Eko Hensho – Turning the Light Around: Winter Solstice Talk
Upaya Zen Center's Dharma Podcast
December 29, 202536m 38s
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Show Notes
In this Winter Solstice gathering, Roshi Joan Halifax offers a grounded teaching on awareness amid darkness. Speaking during the longest night of the year, she introduces the Zen phrase ekō henshō—“turning the light around”—as the practice of directing awareness toward awareness itself. Through a story from a vinaya gathering in Thailand and a single word—“phenomena”—Roshi explores how we meet…