Rochester Zen Center Teisho (zen Talks)

September 2022 Sesshin, Day 5 Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Zen Master Bassui from Mud and Water (trans. by Arthur Braverman) #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

September 2022 Sesshin, Day 4 Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Zen Master Bassui from Mud and Water (trans. by Arthur Braverman) #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

September 2022 Sesshin, Day 3 Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Transcript The post Zen Master Bassui from The Three Pillars of Zen appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

September 2022 Sesshin, Day 2 Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Zen Master Foyan from Instant Zen: Waking Up In the Present (trans. by Thomas Cleary) #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

September 2022 Sesshin, Day 1 Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Zen Master Foyan from Instant Zen: Waking Up In the Present (trans. by Thomas Cleary) #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

A look at the sanctioning next month of Donna Kowal and at my stepping aside, featuring Case 40 in the Mumonkan, “Kicking Over the Water Bottle.” Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Transcript The post Zen Teacher Authorization appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

September 2022 2-Day Sesshin, Day 2 Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka.  Automated Transcript The post Faith: Passages from “And There Was Light” by Jacques Lusseran appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

September 2022 2-Day Sesshin, Day 1 Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka.  Automated Transcript The post The Teachings of Empty Cloud (Xu Yun) followed by Q & A appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

By trying to wall off the inevitable pain we encounter, we make it hurt more and last longer. Acceptance and practice show us another way. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post OK with Things as They Are appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

From December 1979 Sesshin, Day 7. Played on Founder’s Day – August 14, 2022. Teisho by Roshi Philip Kapleau.  Automated Transcript The post Teisho by Roshi Kapleau: Hekiganroku #38, “Fuketsu and the Dharma Seal” appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

July 2022 Sesshin, Day 6 Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Zen Letters: Teachings of Yuanwu (trans. by J.C. Cleary and Thomas Cleary) #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

July 2022 Sesshin, Day 5 Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Zen Letters: Teachings of Yuanwu (trans. by J.C. Cleary and Thomas Cleary) #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

July 2022 Sesshin, Day 4 Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Zen Letters: Teachings of Yuanwu (trans. by J.C. Cleary and Thomas Cleary) #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

July 2022 Sesshin, Day 3 Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Dream Conversations: On Buddhism and Zen: Kokushi, Muso (trans. by Thomas Cleary) #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

July 2022 Sesshin, Day 2 Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Dream Conversations: On Buddhism and Zen: Kokushi, Muso (trans. by Thomas Cleary) #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

July 2022 Sesshin, Day 1 Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Dream Conversations: On Buddhism and Zen: Kokushi, Muso (trans. by Thomas Cleary) #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

The images revealed by the Webb Telescope will vastly extend our knowledge. Wisdom, however, grows from looking inward. Who is seeing that projection of the mind we call the universe? Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Seeing Into Space, Seeing Into Mind appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

The book Buddhism, by Smith and Novak, identifies six aspects of religion. How many fit with Zen? Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Zen Buddhism–Religion, or Not? appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Faith is the anchor of Zen practice, but faith in what? Not a person, not a thing. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Transcript The post Faith appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka.  Automated Transcript The post Forbearance: the Third Paramita appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.