Talk
Dharma Talk: "The World and Us" with Henry Shukman
A Zen dharma talk on the relationship between self and world.
About the teacher
Henry Shukman
Henry Shukman worked as a poet and travel writer before training extensively in Zen, eventually receiving transmission and becoming known for teaching accessible, well-defined paths toward kensho (initial awakening experiences), a topic often left vague in traditional Zen instruction. He founded the Way app to make structured meditation training more widely available.
He keeps an active 2026 schedule, including a teaching tour in Australia, a programme with Joan Halifax at Upaya, and a five-day retreat at Mount Madonna, California, in May 2026.
“To awaken is to see that the sense of self, the me that I've taken myself to be for as long as I can remember, has been a kind of genie. It's been a kind of mirage that constructed itself and then believed in itself. (Henry Shukman, The Tim Ferriss Show #531 transcript, tim.blog)”Henry Shukman
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Life Lessons from an Authentic Zen Master - Henry Shukman
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Direct meditative practice, zazen and everyday awareness in traditions rooted in Chinese Chan and its later forms.
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