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The Great Way and The Hundred Grass Tips - Jomon Martin, Zen Teacher
In the second week of the Ango practice period, Jomon Sensei reflects on verses from Affirming Faith in Mind—“The Great Way is without limit, beyond the easy and the h...
The Desire to Go Beyond - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
In this talk Jogen Sensei introduces Affirming Faith in Mind as a mirror for practice and a reminder that the Great Way is neither easy nor difficult. Moving through t...
Longing for the Ancient Way - Hogen, Roshi
In this opening talk of 2025 Ancient Way Sesshin, Hogen Roshi introduces the Affirming Faith in Mind chant—an ancient poem pointing to non-dual awareness and the ease ...
The Moon in the Bucket - Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
In this episode, Kisei Sensei explores Koan 25, Nyozin’s Pale Moon of Dawn, and Koan 33, Bodhidharma’s Flesh, examining how Zen teaching passes through time, poetry, a...
Letting the Way Be Invisible - Jomon Martin, Zen Teacher
In this talk, Jomon Sensei continues the autumn Ango practice period by exploring passages from the ancient Zen poem Affirming Faith in Mind. Through multiple translat...
The Right Thought of Letting Go - Jogen Salzeberg, Sensei
Jogen explores the Buddha’s teaching of right thought. Through vivid metaphors and down-to-earth humor, he invites us to notice what we hold onto that tethers us to un...
Mirror Mind: Seeing the Self Clearly - Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
In this episode, Kisei explores the unique Zen practice of mirror meditation at Tokeji, a thirteenth-century Japanese convent. Practitioners sit before a mirror, askin...
Embracing Your Darkness - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
In this talk, Jogen explores the Zen practice of embracing our darkness—not as something negative to overcome, but as the ungraspable, untamable side of human life. He...
Karma, Intention, and the Seeds We Plant - Jomon Martin, Zen Teacher
In this talk, Jomon introduces the Japanese Buddhist holiday Ohigan, celebrated at the equinox as a time to honor the ancestors and reflect on the paramitas—the perfec...
What Is True? Inquiry and Impermanence - Hogen, Roshi
In this talk, Hogen Roshi shares insights from a recent workshop at the monastery integrating Zen practice with Byron Katie’s method of inquiry. He explores how questi...
The Godess' Transformations - Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
In this talk, Kisei shares Case 58 from The Hidden Lamp, drawn from the Vimalakīrti Sūtra, where the goddess playfully transforms Shariputra to reveal the truth of non...
Protecting Your Brightness - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
In this talk, Jogen reflects on what it means to protect the innate brightness of the heart-mind. He describes this luminosity not as a metaphor for “choosing happines...
Living in Vow, Finding Peace - Jomon Martin, Zen Teacher
In this Jizō Sesshin talk, Jomon explores the poem Peaceful Life by Dainin Katagiri Roshi, opening it as a doorway into the mystery of vow. She reflects on how we ofte...
Impermanence and Transformation - Hogen Roshi
In this talk, Hogen weaves community life, way-seeking mind reflections, and Thich Nhat Hanh’s The Art of Living into a deep exploration of impermanence. He reminds us...
Awakening Faith and Letting It Be - Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
In this talk, Kisei explores Case 15 from The Hidden Lamp, where a woman realizes awakening through the simple phrase “let it be.” She reflects on how this koan functi...
Poetry As Dharma Practice - Bansho Green, Zen Teacher
In this talk, Banshō weaves together spiritual poems from across traditions—Christian, Sufi, Taoist, and Zen—to show how poetry can be a living expression of dharma. B...
The Nuance of Self-Compassion - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
In this talk, Jogen reflects on a student’s feedback that Zen teachings sometimes seem to overlook compassion for oneself. From that spark, he explores how dharma prac...
The Miracle of Aimlessness - Hogen, Roshi
Drawing on Thich Nhat Hanh’s The Art of Living, this talk explores the teaching of aimlessness—the practice of arriving fully in the present rather than chasing comple...
What Would Mountain Do? - Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
In this closing talk from sesshin, Kisei invokes Dōgen’s Mountains and Rivers Sutra and guides us into the practice of “mountain mind,” the spacious, steady awareness ...
Three Ways to Reduce Fear - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
In this talk, Jogen reflects on Maezumi Roshi’s teaching that the greatest gift we can give or receive is freedom from fear. He explores how so much of our striving—wh...