EPISODE · May 1, 2026 · 35 MIN
SPP2026: Sesshin Day 1: Joyful Effort
from Upaya Zen Center's Dharma Podcast
In this first formal talk of the Spring Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Monshin takes up virya — the Sanskrit term for joyful effort — as the essential energy of practice. What does it mean to sit day after day with the whole catastrophe of the mind: the boredom, the fear, the stories we tell about ourselves? Drawing on the ox-herding pictures’ imagery of taming, she explores the difference… Source
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