Rev. Clairissa has a good look at what regrets really are, and how we may benefit from the arising of regrets over our past actions, which can help motivate us to change harmful patterns of behavior. In “Regrets,” she begins with a passage from Keizan’s Denkōroku on The Sainted Barishiba, a monk who entered monastic training late in life and excelled in practice despite skepticism from others based on his late entry.