Dogen Seminar 2025: Living Transmission Closing Session (8 of 8)

In this closing session of Upaya’s Dogen Seminar, faculty and participants reflect on how ancient teachings become living transmission through courage, friendship, and practice. Roshi Joan reminds us that discovery emerges not through resolution but through living fully within paradox, just as Dogen himself persisted amid loss and uncertainty. Steven Heine and Kazuaki Tanahashi illuminate Dogen’s poetic range—paradoxes that resist mastery yet open insight. Norman and Kathie Fischer return us to what matters: practice as generosity, kinship, and the tender work of being human. Genzan invites us to bring Dogen home—reading, writing by hand, and connecting with others through our questions and insights. This communal closing affirms that understanding ripens not in concepts, but in relationship—with the teachings, each other, and our own wakeful life. To access the resources page for this program, please sign up by clicking here.