Zen Talks From The Windhorse Zen Community

Nonviolence  Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given at our regular Sunday sitting, on June 8th, 2008.  Thanks for your continued interest in these podcasts. Send us an email at windhorsezen@att.net Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening.  The Windhorse Zen Community has meditation open to the public, and has a residential zen training program. To learn more, and to help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

25 Lectern Free! Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given at sesshin in August of 2008. Thanks for your continued interest in these podcasts. Send us an email at windhorsezen@att.net Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening. The Windhorse Zen Community has meditation open to the public, and has a residential zen training program. To learn more, and to help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

Chosha's Spring Walk- Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given May 4th, 2008. The koan discussed is Chosha goes for a Walk, case #36 in the book of koans, The Blue Cliff Record. There is a very helpful brief introduction to koans that we have copied out and used for the preceding podcast. We have had an excellent response to these podcasts. Please send an email to us at windhorsezen@att.net . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening. The Windhorse Zen Community has meditation open to the public, and has a residential zen training program. To learn more, and to help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

Koans - A Brief Introduction, An introduction to koans- Sunya Sensei often discusses koans. This brief introduction to koans is taken from a longer teisho, Chosha's Spring Walk that will follow this podcast. Roshi Kapleau, our teacher's teacher, said in his book The Three Pillars of Zen, that a koan is "a formulation, in baffling language, pointing to ultimate truth."A well-known example is "what is the sound of one hand clapping?" Sunya sensei refers to the most widely used initial koan in our practice - Joshu's Mu. Zen teaches us that all things have Buddha nature. The koan goes, "A monk asked Joshu, Does a dog have Buddha Nature?" Joshu replies "Mu" , which means "no". The student is asked to demonstrate what is mu. Sunya Sensei refers to the dokusan room. Part of our practice is the formal private interview with the teacher, dokusan, during which the student is asked to demonstrate understanding of the koan. 

Memorial Day and Nonviolence - Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given on the Memorial Day weekend, May 25th 2008. How do we best honor our war dead? How do we deal with the violence within us? What does Buddhist practice tell us about self and other? Please send an email to us at windhorsezen@att.net . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening. The Windhorse Zen Community has meditation open to the public, and has a residential zen training program. To learn more, and to help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

Nansen's Dreams and Waking, Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given in November of 2007. This is part two of a two part Teisho on the Koan "Nansen's It Is Like a Dream" We do not have part one due to a technical problem, but this teisho stands well on its own. When first posted, this podcast was incomplete. It is now the entire teisho. My apologies for the technical problems. Hopefully they are all solved. Your emails are important to us, so please send an email to us at windhorsezen@att.net . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening and To help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org 

The New Flute, Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given on the fifth day of a seven day sesshin given in December of 2004  Please send an email to us at windhorsezen@att.net . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening and To help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

There Is No Waiting, Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is entitled "There is no Waiting" as from a teisho given in May of 2005.  Please send your comments or questions to us at windhorsezen@att.net and see our website, www.windhorsezen.org 

Put Down Your BucketsToday's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Senei is entitled "Put Down Your Buckets". It is from an all day sitting given in January 2007. We'd like to hear from our listeners! Please send an email to us at windhorsezen@att.net . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening and To help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

Mind Like Water, Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sense is entitled "Mind Like Water". It is from an all-day sitting given in March of 2007. We'd like to hear from our listeners! Please send an email to us at windhorsezen@att.net . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening and To help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

The Universe Will Not Abandon You, Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sense is entitled "The Universe Will Not Abandon You". It is from a sesshin, an intensive meditation retreat,  given in June 2005.  We'd like to hear from our listeners! Please send an email to us at windhorsezen@att.net . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening and To help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

100% AffirmationToday's Teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is entitled 100% Affirmation.  It is from a sesshin given in October of 2004.We'd like to hear from our listeners! Please send an email to us at windhorsezen@att.net . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening. To help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

The Mystery of FlowersToday's Teisho, The Mystery of Flowers, is from a Father's Day teisho given by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei. There are some problems with the audio in this podcast!We'd like to hear from our listeners! Please send an email to us at windhorsezen@att.net . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening. To help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

Annie Dillard, What If? Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given during sesshin, an intensive meditation retreat. We'd like to hear from our listeners! Please send an email to us at windhorsezen@att.net . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening. To help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org 

Endless Dimension, Universal Mind, Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given during sesshin, an intensive meditation retreat. We'd like to hear from our listeners! Please send an email to us at windhorsezen@att.net . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening. To help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org 

Engaged Practice: Keep Waking UpToday's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given May 16th, 2004. We'd like to hear from our listeners. Please send an email to us at windhorsezen@att.net . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening! To help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

Mother's Day 2007, Sunya Kjolhede Sensei discusses Mother's Day. For questions about the Windhorse Zen Community, or to help support these podcasts, see our website, www.windhorsezen.org 

The Ten Fools   This teisho is from the last day of a seven day intensive meditation retreat given in August of 2004. For more information on the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website www.windhorsezen.org