Joyful Mind, Nurturing Mind, Great Mind: Sesshin Talk

Above is Walden Pond in March, 2010. 

Here’s a sesshin talk, wrapping up the study of Dogen’s Instructions for the Cook. Click here (then View and Video once the Webex player gets rolling). 

Here’s how I summarize the text:

• Allow yourself to be polished by others through detailed consultation; 
• sort rice and sand – sacred and mundane – in the midst of work itself; 
• lift a single vegetable and making a golden body; intimately consider the details of your work; 
• take full responsibility; 
• know the one flavor of zen through the abundance of blessings shared in community with  joyful, nurturing and big minds.