Add to ORKGDuration: 27:04Date: 2005 (exact date is unknown)Duration: 27:04The topic of this talk is "what are we doing here." By "here," it is meant -- on Zen sesshin, doing the zazen practice. Themes include: the Buddha's awakening; suffering, dissatisfaction, hardship, and darkness in this world and how the zazen practice delivers freedom from this by revealing one's true nature or true 'Self;' the perfection of the present moment; the discipline of sitting through whatever comes up; resting attention in the present moment and staying with the present moment until one is the present moment; the importance of commitment, discipline and effort in the practice/process