Fall Practice Period 2025
Emotional Awareness Koans of Jun Po Roshi
with Ekai Joel Kreisberg
Five-Week Online Seminar
October 24th - November 21st, 2025
Fridays, 12:00 pm ET - 1:00 pm ET (New York)
About This Seminar
The true innovation of Jun Po Roshi’s dharma teachings is the introduction of emotional koans. In distinction from traditional Rinzai koans, emotional koans include the emotional response in order to “listen and get the information” within the feeling response. With this information and the embodiment of Clear, Deep Heart-Mind, one has the opportunity to choose a compassionate response. This five-week seminar will take us through the second part of Jun Po Roshi’s Mondo Facilitation Process. All are welcome.
Course Outline
October 24th - Meditation in Action - Feeling is information
October 31st - What are the deeper feelings lying underneath anger?
November 7th - Can anyone ever make you angry?
November 14th - Transforming a emotional reaction into a compassionate response.
November 21st - What next?
Classes will all be recorded and posted in the SBL Learning Platform.
“Once you clearly understand your emotional koan, then , when appropriate, share your realizations with those with whom you have reacted negatively. ”
About Ekai Joel Kreisberg
Ekai continues to evolve his practice to incorporate a variety of Buddhist wisdom in his teachings. His commitment to compassionate action keeps offering endless opportunties for learning and growth.
“Through your concentration-meditation practice, you become aware of and sultivate awareness of your deeper mind, develop the ability to remain non-reactive in the face of threat or insult, and have time to stop unconciously reacting, open your eyes and your heart, clearly discern, and compassionately respond. ”