Rochester Zen Center Teisho (zen Talks)

December 2023 Sesshin, Day 1 Commentary on Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle (Part 1). Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka.  Automated Transcript The post Stillness Speaks #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Full Title: Outrage, Resentment, Acceptance, and Forgiveness. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Outrage appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post The Precepts: Beyond Pride and Perfection appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

November 2023 Sesshin, Day 6 Commentary on the teachings of Charlotte Joko Beck (Part 2). Source: Everyday Zen: Love and Work by Charlotte Joko Beck. Edited by Steve Smith. Harper Collins, 1989. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Teachings of Charlotte Joko Beck #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

November 2023 Sesshin, Day 5 Commentary on the teachings of Charlotte Joko Beck (Part 1). Source: Everyday Zen: Love and Work by Charlotte Joko Beck. Edited by Steve Smith. Harper Collins, 1989. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Teachings of Charlotte Joko Beck #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

November 2023 Sesshin, Day 4 Commentary on the teachings of Maurine Stuart (Part 4). Source: Subtle Sound: The Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart. Edited by Sherry Chayat. Shambhala, 1996 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart #4 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

November 2023 Sesshin, Day 3 Commentary on the teachings of Maurine Stuart (Part 3). Source: Subtle Sound: The Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart. Edited by Sherry Chayat. Shambhala, 1996 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

November 2023 Sesshin, Day 2 Commentary on the teachings of Maurine Stuart (Part 2). Source: Subtle Sound: The Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart. Edited by Sherry Chayat. Shambhala, 1996 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

November 2023 Sesshin, Day 1 Commentary on the teachings of Maurine Stuart (Part 1). Source: Subtle Sound: The Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart. Edited by Sherry Chayat. Shambhala, 1996 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Coming to the Path Talk by Ven. Kanji Argetsinger.  Automated Transcript The post Coming to the Path Talk by Ven. Kanji Argetsinger appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Practice and our lives are not two. Insight comes when the thinking mind falls silent. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Establishing and Sustaining Zen Practice appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

September 2023 Sesshin, Day 6 Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Shoyoroku (Book of Serenity) #89, “Dongshan’s ‘No Grass’” appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

September 2023 Sesshin, Day 5 Commentary on the teachings of American Zen teacher Joko Beck (Part 3). Source: Everyday Zen: Love and Work by Charlotte Joko Beck. Edited by Steve Smith. Harper Collins, 1989. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Teachings of American Zen teacher Joko Beck #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

September 2023 Sesshin, Day 4 Commentary on the teachings of American Zen teacher Joko Beck (Part 2). Source: Everyday Zen: Love and Work by Charlotte Joko Beck. Edited by Steve Smith. Harper Collins, 1989. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Teachings of American Zen teacher Joko Beck #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

September 2023 Sesshin, Day 3 Commentary on the teachings of American Zen teacher Joko Beck (Part 1). Source: Everyday Zen: Love and Work by Charlotte Joko Beck. Edited by Steve Smith. Harper Collins, 1989. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Teachings of American Zen teacher Joko Beck #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

September 2023 Sesshin, Day 2 Commentary on the teachings of Zen Master Foyan. Sources: Zen’s Chinese Heritage: The Masters and their Teachings (Expanded Edition) by Andy Ferguson. Wisdom Publications, 2011. Zen Essence: The Science of Freedom, translated and edited by Thomas Cleary. Shambhala Press, 2000. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Teachings of Zen Master Foyan appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

September 2023 Sesshin, Day 1 Commentary on the teachings of Zen Master Yuanwu. Sources: Zen’s Chinese Heritage: The Masters and their Teachings (Expanded Edition) by Andy Ferguson. Wisdom Publications, 2011. Zen Essence: The Science of Freedom, translated and edited by Thomas Cleary. Shambhala Press, 2000. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Teachings of Zen Master Yuanwu appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

How to engage your practice in the midst of activity, whether it involves manual work or intellectually-demanding tasks. Resources: Sweeping Changes: Discovering the Joy of Zen in Everyday Tasks by Gary Thorp (Walker Books, 2000).  “The Value of ‘Deep Work’ in an Age of Distraction,” Hidden Brain podcast featuring Cal Newport (July 25, 2017). Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Transcript The post Work Practice appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

September 2023 Sesshin, Day 2 Reading from Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratana. Dharma Talk by Ven. Trueman Taylor.  Automated Transcript The post Working With Obstructions in Our Zazen appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

September 2023 Sesshin, Day 1 Meditation: Why Bother? Developing the Right Attitude. Reading from Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratana. Dharma Talk by Ven. Trueman Taylor.  Automated Transcript The post Meditation: Why Bother? appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.