In this third week’s teaching of Zen teachers Robert Chodo Campbell and Koshin Paley Ellison’s online retreat, “Mindfulness and Concentration,” the two continue their exploration of the eight awarenesses. Covering both mindfulness and concentration practices, Chodo and Koshin show us how developing and expanding awareness aids our ability to care intimately for ourselves and others.

As Chodo says, “One can only be as intimate with another as one is with oneself.” The practice of samadhi, or concentration meditation, equips us to be at home in any situation, regardless of how stressful or terrible it may be, and begins our process of becoming intimate with our selves and the world around us.

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