Dropping our habitual, compulsive busyness and finding our refuge in the direct experience of this moment. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript The post What’s the Rush? appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

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 The post Living and Dying appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript The post Roshi Gerardo Gally and Casa Zen appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

Dharma Talk by Ven. Trueman Taylor. Automated Transcript The post The Zen Practice of Non-abiding appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

Daring to live fully in the shadow of possible disaster. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript The post Facing Uncertainty appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

Coming to the Path Talk by Christopher Maley. Automated Transcript The post Coming to the Path Talk by Christopher Maley appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

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 The post The Ebb and Flow of Zen Practice appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.…

Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript The post Getting Beyond Age appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

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: …

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: …

Full title: No-Self and Habits as Far as the Eye Can See Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript The post No-Self and Habits appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

Coming to the Path Talk by Maimoona Ramaswamy. Automated Transcript The post Coming to the Path Talk by Maimoona Ramaswamy appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

Finding a way beyond grasping and rejecting, beyond success and failure. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript The post Our Attitude Toward Practice appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

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 The post Working with Pain appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.…

January 2024 Sesshin, Day 6 Commentary on Ordinary Wonder: Zen Life and Practice by Charlotte Joko Beck Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript The post Nothing Special #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

January 2024 Sesshin, Day 5 Commentary on Nothing Special: Living Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck (Part 2) Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript The post Nothing Special #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

January 2024 Sesshin, Day 4 Commentary on Nothing Special: Living Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck (Part 1) Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript The post Nothing Special #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

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 The post Teachings of a Buddhist Monk #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

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 The post Teachings of a Buddhist Monk #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

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 The post Teachings of a Buddhist Monk #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript The post Gaza: Revenge and the Law of Karma appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

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 The post Now is the Time appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.…

December 2023 Sesshin, Day 2 Commentary on Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle (Part 2). Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka. Automated Transcript The post Stillness Speaks #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

December 2023 Sesshin, Day 1 Commentary on Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle (Part 1). Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka. Automated Transcript The post Stillness Speaks #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

Full Title: Outrage, Resentment, Acceptance, and Forgiveness. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript The post Outrage appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript The post The Precepts: Beyond Pride and Perfection appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

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 The post Teachings of Charlotte Joko Beck #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.…

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 The post Teachings of Charlotte Joko Beck #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.…

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 The post Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart #4 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.…

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 The post Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.…

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 The post Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.…

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 The post Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.…

Coming to the Path Talk by Ven. Kanji Argetsinger. Automated Transcript The post Coming to the Path Talk by Ven. Kanji Argetsinger appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

Practice and our lives are not two. Insight comes when the thinking mind falls silent. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript The post Establishing and Sustaining Zen Practice appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

September 2023 Sesshin, Day 6 Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript The post Shoyoroku (Book of Serenity) #89, “Dongshan’s ‘No Grass’” appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

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 The post Teachings of American Zen teacher Joko Beck #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Cent…

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 The post Teachings of American Zen teacher Joko Beck #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Cent…

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 The post Teachings of American Zen teacher Joko Beck #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Cent…

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 Tr…

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 T…

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…

September 2023 Sesshin, Day 2 Reading from Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratana. Dharma Talk by Ven. Trueman Taylor. Automated Transcript The post Working With Obstructions in Our Zazen appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

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 The post Meditation: Why Bother? appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

From October 1975 Sesshin, Day 1. A commentary on the koan and the teacher- student dynamic. Played on Founder’s Day – August 20, 2023. Teisho by Roshi Philip Kapleau. Automated Transcript The post Teisho by Roshi Philip Kapleau: Mumonkan #38 “A Buffalo Goes Through a Window” appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.…

July 2023 Sesshin, Day 6 Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript The post Mumonkan #11, “Joshu and Two Hermits” appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

July 2023 Sesshin, Day 5 A commentary on Zen Essence, translated and edited by Thomas Cleary. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript The post “Zen Essence” #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

July 2023 Sesshin, Day 4 A commentary on Zen Essence, translated and edited by Thomas Cleary. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript The post “Zen Essence” #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

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 The post Ta Hui and “Swampland Flowers” #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

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 The post Ta Hui and “Swampland Flowers” #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.Door Rochester Zen Center

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 …