# Steven Heine

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Dogen Seminar 2025: Meeting Paradox in the Teachings of Zen Master Dogen (Part 1)

In this opening session of Upaya’s Dogen Seminar, program faculty introduce themselves and reflect on themes and paradoxes within Dogen’s teachings they will be sharing over the weekend. Roshi Joan Halifax presented Dogen’s fundamental question from age 13: if we already possess Buddha nature, why …

Dogen Seminar 2025: Living Transmission Closing Session (8 of 8)

In this closing session of Upaya’s Dogen Seminar, faculty and participants reflect on how ancient teachings become living transmission through courage, friendship, and practice. Roshi Joan reminds us that discovery emerges not through resolution but through living fully within paradox, just as Doge…

Kōan Series - Banzan's "3 Worlds, No Dharma"

Bright on Buddhism - Kōan Series Episode 12 - Banzan's "3 Worlds, No Dharma" Hello and welcome to a new episode of the Kōan Series. In this series, we will read and discuss real Buddhist kōans to try and better understand them. We hope you enjoy. Resources: Episode 10 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbu…

Dōgen - Passages from Shōbōgenzō

Bright on Buddhism - Dōgen - Passages from Shōbōgenzō Join us as we read the Kazuaki Tanahashi translation of "Actualizing the Fundamental Point," "Being-Time," and "Body-and-Mind Study of The Way." Resources: Dogen, Trans. Thomas Cleary; Shobogenzo: Zen Essays By Dogen; U. of Hawaii Press, Honolul…

The psychology of how we react when our sense of meaning is threatened

Why do we feel so unsettled and agitated when the world doesn’t make sense? In this episode, I talk with psychologist Steven Heine about his Meaning Maintenance Model — a theory that explains how we react when our sense of meaning is threatened. We explore how disruptions to our mental frameworks c…

How we react when our sense of meaning is threatened, with Steven Heine

I talk with Steven Heine about how we react to our sense of meaning being threatened. What happens when our mental frameworks of how the world works don’t hold up and things seem chaotic? What happens when our sense of what’s existentially meaningful in our lives is threatened? Topics discussed: He…

Think Thursday: The Brain's Need for Coherence

In this week’s Think Thursday, Molly builds on last week’s conversation about overwhelm and takes it one level deeper—into uncertainty and the brain’s fundamental need for coherence. Many people say, “I’m overwhelmed by everything.” But often, what they’re describing isn’t simply busyness. It’s des…

2026-05-26 Nature Koans 4: Mumonkan Case 2, 'Hyakujo and the Fox'

This koan takes the form of a folktale. An ancient teacher gives the wrong answer regarding cause and effect and must live 500 lives as a fox. Text: Shaping Text: Philosophy and Folklore in the Fox Koan by Steven Heine Of the Same Root: Animals and Our Relationship with them by Philip Kapleau.

Kōan Series - Unmon's Kanshiketsu

Bright on Buddhism - Kōan Series Episode 15 - Unmon's Kanshiketsu Hello and welcome to a new episode of the Kōan Series. In this series, we will read and discuss real Buddhist kōans to try and better understand them. We hope you enjoy. Resources: Episode 10 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/epis…

Dogen Seminar 2026: Cultural Legacy (Part 2)

In this session of Upaya’s Dogen Seminar 2026, Steven Heine, professor of religion and history and director of Asian Studies at Florida International University, traces Dogen’s life and teaching — from proverbs posted at Soto temple gates to manga retellings of his years in China. Returning to a qu…