Podcast Episodes

What Must Change, What Must Remain: The Future of Dharma | Koshin Paley Ellison

“How you bow is not just for you.” This teaching from a Japanese monastery lands at the heart of this talk, as Koshin Sensei reflects on what it mean…

8 hours ago

Finding the Buddha in Others | Chodo Robert Campbell

“The precept does not ask us to be passive in the face of injustice. The question is always: from what place do we speak?”

In this recent talk, Chodo …

2 weeks, 5 days ago

Doubt Digs Up the Whole Blue Planet | Chodo Robert Campbell

“The purpose of practice might be to enter the question so fully that it begins to reshape us.”

What is the purpose of practice after all? In this tal…

4 weeks, 1 day ago

Not Turning Away from this Fractured World | Chodo Robert Campbell

“In Zen practice, we talk about bearing witness; not as a passive act, but as a form of deep engagement. To really see what's happening. Not escaping…

1 month, 1 week ago

What Do We Do With Our Anger? | Chodo Robert Campbell

“In this moment, what does it mean to care?”

What do the precepts ask of us in a time of injustice, division, and outrage?

In this recent talk, given …

2 months ago

The Gift of Fearlessness | Koshin Paley Ellison

“Faith is not blind belief, but confidence born of seeing what's actually possible—the willingness to plant a seed without yet seeing the fruit.”

In t…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Opening the Closed Fist: Money as Spiritual Practice | Koshin Paley Ellison

“Do an audit of how you spend your money. Does it match what you say you really care about?”

In this powerful recent talk, Koshin Sensei tackles a top…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Where Do Wars Begin? The Second Precept & Human Dignity | Chodo Robert Campbell

“Our practice doesn't ask us how to end wars, it asks us where the wars begin. In this body. In this flash of rage. In this certainty that I am right…

3 months, 1 week ago

No Arrival: Practice and Realization Are One | Koshin Paley Ellison

“When you encounter obstacles, do not see them as hindrances separate from practice.”

In this talk from the beginning of the year (and in preparation …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Safeguarding What Matters Most | Koshin Paley Ellison

“Many people can study lots of things, but are you living that way?”

On the 12th day of our Commit to Sit, during a winter blizzard, Koshin Sensei exp…

4 months ago