They say enlightenment is always an accident. Here’s how to make yourself more accident-prone.

Henry Shukman is a poet, author and Zen master in the Sanbo Zen lineage. He is founder of the Original Love meditation program, spiritual director emeritus at Mountain Cloud Zen Center and co-founder of the single-path meditation app The Way. His most recent books are Original Love: The Four Inns on the Path of Awakening and the Zen memoir One Blade of Grass.

In this episode we talk about:

Henry’s awakening moment
The meaning of the term “inn”
We walk through the four inns
We talk about loving your obstacles
Whether finding a meditation teacher matters
What koans are, and how they can enhance your practice

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Henry's meditation app, The Way
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