Senior student Eko uses the koan of Chin Nui’s Rice Pail – and a bell – to point toward the many opportunities we have for presence in our everyday lives. Recorded May 25th, 2021 Podcast Audio

May 23, 2021 In his talk, Senior Student Kojin presents case 20 of the Blue Cliff Record, “Ryuge’s Meaning of the Coming from the West,” in which he explores how the alleviation of our suffering is not to fix it or push it away. Rather, he encourages us to open ourselves more intimately to the […]

May 16, 2021 In her Dharma talk, “Opening the Hand,” Senior Student Gessho explores the koan, “Chao Chou’s ‘The Ultimate Path is without Difficulty’” and its source in the Hsin Hsin Ming (Faith in Mind). For audio only, please click below or use your favorite podcast app.

May 15, 2021 In his talk, “Lighting Up the Mind,” Senior Student Ryoshin investigates the koan “Ryutan Blows Out a Candle” and encourages us to practice – with great faith, great doubt and great determination. Through practice, we uncover our awakened nature, which is always present. For audio only, please click below or use your […]

In this talk, senior student Seicho investigates embodiment of our intertwined stories through Dogen’s teaching on intimacy as the skin, flesh, bones, and marrow of inter-relationship. She reflects on this as personal and societal transformation. Recorded May 11, 2021. Podcast audio:

In her Dharma talk Senior Studen Joren discusses Huguo’s Three Embarrassments, and practicing in spaces of vulnerability in realizing change. Recorded May 6th, 2021.

In her talk on the koan “The Appearance of the National Teacher’s Seamless Monument,” senior student Fusho utilizes the offering of a memorial flower arrangement (in real time!) to illustrate the reality of impermanence. Recorded April 27th, 2021. Podcast audio:

In their Dharma Conversation, “On Love and Anger,” Jean Yugetsu Carlomusto and Elena Yuuka Taurke talk about their encounters with love and anger, and how the teachings can help us to find wisdom in the interplay. Recorded Sunday April 25th, 2021. Podcast audio:

On Earth Day, Senior Student Jisei reflected on the flowing, cyclical nature of the seasons and our practice, and how that shows up in Case 55 of the Blue Cliff Record, Dao Wu’s condolence call.  Recorded Thursday April 22, 2021.     Podcast Audio:

Please enjoy this Dharma talk by senior student Soten Theise. The verdict in the trial of the murder of George Floyd provokes us instantaneously: the tension of an event that is both good news (an appropriate outcome) and sad news (that we were surprised, because we anticipated the likelier, customary, unfathomable outcome). The monk in Nanyang’s Waterpitcher (Book […]