Rochester Zen Center Teisho (zen Talks)

January 2025 Sesshin, Day 5 The fifth and final commentary in a series on Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening by Zen Master Guo Gu Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Silent Illumination” #5 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2025 Sesshin, Day 4 Continuing the commentary from Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 on Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening by Zen Master Guo Gu Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Silent Illumination” #4 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2025 Sesshin, Day 3 Continuing the commentary from Day 1 and Day 2 on Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening by Zen Master Guo Gu Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Silent Illumination” #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2025 Sesshin, Day 2 Continuing the commentary from Day 1 on Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening by Zen Master Guo Gu Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Silent Illumination” #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2025 Sesshin, Day 1 Commentary on Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening by Zen Master Guo Gu Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Silent Illumination” #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

A look at knowing and not knowing, in the intellectual sense — that is, using the discriminating mind — versus the Zen sense of waking up to the truth of No Self. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Knowing and Not Knowing appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

December 2024 Sesshin, Day 2 Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka.  Automated Transcript The post Deepening Zen #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

December 2024 Sesshin, Day 1 Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka.  Automated Transcript The post Deepening Zen #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

The foundation of the Buddha’s Path is recognizing and accepting how “things” are. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Right View and the Three Marks of Existence appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

The true potential of Taking the Precepts comes from our efforts to live them, to integrate them into our practice and our everyday interactions. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Practice and the Precepts appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Reflections on an Election Disaster appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Noticing when we’re lost in the dream and returning to direct, embodied experience. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Get Out of Your Head appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

It is what it is. The recent presidential election affected many people on a deep emotional level, and in differing ways. From the vantage point of Zen practice, how do we work with whatever we’re feeling? How do we step back and see more clearly things as they are? Dharma Talk by Tom Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Es lo que Hay appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

November 2024 Sesshin, Day 6 Commentary on “Everyday Zen: Love and Work” by Charlotte Joko Beck. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Everyday Zen #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

November 2024 Sesshin, Day 5 Commentary on “Everyday Zen: Love and Work” by Charlotte Joko Beck. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Everyday Zen #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

November 2024 Sesshin, Day 4 Commentary on the teachings of Chan Master Sheng Yen. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Faith in Mind #4 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

November 2024 Sesshin, Day 3 Commentary on the teachings of Chan Master Sheng Yen. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Faith in Mind #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

November 2024 Sesshin, Day 2 Commentary on the teachings of Chan Master Sheng Yen. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Faith in Mind #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

November 2024 Sesshin, Day 1 Commentary on the teachings of Chan Master Sheng Yen. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Faith in Mind #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Cynicism is a mindset characterized by mistrust and negativity, obstructing one’s ability to see things clearly. It’s also a social phenomenon that can spread across individuals and communities. A look at the science of cynicism and how Zen practice can help us to uncover our innate clarity and compassion. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Seeing Through Cynicism appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.