Dedicated Practitioner Program: A 2-Year Training

Talks July 2, 2020 | 60 min.

Energy and Patience

Rev. Shinmu Tamori Gibson

What the Buddhadharma is prescribing is a reclaimed relationship with our body and breath; connection with our feeling tones, pleasant, unpleasant, neutral; a friendship with our mental states; and the qualities of the mind—this is the alignment of the mind, the body, and the heart. … It is exhausting to hate. It is exhausting to dwell in anger, aversion, and confusion. It is exhausting, and we feel that! When we feel that exhaustion, that is a reminder that we are caught in something that is not innate in us. It is a reminder that there is an injustice, yes. And there’s something deeper.


Rev. Shinmu Tamori Gibson

Rev. Shinmu Tamori Gibson

Residential Retreat Teacher

Rev. Shinmu Tamori Gibson (心無 田守 ギブソン) (fka Jozen) is a Sotō Zen monastic priest ordained on November 12, 2023 by their teacher, Osho Zenju Earthlyn Manuel of the Suzuki Roshi lineage. Shinmu is a graduate of the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) - Insight Retreat Center (IRC) Dharma Teacher Training program.


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