The Medicine For Desire (Shikantaza)

The following is an audio version of an essay written by Treeleaf founder and resident priest, Roshi Jundo Cohen. Someone wrote to say that they do not get "Just Sitting," Shikantaza. It seems passive, complacent. I am afraid that they may not truly understand Shikantaza, the meaning of "Goalless" sitting. In fact, this "Just Sitting" is the most powerful of medicines, going right to the source of all greed, anger, clutching, fear and more.