With Shugen Sensei and Ryushin Sensei
In Zen, "raising the bodhi mind" is the essential first step on the path of practice and realization. What is this mind? How does this spiritual calling break through our deeply conditioned patterns for us to become aware of it? Once we are aware of it, how do we respond to the challenges it presents—challenges rarely discussed publicly? In this retreat, Shugen Sensei and Ryushin Sensei explore the complexities and subtleties of the surfacing of the spiritual calling, and the range of responses to it—from monastic renunciation to committed lay practice