Rochester Zen Center Teisho (zen Talks)

The usual human response to trouble and uncertainty is anxiety and resistance. How can we learn to live wholeheartedly with things as they are? Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post It’s OK to Suffer appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

A senior student speaks candidly about his time at the Center, including his intense efforts to stay with Zen practice through severe depression and cancer. Coming to the Path Talk by Jonathan Hager.  Automated Transcript The post Coming to the Path Talk by Jonathan Hager appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Marsha Linehan is the creator of DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) which was the first form of psychotherapy proven effective for suicidal people with personality disorders. Her work was driven by her own struggles and by her experience in Zen training. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Marsha Linehan and Radical Acceptance appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2023 Sesshin, Day 6 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Song of Mind” by Sheng Yen, Part 2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2023 Sesshin, Day 5 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Song of Mind” by Sheng Yen, Part 1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2023 Sesshin, Day 4 Commentary on “Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away: Teachings on Impermanence and the End of Suffering” by Ajahn Chah (trans. by Paul Breiter) Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away” by Ajahn Chah #4 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2023 Sesshin, Day 3 Commentary on “Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away: Teachings on Impermanence and the End of Suffering” by Ajahn Chah (trans. by Paul Breiter) Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away” by Ajahn Chah #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2023 Sesshin, Day 2 Commentary on “Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away: Teachings on Impermanence and the End of Suffering” by Ajahn Chah (trans. by Paul Breiter) Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away” by Ajahn Chah #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2023 Sesshin, Day 1 Commentary on “Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away: Teachings on Impermanence and the End of Suffering” by Ajahn Chah (trans. by Paul Breiter). Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post “Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away” by Ajahn Chah #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Separating Dharma from Dogma. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Zen and Religion appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post The Privilege of Being Present at Transitions appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Teisho by Sensei Donna Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Working with the Urge to Consume appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post The Precepts, Part 2: The Ten Cardinal Precepts appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Thanksgiving Advice appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post The Precepts, Part 1: The Three Poisons, Repentance, The Three Refuges, and The Three Pure Precepts appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

November 2022 Sesshin, Day 6 Description: What is my light? Why can’t I see it? How do I stop objectifying myself and those around me? Source(s): The Golden Age of Zen by John C.H. Wu, Doubleday 1996. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson.  Automated Transcript The post Hekiganroku #86, Ummon’s “Everybody has their own light” appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

November 2022 Sesshin, Day 5 Description: Zen practice is experiential — we each have to find our way to the truth, giving up our egoistic striving. Source(s): Subtle Sound by Roko Sherry Chayat, Shambhala 1996. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson.  Automated Transcript The post The Teachings of Maurine Stuart-roshi 5 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

November 2022 Sesshin, Day 4 Description: Pride in our good deeds reinforces our sense of self-importance, and therefore works at cross-purposes to our efforts to free ourselves from the delusion of separation. Source(s): Subtle Sound by Roko Sherry Chayat, Shambhala 1996. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson.  Automated Transcript The post The Teachings of Maurine Stuart-roshi 4 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

November 2022 Sesshin, Day 3 Description: A master once said, “The taste of Zen is pain in the knees.” How do we work creatively with pain and weariness in these early days of sesshin? Source(s): Subtle Sound by Roko Sherry Chayat, Shambhala 1996. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson.  Automated Transcript The post The Teachings of Maurine Stuart-roshi 3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

November 2022 Sesshin, Day 2 Description: Practising right where we are. Source(s): Meetings with Remarkable Women by Lenore Friedman, Shambhala 1987; Subtle Sound by Roko Sherry Chayat, Shambhala 1996. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson.  Automated Transcript The post The Teachings of Maurine Stuart-roshi 2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.