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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...
Patience and Timeless Dharma - Chozen, Roshi
This talk weaves together the joy of smiling in meditation, the vow of Jizo Bodhisattva, and a timeless folk story about learning patience. Through the tale of Little ...
The Three Pure Precepts in Practice - Jomon Martin, Zen Teacher
In this talk, Jomon introduces the Three Pure Precepts—vows to refrain from harm, to cultivate goodness, and to benefit others—as the foundation of Buddhist ethics. Th...
The Creative Space of The Mind - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
In this talk, Jogen explores the intimate relationship between Zen practice and creativity, drawing on Dogen’s teaching that practice, realization, and expression form...
Aimlessness and The Miracle of Life - Hogen, Roshi
In this talk, Hogen draws on Thich Nhat Hanh’s The Art of Living to explore the practice of aimlessness—the invitation to rest in the present moment rather than chase ...
Mountain Mind, Endless Way - Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
In this talk, Kisei reflects on the rare gift of meeting in practice and the simple, yet profound, invitation of the Buddha: “try it out for yourself.” From the experi...
Life As The Original Vow - Jomon Martin, Zen Teacher
In this talk, we explore the meaning of vow and how it shapes the direction of our lives. From the Buddhist teaching of bodhichitta—the awakened heart-mind of compassi...
Beyond Calmness and Signs - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
In this talk, Jogen explores the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh on signlessness and interbeing, reminding us that calmness alone is not true liberation. Through vivid ex...