Rochester Zen Center Teisho (zen Talks)

Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. The post September 2021 Sesshin, Day 4: The Practice of Zen by Garma C.C. Chang appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. The post September 2021 Sesshin, Day 3: The Practice of Zen by Garma C.C. Chang appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. The post September 2021 Sesshin, Day 1: Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui (trans. by J.C. Cleary) appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

To one degree or another, we allow habitual reactions to pain and anxiety to limit our lives. Zen practice shows us another way. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Letting Go of Fear-Based Strategies appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Like individuals, all nations and worlds pass. By fully facing this, with daily practice we can breathe life and even joy into our lives. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Recognizing the Inevitable appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Anatta: The Teaching of Not-Self appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Roshi’s latest podcast: Deja Vu – Adapting to the COVID variants. Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post CoronaCast: August 6 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

July 2021 Sesshin, Day 7 Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Blue Cliff Record #4, “Tokusan Carries His Bundle” appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

July 2021 Sesshin, Day 6 Commentary on The Way of Korean Zen by Kusan Sunim (trans. by Martine Batchelor) Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post “The Way of Korean Zen” by Kusan Sunim #6 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

July 2021 Sesshin, Day 5 Commentary on The Way of Korean Zen by Kusan Sunim (trans. by Martine Batchelor) Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post “The Way of Korean Zen” by Kusan Sunim #5 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

July 2021 Sesshin, Day 4 Commentary on The Way of Korean Zen by Kusan Sunim (trans. by Martine Batchelor) Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post “The Way of Korean Zen” by Kusan Sunim #4 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

July 2021 Sesshin, Day 3 Commentary on The Way of Korean Zen by Kusan Sunim (trans. by Martine Batchelor) Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post “The Way of Korean Zen” by Kusan Sunim #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

July 2021 Sesshin, Day 2 Commentary on The Way of Korean Zen by Kusan Sunim (trans. by Martine Batchelor) Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post “The Way of Korean Zen” by Kusan Sunim #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

July 2021 Sesshin, Day 1 Commentary on The Way of Korean Zen by Kusan Sunim (trans. by Martine Batchelor) Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post “The Way of Korean Zen” by Kusan Sunim #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

On working with habit forces and boredom. Commentary on excerpts from Ordinary Wonder: Zen Life and Practice by Charlotte Joko Beck, edited by Brenda Beck Hess (Shambhala, 2021). Dharma Talk by Donna Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Untangling the Knots, Engaging with the Practice appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Looking for Truth in all the wrong places. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Ordinary Mind is the Way, Case 19 in the Mumonkan appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

We can celebrate the 1865 Emancipation while acknowledging the enduring shackles of systemic racism and those of our own afflictions. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Juneteenth and the Work of Ultimate Liberation appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

June 2021 Sesshin, Day 5 Working with spiritual poverty. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson.  Transcript The post Mumonkan #10, Sozan and Poor Seizei appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

June 2021 Sesshin, Day 4 Arrival, loss and return — the universe changes on its axis, but how to share this amazing experience with others? Searching for a context for 20 years and finally finding one. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson.  Automated Transcript The post “An Experience of Enlightenment” by Flora Courtois #4 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

June 2021 Sesshin, Day 3 A turning point — no need to look further than the mind itself. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson.  Automated Transcript The post “An Experience of Enlightenment” by Flora Courtois #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.