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Karma, Time & Deep Self Respect - Jogen, Sensei
In this episode, Jogen explores the nature of karma as our participation in creating the world, moment by moment. Using vivid metaphors like sending postcards to our f...
The Labyrinth of Love - Jogen Sensei
This is the third talk of the 2025 Metta Sesshin at GVZM. In this talk, jogen explores the boundless nature of the heart and its deep entanglement with mind, body, an...
The Mystery of Loving - Jomon Martin, Zen Teacher
This is the second talk of the 2025 Metta Sesshin at GVZM. In this talk Jomon discusses love and appreciation. What do these words really mean, and how to they relate ...
Universal Friendliness - Jogen Sensei
This talk was given during the 2025 Loving-Kindness Sesshin at GVZM. This is the first talk of the sesshin. In this talk Jogen discusses Loving-Kindness in general and...
Is Consciousness True Self? - Jogen Sensei
In this talk Jogen replies to a number of questions from practitioners during the Heart of Wisdom Wednesday night program on June 4 2025. Some questions include: Why i...
The Evolution of Something into Everything Else - Hogen Roshi
This is the fifth talk in a series on the Art of Living By Thich Naht Hanh. Hogen dicusses what he calls the physics of reality. He discusses impermanence and how it c...
Call Me By My True Name - Hogen Roshi
This talk is the fourth talk in a series on Thich Naht Hanh's book The Art of Living. In this talk Hogen continues to discuss chapter 1 of the book. He talks about our...
The Light of Zazen - Bansho Green, Zen Teacher
This talk was given by Bansho during Ancestors Sesshin 2025 on the fourth day. This talk is about "Yunmen's Light" Koan, and many other topics about practicing when de...
A Hug From The Ancestors - Kisei, Sensei
How are we connected to the zen ancestors? To our biological ancestors? This practice is loving, and we are supported by all those who have come before us. This talk w...
Emptiness Is The Door of Liberation - Hogen Roshi
This talk was given by Hogen on May 11 2025 at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple. This is part three of a talk series on Thich Nhat Hahn's Art of Living Book. This talk is a ...
Yun Men's Light - Kisei Sensei
This talk was the fourth talk of the 2025 Ancestors Sesshi on May 15 2025.. In this talk Kisei discusses the Koan "Yun Men's Light". What is this light that all of us ...
The Vows of Our Ancestors - Bansho Green, Zen Teacher
In this talk Bansho discusses the vows of our ancestors and their continuation in our daily lives. This talk was given by Bansho during the 2025 Light of Our Ancestors...
Zuigan Calls His Own Master - Jogen, Sensei
This talk is about the koan "Zuigan Calls His Own Master". Jogen discusses this koan and its implications and nuances including the mind's tendency to stay in habitual...
What Is This Light? - Kisei Sensei
This talk was given as the opening talk of 2025 Ancestors Sesshin. In this talk Kisei discusses our practice of sesshin, our relationships to the zen ancestors, and th...
Nan Chuan's This is A Dream - Kisei Sensei
Looking into what is real and exploring the dream-like nature of reality. Are you dreaming? How does this simple question open the heart of compassion? This talk was g...
Introduction to The Art of Living - Hogen Roshi
In this talk Hogen gives a recap/his version of the introduction of the book The Art of Living by Thich Nhat Hanh. This talk was given by Hogen Roshi on May 4 2025 at ...
Dream As Psychoactive - Kisei, Sensei
We make a lot of assumptions about who we are and what is happening, the practice of regarding all dharmas as dreams awakens possibility, it invites us to question our...
The Four Divine Abidings - Hogen Roshi
In this talk Hogen Roshi discusses the four divine abidings, or the four Brahma Viharas. These include loving-kindness, equanimity, sympathetic joy and compassion. Thi...
Koan Study and Koan Training - Chozen Roshi
In this talk Chozen Roshi discusses working with koans. She discusses the differences between koan study and formal koan training with a teacher. This talk was given o...
Joshu's Oak Tree In The Garden - Chozen Roshi
This talk was given by Chozen Roshi on April 18th 2025 during Koan Sesshin at Great Vow Zen Monastery. In this talk Chozen talks about when barriers come up during pra...
The Three Rawnesses - Jogen, Sensei
In this talk Jogen discusses his view on three inherent "rawnesses" that humans have. The three rawnesses are uncertainty, sensory discomfort and lack of control. This...
How to Fall in Love With The World - Bansho Green, Zen Teacher
In this talk Bansho discusses loving-kindness practice, and warm regard for our experience. This talk was given by Bansho during the 2025 Love and Spaciousness retreat...
The Art of Living - Hogen Roshi
In this talk Hogen gives a recap/his version of the first chapter of the Art of Living by Thich Nhat Hanh. This talk was given by Hogen Roshi on April 27 2025 at Heart...
Five Things to Make The Path Easier - Jogen, Sensei
This talk was given by Jogen at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple on April 9, 2025. In this talk Jogen gives us advice on five things we can do to make the spiritual path eas...
What Are Koans? - Hogen Roshi
This talk was given by Hogen Roshi at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple on Sunday April 20 2025. In this talk Hogen discusses what koans are, their value, and how to practice...
Emotions and Social Action - Jomon Martin, Zen Teacher
This talk was given by Zen Teacher Jomon at Great Vow Zen Monastery Sunday Program on April 27 2025. In this talk she discusses emotions, social action and how spiritu...
Ryonen Scars Her Face: Sacrifice on the Spiritual Path - Amy Kisei, Sensei
This talk was given by Kisei, Sensei during her weekly online program in March of 2025. Spiritual practice involves sacrifice, we must give up all habits of separation...
Not Being Stingy with Dharma Assets (Bodhisattva precepts Ep. 3) - Jogen Sensei
This talk was given by Jogen Sensei at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple on March 26, 2025. This is the third talk of a three talk series about the precepts given by Jogen Se...
The Three Pure Precepts (Bodhisattva precepts Ep. 2) - Jogen Sensei
This talk was given by Jogen Sensei at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple on March 5 2025. This is the second talk of a 3 talk series about the precepts given by Jogen Sensei....
The Bodhisattva Precepts Series Ep.1 - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
This talk was given by Jogen Sensei at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple on March 5 2025. This is the first talk of a 4 talk series about the precepts given by Jogen Sensei. ...