Zencare Podcast No Arrival: Practice and Realization Are One | Koshin Paley Ellison
Feb 25, 2026
Koshin Paley Ellison, a Zen teacher known for Dharma talks on practice and ethics, offers a warm, direct reflection on continual practice. He explores making vows versus habit, treating obstacles as the field of practice, and auditing time, body care, and resources. Short, grounded prompts invite returning again and again to uprightness and presence in daily life.
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Practice And Realization Are One
- Practice and realization are identical, so there is no final arrival or endpoint to aim for in practice.
- Koshin Paley Ellison cites Dōgen: continuous practice means being fully present now rather than striving for a future attainment.
Whole Body Practice
- The entire body is the entirety of practice: every physical expression is practice from head to soles.
- Koshin invokes Dōgen's Gyoji to stress practice extends beyond zazen into all embodied actions.
Audit Your Time And Attention
- Reflect on how you actually use your time daily and where attention slips (phone, wandering mind, fantasies).
- Koshin recommends auditing things like your weekly calendar and noticing percentage of time truly present.
