Recorded July 31, 2021.

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Recorded on July 17, 2021.

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Colin speaks about the nuances of hate and how to instead practice non-hate.

Recorded on May 8, 2021 via Zoom Zendo

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Colin recalls the stories of Fuzan Hoen (and his role in our lineage) as well as of Kumarata and Gayashata to remind us that Reality is the same on either side of the door we're on.

Recorded on April 17, 2021 during a two-day sesshin via Zoom Zendo

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Colin speaks about our interconnectedness and the practice we take up to care for each other.

Recorded on February 6, 2021 via Zoom Zendo

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The first dharma talk after reopening SAZC 15 months since the start of the pandemic, Colin talks about rediscovering our relationship to the Center, the zendo, and our practice.

Recorded on June 12, 2021

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Colin speaks about the legacy of the late Sojun Mel Weitsman Roshi and the relationship between student and teacher.

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Colin speaks about Sejiki, a ceremony to comfort the ancestral spirits, and an important ceremony in the Sōtō Zen School. This ceremony is performed as a way of making offerings to the family ancestors, to one’s parents, relatives, and spirits of other people we are connected with, as well as for spirits that are no longer connected to any living person, also known as Hungry Ghosts.

Recorded on October 31, 2020 via Zoom Zendo

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Myogan Djinn Gallagher is the resident priest and teacher at Black Mountain Zen Centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Born in Dublin, Ireland, Djinn started practicing in 1993, meeting her teacher Ryushin Paul Haller in 2003. Her intention to train as a priest led her to residential practice at San Francisco Zen Centre where she lived from 2007 until 2016, first in the monastery, Tassajara, and then in the urban temple in San Francisco. Ordained as a priest by Ryushin in 2013, she completed her training with a three-month practice period as “shuso” (head monk) in Tassajara in the autumn of 2015. She returned to Ireland in late 2016 and has been practicing at Black Mountain Zen Centre since January 2017. She joined our Zoom Zendo one morning (evening in Belfast, Northern Ireland) and graciously gave a dharma talk.

Recorded on October 24, 2020 via Zoom Zendo

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Colin speaks about the importance of returning to the breath. 

Via the Zoom Zendo on September 26, 2020.

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