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:

August 29, 2020 Solitude: Seeing the Wholeness
In episode 16 of A Year of Zen, Bonnie Myotai offers a contemplation on solitude, reads a bit of Rilke, and proposes these are holy days.
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5min
August 29, 2020 Finding Our Belonging
Bonnie Myotai offers a meditation on old age, sickness, death ...and finding where we truly belong.
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8min
August 27, 2020 Emotions and Karma: Making a Big Space
Bonnie Myotai offers a reflection on how a daily practice of quieting the mind helps when emotional storms blow though. Followed by a writing/contemplation prompt.
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7min
August 26, 2020 Being Perfect: Student Mind
In Episode 13 of A Year of Zen, Bonnie Myotai asks that we consider our experiences of being a student, whether of Zen or any other thing, and if we've ever felt "lesser than" because a teacher sets themself up as "greater than."
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3min
August 24, 2020 The Ship is Going Down: Now It’s Up to You
In episode 12 of A Year of Zen, Sensei reminds us that though we are not alone there is a solitary discernment to make as “the ship goes down.”
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6min
August 23, 2020 Attention to Sky not Weather
Sensei invites a bigger context, a shift in our attention from passing weather to the sky itself. Writing and/or contemplation prompt for Sunday, August 23,2020.
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3min
August 22, 2020 Not Being Special: Finding Your Frog
A fun Saturday writing and practice prompt, with Myotai and Suzuki Roshi, sleeping spouses and frogs.
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7min
August 21, 2020 The Worm of Happiness is Here
What if life isn’t actually hostile? What if you have everything you need to be content? Bonnie Myotai reads from Colin Wilson’s “Poetry and Mysticism,” offers a reflection and writing prompt.
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6min
August 19, 2020 Summer Dewdrops: Waking Up
Write or just contemplate with Sensei Bonnie Myotai, as she points to the true nature of summer, and gives a writing prompt to bring it home.
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5min
August 19, 2020 Letting Go of Pain
A bit of Emerson at the end of a hard day, and a writing prompt to encourage acknowledging and letting go.
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4min

FAQs about A Year of Zen:

How many episodes does A Year of Zen have?

The podcast currently has 46 episodes available.