Village Zendo Teacher Talks: Recent Episodes
Village Zendo Teacher Talks
Please note the video was recorded in two parts. The second part can be found here.
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Podcast audio:The post Talk by Shinryu Roshi “Blossoming in the Flames” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Talk by Fusho Sensei, “After ‘Kwatz!’ Then What?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Shinryu Roshi “The Root, Flowering, and Fruit of Zazen” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Fugan Sensei “Riding the Great Turtle: Healing in Troubled Times” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Musho Hoshi, “The End of 9-11” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Shinryu Roshi, “The Precepts and Atonement of Ryōkan” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Ryotan Roshi “Kensho and its Discontents” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Ryoshin Hoshi, “Finding a Place to Enter” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Bokushu Sensei “Living in the ER” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Jo An Sensei, “Two Arrows” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Fusho Sensei “Not Discussing the Faults of Others” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Talks by Mukei and Gihan Un-no, “The Legacy of Juneteenth and of Nagasaki” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Daishi Hoshi “Three Pounds of Hemp: An Invitation to Intimacy” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Ryotan Roshi “Sunshine of the Non-dual Mind” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Ryoshin Hoshi, “The Heart of Wisdom” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Myoko Roshi “Where the Lotus Blooms” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Shinryu Roshi “Practice in the End-Time” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Talk by Bokushu Sensei, “The Madman in Ourselves” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post No Wind, No Flag, No Mind: Encountering (Your) Life first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Ryotan Roshi “Actualizing Buddha Now” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Ryoshin Hoshi, “The Turtle Nosed Snake” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Fusho Sensei “Examining the Mind of Discrimination” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Musho Hoshi “Without Delusion” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Bokushu Sensei “Living the Three Treasures” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by David Loy, “The New Bodhisattva Path” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Talk by Shinryu Roshi, “Sangha and Maha-sangha” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi, “The Gate of Sweet Nectar Liturgy and Seizan” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Joan Sensei: “Challenging Ingredients” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Talk by Ryotan Roshi, “Samadhi in the Ocean of Life” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Ryoshin Hoshi, “The Zen Peacemaker’s Path” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Musho Hoshi: “Heavy Metal Hermits” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Shinryu Roshi, “Non Duality in a Polarized World?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Bokushu Sensei: “Supreme Mind, Supreme Meal” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Fugan Sensei “The Practice of Three Minds in the Tenzo Kyokun” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Fugan Sensei, “Not Sparing the Dharma Assets” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Ryotan Roshi, “The Supreme Meal of Joy and Sorrow” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Musho Hoshi, “Letting Go of Letting Go” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Shinryu Roshi, “Rolling Up Our Sleeves” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Daishi Hoshi, “Saying A Few Words: The Dharma of Talking” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Talk by Fusho Sensei, “Practicing with the Idea of ‘Practice’” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi, “Bodhisattva Never Disparaging” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Shinryu Roshi “Light Up One Corner” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Talk by Ryoshin Hoshi, “Be a Good Neighbor” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Bokushu Sensei “The Delusion of Enlightenment” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Fugan Sensei, “Jumping Free: Practicing with Our Complications” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Musho Hoshi “A Whack With a Stick” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Talk by Fusho Sensei, “The Ultimate Path is Without Difficulty” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Bokushu Sensei, “Yasutani and the Ninth Precept” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Ryotan Roshi “Speak Quickly!” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Ryoshin Hoshi, “Faith in Mind” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Shinryu Roshi “Buddha and You” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Jo An Sensei, “Opinions Are Like . . .” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Enkyo Roshi, “Why Zen?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma Talk by Ryotan Roshi, “Seeing and Accepting” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma Talk by Daishi Hoshi, “Placebo Zen & Real Liberation” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Shinryu Roshi “Fault Lines” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Ryoshin, “What About Right Now?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Tokuyu Sensei: Voice of Wisdom Sesshin – Day 6 first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Fusho Sensei: Voice of Wisdom Sesshin – Day 5 first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Myoko Roshi: Voice of Wisdom Sesshin – Day 2 first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Shinryu Roshi: Day 1 of the Voice of Wisdom Sesshin first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Enkyo Roshi and Mitsue Nagase, “Japanese Aesthetics” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Ryoshin Hoshi, “Life Is But a Dream” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Myoko Roshi, “The Temple Within” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Enkyo Roshi, “Showing Up to What Is Here, Now” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post “Kicking Over a Pitcher / Building a Temple” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Fusho Sensei “Talking About Hard Things” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Daishi Hoshi “Sufficient” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Bokushu Sensei, “Not Defaming the Three Treasures” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Jo An Sensei, “Becoming a Bottomless Vessel” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Enkyo Roshi, “Pick Up the Sack!” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk by Shinryu Roshi “Settling Your Debts” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk by Ryoshin Hoshi “Taking Care of Our Mind” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Abbot Shinryu Roshi, “On Free Speech” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Ryotan Roshi, “We Are All Koan Students” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Ryoshin Hoshi, “Taking Care of Our Body” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Daishi Hoshi, “Song of The Empty House” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Fusatsu Dharma talk by Bokushu Sensei, “Operation: Precepts” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Fusho Hoshi, “Choosing a Different Response” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Shinryu Roshi, “If You Have To Go To Hell…” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk by Bokushu Sensei “Perfectly Smooth” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk By Zenshin Caplow “The Path of Courage” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Ryotan Roshi, “Crossing Rivers and Climbing Mountains” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Fugan Sensei “Dragons and Elephants Gather” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Daishi Hoshi, “The Vast and Indestructible Robe of Liberation” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Enkyo Roshi, “Time Is Not Separate from You” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Jo An Sensei, “One Shovel Full, One Moon” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Ryoshin Hoshi, “Resolutions” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Fusho Hoshi, “How Will We Survive?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio Only:The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi, “The Eighth Precept” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Joshin Roshi, “The Music of Doubt” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Ryotan Roshi, “Whose Time is it Anyway?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Myoko Roshi, “Be Here Now” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Bokushu Sensei, “Life Among the Ruins” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Shinryu, Roshi “Coming At It From Within” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Ryotan Roshi, “The Samadhi of the Precepts” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Ryoshin Hoshi, “Who Am I?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi “Practice Intimately” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Bokushu Sensei, “Planting the Fields” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Fusatsu Dharma talk by Shinryu Roshi, “Sitting Under a Leafless Tree” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi, “The Pillar” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Ryotan Roshi, “The Second Moon” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Ryoshin Hoshi, “What Is the Way?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by JoAn Sensei, “Put a Sandal on Your Head” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Traven Fusho Rice Hoshi, “The Zen of Barbie” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk by Bokushu Sensei, “Not Praising Myself, Not Abusing Others” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Abbott Kosai Ikeda “Practicing The Buddha Way Wherever and Whenever” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk by Fusho Hoshi, “The Bougainvillea on the Side of the House” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Daishi Hoshi “Baba Wawa” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Myoko Roshi, “Where Is the Path?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi “Being a Melon” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Ryoshin Hoshi “Through the Flowing Waters” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Dharma talk by Fugan Sensei, “Listening to the World Is Healing the World” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Dharma talk by Ryotan Roshi, “The Practice of Mountains” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Dharma talk by Rev. Gyokei Yokoyama, “Keizan Zenji’s Legacy” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Dharma talk by Enkyo Roshi, “Mountains and Rivers Teach Us” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Bokushu Sensei “Losing the Self” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Rohatsu Dharma talk by Shinryu Roshi, “Not Covering Up” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Dharma talk by Enkyo Roshi, “Bodhisattva Shuzen Harris Roshi” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Jo An Sensei “Engulfed” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Fugan Sensei, “Not Sparing a Single Thing” Copy first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Fugan Sensei, “Not Sparing a Single Thing” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Fusho Hoshi, “What Is a Bodhisattva?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Guest Talk by Roshi Mujo Baker “Opening to Oneness” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk by Fusho Rice, Hoshi “Everything, Everywhere, All at Once” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Shinryu Roshi, “Not Ignoring Karma” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi “Spring Thoughts” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk by Bokushu Sensei, “Losing the Self” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma Talk by Bokushu Sensei, “Losing the Self” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Ryotan Roshi, “A Broken Fan Makes Things Cool” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Talk by Soshin Sensei, “Which Mind are you Refreshing?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Jo An, “Unsticking” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Enkyo Roshi, “Layman P’ang’s ‘Being Ordinary’” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Fugan Sensei, “Birth, Death and Living” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Myoko Roshi “Purpose and Pain” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi, “Layman P’ang and Fu Daishi” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Ryotan Roshi “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Soshin Sensei, “You Red-Assed Ox!” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Shinryu Roshi “Nourishing Our Karma” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Fusho, “Inviting the Bell to Ring” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk by Ian Daishi Koebner Hoshi, “Midday Suicidal Thoughts and Scenes from an Ideal Marriage” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Enkyo Roshi, “The Cracked Mirror: An Appreciation of Dr. King” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Shinryu Roshi “Winter Retreat 2022 Day 4” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Ryotan Roshi “Winter Retreat 2022 Day 3” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Joshin Roshi “Winter Retreat 2022 Day 2” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi “Winter Retreat 2022 Day 1” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audioThe post Talk by Ryotan Roshi, “Walking on Vairochana’s Head” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk by Ian Daishi Koebner, Hoshi “Practicing With Distance” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Talk by Enkyo Roshi “How Can I Help” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Bokushu Sensei “Not Misusing Sex” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Dharma talk by Bokushu Sensei, “Receiving Reality’s Message” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Dharma talk by Enkyo Roshi, “Being a Bodhisattva These Days” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Shinryu Roshi, “Buddha Light and Buddha Lite — Working with Anger” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Bokushu Sensei, “The Luminosity of Brokenness” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi “As If in a Dream” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Dharma Talk by Fugan Sensei, “A Great Wind Is Blowing” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by JoAn Sensei “True Colors” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Ryotan Roshi, “Swimming in the Non-Dual” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Dharma talk by Myoko Roshi, “Open the Lotus Inside” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Daishi Hoshi, “Don’t Wait!” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Dharma Talk by Enkyo Roshi, “Yesterday’s Time and Today’s Time Do Not Go Away”” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Shinryu Roshi “Watching Closely” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Dharma talk by JoAn, “Create a Mountain” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Retreat Talk by Enkyo Roshi “Medicine and Sickness” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Retreat Talk by Ryotan Roshi “In the Light of Intimacy” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Retreat Talk by Fusho Hoshi “The Pain and the Joy of Inconceivable Freedom” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Retreat Talk By Ryoshin “This Mind is Buddha’s Mind” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Retreat Talk by Gessho “Nobody’s Free Until Everybody’s Free” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Retreat Talk by Myoko Roshi “Under A Tall Pine” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi, “About the Body” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Fusho, “Practicing With the Treasury of Luminosity” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Ryotan Roshi, “The Whole Balloon” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Shinryu Roshi, “Speaking the Truth”” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Tokuyu “Good for Nothing” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Ryotan Roshi, “Moment to Moment, Non-Stop Flow” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Ryotan Roshi, “Nothing to Attain” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Bokushu, “The Real Real” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Fugan, “Heat, Cold, and the Path of (Climate) Action” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi, “Who Am I, Right Now?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Joshin Roshi, “Dharma Mothers” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Rev. Gyokei Yokoyama: “Soto Zen Forms and Images” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In this talk, Soshin Hoshi explores the Precept of Not Defaming the Three Treasures as it applies to our practice in the face of war.
The post Talk by Soshin Hoshi “War and Peace” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Jo An, “Twining Vines in the Pines” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi, “What is Your True Self?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Tokuyu, “Tune Up Time” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Ryotan Roshi, “The Dharma that Has Not Been Preached” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi, “Bearing Witness” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Bokushu, “Requesting Peace, Right Here” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Ryotan Roshi “Many Rivers, One Ocean” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi, “The Gift of Giving” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Ryotan Roshi: “Kwan Yin, Here and Now” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Shinryu Roshi “Setting Aside the Pipe” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Jo An Hoshi “A Visit to the Optometrist” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Soshin Hoshi “The Poverty of Shakya’s Sons and Daughters” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi: “Dr. King and Shodoka” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Bokushu, “Working in the Cafeteria” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Shinryu Roshi, “Playing the Ancient Tune” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi: “Shodoka’s Being One With” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Joshin Roshi: “It’s Just You” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Ryotan Roshi: “Being Intimate with ‘the Leisurely One’” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Dharma Talk by Tokuyu Hoshi: “The Leisurely One” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi “December’s Teachings” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Talk by Ryotan Roshi “Which Is The True One”
The post Talk by Ryotan Roshi “Which Is The True One” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Tokuyu Hoshi “Embodying Exposed” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Fugan Hoshi “The Sound of the Great Drum” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Soshin Hoshi, “Whose Fault Is It?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi, “Changes: The One Who Sees the Change, is Changing” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Bokushu Hoshi, “Freedom and Fear” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Shinryu Roshi “The Precepts Writ Small” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi: “Embodied Study of the Way” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Ryotan Roshi “The Empty Bowl” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by JoAn Hoshi “Unpack Your Back-Pack” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Soshin Hoshi “Big. Red. Frame.” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi “On Fusatsu Night” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In this talk, Fugan asks how Master Zuigan’s calling out and responding can help us be attentive to, and fully attend, our own lives.
The post Talk by Fugan Hoshi: “Attending our Lives” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In his dharma talk “One Life, One Matter,” Bokushu Hoshi offers the example of a child at play and an alcoholic to make the point that sincere engagement and wholehearted attention are the keys to life.
The post Talk by Bokushu Hoshi “One Life, One Matter” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Enkyo Roshi cites Dogen’s Uji and the 100th case in the Book of Serenity, offering two teachings on the relationship of our zazen and our activity in the world. Recorded August 29th 2021. Podcast audio:
The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi “Mind and Activity” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In this talk, Soshin explores the Fifth Grave Precept of Not Giving or Taking Drugs
The post Talk by Soshin Hoshi “Every Day Is a Good Day” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Enkyo Roshi offers inspirations from Dogen, from Bernie Glassman, and from the example of our shuso Mukei Shomon
The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi “Cooking Our Lives” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In this talk, Ryo Roshi explains how Dogen reveals the Way of practice/enlightenment in our sitting and in our work
The post Talk by Ryotan Roshi “Nothing in the World is Hidden” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In this talk, Myoko talks about the value of stepping back and reflecting upon our own mishigas with the eyes of zazen, and the healing that is always available in the midst our everyday activity.
The post Talk by Myoko Sensei “Just This Cup” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In his talk, Shinryu Roshi examines five temples: the physical zendo, online practice, our daily surroundings, our body-mind and the wider world as spaces of awakening, drawing on Dogen’s Instructions to a Cook.
The post Talk by Shinryu Roshi “The Five Temples” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In her Dharma talk, “Not Lying,” Myoko Sensei offers an intimate teaching on the importance of working with our own hurt both for ourselves and others.
The post Talk by Myoko Sensei “Not Lying” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In his talk Student Teacher Fugan examines how the first of the six Paramitas, generosity, functions in our Zazen and in our daily lives. Recorded Sunday July 25th, 2021. Podcast audio:
The post Talk by Fugan Hoshi “Generosity Flows in All Directions” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In this talk, Ryotan Roshi speaks of engaging in practice/realization beyond the reach of the discriminating mind
The post Talk by Ryotan, Roshi “The Fundamental Constant Principle” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
An old koan reminds us of the power of words, of expressing the truth, and how that can help people
The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi “Why Not Quote It Fully?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In his Dharma talk Jo An Hoshi encourages us to appreciate the sometimes difficult ingredients life offers us; to close the gap between ourselves and our activity, becoming intimate with our lives as they unfold. Recorded July 16th 2021.
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The post Talk by JoAn Hoshi “Working with Your Box Ingredients” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
June 27, 2021
Ryotan Roshi explores appreciating the vastness of our own minds and spirits.
The post Talk by Ryotan Roshi “Vast is the Robe” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In his talk, “What Is Your Body?” Zoketsu Norman Fischer delves deeply into
the essential mystery of the body — of our body — and its relationship
with Zen practice in all its many forms.
He brings up excerpts from three of his books to more fully illuminate
the conversation, namely his two most recent books of poetry — “Nature” and
“There Was a Clattering” — together with his most recent prose volume,
“When You Greet Me I Bow” a collection of essays stretching back several decades.
The post Talk by Zoketsu Norman Fischer, “What Is Your Body?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
June 20, 2021
When we’ve crashed into ourselves, what remains? When the facade crumbles, who’s there? When we learn to relate to what we cannot tolerate, it’s nothing to write home about.
The post Talk by Bokushu Hoshi “Zen Demolition Derby” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In his Dharma talk Shinryu Roshi explores the importance of impermanence to our practice through the ancient Zen story of the Seven Wise Women in the charnel grounds. Recorded June 17, 2021.
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The post Talk by Shinryu Roshi “Witnessing Life and Death” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In his Dharma talk from our Saturday Zazenkai retreat, Ryotan Roshi reminds us that we can live our lives fully in the joy and pain of the boundless Dharma.
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The post Talk by Ryotan Roshi “In the Temple of Manjushri and Joshu” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Looking at the difference between how we think of our lives and actually being our life.
The post Talk by Enkyo Roshi “Finding ourselves through practice” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In his dharma talk Student Teacher Fugan explores intersections between action and steadfastness in our Zen practice. Recorded June 3rd, 2021.
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The post Talk by Fugan Hoshi “Steadfast Sitting (On a Beach)” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In her Dharma talk, student teacher Soshin Dufour examines the precept of Non-Lying, one of the sixteen Bodhisattva precepts.
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The post Talk by Soshin Hoshi “What Does Moss Say?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In his Dharma talk, “The Spirit of Form,” Tokuyu Hoshi discusses how the practice of liturgy can help us know who we are more intimately. By noticing our reactions and habits around form, liturgy can serve as an opportunity to see how we operate within ourselves, and with the greater community.
The post Talk by Tokuyu Hoshi “The Spirit of Form” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio version: The post Talk by JoAn Hoshi “Buddhas Actualizing Buddhas” first appeared on The Village Zendo.