Rochester Zen Center Teisho (zen Talks)

February/March 2021 Sesshin, Day 2 Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn on Catching a Feather on a Fan: A Zen Retreat With Master Sheng Yen. Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Catching a Feather on a Fan” #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

February/March 2021 Sesshin, Day 1 Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn on Catching a Feather on a Fan: A Zen Retreat With Master Sheng Yen. Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Catching a Feather on a Fan” #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Digital overstimulation and now the pandemic has generated a culture of negation, withdrawal, and numbness. But there’s a better way to retreat, every day, from overwhelming circumstances, while engaging with the world. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Embracing Nothingness — But In What Way? appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Miscellaneous reflections on love, seen through the lens of Dharma. Source Referenced Soul Food: Stories to Nourish the Spirit and the Heart. Jack Kornfield and Christina Feldman. HarperOne, 1996. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Love Makes the World Go ‘Round appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Roshi’s weekly podcast: Integrating Two of the Buddhist Paramitas in Getting Scheduled for a Vaccination Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post CoronaCast: February 10 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Sources Referenced: Malcolm Gladwell. Outliers: The Story of Success. Little, Brown and Company, 2008. Norman Fischer. Taking Our Places: The Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up. HarperOne, 2004. Jeffrey R. Young. “Researcher Behind ‘10,000-Hour Rule’ Says Good Teaching Matters, Not Just Practice.” EdSurge, May 5, 2020. “Unconditionally Steadfast.” Tricycle interview with Pema Chödrön. Fall 1999. Dharma Talk by Trueman Taylor.  Automated Transcript The post The Long Game: Persistence and Working With a Teacher appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

A look at what the Buddhist Sangha, or community, meant in Asia, how it has changed since coming to Western countries, and what it might become for the Rochester Zen Center. Sources Quoted: Stephen Batchelor. “Creating Sangha.” Tricycle, Winter, 1995.  Thich Nhat Hanh. “The Fertile Soil of Sangha.” Tricycle, Summer, 2008. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Sangha Sculpting Sangha appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Roshi’s weeky podcast: New Government as Rebirth Automated transcript Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. The post CoronaCast: January 22 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2021 Sesshin, Day 7 Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post “Ummon’s Teaching in Reference to Oneness” appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2021 Sesshin, Day 6 Readings from Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin (mostly the Introduction), The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin (both translated by Norman Waddell) and The Zen Master Hakuin, translated by Philip Yampolsky. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Teachings and Life of Zen Master Hakuin #6 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2021 Sesshin, Day 5 Readings from Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin (mostly the Introduction) and The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin. Both translated by Norman Waddell. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Teachings and Life of Zen Master Hakuin #5 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2021 Sesshin, Day 4 Readings from Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin (mostly the Introduction) and The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin, both translated by Norman Waddell. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Teachings and Life of Zen Master Hakuin #4 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2021 Sesshin, Day 3 Readings from Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin (mostly the Introduction) and The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin, both translated by Norman Waddell. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Teachings and Life of Zen Master Hakuin #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2021 Sesshin, Day 2 Readings from Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin (mostly the Introduction) and The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin, both translated by Norman Waddell. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Teachings and Life of Zen Master Hakuin #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2021 Sesshin, Day 1 Readings from Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin (mostly the Introduction) and The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin, both translated by Norman Waddell. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Teachings and Life of Zen Master Hakuin #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Atlantic writer George Packer sees the new year as a “plastic hour,” a rare chance for the U.S. to transform sickness and dysfunction into renewal. This mirrors the catalytic potential of personal dis-ease to lead us to spiritual practice. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post National Crisis, National Opportunity appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

A look at a neuroscientist’s explanation of how our brain creates the hallucination we take for reality and a modern day Stoic’s approach to the fix that puts us in. Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn. The post Working with an Untrustworthy Brain appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

2020 put many of us in a time warp that will run well into 2021. What’s going on, really? And how does daily Zen practice help us ride the waves? Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. The post Pandemic Time Melting and Freezing appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Roshi’s weekly podcast on the pandemic. Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post CoronaCast: December 17 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

December 2020 Sesshin, Day 2 Commentary on  Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom by Joseph Goldstein Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka. The post “Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom” by Joseph Goldstein appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.