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Connecting With Family This Thanksgiving - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
Episode 693
In this talk, Jogen explores how our relationships—especially with family—can become genuine fields of practice. He challenges the assumption that pr…
6 months, 1 week ago
Interrupting The Trance of "Not Enough"- Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
Episode 692
In this talk, we explore the Zen poem often translated as Inscribing Trust in the Heart or Affirming Faith in Mind. The teaching points to a profound…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Freedom from the Disease of the Mind - Hogen, Roshi
Episode 691
In this talk, Hogen Roshi explores the Zen chant Affirming Faith in Mind, showing how its guidance is rooted in direct, present-moment experience. He…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Inscribing Trust in the Heart - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
Episode 690
In this talk, Jogen Sensei explores the opening stanzas of Affirming Faith in Mind, illuminating what the poem calls “the Great Way”—life itself, uno…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Great Way Is Easy If You Just Feel Your Toes - Hogen, Roshi
Episode 689
In this talk, Hogen Roshi explores the opening line of Affirming Faith in Mind—“The Great Way is easy”—and shows how quickly the mind complicates eve…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Longing That Cures - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
Episode 688
In this talk, Jogen Sensei explores the paradox of longing—the pain and medicine of our deepest yearning. Drawing from Dōgen, the Faith in Mind poem,…
7 months ago
The Great Way and The Hundred Grass Tips - Jomon Martin, Zen Teacher
Episode 687
In the second week of the Ango practice period, Jomon Sensei reflects on verses from Affirming Faith in Mind—“The Great Way is without limit, beyond …
7 months ago
The Desire to Go Beyond - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
Episode 686
In this talk Jogen Sensei introduces Affirming Faith in Mind as a mirror for practice and a reminder that the Great Way is neither easy nor difficult…
7 months, 1 week ago
Longing for the Ancient Way - Hogen, Roshi
Episode 685
In this opening talk of 2025 Ancient Way Sesshin, Hogen Roshi introduces the Affirming Faith in Mind chant—an ancient poem pointing to non-dual aware…
7 months, 1 week ago
The Moon in the Bucket - Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
Episode 684
In this episode, Kisei Sensei explores Koan 25, Nyozin’s Pale Moon of Dawn, and Koan 33, Bodhidharma’s Flesh, examining how Zen teaching passes throu…
7 months, 1 week ago