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The Way of The Bodhisattva - Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
Episode 716
In this talk, Kisei explores the Bodhisattva path as a life oriented toward love for the world and responsiveness to suffering. Drawing on Mahayana t…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Doors of Liberation - Jogen Salzeberg, Sensei
Episode 715
In this retreat talk, Jogen explores love, yielding, and aimlessness as essential dimensions of Zen practice. Beginning with love as the ground of aw…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Dew on the Rose - Jomon Martin, Zen Teacher
Episode 714
This talk explores the Buddhist teaching of impermanence as the foundation of liberation and ethical living. Reflecting on the meaning of a “new year…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
When Effort Becomes Intimacy - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
Episode 713
In this opening retreat talk, Jogen explores the nature of effort in zazen, describing practice as a living, responsive correction of the mind’s cont…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Gathering the Heart - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
Episode 712
In this opening sesshin talk, Jogen welcomes practitioners into the deep work of gathering the heart and aligning with true nature through the simple…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Fluid Heart of the New Year - Hogen, Roshi
Episode 711
In this New Year’s talk, Hogen reflects on impermanence as the ground of freedom, showing how the fluid, flickering nature of body, mind, and world m…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Appreciate Your Life - Jomon Martin, Zen Teacher
Episode 710
Drawing on the teaching “Appreciate Your Life” from Taizan Maezumi Roshi, Jomon weaves together the Zen story of Gensha with the lives and insights o…
2 months ago
Frictionless Mind - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
Episode 709
In this talk on the Faith in Mind chant, Jogen explores acceptance, frictionlessness, and the deeper wisdom that lives beneath ordinary discriminatin…
2 months ago
Where the Next Step Lands - Hogen Roshi
Episode 708
In this closing sesshin talk, Hogen reflects on faith not as belief, but as the lived courage to step into the unknown moment by moment. He speaks of…
2 months ago
Tipping the Water Bottle - Chozen, Roshi
Episode 707
In this Rohatsu sesshin talk, Chozen reflects on awakening, silent mind, and the constructed personality that both protects and confines us. Drawing …
2 months, 1 week ago