Untangled: Suffering & The 8-Fold Path with Koshin Paley Ellison
If you look at social media with its reliance on meme-based psychology, you’d think that the Buddhist approach to life is to not let things get to you - that the true spiritual path helps you rise above such limited, unenlightened human feelings like grief, greed, and resentment.
This week on It’s OK, Zen teacher Koshin Paley Ellison is here to tell you that your suffering deserves your attention.
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About our guest:
Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison is an author, Zen teacher, and Jungian psychotherapist who has devoted his life to the study and application of psychotherapy and Buddhism. Koshin co-founded the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, with his husband Chodo Robert Campbell, to transform the culture of care through contemplative practice by meeting illness, aging, and death with compassion and wisdom.
Koshin’s work has been featured in The New York Times, PBS, and CBS Sunday Morning among other media outlets. His newest book is Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage, and Compassion.
Additional resources:
- Chodo and Koshin joined us in season one of It’s Ok that You’re Not OK. Listen to that episode here.
- Learn about the New York Zen Center’s contemplative care program at zencare.org
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- Check out Megan’s best-selling books - It’s OK That You're Not OK and How to Carry What Can’t Be Fixed
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