The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Enlightenment is an Accident with Tim Burkett

This episode of The Lion’s Roar Podcast features psychologist and Guiding Teacher at the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center, Tim Burkett. Psychologist and Zen teacher Tim Burkett embarked on his journey towards enlightenment in 1964 when he crossed paths with...

The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Enlightenment is an Accident with Tim Burkett

by | July 11, 2023

This episode of The Lion’s Roar Podcast features psychologist and Guiding Teacher at the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center, Tim Burkett.

Psychologist and Zen teacher Tim Burkett embarked on his journey towards enlightenment in 1964 when he crossed paths with Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, the renowned author of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. In this conversation with Lion’s Roar’s Sandra Hannebohm, he shares what he learned about the nature of enlightenment from Suzuki Roshi and why pursuing it is ultimately futile, yet available to you in this very moment.