Ep. 1

Ascending to the high seat, dogen zenji said: "zen master hogen studied with keishin zenji.

Once keishin zenji asked him, joza, where do you go?' hogen said. 'i am making pilgrimage aimlessly.' keishin said, 'what is the matter of your pilgrimage?' hogen said, 'i don't know.' keishin said, 'not knowing is the most intimate.' hogen suddenly attained great enlightenment."

Season 2

Some of the best known Zen stories are used here to illustrate the nature of enlightenment, meditation, love, knowledge and knowing, man's misplaced identification with his ego, and other issues very relevant today