Zazen is Not Meditation - Sensei Tom Dharma-Joy Reichert - 6/14/26

"Here there is aim, but no target. So we just sit in the midst of this contradiction." In this Dharma talk, delivered during our Sunday program, Sensei Dharma-Joy illuminates the agenda-less goal of zazen practice. Whether we are counting the breaths, doing shikantaza, or working with koans, he says, our task is not to contemplate, solve a problem, or meditate on any thing because this enacts a separation. “We’re just letting go. And in letting go, we can just be completely present, and...