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For many practitioners zazen practice is about quieting the mind. Thoughts and feelings are supposed to stop or at least slow down to achieve peace of mind. When this doesn't work, a sense of frustra…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Form is Emptiness, Emptiness is Form
This talk explores the experiential territory of the famous slogan from the Heart Sutra: "Form is emptiness, emptiness is form." At first, the talk differentiates between a realizational and a develo…
Published on 5 months ago
Constancy in Practice: Zazen, Views, Relationships
This talk was given as a closing talk for the 2025 Boulder Zen Center - Everyday Bodhisattva Practice Period. It reviews the basic ingredients of practice and summarizes them as (1) daily zazen, (2) …
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Finding Your Energy Body - Sesshin Day 5
This talk was given as part of a sesshin (7-day meditation intensive) at Boulder Zen Center. It begins by examining the limited view we have in our Western culture of the body as a material object an…
Published on 6 months ago
Unfolding the Path of Practice: Zenki Roshi in Conversation with Nicky Antonellis
This is a special conversational episode. Zenki Roshi is interviewed by Nicky Antonellis, a co-founder of the nonprofit organization, Dharma Gates, which aims to connect young adults to deep meditati…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Undivided Activity (Guided Meditation): Life as It Appears Here Now
This talk is a guided meditation that is part of the commentary on Dogen's fascicle "Shobogenzo Zenki – Undivided Activity." Instead of continuing with the line-by-line commentary, it takes a step ba…
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago
Undivided Activity (Part 2): Liberation and Actualization
This talk continues the line-by-line commentary on Dogen's fascicle "Shobogenzo Zenki – Undivided Activity." The talk takes a deep dive into how to understand and practice with the two central terms,…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
Undivided Activity (Part 1): The Buddha Way
This talk kicks off the line-by-line commentary on Dogen's fascicle "Shobogenzo Zenki – Undivided Activity," which participants in BZC's Everyday Bodhisattva Practice Period study together over the c…
Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago
Everything Is Functioning Together to Create This Moment
This talk was given during a Boulder Zen Center Weekend Sitting. It contemplates the phrase "Everything is functioning together to create this moment." It suggests to understand "this moment" not as …
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
Committed to Here (Practice Period Opening Talk)
This talk was given as part of the Opening Ceremony for Boulder Zen Center's annual 3-month 'Everyday Bodhisattva Practice Period,' which intends to create a framework for householders (Everyday Bodh…
Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago