Audio Files
May 5, 2020
84' 15"

Your Original Face – Awakening Experiences

Allison Atwill

Description

Allison Atwill explores the topic of awakening. Awakening experience is outside our control or will. It comes from a direction we don’t yet know about, a direction we have “darkened.”

Koans

Huineng's Original Face (GG23), Peach Blossoms (MK37) (EV8)

Tagged

awakening, control, enlightenment, Hakuin, Huineng, kensho, original face, peach blossoms, satori, separation, true nature

Summary

Allison Atwill explores the topic of awakening. Awakening experience is outside our control or will. It comes from a direction we don’t yet know about, a direction we have “darkened.”

What is it? There is a sufficiency of the moment.

Allison also talks about Hakuin Ikkaku as a teacher and what it is to see into your essential nature.

Allison Atwill gives a dharma talk in Tuesday Zen on May 5th, 2020