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Zhao Zhou’s Instructions for Finding Our True Home
In this Wednesday night Dharma talk, given on the fourth day of Upaya’s Fall Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Cynthia Ryotan Kear explores how Zhao Zh…
1 day, 7 hours ago
FPP 2026 Sesshin Day 3: Unburdened Attention
In this Dharma talk, given on the third day of Upaya’s Fall Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Sokaku Kathie Fischer offers gentle guidance on meeting t…
1 day, 22 hours ago
FPP 2026 Sesshin Day 2: Going Straight On
In this Dharma talk, given on the second full day of Upaya’s Fall Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Shinzan returns to Zhao Zhou, the Tang dynasty mast…
1 day, 22 hours ago
FPP 2026 Sesshin Day 1: Beyond Picking and Choosing
In this Dharma talk, given on the first full day of Upaya’s Fall Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Cynthia Ryotan Kear turns to a poem echoed throughou…
1 day, 23 hours ago
FPP 2026: The Buddha Before You (Part 5)
In this Zazenkai Dharma talk during Upaya’s Fall Practice Period, Sensei Shinzan explores confidence in practice through Zhaozhou’s first meeting wit…
2 days, 1 hour ago
FPP 2026: The Space All Around Thoughts (Part 3)
In this Zazenkai day Dharma talk, Sensei Kathie Fisher turns to several of Zhao Zhou’s understated koans as part of Upaya’s Fall Practice Period. She…
2 days, 2 hours ago
FPP 2026: Introduction to the Text: Zhao Zhou’s Legacy and Teachings (Part 2)
In this introduction to the text during Upaya’s Fall Practice Period, Senseis Kathy Fisher, Cynthia Ryotan Kear, and Shinzan Palma open the recorded …
2 days, 2 hours ago
Fall Practice Period 2026: The Teachings of Zen Master Zhao Zhou: Opening Session
In this opening session of the Fall Practice Period, Sensei Shinzan, Sensei Kathie Fisher, and Sensei Monshin invite participants to step out of ordi…
2 days, 2 hours ago
Zen History: Informing our Practice and Lives Today
In this Wednesday night Dharma talk during Upaya’s Fall Practice Period, Sensei Sokaku Kathie Fischer explores how Zhaozhou’s teachings invite the bu…
1 week, 1 day ago
Ancestral Stories: A Dharma Gate of Intimacy with Our Lives
In this Wednesday night Dharma talk, Sensei Cynthia Ryotan Kear opens up the practice of koans as part of Upaya’s Fall Practice Period devoted to the…
2 weeks, 1 day ago