A Year of Zen

By Bonnie Myotai Treace

Daily (well, almost!) writing prompts, exercises, inspiration and commentary by Zen teacher Bonnie Myotai Treace. Author of A Year of Zen (pub October 2020), as well as many other books and articles, ... more

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The podcast currently has 46 episodes available.

A Year of Zen episodes:

November 06, 2020 The Unknowable
A practice for the days when we are drenched, (perhaps drowning!) in the unknowable. Bonnie Myotai reflects on the heartbreak of recognizing many around us have given the okay to suffering and cruelty, and the spiritual imperative to simply practice, regardless.
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9min
October 31, 2020 The True Person
A Halloween episode...with Mater Rinzai!
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6min
October 30, 2020 Die While You Live: Freedom from Self and Utter Responsibility
What is it to let the ego’s predominance recede, and practice a life in which “all is good”? With a nod to 16th C Zen master Shido Munan, we explore the humility and balance of an awakening life.
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October 28, 2020 Fear in Practice
Bonnie Myotai offers a reflection on fear, the absolute self, and facing the lions around us. Reading from Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman, teaching from Daido Roshi, and a writing/contemplation inspired by a pig and a chicken.
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12min
October 24, 2020 Cool Loneliness: Alone at the Bottom of Too Many Stairs
October 24th’s episode considers loneliness and spiritual practice. A bit of teaching from Pema Chodron, a memory of a hard night in NYC, and a writing/contemplation exercise.
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15min
October 22, 2020 Rustling Leaves
The evening rooster calls out as Bonnie Myotai gives an autumn writing/contemplation prompt.
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October 15, 2020 Epitaph for Today: Say a Word of Zen
Bonnie Myotai takes us back to the cemetery to write our epitaph, and explore what message our life may leave .
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3min
October 13, 2020 A Little Knife: The Evening Gatha in Autumn
Bonnie Myotai invites a contemplation of the “drying, wrinkling, falling” autumn of our lives. She remembers the first night she heard the Evening Gatha, and Maezumi Roshi teaching her about “the little knife” at its heart.
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8min
October 10, 2020 People Will Talk
In Episode 38 Bonnie Myotai offers a reflection on how the shift happens from always looking to be loved to looking for how we can be loving. A bit of Jimmy Ruffin’s “What Becomes of the Broken-hearted,” getting an “I’m Wrong” tee shirt, and how not to turn spiritual practice into a plate of cold liver. You read that right...!
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October 09, 2020 Vast Ocean and Crashing Waves
Episode 37 finds us contemplating both ocean and waves, absolute and relative. Bonnie Myotai offers a poem of Thich Nhat Hanh’s and a writing prompt.
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11min

FAQs about A Year of Zen:

How many episodes does A Year of Zen have?

The podcast currently has 46 episodes available.