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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…
4 months, 1 week 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…
4 months, 1 week 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…
4 months, 1 week 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…
4 months, 2 weeks 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…
4 months, 2 weeks 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…
4 months, 2 weeks 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 …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Many Faces of Joy - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
Episode 706
In this talk, Jogen reflects on joy not as something to be manufactured, but as a natural expression that arises when we stop getting in the way of o…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Before The Tightening - Hogen, Roshi
Episode 705
What is here before the mind contracts around thought, identity, or effort? This talk points to the moment prior to grasping—where awareness is open,…
5 months, 1 week ago
Vast Space, No Lack - Kodo Conover, Zen Teacher
Episode 704
In this talk, Kodo reflects on Faith in Mind as a teaching on living with uncertainty and relinquishing judgment, comparison, and fixed views. Drawin…
5 months, 1 week ago