Given by Guo Gu at City Center on June 16th, 2026

Given by Nyokai Kristin Diggs at Green Gulch Farm on June 14th, 2026

Nyokai Kristin Diggs talks about zazen as a practice of realizing the non-separation of body and mind, and about the dynamic relationship that is the body-mind.

Given by Sozan Michael McCord at City Center on June 13th, 2026

Sozan Michael McCord teaches that when we look at the cause of suffering, we see that it is grasping and clinging or aversion and not accepting what is. We have known since the Industrial Revolution, very clearly, but now have it even more greatly elucidated in the age of artificial intelligence: if a human being equates their value to production, they are obsolete.

Given by Anshi Zachary Smith at City Center on June 10th, 2026

Anshi Zachary Smith examines the "doing nothing” of zazen, and how much it actually does.

Given by Jiryu Rutschman-Byler at Green Gulch Farm on June 7th, 2026

Jiryu Rutschman-Byler shares the story from Dogen Zenji’s chapter "Jinzu" about the “great supernatural accomplishments” of the Zen ancestors Guishan and Yangshan, as they spend a morning together expressing the heart of Zen practice through their ordinary, everyday care and intimacy.

Given by Ryotan Cynthia Kear at City Center on June 6th, 2026

Ryotan Cynthia Kear shares Darlene Cohen’s core teachings on the importance of cultivating concentration, personal koans, transformation of suffering and vow.

Given by Chikudo Catherine Spaeth at City Center on June 3rd, 2026

Chikudo Catherine Spaeth teaches that a whole world of forms catches us up in personal emotions and stories, and when we see through them there can be a feeling of heartsickness. How, in our illness, does emptiness use emptiness to liberate us in true feeling?

Given by Sokaku Kathie Fischer at Green Gulch Farm on May 31st, 2026

Sokaku Kathie Fischer examines examines Case 32 of the Mumonkan (The Gateless Gate), likening this story to Suzuki Roshi's teaching that if you want to control your cows, give them a really large field.

Given by Gendo Lucy Xiao 玄道 at City Center on May 30th, 2026

Gendo Lucy Xiao 玄道 explores the dynamic interplay between our awakened nature and the ongoing cultivation of practice within the conditions of our lives, by drawing on the story and teachings of Zen Master Dongshan.

Given by Sozan Michael McCord at Green Gulch Farm on May 24th, 2026

Sozan Michael McCord takes a deep dive into the motivations behind acceptance and rejection, and the many ways they play out in everyday life.