Ep. 484 – The Stable Mind with Hozan Alan Senauke

In a discussion on transcendence, Raghu Markus and Zen Priest Hozan Alan Senauke describe embodying zen practices and having a stable mind.

"What really impressed me about the Chinese/Japanese poetry was that there was a sense of the ordinary. There was something marvelous and transcendent in ordinary perceptions." – Hozan Alan Senauke

In this episode Raghu Markus and Hozan Alan Senauke explore:

• The practice of Zen
• Magic within the ordinary 
• Meeting spiritual teachers and guides
• Seeing both sides of everything and finding balance
• Embodiment and putting our practice into the world
• Being Happy and being in the moment 

Hozan Alan Senauke:

Hozan Alan Senauke is a Soto Zen priest, folk musician, poet and the Abbot of Berkeley Zen Center in California. As a socially engaged Buddhist activist, Hozan has worked closely with the International Network of Engaged Buddhists and Buddhist Peace Fellowship since 1991. In 2007, he founded Clear View Project, developing Buddhist-based resources for relief and social change in Asia and the U.S. He is author of The Bodhisattva’s Embrace: Dispatches from Engaged Buddhism’s Front Lines. In another realm, Hozan has been a student and performer of American traditional music for more than fifty years.

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