Zencare Podcast When the Roots Are Deep, There is No Need to Fear the Wind | Koshin Paley Ellison
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Dec 23, 2025 The talk explores planting deep inner roots so turbulent times do not uproot us. It weaves stories from Buddhist tradition to illustrate restraint, enoughness, and generosity. Listens are invited into steady practice, receptivity, and wholehearted effort. The conversation highlights study as attitude, tending inner life, and becoming a responsible, grounded adult.
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Be Real Rather Than Fake It
- Stop pretending and practice being upright, dignified, and real in discomfort.
- Koshin urges staying with discomfort instead of 'faking it till you make it' to reveal who you actually are.
Lineage Seeds Sustain Modern Practice
- Studying the Buddha, Dogen, and Uchiyama connects us across centuries to practice that works in troubled times.
- Koshin presents their final teachings as seeds that help new trees (practitioners) grow now.
Angulimala Shows Stopping Ends Pursuit
- Koshin recounts the Angulimala story where the Buddha calmly stops while the murderer runs.
- The Buddha replies I stopped a long time ago, Angulimala, highlighting cessation of chasing as transformation.
