Paths of Practice with Ben Connelly

Ben Connelly is a Soto Zen teacher and Dharma heir in the Katagiri lineage. He also teaches mindfulness in a wide variety of secular contexts including police training and addiction recovery groups. He works with multifaith groups focused on race and climate justice. Ben serves the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center, travels to teach across the United States, has written for Tricycle and Lion’s Roar magazines, and is author of Inside the Grass Hut, Inside Vasubandhu's Yogacara, Vasubandhu's "Three Natures," and Mindfulness and Intimacy.
We talk about learning from other faith traditions through the Minnesota Multifaith Network (MnMN), engaging with Buddhist texts and sutras as a writer, playing music at Soto Zen conferences, chanting as a way of grounding yourself in the Buddha’s teachings and lineage, and the uniqueness of your life in this moment.