Episode 11: The Dokusan Room is Kinda Baloney

from The Zen of Everything · host Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn

Jundo and Kirk discuss the Dokusan room, the place where the teacher tests students and students test the teacher. What goes on can be romanticized and overemphasized, misused and misunderstood (especially by modern westerners), yet greatness sometimes happens too. Treeleaf Zendo Philip Kapleau: The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment Brad Warner: Hardcore Zen Teachers checking students (Treeleaf forum thread) Jack Kornfield: After the Ecstasy, the Laundry Honkyoku: Kirk's shakuhachi website Theme music by Kiku Day. To submit a question, send an email to [email protected]. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

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