Rochester Zen Center Teisho (zen Talks)

March 2022 Sesshin, Day 4 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening” by Guo Gu #4 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

March 2022 Sesshin, Day 3 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening” by Guo Gu #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

March 2022 Sesshin, Day 2 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening” by Guo Gu #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

March 2022 Sesshin, Day 1 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening” by Guo Gu #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Dharma Talk by Ven. Trueman Taylor.  Automated Transcript The post Practice and the Inner Critical Voice appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Cultivating openness and awareness in the face of habit energies that pull us in the other direction. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Transcript The post Ups and Downs of Practice appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Ukraine and Russia: What Would Buddha Do? appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

With Russia’s invasion the world has changed. Facing up to uncertainty and suffering. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Russia Invades Ukraine appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

February 2022 Sesshin, Day 4 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Faith in Mind: A Commentary on Seng Ts’an’s Classic” by Master Sheng Yen #4 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

February 2022 Sesshin, Day 3 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Faith in Mind: A Commentary on Seng Ts’an’s Classic” by Master Sheng Yen #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

February 2022 Sesshin, Day 2 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Faith in Mind: A Commentary on Seng Ts’an’s Classic” by Master Sheng Yen #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

February 2022 Sesshin, Day 1 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Faith in Mind: A Commentary on Seng Ts’an’s Classic” by Master Sheng Yen #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Working with the body and attitudes towards the body in Zen practice. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Zen and the Body (Part 2) appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Body awareness as a key to Zen practice. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Zen and the Body (Part 1) appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

A “CoronaCast.” Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Advice From a Zen Fool appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

The compulsive and unsettled tenor of modern life was diagnosed well over 300 years ago by the French philosopher, Blaise Pascal, who wrote, “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Restlessness appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2022 Sesshin, Day 7 On Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui, (trans. by J.C.Cleary). Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2022 Sesshin, Day 6 On Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui, (trans. by J.C.Cleary). Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2022 Sesshin, Day 5 On Being Dharma: The Essence of the Buddha’s Teachings by Ajahn Chah (trans. by Peter Breiter). Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Being Dharma” by Ajahn Chah #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2022 Sesshin, Day 4 On Being Dharma: The Essence of the Buddha’s Teachings by Ajahn Chah (trans. by Peter Breiter). Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Being Dharma” by Ajahn Chah #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.