Rochester Zen Center Teisho (zen Talks)

June 2021 Sesshin, Day 1 Introduction to the text by Yasutani-roshi Text: An Experience of Enlightenment by Flora Courtois. Quest Books, 1986. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson.  Automated Transcript The post “An Experience of Enlightenment” by Flora Courtois #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

A look at the teacher-student relationship generally, with a focus on the implications of it at the RZC now that Roshi and John Pulleyn-sensei will both be giving dokusan and formally accepting students. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post No Teachers, No Students, Nothing To Be Taught appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

The Buddha’s Way to freedom. Dharma Talk by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post The Middle Way appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Roshi’s weekly podcast: Languishing and Ambivalence. Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. The post CoronaCast: May 11 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

May 2021 Sesshin, Day 2 Reading and commentary on excerpts from an interview with Joanna Macy that explores the Buddha’s teaching of dependent co-arising, nothing exists apart from anything else. (Source: Dharma Rain, edited by Stephanie Kaza and Kenneth Kraft, Shambhala Publications, 2000) Dharma Talk by Donna Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post “The Third Turning of the Wheel: A Conversation with Joanna Macy” appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

May 2021 Sesshin, Day 1 Reading and commentary on excerpts from Chapter One. Dharma Talk by Donna Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post “World as Lover, World as Self” by Joanna Macy appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

The Heart Sutra (Prajna Paramita) reminds us that none of the five skandhas (constituents of personhood) have any substantiality to them. To cling to any imagined identity, then, is to invite suffering. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. The post The Illusion of Human Identity appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede’s weekly podcast. Come On In–the Water’s Fine! Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. The post CoronaCast: April 12 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

A look at one of the Buddha’s three characteristics of existence. Dharma Talk by Sensei John Pulleyn. The post Impermanence appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

April 2021 Sesshin, Day 5 Commentary on Zen Dawn, Early Zen Texts from Tun Huang (trans. by J.C. Cleary) Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. The post “Zen Dawn, Early Zen Texts from Tun Huang” #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

April 2021 Sesshin, Day 4 Commentary on Zen Dawn, Early Zen Texts from Tun Huang (trans. by J.C. Cleary) Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. The post “Zen Dawn, Early Zen Texts from Tun Huang” #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

April 2021 Sesshin, Day 3 Commentary on The Practice of Zen, by Garma C. C. Chang. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. The post “The Practice of Zen” #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

April 2021 Sesshin, Day 2 Commentary on The Practice of Zen, by Garma C. C. Chang. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. The post “The Practice of Zen” #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

April 2021 Sesshin, Day 1 Commentary on The Practice of Zen, by Garma C. C. Chang. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. The post “The Practice of Zen” #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Letting go of thoughts on the mat and in our lives. Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Be Still appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Dharma Talk by Donna Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Trust the Practice appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede’s weekly podcast. Trust the Process – Lengthening Days and Zen Practice: Taking the Long View Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. The post CoronaCast: March 12 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

A look at original vs. actualized enlightenment, Dharma transmission, aspiration, and our True Self as the “Face” behind the mask. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Think Neither Good Nor Evil, Case 23 in the Mumonkan appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

February/March 2021 Sesshin, Day 4 Source Quoted Catching a Feather on a Fan: A Zen Retreat With Master Sheng Yen. Edited by by John Crook. Element Books Ltd, 1991. Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Catching a Feather on a Fan” #4 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

February/March 2021 Sesshin, Day 3 Source Quoted Catching a Feather on a Fan: A Zen Retreat With Master Sheng Yen. Edited by by John Crook. Element Books Ltd, 1991. Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Catching a Feather on a Fan” #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.