Koshin Cain speaks Saturday evening at the fall 2017 sesshin.

Koshin Cain speaks at the fall 2017 sesshin on the poet Ikkyu.

Koshin Cain speaks Friday evening at the fall 2017 sesshin.

In anxious times, embracing difficulty and change is often the first step toward getting to a better place. Koshin Cain speaks at the Zen Center October 8, 2017.

When working for change in our practice, lives, and society, we must bring a mixture of hard work and patience. Koshin Chris Cain speaks at the Zen Center September 17, 2017.

Eshin John Godfrey, Abbot of the Vancouver Zen Centre, speaks at a day sit on September 9, 2017.

The Zen tradition says we have find our way beyond good and bad. That doesn’t mean we leave them for dead. Koshin Cain speaks at the Zen Center on September 10, 2017.

Robert Wright, evolutionary psychologist and author of “Why Buddhism is True”, speaks at a special event at the Zen Center, September 13, 2017.

Kaj Wyn Berry speaks at the Zen Center on Sunday September 3, 2017.

Buddhist compassion arises as a response to suffering – our own and others. A mature response includes both self-knowledge and wisdom born of experience. Koshin Chris Cain speaks at the Zen Center August 27, 2017.