EPISODE · May 1, 2026 · 54 MIN
SPP2026: Sesshin Day 5: Returning to the Source
from Upaya Zen Center's Dharma Podcast · host Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot
In this fifth-day talk, offered during the Spring Practice Period Sesshin, Senko and Sensei Monshin explore the ninth ox-herding picture, Returning to the Source — the stage where effort ceases and life simply flows. Drawing on Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching, the Xin Xin Ming, and the Song of the Grass Hut, Monshin traces the difference between striving and ease, and how returning to the source is not… Source
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SPP2026: Sesshin Day 5: Returning to the Source
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