In his commentary on Dogen’s Mountains and Waters Sutra, Shohaku Okumura Roshi said “only in zazen can we stop making karma.” How is this possible? What is karma? If we’re always creating karma (except in zazen), how do we create wholesome karma?

In this talk, Gyodo Sensei offers reflections on the 9 levels of consciousness -- the 6 sense consciousness, the 7th egoic consciousness, the 8th storehouse or collective consciousness, and the 9th unity consciousness -- and how they are involved (or not) in karmic creation.