The Body-Mind of Zen
Zen Foundations | Module 2
Explore principles of seated meditation and qualities of mind - the essential attitudes - that support Zen practice.
What are the qualities of body, breath, and mind that support Zen practice?
What are the best (and worst) ways to apply effort in Zen practice?
How do we work with Faith, Doubt, Determination in Zen Practice?
What's the role of belief in Zen?How much faith do I need to have?
This class took place live in February 2022 as part of the 12-module Zen Foundations Course offered by Eon Zen Center and is now available individually as a self-paced course.
You may register below for this module, or sign up for the full Zen Foundations Course through Eon Zen to receive access to all 12-modules.
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Getting Started
Tips on how to engage with this course and recommendations to get you going.
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Topics and Recommended Readings
Explore the basics of Zen practice and the core Buddhist principles which inform it.
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Suggested Practices
Counting Breaths, Washing Dishes.
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Fundamentals of Zen Practice 1: BODY
Paul Gyodo Agostinelli, Sensei offers in-depth instruction and guidance on working with posture and awareness of the body in Zen practice.
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Fundamentals of Zen Practice 2: BREATH
Paul Gyodo Agostinelli, Sensei offers in-depth instruction and guidance on the qualities, nature, and awareness of the breath in Zen practice.
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Fundamentals of Zen Practice 3: Mind
Paul Gyodo Agostinelli, Sensei offers in-depth instruction and guidance on the the dimensions and experience of the mind in Zen practice.
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Meet Your Instructors + Guests
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Paul Gyodo Agostinelli, Sensei is the principle teacher for the Zen Foundations course and Founder and Spiritual Leader of One Body Sangha and Eon Zen Center. He received Dharma Transmission in 2015, after 25 years of Zen practice, from his teachers Shishin Wick, Roshi and Shinko Perez, Roshi, founders of the Great Mountain Zen Center.
Gyodo Sensei has long and intimate experience with the main Zen practice styles of koan (Rinzai) and shikantaza (Soto), as well as the Great Heart Way path developed by his teachers.
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Zenki Christian Dillo Roshi is the Resident Teacher at Boulder Zen Center. He began his Zen practice in 1996 at the San Francisco Zen Center. For 20 years, he practiced monastically at the Crestone Mountain Zen Center. In 2013, he received dharma transmission from Zentatsu Baker Roshi. Since then he has been Boulder Zen Center’s Guiding Teacher. In 2020, he moved to Boulder full-time, where he now lives with his wife, the light artist Sophia Dixon Dillo.
Zenki Roshi teaches Zen as a craft based on his understanding of Buddhism as a “transformative phenomenology”—an embodied investigation of human experience with the intention of realizing liberation from suffering, wisdom, and compassion.
He is currently developing a curriculum to actively support lay practitioners in their daily lives, aligned with his book The Path of Aliveness: A Contemporary Zen Approach to Awakening Body and Mind (Shambala, May 2022). Zenki Roshi's book is available for preorder through Shambhala Publications.
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