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The 8 Wordly Concerns - Jogen Salzeberg, Sensei
Episode 726
Responding to a question about fame, influence, and “sacrificing one’s life to a cause,” Jogen explores the Buddhist teaching of the Eight Worldly Co…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Cut Off All Useless Thoughts- Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
Episode 725
In this talk, Kisei continues exploring the Faith in Mind poem, reflecting on the invitation to “cut off all useless thoughts” and return to the root…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Motivation and the Dharma - Jogen Salzeberg, Sensei
Episode 724
Jogen explores the question of motivation for practice, reflecting on why spiritual practice matters in a disturbing and impermanent world and why it…
1 month ago
The Mysterious Source - Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
Episode 723
Kisei reflects on the closing stanzas of the Affirming Faith in Mind poem, exploring what it means to trust the heart-mind beyond discrimination and …
1 month ago
Advice To An 18 Year Old Practitioner- Hogen, Roshi and Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
Episode 722
In this dialogue, Jogen and Hogen reflect on practice, uncertainty, and how to find direction in life. Hogen shares what he would tell his 18-year-ol…
1 month ago
Turning Problems Into Wisdom pt.2 - Hogen Roshi
Episode 721
In this talk, Hogen reflects on turning problems into wisdom, exploring how fear, beliefs, and fixed stories can become inner prisons—and how practic…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Spell of the World - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
Episode 720
In this closing retreat talk, Jogen explores awareness, language, and love as portals into awakening, weaving poetry with Zen teaching to question wh…
1 month, 1 week ago
One Hundred Foot Pole - Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
Episode 719
In this New Year Dharma talk, Kisei reflects on the Zen koan of stepping from the top of the hundred-foot pole, exploring what it means to move from …
1 month, 1 week ago
Traveler, There Is No Road - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
Episode 718
In this retreat talk, Jogen explores the inner disturbance that drives spiritual practice and the ways mistaken perception, fixed beliefs, and self-i…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Turning Problems into Wisdom - Hogen Roshi
Episode 717
In this opening talk of a series, Hogen introduces the Dharma as a practical path for transforming life’s challenges into wisdom, compassion, and cla…
1 month, 2 weeks ago