Rochester Zen Center Teisho (zen Talks)

Nothing is certain. This too will pass. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Winds of Change appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

February 2025 Sesshin, Day 2 In part two of her overview of working with koans, Jissai Prince-Cherry emphasizes the importance of engaging the heart and mind and the need to feel and live with the koan. Dharma Talk by Ven. Jissai Prince-Cherry.  Automated Transcript The post Tips for Working on Koans, Part 2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

February 2025 Sesshin, Day 1 In the first of her two talks about koan work, Jissai Prince-Cherry also discusses breath practices and shikantaza. Dharma Talk by Ven. Jissai Prince-Cherry.  Automated Transcript The post Tips for Working on Koans, Part 1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Noticing how we habitually lose focus in the face of boredom and frustration and finding the wherewithal to stay engaged. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Learning Not to Turn Away appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Learning to let go and listen. Moving from grasping to opening. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Silence and Non-doing appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

A commentary on an episode of the Hidden Brain podcast: "Emotions 2.0: What’s Better than Being Happy?" and how being open to a variety of emotions, including negative ones, dovetails with Buddhist practice. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Emotional Diversity and Buddhist Practice (Updated) appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2025 Sesshin, Day 6 A commentary on Nothing Special: Living Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck  Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Nothing Special: Living Zen” appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2025 Sesshin, Day 5 The fifth and final commentary in a series on Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening by Zen Master Guo Gu Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Silent Illumination” #5 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2025 Sesshin, Day 4 Continuing the commentary from Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 on Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening by Zen Master Guo Gu Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Silent Illumination” #4 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2025 Sesshin, Day 3 Continuing the commentary from Day 1 and Day 2 on Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening by Zen Master Guo Gu Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Silent Illumination” #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2025 Sesshin, Day 2 Continuing the commentary from Day 1 on Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening by Zen Master Guo Gu Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Silent Illumination” #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2025 Sesshin, Day 1 Commentary on Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening by Zen Master Guo Gu Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Silent Illumination” #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

A look at knowing and not knowing, in the intellectual sense — that is, using the discriminating mind — versus the Zen sense of waking up to the truth of No Self. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Knowing and Not Knowing appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

December 2024 Sesshin, Day 2 Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka.  Automated Transcript The post Deepening Zen #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

December 2024 Sesshin, Day 1 Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka.  Automated Transcript The post Deepening Zen #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

The foundation of the Buddha’s Path is recognizing and accepting how “things” are. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Right View and the Three Marks of Existence appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

The true potential of Taking the Precepts comes from our efforts to live them, to integrate them into our practice and our everyday interactions. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Practice and the Precepts appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Reflections on an Election Disaster appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Noticing when we’re lost in the dream and returning to direct, embodied experience. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Get Out of Your Head appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

It is what it is. The recent presidential election affected many people on a deep emotional level, and in differing ways. From the vantage point of Zen practice, how do we work with whatever we’re feeling? How do we step back and see more clearly things as they are? Dharma Talk by Tom Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Es lo que Hay appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.