Legacy MC Podcast Dharma Talk: “Opening the Floodgates” with Shana Smith
Feb 10, 2026
Shana Smith, a Zen teacher and Dharma presenter, offers a concise mini bio before guiding listeners. She explores koans like Joshu's Four Gates and Case 15c, ties zazen to oneness and cause and effect, and frames practice amid the polycrisis. Short, evocative reflections on grief, belonging, broken-hearted compassion, and entering practice as a way to respond.
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Inner Climate Reflects Outer Climate
- Our inner climate and the outer climate are deeply connected and inseparable.
- Shana Smith says seeing ourselves as nature dissolves the fence between personal suffering and planetary crisis.
Lament As Practice
- Shana Smith led the room in singing
Gate To Oneness
- The Song of Zazen teaches that when we realize true nature the gate to cause and effect opens.
- Shana Smith contrasts this liberating view with clinging to a fixed homeland or identity.