Following a Jukai Ceremony during our Rohatsu Sesshin, with four students receiving the precepts, Gyodo Sensei shares his joy in seeing people deepen in their commitment to the path of Zen, and reflects on the promise of the Buddha Way.

Our Zen practice is actually quite simple: be fully alive. When we experience our life fully with -- as Shishin Roshi encourages -- awareness, courage, and tenderness, we wake up to our true nature and find liberation. This is the essence of the Bardo teachings.

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