Our new May online retreat, “Recognizing the Self,” with Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara, abbot of the Village Zendo in Manhattan, focuses on the importance of recognizing ourselves and maintaining that integrity in the often confusing cacophony of modern society.

Organized into a study of Zen Master Dogen’s three fundamental slogans—to study the enlightened way is to study the self; to study the self is to forget the self; and to forget the self is to be enlightened by the myriad things—Enkyo Roshi guides us to her own final conclusion: to be enlightened by the myriad things opens you to the bodhisattva path.

Today’s retreat teaching, “To Study the Self,” tackles the first slogan. Enkyo Roshi emphasizes bringing our attention to and being intimate with ourselves, regardless of our recognitions or criticisms. By “turning the light inward,” as Dogen says, we can become present in this moment and begin this very special consideration of who we really are.

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