning of the term "inn"
• We walk through the four inns
• We talk about loving your obstacles
• Whether finding a meditation teacher matters
• What koans are, and how they can enhance your practice

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Additional Resources:

• Henry's meditation app, The Way

• Henry's latest book, Original Love

• Henry's website