Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks): Recent Episodes
Rochester Zen Center
Dharma talks by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede, Sensei John Pulleyn, and others. Roshi Kjolhede and Sensei Pulleyn direct the Rochester Zen Center, founded in 1966 by Roshi Philip Kapleau.
Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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The Brahma Viharas, or the Four Immeasurables: loving kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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June 2026 Sesshin, Day 6
Teisho by Sensei Jissai Prince-Cherry. Automated Transcript
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June 2026 Sesshin, Day 5
Teisho by Sensei Jissai Prince-Cherry. Automated Transcript
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June 2006 Sesshin, Day 4
Topic: Enlightenment Poem #2 and Discouragement in Practice. Commentary on “Not One Single Thing” by Shodo Harada and “The Platform Sutra” translated by Red Pine. Teisho by Sensei Jissai Prince-Cherry. Automated Transcript
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June 2026 Sesshin, Day 3
Topic: Enlightenment Poem #1. Commentary on “Not One Single Thing” by Shodo Harada and “The Platform Sutra” translated by Red Pine. Teisho by Sensei Jissai Prince-Cherry. Automated Transcript
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June 2026 Sesshin, Day 2
Topic: Abiding Nowhere, Awakened Mind Arises. Commentary on “Not One Single Thing” by Shodo Harada and “The Platform Sutra” translated by Red Pine. Teisho by Sensei Jissai Prince-Cherry. Automated Transcript
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June 2026 Sesshin, Day 1
Topic: Zazen refresher. Commentary on “Not One Single Thing” by Shodo Harada and “The Platform Sutra” translated by Red Pine. Teisho by Sensei Jissai Prince Cherry. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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Dropping our worries about how we measure up and opening to what’s here. Teisho by John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Coming to the Path Talk by Mitchell Greenwood. Transcript
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A look at the enormous influence that habits of mind have on our lives and practice. We can begin by starting to wake up to some of what they are. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Dharma Talk by Ven. Kanji Argetsinger. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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March 2026 Sesshin, Day 6
Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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March 2026 Sesshin, Day 5
Commentary on “Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away: Teachings on Impermanence and the End of Suffering” by Ajahn Chah Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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March 2026 Sesshin, Day 4
Commentary on “Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away: Teachings on Impermanence and the End of Suffering” by Ajahn Chah Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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March 2026 Sesshin, Day 3
Commentary on “Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away: Teachings on Impermanence and the End of Suffering” by Ajahn Chah Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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March 2026 Sesshin, Day 2
Commentary on “Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away: Teachings on Impermanence and the End of Suffering” by Ajahn Chah Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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March 2026 Sesshin, Day 1
Commentary on “Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away: Teachings on Impermanence and the End of Suffering” by Ajahn Chah Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Learning to let the mind settle Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Deepening your practice requires effort and persistence, and also the courage to let go of being in control. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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February 2026 Sesshin, Day 2
Dharma Talk by Ven. Trueman Taylor. Automated Transcript
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February 2026 Sesshin, Day 1
Dharma Talk by Ven. Trueman Taylor. Automated Transcript
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A commentary on the relationship between Zen practice, on and off the cushion, and anchoring in the tanden. Teisho by Sensei Jissai Prince-Cherry. Automated Transcript
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Coming to the Path Talk by Barry Keesan. Automated Transcript
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What is the true spirit of the Four Bodhisattvic Vows? How can we make them the foundation of our life, even in the face of hardship? Source: Opening the Hand of Thought by Kosho Uchiyama (Wisdom Publications, 2005). Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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January 2026 Sesshin, Day 6
Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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January 2026 Sesshin, Day 5
Commentary on Subtle Sound: The Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart. (ed. by Roko Sherry Chayat). Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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January 2026 Sesshin, Day 4
Commentary on Subtle Sound: The Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart (ed. by Roko Sherry Chayat). Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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January 2026 Sesshin, Day 3
Commentary on The Way of Korean Zen by Kusan Sunim (trans. by Martine Batchelor). Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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January 2026 Sesshin, Day 2
Commentary on The Way of Korean Zen by Kusan Sunim (trans. by Martine Batchelor). Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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January 2026 Sesshin, Day 1
Commentary on The Way of Korean Zen by Kusan Sunim (trans. by Martine Batchelor). Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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Understanding the Buddha’s fundamental teaching – The origin of suffering is craving, attachment, and ignorance. Seeing how grasping leaves us unable to appreciate our lives. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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December 2025 Sesshin, Day 2
Commentary on “Throw Yourself into the House of Buddha: The Life and Zen Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi”. Part 2 Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka. Automated Transcript
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December 2025 Sesshin, Day 1
Commentary on “Throw Yourself into the House of Buddha: The Life and Zen Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi”. Part 1 Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka. Automated Transcript
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Exploring sights along the spiritual journey and how to navigate the path of Zen. Includes excerpts from Deepening Zen: The Long Maturation, Book 2 by Roshi Mitra Bishop. Teisho by Sensei Jissai Prince-Cherry. Automated Transcript
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Accepting others as ourselves. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Why does a practice that is so utterly simple feel so difficult? Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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Commentary on an Interview of Richard Gere About the Dalai Lama Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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November 2025 Sesshin, Day 6
Commentary on “Illuminating Silence: Insights on the Path of Chinese Zen” by Master Sheng-Yen and John Crook Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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November 2025 Sesshin, Day 5
Commentary on “Illuminating Silence: Insights on the Path of Chinese Zen” by Master Sheng-Yen and John Crook Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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November 2025 Sesshin, Day 4
Commentary on “Illuminating Silence: Insights on the Path of Chinese Zen” by Master Sheng-Yen and John Crook Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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November 2025 Sesshin, Day 3
Commentary on “Illuminating Silence: Insights on the Path of Chinese Zen” by Master Sheng-Yen and John Crook Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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November 2025 Sesshin, Day 2
Commentary on “Illuminating Silence: Insights on the Path of Chinese Zen” by Master Sheng-Yen and John Crook Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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November 2025 Sesshin, Day 1
Commentary on “Illuminating Silence: Insights on the Path of Chinese Zen” by Master Sheng-Yen and John Crook Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Coming to the Path Talk by Catherine Jones. Automated Transcript
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How does our True Self that is No Self function in everyday life? Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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What we’re looking for is here. Learning not to look past this moment. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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October 2025 Sesshin, Day 6
Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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October 2025 Sesshin, Day 5
Commentary on “Ichi Tantei, One Doing: Tangen Roshi of Bukkokuji.” Edited by Ron Klein. Translated by Belenda Attaway Yamakawa. Independently published, 2024. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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October 2025 Sesshin, Day 4
Commentary on “Ichi Tantei, One Doing: Tangen Roshi of Bukkokuji.” Edited by Ron Klein. Translated by Belenda Attaway Yamakawa. Independently published, 2024. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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October 2025 Sesshin, Day 3
Commentary on “The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin.” Translated by Normal Waddell. Shambhala, 1994 Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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October 2025 Sesshin, Day 2
Commentary on “The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin.” Translated by Normal Waddell. Shambhala, 1994 Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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October 2025 Sesshin, Day 1
Commentary on “The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin.” Translated by Normal Waddell. Shambhala, 1994. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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Though zazen is mainly considered a concentration practice, mindfulness plays an important role as well. Whether we’re working in the kitchen or walking in a park, everything flows more freely once mindfulness is in the forefront and we get out of the way. Dharma Talk by Ven. Trueman Taylor. Automated Transcript
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All beings and things expound the Dharma. With their spontaneity and wholehearted singing, what can we learn from birds? Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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Trying to be perfect backfires and cuts us off from life. Openness and willingness is a better way. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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What is a Zen teacher? What can a Zen teacher give you? This commentary was given on the day after her Zen teacher sanctioning ceremony. It includes a succinct introduction to koans and koan practice. Teisho by Sensei Jissai Prince-Cherry. Automated Transcript
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Three encouragement talks given by Roshi Philip Kapleau during a 1975 sesshin, accompanied by comments from his successor, Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Presented in honor of Founder’s Day—Roshi Kapleau’s birthday. Talk by Roshi Philip Kapleau. Automated Transcript
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Forgetting the self and awakening to the “world of ten thousand things.” Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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July 2025 Sesshin, Day 6
Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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July 2025 Sesshin, Day 5
Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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July 2025 Sesshin, Day 4
A commentary on the teachings of Zen Master Daikaku, Part 2. Source: The Original Face: An Anthology of Rinzai Zen by Thomas F. Cleary (Editor). Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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July 2025 Sesshin, Day 3
A commentary on the teachings of Zen Master Daikaku, Part 1. Source: The Original Face: An Anthology of Rinzai Zen by Thomas F. Cleary (Editor). Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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July 2025 Sesshin, Day 2
A commentary on the teachings of Zen Masters Foyan and Daikaku. Sources: Instant Zen: Waking Up in the Present by Thomas Cleary (Translator) and The Original Face: An Anthology of Rinzai Zen by Thomas F. Cleary (Editor). Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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July 2025 Sesshin, Day 1
A commentary on the teachings of Zen Master Foyan. Source: Instant Zen: Waking Up in the Present by Thomas Cleary (Translator). Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Opening up to life as it is requires us to let go of the desire to be in control of conditions and to get intimate with suffering — not just our own, but the suffering of others and the planet. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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June 2025 Sesshin, Day 6
Commentary on “Everyday Zen: Love & Work” by Charlotte Joko Beck, Part 2 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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June 2025 Sesshin, Day 5
Commentary on “Everyday Zen: Love & Work” by Charlotte Joko Beck, Part 1 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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June 2025 Sesshin, Day 4
Commentary on “Being Dharma: The Essence of the Buddha’s Teachings” by Ajahn Chah, Part 4 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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June 2025 Sesshin, Day 3
Commentary on “Being Dharma: The Essence of the Buddha’s Teachings” by Ajahn Chah, Part 3 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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June 2025 Sesshin, Day 2
Commentary on “Being Dharma: The Essence of the Buddha’s Teachings” by Ajahn Chah, Part 2 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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June 2025 Sesshin, Day 1
Commentary on “Being Dharma: The Essence of the Buddha’s Teachings” by Ajahn Chah, Part 1 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Finding the Silence that doesn’t depend on conditions. Dharma Talk by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Moshan Liaoran (c. mid-late 800s) was the first female ancestor to be recognized in the official record of Dharma transmission. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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Our evolutionary heritage instills and reinforces the dream of self and other and blinds us to how little is actually within our control. Everything begins to open up when we drop our demands and learn to work with things as they are. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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April 2025 Sesshin, Day 2
A commentary on Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away (Ajahn Chah). High ideals and daily frustrations- a story; Comments on Ajahn Chah’s meditation instructions; and Keep at it. Dharma Talk by Ven. Trueman Taylor. Automated Transcript
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April 2025 Sesshin, Day 1
Commentary on Throw Yourself into the House of Buddha (Tangen Harada Roshi) and Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away (Ajahn Chah). Tips on zazen posture & practice; Working with pain in sesshin; Biography of Ajahn Chah; Comments on impermanence and practice. Dharma Talk by Ven. Trueman Taylor. Automated Transcript
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What is attention? How do we cultivate it? How do we work with our habits of mind and avoid being swayed by the “attention economy”? Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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March 2025 Sesshin, Day 6
Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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March 2025 Sesshin, Day 5
Commentary on “An Experience of Enlightenment” by Flora Courtois. The Theosophical Publishing House, 1986. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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March 2025 Sesshin, Day 4
Commentary on “An Experience of Enlightenment” by Flora Courtois. The Theosophical Publishing House, 1986. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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March 2025 Sesshin, Day 3
Commentary on “An Experience of Enlightenment” by Flora Courtois. The Theosophical Publishing House, 1986. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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March 2025 Sesshin, Day 2
Commentary on “An Experience of Enlightenment” by Flora Courtois. The Theosophical Publishing House, 1986. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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March 2055 Sesshin, Day 1
Commentary on “An Experience of Enlightenment” by Flora Courtois. The Theosophical Publishing House, 1986. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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Not floundering in dread and resentment, but rising to the occasion in these difficult times when we really don’t know what will happen. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Coming to the Path Talk by Ven. Danan Redding. Automated Transcript
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Nothing is certain. This too will pass. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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February 2025 Sesshin, Day 2
In part two of her overview of working with koans, Jissai Prince-Cherry emphasizes the importance of engaging the heart and mind and the need to feel and live with the koan. Dharma Talk by Ven. Jissai Prince-Cherry. Automated Transcript
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February 2025 Sesshin, Day 1
In the first of her two talks about koan work, Jissai Prince-Cherry also discusses breath practices and shikantaza. Dharma Talk by Ven. Jissai Prince-Cherry. Automated Transcript
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Noticing how we habitually lose focus in the face of boredom and frustration and finding the wherewithal to stay engaged. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Learning to let go and listen. Moving from grasping to opening. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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A commentary on an episode of the Hidden Brain podcast: "Emotions 2.0: What’s Better than Being Happy?" and how being open to a variety of emotions, including negative ones, dovetails with Buddhist practice. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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January 2025 Sesshin, Day 6
A commentary on Nothing Special: Living Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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January 2025 Sesshin, Day 5
The fifth and final commentary in a series on Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening by Zen Master Guo Gu Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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January 2025 Sesshin, Day 4
Continuing the commentary from Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 on Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening by Zen Master Guo Gu Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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January 2025 Sesshin, Day 3
Continuing the commentary from Day 1 and Day 2 on Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening by Zen Master Guo Gu Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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January 2025 Sesshin, Day 2
Continuing the commentary from Day 1 on Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening by Zen Master Guo Gu Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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January 2025 Sesshin, Day 1
Commentary on Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening by Zen Master Guo Gu Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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A look at knowing and not knowing, in the intellectual sense — that is, using the discriminating mind — versus the Zen sense of waking up to the truth of No Self. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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December 2024 Sesshin, Day 2
Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka. Automated Transcript
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December 2024 Sesshin, Day 1
Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka. Automated Transcript
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The foundation of the Buddha’s Path is recognizing and accepting how “things” are. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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The true potential of Taking the Precepts comes from our efforts to live them, to integrate them into our practice and our everyday interactions. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Noticing when we’re lost in the dream and returning to direct, embodied experience. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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It is what it is. The recent presidential election affected many people on a deep emotional level, and in differing ways. From the vantage point of Zen practice, how do we work with whatever we’re feeling? How do we step back and see more clearly things as they are? Dharma Talk by Tom Kowal. Automated Transcript
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November 2024 Sesshin, Day 6
Commentary on “Everyday Zen: Love and Work” by Charlotte Joko Beck. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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November 2024 Sesshin, Day 5
Commentary on “Everyday Zen: Love and Work” by Charlotte Joko Beck. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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November 2024 Sesshin, Day 4
Commentary on the teachings of Chan Master Sheng Yen. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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November 2024 Sesshin, Day 3
Commentary on the teachings of Chan Master Sheng Yen. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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November 2024 Sesshin, Day 2
Commentary on the teachings of Chan Master Sheng Yen. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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November 2024 Sesshin, Day 1
Commentary on the teachings of Chan Master Sheng Yen. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Cynicism is a mindset characterized by mistrust and negativity, obstructing one’s ability to see things clearly. It’s also a social phenomenon that can spread across individuals and communities. A look at the science of cynicism and how Zen practice can help us to uncover our innate clarity and compassion. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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Breaking free from our preoccupation with the opinions of others. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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September-October 2024 Sesshin, Day 6
Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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September-October 2024 Sesshin, Day 5
Commentary on Charlotte Joko Beck’s Ordinary Wonder: Zen Life and Practice. Edited by Brenda Beck Hess. Shambhala Press, 2021. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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September-October 2024 Sesshin, Day 4
Commentary on Charlotte Joko Beck’s Ordinary Wonder: Zen Life and Practice. Edited by Brenda Beck Hess. Shambhala Press, 2021. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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September-October 2024 Sesshin, Day 3
Commentary on Guo Gu’s The Essence of Chan: A Guide to Life and Practice According to the Teachings of Bodhidharma. Shambhala Press, 2012. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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September-October 2024 Sesshin, Day 2
Commentary on Guo Gu’s The Essence of Chan: A Guide to Life and Practice According to the Teachings of Bodhidharma. Shambhala Press, 2012. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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September-October 2024 Sesshin, Day 1
Commentary on Guo Gu’s The Essence of Chan: A Guide to Life and Practice According to the Teachings of Bodhidharma. Shambhala Press, 2012. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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Recognizing our propensity for mental shortcuts that cut us off from what’s actually happening and learning to take more in. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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What is happening in the brain when we feel bored? How can boredom aid us in our practice? Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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September 2024 Sesshin, Day 2
Subtitle: Working With This Conceptualizing Mind in Sesshin. Reading from the book Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana. Dharma Talk by Ven. Trueman Taylor. Automated Transcript
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September 2024 Sesshin, Day 1
Subtitle: Working With Problems and Distractions in Sesshin. Reading from the book Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratana. Dharma Talk by Ven. Trueman Taylor. Automated Transcript
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October 1973 Sesshin, Day 6
From October 1973 Sesshin, Day 6. A commentary on the koan. Played on Founder’s Day – August 18, 2024. Teisho by Roshi Philip Kapleau. Automated Transcript
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Joy is not outside ourselves. It’s what we uncover through practice. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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The radical approach of Zen meditation: Turning inward rather than looking outside ourselves. Reading and commenting on I Gave Myself Three Months to Change My Personality: The Results Were Mixed by Olga Khazan and Novice to Master: An Ongoing Lesson in the Extent of My Own Stupidity by Roshi Soko Morinaga Dharma Talk by Ven. Trueman Taylor. Automated Transcript
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A look at Right Speech as a form of practice “off the mat”, using ways of responding to micro-aggressions as an example. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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July 2024 Sesshin, Day 6
Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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July 2024 Sesshin, Day 5
Commentary on Dream Conversations: On Buddhism and Zen by Muso Kokushi, translated by Thomas Cleary (Part 3) Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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July 2024 Sesshin, Day 4
Commentary on Dream Conversations: On Buddhism and Zen by Muso Kokushi, translated by Thomas Cleary (Part 2) Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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July 2024 Sesshin, Day 3
Commentary on Dream Conversations: On Buddhism and Zen by Muso Kokushi, translated by Thomas Cleary (Part 1) Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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July 2024 Sesshin, Day 2
Commentary on Zen Letters: Teachings of Yuanwu, translated by J. C. Cleary (Part 2) Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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July 2024 Sesshin, Day 1
Commentary on Zen Letters: Teachings of Yuanwu, translated by J. C. Cleary (Part 1) Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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The simplicity of Zen practice, with some inspiration from Henry David Thoreau. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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Our discriminating mind divides the social world into groups based on perceived differences — racial, gender, class, age, ability, etc. How can we actualize our intrinsic not-twoness through Zen practice? Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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June 2024 Sesshin, Day 6
Commentary on the teachings of Roshi Maurine Stuart (Part 3). From Subtle Sound: The Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart. Edited by Roko Sherry Chayat. Shambhala Press, 1996. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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June 2024 Sesshin, Day 5
Commentary on the teachings of Roshi Maurine Stuart (Part 2). From Subtle Sound: The Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart. Edited by Roko Sherry Chayat. Shambhala Press, 1996. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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June 2024 Sesshin, Day 4
Commentary on the teachings of Roshi Maurine Stuart (Part 1). From Subtle Sound: The Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart. Edited by Roko Sherry Chayat. Shambhala Press, 1996. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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June 2024 Sesshin, Day 3
Commentary on the teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi (Part 3). From Throw Yourself into the House of Buddha: The Life and Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi. Translated by Belenda Attaway Yamakawa. Edited by Kogen Czarina. Afterword by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Shambhala Press, 2012. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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June 2024 Sesshin, Day 2
Commentary on the teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi (Part 2). From Throw Yourself into the House of Buddha: The Life and Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi. Translated by Belenda Attaway Yamakawa. Edited by Kogen Czarina. Afterword by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Shambhala Press, 2012. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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June 2024 Sesshin, Day 1
Commentary on the teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi (Part 1). From Throw Yourself into the House of Buddha: The Life and Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi. Translated by Belenda Attaway Yamakawa. Edited by Kogen Czarina. Afterword by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Shambhala Press, 2012. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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At the heart of clergy sexual misconduct is the breaking of sacred trust. This is one woman's story of finding her way back to spiritual practice and community in the aftermath of filing a complaint of clergy sexual misconduct. Coming to the Path Talk by Anna Belle Leiserson. Automated Transcript
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Bringing awareness to the habitual reactivity that diminishes our lives. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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April 2024 Sesshin, Day 6
Commentary on the teachings of Charlotte Joko Beck from Everyday Zen: Love and Work. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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April 2024 Sesshin, Day 5
Commentary on the teachings of Ajahn Chah (Part 2) from Living Dharma: Teachings and Meditation Instructions from Twelve Theravada Masters by Jack Kornfield. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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April 2024 Sesshin, Day 4
Commentary on the teachings of Ajahn Chah from Living Dharma: Teachings and Meditation Instructions from Twelve Theravada Masters by Jack Kornfield Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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April 2024 Sesshin, Day 3
Commentary on the teachings of Chan Master Sheng Yen, Part 3. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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April 2024 Sesshin, Day 2
Commentary on the teachings of Chan Master Sheng Yen, Part 2. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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April 2024 Sesshin, Day 1
Commentary on the teachings of Chan Master Sheng Yen Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Dropping our habitual, compulsive busyness and finding our refuge in the direct experience of this moment. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Birth and death are not discrete events, but rather part of a continuing process of coming and going. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Dharma Talk by Ven. Trueman Taylor. Automated Transcript
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Daring to live fully in the shadow of possible disaster. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Coming to the Path Talk by Christopher Maley. Automated Transcript
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Conditions come and go. At times, one may feel motivated and energized by practice, and, at other times, discouraged and stuck in a rut. How do we stay engaged in the midst of changing conditions? Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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February 2024 Sesshin, Day 2
Chan Master Sheng Yen’s Helps and Hindrances to Sesshin Practice, Part 2. Sources: Faith in Mind: A Commentary on Seng Ts’an’s Classic by Chan Master Sheng Yen; Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart by Christina Feldman and Jack Kornfield; One Hand Clapping: Zen Stories for All Ages by Rafe Martin; Taking Flight: A... Dharma Talk by Ven. Jissai Prince-Cherry. Automated Transcript
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February 2024 Sesshin, Day 1
Chan Master Sheng Yen’s Helps and Hindrances to Sesshin Practice, Part 1. Sources: Faith in Mind: A Commentary on Seng Ts’an’s Classic by Chan Master Sheng Yen; Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart by Christina Feldman and Jack Kornfield; One Hand Clapping: Zen Stories for All Ages by Rafe Martin; Taking Flight: A... Dharma Talk by Ven. Jissai Prince-Cherry. Automated Transcript
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Full title: No-Self and Habits as Far as the Eye Can See Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Coming to the Path Talk by Maimoona Ramaswamy. Automated Transcript
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Finding a way beyond grasping and rejecting, beyond success and failure. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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The experience of physical pain is part of the human condition. In taking up a sitting practice, we have the opportunity to learn how to work with pain and transform our relationship to it. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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January 2024 Sesshin, Day 6
Commentary on Ordinary Wonder: Zen Life and Practice by Charlotte Joko Beck Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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January 2024 Sesshin, Day 5
Commentary on Nothing Special: Living Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck (Part 2) Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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January 2024 Sesshin, Day 4
Commentary on Nothing Special: Living Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck (Part 1) Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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January 2024 Sesshin, Day 3
Commentary on Teachings of a Buddhist Monk by Ven. Ajahn Sumedho (Part 3) Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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January 2024 Sesshin, Day 2
Commentary on Teachings of a Buddhist Monk by Ven. Ajahn Sumedho (Part 2) Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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January 2024 Sesshin, Day 1
Commentary on Teachings of a Buddhist Monk by Ven. Ajahn Sumedho (Part 1) Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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The human experience of time is shaped by social conditioning. Through Zen practice we learn to let go of our attachment to time as linear and cumulative, releasing ourselves into the eternal, present now. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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December 2023 Sesshin, Day 2
Commentary on Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle (Part 2). Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka. Automated Transcript
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December 2023 Sesshin, Day 1
Commentary on Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle (Part 1). Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka. Automated Transcript
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Full Title: Outrage, Resentment, Acceptance, and Forgiveness. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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November 2023 Sesshin, Day 6
Commentary on the teachings of Charlotte Joko Beck (Part 2). Source: Everyday Zen: Love and Work by Charlotte Joko Beck. Edited by Steve Smith. Harper Collins, 1989. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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November 2023 Sesshin, Day 5
Commentary on the teachings of Charlotte Joko Beck (Part 1). Source: Everyday Zen: Love and Work by Charlotte Joko Beck. Edited by Steve Smith. Harper Collins, 1989. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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November 2023 Sesshin, Day 4
Commentary on the teachings of Maurine Stuart (Part 4). Source: Subtle Sound: The Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart. Edited by Sherry Chayat. Shambhala, 1996 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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November 2023 Sesshin, Day 3
Commentary on the teachings of Maurine Stuart (Part 3). Source: Subtle Sound: The Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart. Edited by Sherry Chayat. Shambhala, 1996 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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November 2023 Sesshin, Day 2
Commentary on the teachings of Maurine Stuart (Part 2). Source: Subtle Sound: The Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart. Edited by Sherry Chayat. Shambhala, 1996 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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November 2023 Sesshin, Day 1
Commentary on the teachings of Maurine Stuart (Part 1). Source: Subtle Sound: The Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart. Edited by Sherry Chayat. Shambhala, 1996 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Coming to the Path Talk by Ven. Kanji Argetsinger. Automated Transcript
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Practice and our lives are not two. Insight comes when the thinking mind falls silent. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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September 2023 Sesshin, Day 6
Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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September 2023 Sesshin, Day 5
Commentary on the teachings of American Zen teacher Joko Beck (Part 3). Source: Everyday Zen: Love and Work by Charlotte Joko Beck. Edited by Steve Smith. Harper Collins, 1989. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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September 2023 Sesshin, Day 4
Commentary on the teachings of American Zen teacher Joko Beck (Part 2). Source: Everyday Zen: Love and Work by Charlotte Joko Beck. Edited by Steve Smith. Harper Collins, 1989. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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September 2023 Sesshin, Day 3
Commentary on the teachings of American Zen teacher Joko Beck (Part 1). Source: Everyday Zen: Love and Work by Charlotte Joko Beck. Edited by Steve Smith. Harper Collins, 1989. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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September 2023 Sesshin, Day 2
Commentary on the teachings of Zen Master Foyan. Sources: Zen’s Chinese Heritage: The Masters and their Teachings (Expanded Edition) by Andy Ferguson. Wisdom Publications, 2011. Zen Essence: The Science of Freedom, translated and edited by Thomas Cleary. Shambhala Press, 2000. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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September 2023 Sesshin, Day 1
Commentary on the teachings of Zen Master Yuanwu. Sources: Zen’s Chinese Heritage: The Masters and their Teachings (Expanded Edition) by Andy Ferguson. Wisdom Publications, 2011. Zen Essence: The Science of Freedom, translated and edited by Thomas Cleary. Shambhala Press, 2000. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript
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How to engage your practice in the midst of activity, whether it involves manual work or intellectually-demanding tasks. Resources: Sweeping Changes: Discovering the Joy of Zen in Everyday Tasks by Gary Thorp (Walker Books, 2000). “The Value of ‘Deep Work’ in an Age of Distraction,” Hidden Brain podcast featuring Cal Newport (July 25, 2017). Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Transcript
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September 2023 Sesshin, Day 2
Reading from Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratana. Dharma Talk by Ven. Trueman Taylor. Automated Transcript
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September 2023 Sesshin, Day 1
Meditation: Why Bother? Developing the Right Attitude. Reading from Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratana. Dharma Talk by Ven. Trueman Taylor. Automated Transcript
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From October 1979 Sesshin, Day 1. On teacher and student dynamics. Played on Founder’s Day – August 20, 2023. Teisho by Roshi Philip Kapleau. Automated Transcript
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July 2023 Sesshin, Day 6
Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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July 2023 Sesshin, Day 5
A commentary on Zen Essence, translated and edited by Thomas Cleary. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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July 2023 Sesshin, Day 4
A commentary on Zen Essence, translated and edited by Thomas Cleary. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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July 2023 Sesshin, Day 3
A commentary on Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui. (translated by J.C. Cleary). Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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July 2023 Sesshin, Day 2
A commentary on Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui. (translated by J.C. Cleary). Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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July 2023 Sesshin, Day 1
Roshi Kjolhede begins this teisho with biographical highlights of Zen Master Ta Hui, based on Andy Ferguson’s Zen’s Chinese Heritage: The Master’s and Their Teachings. He then continues with a commentary on Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui. (translated by J.C. Cleary). Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Coming to the Path Talk by Bill Lindenfelser. Automated Transcript
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Our eagerness to cut short whatever feels tedious by chasing after distractions and excitement comes to diminish our lives. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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June 2023 Sesshin, Day 6
Commentary on dialogues between Bankei and students (Part 2). Source: Unborn: The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei, 1622-1693. Revised edition translated with an introduction by Norman Waddell. North Point Press, 2000. Teisho by Sensei Donna Kowal. Automated Transcript
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June 2023 Sesshin, Day 5
Commentary on dialogues between Bankei and students (Part 1). Source: Unborn: The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei, 1622-1693. Revised edition translated with an introduction by Norman Waddell. North Point Press, 2000. Teisho by Sensei Donna Kowal. Automated Transcript
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June 2023 Sesshin, Day 4
Commentary on Bankei’s public talk delivered during a training period at Ryumon-ji (Part 2). Source: Unborn: The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei, 1622-1693. Revised edition translated with an introduction by Norman Waddell. North Point Press, 2000. Teisho by Sensei Donna Kowal. Automated Transcript
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June 2023 Sesshin, Day 3
Commentary on Bankei’s public talk delivered during a training period at Ryumon-ji (Part 1). Source: Unborn: The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei, 1622-1693. Revised edition translated with an introduction by Norman Waddell. North Point Press, 2000. Teisho by Sensei Donna Kowal. Automated Transcript
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June 2023 Sesshin, Day 2
Commentary on the life of 17th-century Japanese Zen Master Bankei Yotaku (Part 2). Source: Unborn: The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei, 1622-1693. Revised edition translated with an introduction by Norman Waddell. North Point Press, 2000. Teisho by Sensei Donna Kowal. Automated Transcript
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June 2023 Sesshin, Day 1
Commentary on the life of 17th-century Japanese Zen Master Bankei Yotaku (Part 1). Source: Unborn: The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei, 1622-1693. Revised edition translated with an introduction by Norman Waddell. North Point Press, 2000. Teisho by Sensei Donna Kowal. Automated Transcript
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Two of the four Brahma-viharas. Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka. Automated Transcript
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How do we embody the Precepts in our everyday lives? An overview of morality in Zen and the RZC’s Taking the Precepts Ceremony. Teisho by Sensei Donna Kowal. Automated Transcript
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Exploring the intersection between Zen practice and neuroscience on our capacity for experiencing awe in ordinary activities. Commentary on Dacher Keltner’s “The Quiet Profundity of Everyday Awe”, The Atlantic: January 13, 2023. Teisho by Sensei Donna Kowal. Automated Transcript
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May 2023 Sesshin, Day 2
Question: Should I try or should I not try? Do I apply effort in practice or do I surrender? Ought there be discipline or should it come naturally? Answer: Yes! Sources: Awakening to Zen by Roshi Philip Kapleau; Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart by Christina Feldman and Jack Kornfield. Dharma Talk by Ven. Jissai Prince-Cherry. Automated Transcript
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May 2023 Sesshin, Day 1
How to make the most of chanting, talks, and personalized instruction during sesshin. Sharing the teachings of Roshi Philip Kapleau, founder of Rochester Zen Center, on the 19th anniversary of his death. Source: Zen: Merging of East and West by Roshi Philip Kapleau. Dharma Talk by Ven. Jissai Prince-Cherry. Automated Transcript
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Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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A look at Master Dogen’s treatise ‘Instructions to the Cook,’ with reflections on my own experiences as a cook, particularly at the Zen Center, as well as on work practice in general. Dharma Talk by Ven. Kanji Argetsinger. Automated Transcript
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The layering of suffering. Coming to the Path Talk by Rebecca Gilbert. Automated Transcript
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Further exploration of practice off the mat. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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March 2023 Sesshin, Day 6
Mumonkan #13, Tokusan Carries His Bowls. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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March 2023 Sesshin, Day 5
Illuminating Silence: Insights on the Path of Chinese Zen by Master Sheng-Yen and John Crook. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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March 2023 Sesshin, Day 4
Illuminating Silence: Insights on the Path of Chinese Zen by Master Sheng-Yen and John Crook. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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March 2023 Sesshin, Day 3
Illuminating Silence: Insights on the Path of Chinese Zen by Master Sheng-Yen and John Crook. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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March 2023 Sesshin, Day 2
Illuminating Silence: Insights on the Path of Chinese Zen by Master Sheng-Yen and John Crook. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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March 2023 Sesshin, Day 1
Illuminating Silence: Insights on the Path of Chinese Zen by Master Sheng-Yen and John Crook. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Zen practice is a method, not a technique. As a result, practice can sometimes feel frustrating since there’s no step-by-step instruction manual telling us “Exactly What to Do.” (Nor will there ever be.) So how do we practice? Dharma Talk by Ven. Trueman Taylor. Automated Transcript
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We’re socially conditioned to lead with the head, however Zen is not a mental activity. How do we get our practice into the body-mind? Teisho by Sensei Donna Kowal. Automated Transcript
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February 2023 Sesshin, Day 4
Blue Cliff Record #21 “Chimon and the Lotus.” Teisho by Sensei Donna Kowal. Automated Transcript
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February 2023 Sesshin, Day 3
Commentary on “Attaining the Way: A Guide to the Practice of Chan Buddhism” by Master Sheng Yen. Teisho by Sensei Donna Kowal. Automated Transcript
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February 2023 Sesshin, Day 2
Commentary on “Subtle Wisdom: Understanding Suffering, Cultivating Compassion Through Chan Buddhism” by Master Sheng Yen Teisho by Sensei Donna Kowal. Automated Transcript
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February 2023 Sesshin, Day 1
Commentary on “Subtle Wisdom: Understanding Suffering, Cultivating Compassion Through Chan Buddhism” by Master Sheng Yen. Teisho by Sensei Donna Kowal. Automated Transcript
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Zen practice has the potential to change our lives for the better. So what are we doing when we’re not facing a wall? Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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The usual human response to trouble and uncertainty is anxiety and resistance. How can we learn to live wholeheartedly with things as they are? Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Coming to the Path Talk by Jonathan Hager. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Sesshin: January 2023, Day 6. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Sesshin: January 2023, Day 5. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Sesshin: January 2023, Day 4. Commentary on “Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away: Teachings on Impermanence and the End of Suffering” by Ajahn Chah (trans. by Paul Breiter) Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Sesshin: January 2023, Day 3. Commentary on “Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away: Teachings on Impermanence and the End of Suffering” by Ajahn Chah (trans. by Paul Breiter) Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Sesshin: January 2023, Day 2. Commentary on “Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away: Teachings on Impermanence and the End of Suffering” by Ajahn Chah (trans. by Paul Breiter) Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Sesshin: January 2023, Day 1. Commentary on “Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away: Teachings on Impermanence and the End of Suffering” by Ajahn Chah (trans. by Paul Breiter). Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Separating Dharma from Dogma Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Sensei Donna Kowal. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Description: What is my light? Why can’t I see it? How do I stop objectifying myself and those around me? Source(s): The Golden Age of Zen by John C.H. Wu, Doubleday 1996 Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson. Automated Transcript
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Description: Zen practice is experiential — we each have to find our way to the truth, giving up our egoistic striving. Source(s): Subtle Sound by Roko Sherry Chayat, Shambhala 1996 Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson. Automated Transcript
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Description: Pride in our good deeds reinforces our sense of self-importance, and therefore works at cross-purposes to our efforts to free ourselves from the delusion of separation. Source(s): Subtle Sound by Roko Sherry Chayat, Shambhala 1996 Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson. Automated Transcript
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Description: A master once said, “The taste of Zen is pain in the knees.” How do we work creatively with pain and weariness in these early days of sesshin? Source(s): Subtle Sound by Roko Sherry Chayat, Shambhala 1996 Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson. Automated Transcript
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Description: Practising right where we are. Source(s): Meetings with Remarkable Women by Lenore Friedman, Shambhala 1987; Subtle Sound by Roko Sherry Chayat, Shambhala 1996. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson. Automated Transcript
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Description: Biographical material Source(s): Meetings with Remarkable Women by Lenore Friedman, Shambhala 1987; Subtle Sound by Roko Sherry Chayat, Shambhala 1996. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson. Automated Transcript
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How Zen practice deconstructs the self while the Dharma nourishes the Self, with a commentary on the koan “Linji’s Blind Donkey” Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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A look at the sanctioning next month of Donna Kowal and at my stepping aside, featuring Case 40 in the Mumonkan, “Kicking Over the Water Bottle.” Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.
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A look at the sanctioning next month of Donna Kowal and at my stepping aside, featuring Case 40 in the Mumonkan, “Kicking Over the Water Bottle.” Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.
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Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka.
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Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka.
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Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka.
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Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka.
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By trying to wall off the inevitable pain we encounter, we make it hurt more and last longer. Acceptance and practice show us another way. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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By trying to wall off the inevitable pain we encounter, we make it hurt more and last longer. Acceptance and practice show us another way. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Played on Founder’s Day – August 12, 2022. Teisho by Roshi Philip Kapleau. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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The images revealed by the Webb Telescope will vastly extend our knowledge. Wisdom, however, grows from looking inward. Who is seeing that projection of the mind we call the universe? Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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The book Buddhism, by Smith and Novak, identifies six aspects of religion. How many fit with Zen? Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Faith is the anchor of Zen practice, but faith in what? Not a person, not a thing. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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A look at the first of the Ten Cardinal Precepts, particularly with respect to the Buffalo mass shooting, abortion, and self-immolation. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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A Rochester Zen Center staff member gives her account of coming to the Dharma and to the Center. Coming to the Path Talk by Desiree Jaeger-Fine. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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On taking refuge in Sangha (Community). Dharma Talk by Donna Kowal. Automated Transcript
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Advice from a 21st century Stoic. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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The leader of the Louisville Zen Center and a Rochester Zen Center staff member, gives her account of coming to the Dharma and to the Center. Coming to the Path Talk by Jeanette Prince-Cherry. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Dharma Talk by Ven. Trueman Taylor. Automated Transcript
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Cultivating Openness and Awareness in the face of habit energies that pull us in the other direction. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Transcript
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Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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With Russia’s invasion the world has changed. Facing up to uncertainty and suffering. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Working with the body and attitudes towards the body in Zen practice. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Body awareness as a key to Zen practice. A teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated transcript
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A "CoronaCast" by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated transcript
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The compulsive and unsettled tenor of modern life was diagnosed well over 300 years ago by the French philosopher Blaise Pascal who wrote, "All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone." A teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated transcript
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On Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui, (trans. by J.C.Cleary). A teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated transcript
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On Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui, (trans. by J.C.Cleary). A teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated transcript
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On Being Dharma: The Essence of the Buddha's Teachings by Ajahn Chah (trans. by Peter Breiter). Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated transcript
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On Being Dharma: The Essence of the Buddha's Teachings by Ajahn Chah (trans. by Peter Breiter). Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Transcript
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The three essentials of Zen practice. A teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated transcript
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Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede's latest podcast episode: a blur of change. Automated transcript
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A Dharma Talk by Trueman Taylor. Automated transcript
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A Dharma Talk by Trueman Taylor. Automated transcript
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Replacing grasping and aversion with awareness. A teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated transcript.
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Morality as the first of the three foundations of Zen practice. A teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn on Everyday Zen: Love and Work by Charlotte Joko Beck. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated transcript
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A Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka on Calvin Malone's Razor-Wire Dharma: A Buddhist Life in Prison. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Examining helpful (and not helpful) ways of approaching Zen practice. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. To one degree or another, we allow habitual reactions to pain and anxiety to limit our lives. Zen practice shows us another way. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Like individuals, all nations and worlds pass. By fully facing this, with daily practice we can breathe life and even joy into our lives. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated transcript
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Roshi's latest podcast: Deja Vu - Adapting to the COVID variants. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated transcript
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Dharma talk by Donna Kowal on working with habit forces and boredom. Commentary on excerpts from Ordinary Wonder: Zen Life and Practice by Charlotte Joko Beck, edited by Brenda Beck Hess (Shambhala, 2021). Automated transcript
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Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Looking for Truth in all the wrong places. Automated Transcript
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We can celebrate the 1865 Emancipation while acknowledging the enduring shackles of systemic racism and those of our own afflictions. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Amala-sensei. Working with spiritual poverty. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Amala-sensei. Arrival, loss and return — the universe changes on its axis, but how to share this amazing experience with others? Searching for a context for 20 years and finally finding one. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Amala-sensei. A turning point — no need to look further than the mind itself. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Sensei Amala Wrightson. Flora Courtois’ search for Reality, or the ground of being. Text: An Experience of Enlightenment by Flora Courtois. Quest Books, 1986. Automated Transcript
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Teisho by Amala-sensei. Introduction to the text by Yasutani-roshi Text: An Experience of Enlightenment by Flora Courtois. Quest Books, 1986. Automated Transcript
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A look at the teacher-student relationship generally, with a focus on the implications of it at the RZC now that Roshi and John Pulleyn-sensei will both be giving dokusan and formally accepting students. Automated Transcript
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The Buddha’s Way to freedom. Automated Transcript
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Roshi’s weekly podcast: Languishing and Ambivalence
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Dharma talk by Donna Kowal. Reading and commentary on excerpts from an interview with Joanna Macy that explores the Buddha’s teaching of dependent co-arising, nothing exists apart from anything else. (Source: Dharma Rain, edited by Stephanie Kaza and Kenneth Kraft, Shambhala Publications, 2000) Automated Transcript
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Dharma talk by Donna Kowal. Reading and commentary on excerpts from Chapter One. Automated Transcript
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The Heart Sutra (Prajna Paramita) reminds us that none of the five skandhas (constituents of personhood) have any substantiality to them. To cling to any imagined identity, then, is to invite suffering.
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Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede’s weekly podcast. Come On In–the Water’s Fine!
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A look at one of the Buddha’s three characteristics of existence.
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Dharma talk by John Pulleyn. Letting go of thoughts on the mat and in our lives. Automated Transcript
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Dharma Talk by Donna Kowal Automated Transcript
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Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede’s weekly podcast. Trust the Process – Lengthening Days and Zen Practice: Taking the Long View
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede: A look at original vs. actualized enlightenment, Dharma transmission, aspiration, and our True Self as the “Face” behind the mask. Automated Transcript
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Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn Automated Transcript
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Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn. Source Quoted Catching a Feather on a Fan: A Zen Retreat With Master Sheng Yen. Edited by by John Crook. Element Books Ltd, 1991. Automated Transcript
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Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn on Catching a Feather on a Fan: A Zen Retreat With Master Sheng Yen. Automated Transcript
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Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn on Catching a Feather on a Fan: A Zen Retreat With Master Sheng Yen. Automated Transcript
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Digital overstimulation and now the pandemic has generated a culture of negation, withdrawal, and numbness. But there’s a better way to retreat, every day, from overwhelming circumstances, while engaging with the world. Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Miscellaneous reflections on love, seen through the lens of Dharma. Unedited transcript Transcript
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Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede's weekly podcast. Integrating Two of the Buddhist Paramitas in Getting Scheduled for a Vaccination. Unedited transcript Transcript
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Dharma Talk by Trueman Taylor. Unedited transcript Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. A look at what the Buddhist Sangha, or community, meant in Asia, how it has changed since coming to Western countries, and what it might become for the Rochester Zen Center. Unedited transcript Transcript
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Roshi’s weeky podcast: New Government as Rebirth Automated transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede Automated transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Readings from Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin (mostly the Introduction), The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin (both translated by Norman Waddell) and The Zen Master Hakuin is translated by Philip Yampolsky. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Readings from Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin (mostly the Introduction) and The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin. Both translated by Norman Waddell. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Readings from Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin (mostly the Introduction) and The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin. Both translated by Norman Waddell. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Readings from Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin (mostly the Introduction) and The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin. Both translated by Norman Waddell. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Readings from Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin (mostly the Introduction) and The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin. Both translated by Norman Waddell. Automated transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Readings from Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin (mostly the Introduction) and The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin. Both translated by Norman Waddell. Automated transcript
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Atlantic writer George Packer sees the new year as a “plastic hour,” a rare chance for the U.S. to transform sickness and dysfunction into renewal. This mirrors the catalytic potential of personal dis-ease to lead us to spiritual practice. Automated transcript
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Dharma talk by John Pulleyn. A look at a neuroscientist’s explanation of how our brain creates the hallucination we take for reality and a modern day Stoic’s approach to the fix that puts us in.
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2020 put many of us in a time warp that will run well into 2021. What’s going on, really? And how does daily Zen practice help us ride the waves?
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Roshi’s weekly podcast on the pandemic. Automated Transcript
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Dharma talk by Eryl Kubicka
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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A look back at the waves–and people’s reactions to them–in the last pandemic, so remarkably similar to today.
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A look at the several elements of the ceremony. The ten cardinal precepts are examined in the context of the “five trials” of 2020: the pandemic; its financial consequences; the intensifying effects of climate change; the clearer revelation of systemic racism and its ongoing wounds; and the alarming rise of political divisiveness.
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New Zealand’s Pandemic Success
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Biden and Trump are dramatically different in character, but they have in common, with us, the True Self that is No-self. And all of us are continuously evolving and devolving through the world of samsara.
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Roshi’s weekly podcast to the Sangha.
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Looking at the intersecting national crises of 2020 as an opportunity for us to evolve, reading from a July column by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof.
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Roshi’s weekly podcast: “Pandemic Refuge”
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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The situation in the U.S. and around the world may be more bleak than ever. But consider: as individuals we manage to carry on with the very bleakest of futures: our own certain death. Rather than dwelling on future catastrophes, practice calls for us always to be fully responsive to the present. That is the...
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Dharma Talk by Trueman Taylor
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Dharma Talk by Trueman Taylor
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Dharma talk by John Pulleyn: Looking at ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) as presented by Russ Harris in his book, The Happiness Trap, and how it fits with Zen practice.
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Roshi’s weekly podcast: “Depression Compared and Contrasted with Boredom.”
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In the midst of massive suffering from the pandemic, many people, due to their circumstances, are experiencing unexpected personal contentment (and sometimes guilt as a result). How do we come to terms with this paradox–and move through in service to our bodhisattva vows?
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Roshi’s weekly podcast: “Pandemic Ruin and Renaissance.”
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Teisho by Roshi Philip Kaleau, played on Founder’s Day – August 16, 2020.
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Roshi’s weekly podcast: “Grit, competence, and zazen.”
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Whatever adversities we white people have suffered in our lives, structural racism isn’t one, and in that sense, at least, we’ve been privileged. We might deny having that advantage, or distance from it, but we can use our opportunities to join with others to begin dismantling systemic racism.
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In Amala-sensei’s online sesshin last week, most participants had to negotiate some accommodation to the schedule of others they live with, and now have been negotiating the transition back to full-on household life. Roshi addresses both of these challenges in this week’s coronacast.
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“With total trust, roam and play in samadhi”. Main Text: Cultivating the Empty Field, The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi by Taigen Daniel Leighton with Yi Wu, North Point Press San Francisco 1991
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“You must be broadminded, whole, without relying on others.” Main Text: Cultivating the Empty Field, The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi by Taigen Daniel Leighton with Yi Wu, North Point Press San Francisco 1991
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The bright, boundless field — what is it? “Degrading situations” and how to avoid pursuing them. Main Text: Cultivating the Empty Field, The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi by Taigen Daniel Leighton with Yi Wu, North Point Press San Francisco 1991
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The life of Master Hongzhi Main Text: Cultivating the Empty Field, The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi by Taigen Daniel Leighton with Yi Wu, North Point Press San Francisco 1991
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A treatise on enlightenment and practice by the Tang dynasty Chan master, a disciple of the great Ma Tsu.
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Roshi’s weekly podcast to the Sangha.
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The U.S. is faring much worse with the coronavirus than the East Asian and Southeast Asian countries, where people also are much more agreeable to wearing face masks. These differences may be seen in the context of the broad historical contrasts drawn in Richard Nisbett’s The Geography of Thought, which presents cultural-psychological studies showing the...
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Roshi’s podcast to the Sangha.
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Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn: Learning patience in the face of our unwillingness to be with things as they are.
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After dedicating herself to social service for five years, the woman who would later identify herself only as Peace Pilgrim had a spontaneous awakening while walking in the woods. Then she spent the next twenty-eight years walking across the country alone, sharing her commitment to inner and world peace.
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This week’s podcast from Roshi to the Sangha.
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The pandemic and its massive economic consequences, when laid atop accelerating climate change, presents a perfect storm of suffering. But with the understanding that there is an Intelligence behind it all, we must be seeing corrective forces underway, a re-balancing at work. How might future generations look back and see these tumultuous times?
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This week’s podcast from Roshi to the Sangha.
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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This week’s podcast from Roshi to the Sangha.
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The pandemic shoved the unsurpassable threat of climate change out of the news, and now the outbreak of demonstrations in cities all over the country has seized our attention. Today we memorialize 100,000 U.S. coronavirus deaths with the traditional Buddhist memorial prayer, but also acknowledge the deadly virus of systemic racism and oppression of African-Americans...
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Roshi’s latest podcast to the Sangha.
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An overview of history’s most devastating pandemics, and a look at the timelessness of Camus’ The Plague.
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Roshi’s latest podcast to the Sangha.
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There is just this, here, now. That is our freedom. Yet we can live it while acknowledging our interdependence with others, being grateful to those before us and around us while also responsible for those after us.
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How much might the fear of losing oneself–of not being–drive our longing to leave home even during a pandemic? The denial of death and the craving for life: two sides of one coin. (Contributions from Brother David Steindl-Rast and Steven Levine.)
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Dharma talk by Trueman Taylor: Advice from an astronaut and others on maintaining a consistent schedule. Also: excerpts and comments from Roshi Robert Aitken’s book Encouraging Words.
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Roshi’s latest podcast to the Sangha.
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Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn: Staying in touch with our shared humanity rather than indulging in outrage and separation.
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Roshi’s latest podcast to the Sangha.
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After the U.S.’s decades of affluenza (“a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety, and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more”), to what extent might our experience of the coronavirus and isolation inoculate us from its resurgence?
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Roshi’s latest podcast to the Sangha.
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Instead of engaging the coronavirus simply on a “war” footing, can we see ways in which it is educating us–right now? A pandemic reveals the consequences of our misuses of the natural world and the dis-ease we incur through the illusion of separation.
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As the pandemic and social isolation stretch on, Roshi speaks again to the Sangha from his kitchen table.
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A teisho by Amala-sensei, recorded in Auckland on March 10 and played in the Rochester zendo on April 5.
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In his 2010 book The Active Life, acclaimed educator Parker Palmer cites three opportunities for painful growth that any of us are likely to face during our life: disillusionment, dislocation, and unbidden solitude. Zen practice enhances our ability to navigate through these three portals and to adapt to the coronavirus aftershocks that will change our...
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As the pandemic ramps up, with isolation in place, Roshi speaks to the Sangha from his kitchen table.
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The current crisis can help us develop a more immediate awareness of the Buddha’s fundamental teaching and encourage us to find our refuge in opening to life as it is. – Dharma talk by John Pulleyn
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Covid-19 is highlighting human contradictions: the dilemma of social distancing vs. social solidarity, as well as the tension between our ignoble reactions (e.g., panic hoarding) and our noble responses (generous helpfulness). Our True Self is neither of these alone.
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A Mahayana take: it’s not just about “me” and “my.” Also, some words about worry, stress, and anxiety.
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Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn
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Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn
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Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn
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Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn
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The amazing case of the 21st-century “Hermit of Maine (The Stranger in the Woods, by Michael Finkel),” whose 27 years of complete seclusion, in which he survived through burglaries, is not remotely like the solitary meditation of practitioners in Zen and other traditions.
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A Sunday talk about coming to the Dharma and to the Center.
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Everyday driving as a practice field for mindfulness and a test of non-reactivity and other Buddhist values.
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Teisho by Bodhin Kjolhede. From a 1st-century Buddhist text. Unedited transcript Transcript
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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A presentation of studies suggesting that gratitude, compassion, and decent pride are features of morality that foster self-control and perseverance more than do will-power and grit.
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Stepping back to look at the massive national and global changes we’re living through. All bets are off, yet we have Zen practice to help us ride the process and transform crisis into opportunity.
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Dharma Talk by Trueman Taylor
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Dharma Talk by Trueman Taylor
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An overview of today’s ceremony of Receiving the Precepts, with a look at how the Internet adds further challenges in upholding the Ten Cardinal Precepts.
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With our annual ceremony of Receiving the Precepts (Jukai) coming up, here Roshi applies those precepts to the growing threat of climate change and how we might reduce the harm we are inevitably causing to the environment.
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Working to disarm the self.
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A report on the Duke University conference celebrating the installation of Roshi Kapleau’s archives. Roshi Bodhin focuses on the unique challenges Kapleau faced–and we continue to face–in adapting Zen to the West.
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Teisho by Sensei Amala Wrightson
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Teisho by Sensei Amala Wrightson
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Teisho by Sensei Amala Wrightson
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Teisho by Sensei Amala Wrightson
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Teisho by Sensei Amala Wrightson
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Teachings of Maurine Stuart
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Teachings of Maurine Stuart
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The dichotomy of science and religion, empiricism and direct experience, falls apart in the practice of Zen. Curiosity, wonder, investigation–these are the essentials of both science and the mystical spiritual traditions such as Zen.
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If it is, how would that change our behavior? Each one of us will die someday anyway, so how do we work with that? Jonathan Franzen presents the worst-case scenario, but then there are other points of view.
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Dharma talk by Eryl Kubicka
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Teisho by Roshi Philip Kaleau, played on Founder’s Day – August, 18, 2019.
The post Teisho by Roshi Philip Kapleau, November 1976 Sesshin, Day 5: Mumonkan #8 “Keichu’s Cart” appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.
Based on a 2017 Tricycle article by Kurt Spellmeyer: “Globalism 3.0: The Secret to World Harmony Isn’t Oneness. It’s multiplicity.”
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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First Half: Our recent efforts to cool the zendo in sweltering weather. Second Half: Won Buddhism, a Korean strain of the Dharma.
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Conceptualizing people of conflicting political views or of different race, ethnicity, or gender as “other” leads us to more easily react with hostility to what they say, especially in the anonymous and reckless world of social media. Based on the age-old Buddhist warning about the harm arising from attachment to views and opinions, Zen practice,...
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
The post June 2019 Sesshin, Day 7: Blue Cliff Record #44, “Kasan’s ‘Beating the Drum'” appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.
Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
The post June 2019 Sesshin, Day 5: Mud and Water: The Teachings of Zen Master Bassui (trans. by Arthur Braverman) appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.
Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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In Zen, faith grows through practice experience, even as faith sustains practice. They co-evolve continuously, sustaining each other. This is Hakuin’s “oneness of cause and effect,” out of which awakening can emerge.
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Sudama, an ordained priest at the Center, gave this account of coming to the Dharma and coming to the Center. For more of her story, see these two Zen Bow articles: https://www.rzc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Just-Money-Luna-Ngo.pdf https://www.rzc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Commitment-the-Gift-of-Pain-Sudama-Ngo.pdf
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Based on a New York Times article “Which is Better; Rewards or Punishments? Neither” by Heather Turgeon. It describes a middle way of engaging with children, essentially based on responding out of our true nature and intuition without getting stuck in preconceptions. Link to the NYT article. Link to video featuring Anna Breytenbach, “animal communicator.”
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Recently we’ve seen conspiracy theories gaining wider currency in our country, which is just the latest surge in a long history of such theories. What spawns such ideas, and why do so many people believe in even the most far-fetched ones?
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An Easter Sunday look at apophatic theology, the Christian view of God as essentially unknowable or ineffable, which also insists that human language is inadequate to describe God. This insight overlaps with Zen and the famous words of its Founder: “I don’t know.”
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Those who perpetrate mass shootings such as the one in New Zealand last week are often “loners.” But more people than ever in our country and elsewhere, while more “connected” than ever via social media, suffer from social isolation, which in turn can breed fear and distrust. Cultivating adult friends can help.
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Losing our bearings in the world, either literally or figuratively, can provoke anxiety, but it also opens us to new vistas. Zazen at its best draws us into this state of wonder-ing, where we have the promise of losing our self and finding true freedom.
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Dharma Talk by Trueman Taylor
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Dharma Talk by Trueman Taylor
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Dharma Talk by Tom Kowal
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Commentary on the book, Why Buddhism Is True by Robert Wright – a look at Buddhism from the standpoint of evolutionary psychology.
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In his article “America’s New Religions,” Andrew Sullivan argues that all of us–conservatives, liberals, and even atheists–have our “religions”: belief systems, ideologies, or tribal affiliations that we “worship” beyond reason because they give meaning to our lives. The deities of secular faith may be scientism, progress, self-improvement, social justice ideology, or reason itself. Other gods...
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
The post January 2019 Sesshin, Day 3: Zen Master Hakuin – Selected Writings ( trans. Yampolski) appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.
Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Ryokan was an eccentric 18th-century enlightened Zen hermit-monk who is still beloved in Japan for his poetry. In this collection of his verses, One Robe, One Bowl, he captures both the beauty and pathos of human life, and like his younger contemporary Thoreau, the wonders of nature.
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Dharma talk by John Pulleyn
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Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn
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Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn
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A non-Buddhist comes to awakening before the Buddha, sitting in silence, while his longtime disciple Ananda, standing in attendance, remains dumbfounded. How notions of identity can bind us. Who awakens? No one!
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The ceremony of Jukai (Taking the Precepts) is basically an initiation into the Dharma. To be a Buddhist is to commit to aligning oneself with what is real–direct experience, not thoughts. It is to see things as they are in order to be with things as they are.
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
The post November 2018 Sesshin, Day 6: Shoyoroku #20, “Dizang’s ‘Most Intimate’” appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.
Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Commentary on texts from the first Zen Masters.
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Throughout much of history women’s bodies have been viewed as impure and dangerous by prevailing androcentric cultures, west and east, and unfortunately there still are many examples of this attitude in Buddhism today. In this story from the Song Dynasty, Miaozong, a Dharma heir of Dahui, courageously gives a lively demonstration of the true nature...
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The minimal response we can offer our descendants, who are under more threats than ever, is to vote. This is a contemporary way to “enter the marketplace with helping hands,” the ultimate stage of Dharma practice.
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”Before the tongue has moved the teaching has finished” — but take care — short of full awakening there is still work to do.
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Being willing to let things fall apart
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Teisho by Sensei Amala Wrightson
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Teisho by Sensei Amala Wrightson
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Teisho by Sensei Amala Wrightson
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Teisho by Sensei Amala Wrightson
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Teisho by Sensei Amala Wrightson
The post October 2018 Sesshin, Day 1, Amala-sensei: Attaining the Way: A Guide to the Practice of Chan Buddhism (by Master Sheng Yen & Others) appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.
The relative nature of the terms “living” and “dead,” and how one monk’s struggle with them led him to enlightenment.
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A Dharma talk by Eryl Kubicka on the second day of the September 2018 two-day sesshin.
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Recording of a teisho given by Roshi Philip Kapleau on the last day of the June 1975 sesshin and played on Founder’s Day, August 19, 2018.
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How our concepts of individual self-identity and linear causality are being dissolved by the wondrous workings of our gut microbes. Readings from I Contain Multitudes, by Ed Yong.
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede from the July/August 2018 sesshin. Commentary on a koan from The Book of Serenity.
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede from the July/August 2018 sesshin. Commentary on a koan from the Blue Cliff Record.
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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A look at the sexual misconduct, widely disclosed this month, of the head of Shambhala International, one of the major Tibetan Buddhist lineages, and the fallout in that Sangha.
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
The post June 2018 Sesshin, Day 3: The Original Face: An Anthology of Rinzai Zen (trans. T. Cleary) appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.
Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Roshi: Reclaiming Our Resilient Spirit
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Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn: "Working with Habits"
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Dharma Talk by Tom Kowal, "Dharma and Depression"
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
The post April 2018 Sesshin, Day 7: Mumonkan #46, “Step Forward From the Top of a Hundred-Foot Pole” appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.
Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
The post April 2018 Sesshin, Day 5: The Practice of Zen (trans. C.C. Chang) appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.
Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.
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Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.
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