05/27/2026
In this unusual and really special teisho (formal dharma talk), Meido Roshi discusses awakening (kensho, or satori). Though he has often discussed and written about this in a theoretical way, here he does something that seems increasingly unusual among modern Zen teachers: he relates his own experiences, in detail.
We hope you find this inspiring. And as he says, we hope it serves to give faith that the masters of the past did not deceive us: awakening not only happens, but it is indeed worth all the great efforts and sacrifices they made to transmit the teachings, and that we ourselves may make to practice today.
Filmed at the May, 2026 Dai-sesshin at Korinji.
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