Summary: Episode Description: This is the second Dharma talk offered during the spring sesshin, and the first of two by Joshin Brian Byrnes. In this talk, Brian first explores an English translation of an early Buddhist text, the sutra on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, or Satipatthana Sutta. Through studying the sutra, we see that practicing with the "body" is hugely important in practice, in addition to our "heart" and "mind." In fact, for Brian, it is only through entering into our bodies that we can deeply enter into our thoughts, emotions, and points of view. Brian next delves into the text he will focus on in this talk and his second talk (part 4 of this series): Dogen's Fukanzazengi or, Recommending Zazen to all People. We see many similarities between Dogen's text and the Four Foundations of Mindfulness sutra. With participation from the retreatants, Brian comments on about half of the text. He will discuss the remaining portion of the text in part 4 of this series. For Series description and Teacher BIOs, please visit Part 1. To access the entire series, please click on the link below: Spring Sesshin 2014: All 4 Parts
