Village Zendo Student Talks: Recent Episodes
Village Zendo Talks
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Kimu “Zen Intention: Let’s Plan to Be There Then” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk by Jinno “Taking Action; Letting It Rest” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Talk by Mukei “Mirror, Mirror,” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by HonGō, “Let Me Respectfully Remind You” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Torei, “Breathing Through the Body Gates” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Soten “An Expat’s Experience of No-Self – EEK!” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Kojin “Falling Out of – and Back Into Love with – Zen” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Ryugin “AAAAHHHH!!!!” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Seicho “Sangha Solidarity” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Talk by Eko, “Calm in the Chaos: Zen Practice for Uncertain Times” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Jiryu “Speak Up If You’re Stuck in a Zazen Rut” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Talk by Mukei, “Ask the Horse: On the Path of Not-Knowing” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk by Seiryu “Taking Reality Seriously” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Joren “What is Avalokiteshvara’s Body Anyway?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Soten, “Riffs on Change” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk by Kenko “Teachers of Buddhas and Ancestors, Teachers of Humans and Devas” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Ryugin, “Failing Better” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Jisei “What helps? What helps in this difficult, historic time of profound change?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Mukei, “Compassion — You Decide” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Kenzen, “The Practice of Life” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by HonGō “Let Me Respectfully Remind You” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Jinno “Ascending the Seat” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk By Yugetsu “Approaching the Angry Demon” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Jiryu “Arjuna’s Dilemma” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Mukei “Transitions” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Kenko “Calling All You Hungry Hearts” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Gessho, “Holding True” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Joren “Being in the Soup” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Kimu “Touch, Voice, Posture: Horse-Whispering, Aikido, and Zen” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Talk by Seicho, “Serving Up Nonviolence” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Jiyru “Which Beings are Sentient?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by JiSei, “Build Great Temples from Ordinary Greens” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Mukei “Let’s Not Be Willy Nilly in Our Practice” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Soten “Death Bed Visions: Reflections of a Compassionate Universe?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Yugetsu, “A Perfect String Bean” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Gessho, “Words At Play” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Kenko, “Generations of Nobility” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Jiryu “Is an Enlightened Person Afraid of Illness and Death?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Mukei “A Decision and an Invitation” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Soten “Meeting the Moment Without Expectations” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Seicho “Helping on the Ground, Falling with Lingzhao” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Seiryu “Thunk, Thunk, Thunk, Riding the Broken Cart” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Mukei “Calling Out to Hungry Hearts, Feeding the Hungry Ghosts” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by HonGo “Watching Butterflies” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Yugetsu, “The True Expression of Ruth Fuller Sasaki” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Jyakuen “The Clarity of Falling Leaves” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk By Jisei “Kisa Gotami and The Mustard Seed” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Jiryu “Are You Prepared To Save A Life?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Soten “Bodhisattvas in the Brothels” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by JiSei: Voice of Wisdom Sesshin – Day 4 first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Gessho: Voice of Wisdom Sesshin – Day 3 first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Mukei, “How Are the Teachings Helping You These Days?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Joren, “A Snake In The Road: Coming Back to Life” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Mukei, “Transitions: Say and Do the Right Thing” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Gessho “Recommending Poem for All People” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Gessho, “Poems Speaking to One Another” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk by Mukei “Finding Peace in the Flux of Life” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Kimu, “Words and Worries” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk by Soten “Legacies of Susan Ryoko Wetsel” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Jiryu, “Bodhisattvas Always Smile” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk by Kenko “How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Mukei “What is That Sound Outside the Gate?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by JiSei, “To be a flower is profound responsibility” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Eko “Aligning Purpose and Action” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Kimu, “Subject to Change” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Gessho “Sounding the Bell” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Musho, “The Complete Effort of Zen” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Hongo, “A Chance Meeting” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Kansho, “Nothing to Say. And that’s okay” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Shugo, “The Dharma of Thanksgiving” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Judy Seicho Fleischman, “The Sanctuary of Grief” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Soten “Pain as Koan” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Gessho, “Deep Listening” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by JiSei, “Intimacy — Friends on the Path” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Yugetsu “The Dharma of Drag” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Soten “Life is Practice and Practice, Life” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Mukei, “At This Time, How Should We Answer?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk by Hon Gô, “Observations From a Garden” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Kenko, “Potatoes in the Thunderstorm” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Musho, “Sitting with Small Self” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Dharma talk by Yugetsu, “Dead or Alive?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Dharma talk by Shugo, “Bagels and Pedestrians Sutra” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Dharma talk by Mukei, “Original Face: Nothing Is Hidden” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Dharma talk by Kenko, “Take Yourself to No External Refuge” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Eco “Grace, Gratitude and Best Self-Interest” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Dharma talk by Gessho, “Trans Pride Bodhisattva” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Kenko, “Spring Blossoms, Grading the Exam” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk by JiSei Dōji Anne Reigeluth, “Broken/Whole — Two Sides of the Same Coin in Yen Kuan’s Rhinoceros” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by HonGō “Struggling With Snakes” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Mukei “The Consequences of Helping Someone Up” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk by Jeff Shugo Berman, “In the Weeds” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk by Rodney Musho Greenblatt, “This Environment” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Yugetsu, “Have a Good Day” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk by Charles Ryoshin Kalmanek, “Feelings, Nothing More (or Less)” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
The post Talk by Sal Gessho Randolph, “Artwork As Koan” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Dharma talk by Mukei, “Zazen: Hard, Easy or Not?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audio:The post Talk by Musho “The Time of Our Life” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast AudioThe post Talk by Jisei “Zazen – Using all the Ingredients of your Life” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast audioThe post Talk by Ryoshin, “Turning Dharma Blossoms” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Podcast Audio:The post Talk by Mukei “Rohatsu in Process” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Ryoshin, “Nothing Is Hidden” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Dharma talk by HonGō, “Having a Good Day” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Eco “Listen, Just Listen” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Dharma talk by Soten, “Kaleidoscope of Mystical Insights” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Yugetsu “Bow and Retire” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Musho, “Facing Sumeru” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Mukei, “When Someone Calls, How Will You Answer?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Dharma talk by Soten, “The Science of Luminosity,” now on our website first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Dharma talk by Kenko, “Move to Heaven” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Dharma talk by Kojin, “No Running, No Hiding” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Ryoshin, “Knowing What You Don’t Know” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Mukei, “Juneteenth and the Four Vows” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk By HonGo “Take Off the Blinders” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Joren, “Grabbing and Holding” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Ryoshin, “Now More Than Ever” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Kojin “Buddhas Bumping into Buddhas” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Musho, “Putin Vs. Buddha and the Four Noble Truths” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Mukei “Step Forward” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Fusho “Creativity is the Practice” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk By Ryoshin “The Freedom Convoy” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Musho, “Non-Duality: Getting It Together” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Tim Kansho Reynolds, “‘To Be, or Not to Be’: What Is the Meaning?” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Soten, “The Garuda Bird of Ordinary Mind” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Seicho, “The Great Turning” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Fusho, “And You, Too” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Gessho: “A Parakeet at the Window” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Seicho “Just Keep Showing Up” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Dharma Talk by Jiesei: “Receive Your Life”
The post Dharma Talk by Jisei: “Receive Your Life” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Talk by Musho “Practicing Peace – Rohatsu 2021”
The post Talk by Musho, “Practice Peace – Rohatusu 2021” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Willie Mukei Smith “The Practice of Presence” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Eko “In Praise of Zazen (Why I Meditate)” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Yuuka “Dissolution Dharma” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Seicho: “A Culture of Compassion” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Fusho “Taking Care of the One Who Isn’t Sick” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
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The post Talk by Kenko “Condo Board Practice” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Exploring case 43 of the Book of Serenity, Soten explores experiences of impermanence of material existence and how deepening Zen practice can reveal them. Can a leopard change its spots? You bet! Find out how!
The post Talk by Soten “Arising and Vanishing”: The Way (of the World) first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In his Dharma talk Kojin explores how Sangha can be a powerful instrument for realizing interdependence. Then, as we understand ourselves as interconnected, the Sangha—and our relationship to the entire world—can become a practice for interdependence in action. Recorded September 2nd, 2021. Podcast audio version:
The post Talk by Kojin “Interdependence in Action” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In his talk, Ryoshin talks about a withered tree, practice, and realizing the Dharma in our lives.
The post Talk by Ryoshin “Dragon Song” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Kansho acknowledges that sometimes Zazen can feel difficult or uncomfortable. That puts you in good company — our Buddha Ancestors, and the Sangha that you support, and who supports you.
The post Talk by Kansho “Beginning Right Now” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In her talk, Yugetsu brings up the koan “Sen-jo and Her Soul Are Separated.” She highlights that Sen-jo’s story of separation and longing provides fertile ground to deepen our awareness of who we are in the intimate morass and miracle of our lives. Recorded Thursday July 5th, 2021. Podcast Audio Version:
The post Talk by Yugetsu “Dog Days of Sen-jo” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Kojin talks on case 40 of the Blue Cliff Record, “Nansen’s It’s Like a Dream.” In this koan, Nansen points to the flower and says, “People these days see this flower as if in a dream.” Kojin gently encourages us to explore what this dream is, and asks us, once we’ve noticed this dream, what […]
The post Talk by Kojin “This Dream We’re Living” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In her dharma talk, Seicho explores relationship as the “truest truth,” which frees us when our perceived truths differ. From Bodhidharma and Emperor Wu (Case 2, Book of Serenity) to Somatic Abolition, she reflects on meeting in truth as a dharma gate for healing trauma and conflict.
The post Talk by Seicho: “Meeting in Truth” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In his Dharma talk senior student Kenko shares three brief vignettes from his life, as encouragement for connecting with our ordinary, concrete, simple, and direct experience of this moment. Podcast audio:
The post Talk by Kenko “Because it is so very clear, it’s hard to see” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In this talk, Seizan explores the elements of his altar to illustrate transformation in action. He brings up Blue Cliff Record case 96, “Chao Chou’s Three Turning Words,” pointing to how the energy of our practice propels us through and enriches our lives.
The post Talk by Seizan “Impermanence” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
June 13, 2021 Senior Student Kenko explores the ingredients for intimate, connected practice in community — encouraging all of us to show up for our own questions — daring to bring them out into the light — be it in our own minds, on Zoom, in private interview, in a personal blog, or with a […]
The post Dharma Talk by Kenko “Body Exposed in the Golden Wind” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
May 30, 2021 Senior Student Jiryu discusses how a math puzzle called the Game of Life yields beautiful patterns, and is a good way to understand the Buddha’s teaching of anatman. We recommend the video version of this talk: Audio only here:
The post Talk by Jiryu “The Spirit of Form” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Senior student Eko uses the koan of Chin Nui’s Rice Pail – and a bell – to point toward the many opportunities we have for presence in our everyday lives. Recorded May 25th, 2021 Podcast Audio
The post Talk by Eko “Moments of Presence” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
May 23, 2021 In his talk, Senior Student Kojin presents case 20 of the Blue Cliff Record, “Ryuge’s Meaning of the Coming from the West,” in which he explores how the alleviation of our suffering is not to fix it or push it away. Rather, he encourages us to open ourselves more intimately to the […]
The post Talk by Kojin “The Intimacy of Suffering” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
May 16, 2021 In her Dharma talk, “Opening the Hand,” Senior Student Gessho explores the koan, “Chao Chou’s ‘The Ultimate Path is without Difficulty’” and its source in the Hsin Hsin Ming (Faith in Mind). For audio only, please click below or use your favorite podcast app.
The post Talk by Gessho “Opening the Hand” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
May 15, 2021 In his talk, “Lighting Up the Mind,” Senior Student Ryoshin investigates the koan “Ryutan Blows Out a Candle” and encourages us to practice – with great faith, great doubt and great determination. Through practice, we uncover our awakened nature, which is always present. For audio only, please click below or use your […]
The post Talk by Ryoshin “Lighting Up the Mind” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In this talk, senior student Seicho investigates embodiment of our intertwined stories through Dogen’s teaching on intimacy as the skin, flesh, bones, and marrow of inter-relationship. She reflects on this as personal and societal transformation. Recorded May 11, 2021. Podcast audio:
The post Talk by Seicho “Intimacy and Entanglement” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In her Dharma talk Senior Studen Joren discusses Huguo’s Three Embarrassments, and practicing in spaces of vulnerability in realizing change. Recorded May 6th, 2021.
The post Talk by Joren “An Embarrassment of Riches” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In her talk on the koan “The Appearance of the National Teacher’s Seamless Monument,” senior student Fusho utilizes the offering of a memorial flower arrangement (in real time!) to illustrate the reality of impermanence. Recorded April 27th, 2021. Podcast audio:
The post Talk by Fusho “The Seamless Monument” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In their Dharma Conversation, “On Love and Anger,” Jean Yugetsu Carlomusto and Elena Yuuka Taurke talk about their encounters with love and anger, and how the teachings can help us to find wisdom in the interplay. Recorded Sunday April 25th, 2021. Podcast audio:
The post Talk by Yugetsu and Yuuka “On Love and Anger” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
On Earth Day, Senior Student Jisei reflected on the flowing, cyclical nature of the seasons and our practice, and how that shows up in Case 55 of the Blue Cliff Record, Dao Wu’s condolence call. Recorded Thursday April 22, 2021. Podcast Audio:
The post Talk by Jisei “Season’s of Practice” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Please enjoy this Dharma talk by senior student Soten Theise. The verdict in the trial of the murder of George Floyd provokes us instantaneously: the tension of an event that is both good news (an appropriate outcome) and sad news (that we were surprised, because we anticipated the likelier, customary, unfathomable outcome). The monk in Nanyang’s Waterpitcher (Book […]
The post Talk by Soten “The Vairocana of One’s Own Body” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In his Dharma talk senior student Ryoshin takes inspiration from a poem by Robert Frost. We come to practice to calm our mind and relieve the unease we experience in our life. Yet, in time we realize that the Buddha-Dharma is right there in the midst of the joy and sorrow of our […]
The post Talk by Ryoshin “The Best Way Out Is Always Through” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Musho kicks off our new Tuesday Night Senior Student Talks with “To Study the Shelf,” a virtual tour of the many Buddhas that live on the top of a bookcase in Musho’s room. You will meet C3P0 Buddha, Eagle Kachina Buddha, Daitsu Chisho, Master Zhongyi, Infinite Nothing Buddha, Gumby Buddha and many others! As it […]
The post Talk by Musho “To Study the Shelf” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In her talk, Senior Student Eko demonstrates permutations of assertion and denial, and the many opportunities to create awareness of acting in service of the individual and in service of the community. Recorded Sunday March 28th, 2021 Podcast audio:
The post Talk by Eko “Mazu’s Permutations of Assertion and Denial” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In this talk, Senior Student Kenko points to, explores, and engages in the practice of this moment. Joko Beck’s four practice commitments offer a framework for seeing how we get caught in separating (and suffering), how we hold tight onto “me,” “myself,” and “mine” (and how we can experience that holding in the body). Each […]
The post Talk by Kenko “The Practice of This Moment” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In his talk, Senior Student Seizan discusses his experience of not knowing and how he listens to the Time Being. Recorded March 18th, 2021 Podcast audio here:
The post Talk by Seizan “Joshu and the Time Being” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In this talk, Ryoshin examines the meaning of Dogen’s Uji in his own life, and how it has expanded his understanding of time as another dimension of Indra’s net, through which we are all connected
The post Talk by Charles Ryoshin Kalmanek “Being Time” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In this talk, Jisei reflects on practice as love and explores The Way of Love as we face the inevitable challenges and difficulties in our lives
The post Talk by Ann Jisei Reigeluth, “Practice As Love” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In his Dharma talk senior student Jiryu reminds us that Buddha urged us to do good for everyone, without partiality toward ourselves or our families. Western philosophers say the same thing. But few people act this way! It’s hard to make sacrifices for strangers. He urges us to train ourselves to act with universal goodwill, by stretching outward a little bit at a time. Recorded Thursday February 4th 2021.
Audio only podcast version here:
The post Talk by Jiryu “Give Up Something For a Stranger” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
January 24, 2021
Senior student Sal Gessho Randolph speaks to the way our nation’s history expresses itself in the present, using lines from Dogen’s “Uji” and the koan “Dongshan’s No Cold or Heat.”
For audio only, click below or use your podcast app.
The post Talk by Gessho “The Demon with Three Heads and Eight Arms” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In his Dharma talk senior student Soten refers to how the long, complex story of a Zen teacher’s last day (Book of Serenity #41, “Luopu About to Die”) displays the fruits of Zen practice in moment-by-moment everyday life (as well as a bunch of other things along the way!) Recorded January 21, 2021
Podcast audio-only version here:
The post Talk by Soten “The Boat of Compassion Running the Rapids” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In this talk, Fusho looks to the Three Pure Precepts as a guide in these difficult times
[NB: due to a technical error, the very beginning of this talk opens mid-sentence — nothing is lost]
The post Talk by Fusho Traven Rice “This Is Us” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
Yugetsu discusses how knowing/not knowing is a chance to open the self to another. To meet the self by meeting another. To be surprised by what we know and don’t know. When we step out of the binary of knowing/not knowing and look at the function of this expansive space that opened, we learn more about how we learn. Recorded December 20th, 2020.
Audio only podcast version here:
The post Talk By Yugetsu “On Knowing/Not Knowing” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In his talk, “Rohatsu 2020: A Big, Generous Enlightenment,” Musho inspires a long night of Zazen by evoking the generosity and intention of Shakyamuni Buddha’s Enlightenment. Musho then sets the evening into motion with a reading of Zen Master Hakuin’s well-loved poem “Song of Zazen.” Recorded December 7th, 2020.
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The post Talk by Musho “Rohatsu 2020: A Big Generous Enlightenment” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In this talk, Eko brings up Case 59 from the Blue Cliff Record, “Chao Chou’s ‘Why Not Quote It Fully,'”
to describe the impact that listening – or not – has on our country, ourselves, our world.
Eko also references a report from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences entitled “Our Common Purpose”
that can be accessed by following this link: https://www.amacad.org/ourcommonpurpose/report
The post Talk by Karen Eko Walker “I Only Remember It Up To Here” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In senior student Seizan’s Dharma talk, “Seeking A Cure,” he refers to Case 87, of the Blue Cliff Records, “Medicine and Disease Subdue Each Other,” and asks where we see ourselves in this picture of life as we experience it now.
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The post Talk by Seizan “Seeking a Cure” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In his talk, “Our Unreliable Country,” Jiryu predicts that the United States as we know it will someday come to an end. It’s shocking to see how vulnerable our democracy is, but as Buddhists we aren’t surprised: Buddha told us that nothing lasts, and we can’t rely on anything except the truth revealed by our own practice. Recorded Sunday November 8th, 2020.
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The post Talk by Jiryu Davis “Our Unreliable Country” first appeared on The Village Zendo.
In this talk, “Presence and Bearing Witness,” Kenko explores the many layers and stories our mind often adds to what’s in front of us. When we open the hand of thought and let it all wash away, what remains? Re-entering the world with fresh eyes, bearing witness to the joys and sorrows. How about you? In witnessing, being called to action. Recorded Thursday November 5th, 2020.
podcast audio version here
The post Talk by Kenko Ecke “Presence and Bearing Witness” first appeared on The Village Zendo.