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Pilgrimage, Death, and the Compassion of Jizo - Jomon Martin, Zen Teacher
In this talk, Jomon continues the February exploration of parinirvana and the teachings of death, weaving together reflections from Frank Ostaseski’s The Five Invitati...
How to Outgrow our Flakiness - Jogen Salzeberg, Sensei
In this talk, Jogen explores why it has become so difficult to show up for one another in a culture of endless options and easy canceling. Through the lens of Zen prac...
Sitting in the Mystery - Hogen, Roshi
n this talk, Hogen continues the series “Turning Problems into Wisdom,” exploring how challenges in everyday life can become opportunities for clarity and insight. Thr...
At Once Here and Disappearing - Jomon Martin, Zen Teacher
In this talk, Jomon reflects on the first of Frank Ostaseski’s Five Invitations—“Don’t Wait”—and explores what death can teach us about living fully. Drawing on the Ze...
The Buddha's Awakening. - Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
In this Rohatsu talk, Kisei shares the story of the Buddha’s awakening and the journey that led to it. Beginning with the Buddha’s birth and the prophetic dream of his...
Living the Dharma Off the Cushion - Jogen Salzeberg, Sensei
In this episode, Jogen continues exploring how Zen practice moves beyond the meditation cushion and into daily life. Focusing on the Bodhisattva path, he reflects on g...
Shadowboxing the Mind: Interrupting Automatic Thought - Jogen Salzeberg, Sensei
In this episode, Jogen explores how Zen practice extends beyond the meditation cushion into the challenges of everyday life. From observing habitual thought patterns a...
Living Fully In An Impermanent World - Jomon Martin, Zen Teacher
In this episode, Jomon reflects on death, impermanence, and how mindfulness can deepen our appreciation of life. Drawing from experiences with wildland firefighters, Z...
Facing the End with Presence - Hogen, Roshi
In this talk, Hogen explores how to bring spiritual practice to life in the face of life’s inevitable endings. From confronting illness and loss to observing the fleet...
The 8 Wordly Concerns - Jogen Salzeberg, Sensei
Responding to a question about fame, influence, and “sacrificing one’s life to a cause,” Jogen explores the Buddhist teaching of the Eight Worldly Concerns: pleasure a...
Cut Off All Useless Thoughts- Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
In this talk, Kisei continues exploring the Faith in Mind poem, reflecting on the invitation to “cut off all useless thoughts” and return to the root of awareness itse...
Motivation and the Dharma - Jogen Salzeberg, Sensei
Jogen explores the question of motivation for practice, reflecting on why spiritual practice matters in a disturbing and impermanent world and why it can still be diff...
The Mysterious Source - Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
Kisei reflects on the closing stanzas of the Affirming Faith in Mind poem, exploring what it means to trust the heart-mind beyond discrimination and thought. She consi...
Advice To An 18 Year Old Practitioner- Hogen, Roshi and Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
In this dialogue, Jogen and Hogen reflect on practice, uncertainty, and how to find direction in life. Hogen shares what he would tell his 18-year-old self about confi...
Turning Problems Into Wisdom pt.2 - Hogen Roshi
In this talk, Hogen reflects on turning problems into wisdom, exploring how fear, beliefs, and fixed stories can become inner prisons—and how practice opens a path to ...
The Spell of the World - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
In this closing retreat talk, Jogen explores awareness, language, and love as portals into awakening, weaving poetry with Zen teaching to question what we mean by “the...
One Hundred Foot Pole - Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
In this New Year Dharma talk, Kisei reflects on the Zen koan of stepping from the top of the hundred-foot pole, exploring what it means to move from insight into lived...
Traveler, There Is No Road - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
In this retreat talk, Jogen explores the inner disturbance that drives spiritual practice and the ways mistaken perception, fixed beliefs, and self-image shape our suf...
Turning Problems into Wisdom - Hogen Roshi
In this opening talk of a series, Hogen introduces the Dharma as a practical path for transforming life’s challenges into wisdom, compassion, and clarity. Drawing on t...
The Way of The Bodhisattva - Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
In this talk, Kisei explores the Bodhisattva path as a life oriented toward love for the world and responsiveness to suffering. Drawing on Mahayana teachings, Shantide...