Following his 60th birthday, Ryoshin reflects on aging and mortality. His talk examines Dogen’s teachings about life and death and reminds us that life and death occur at this very moment.

In this talk, Kansho looks at our relationship to information, and information technology and asks what is our intention where we choose place our attention?

In this talk, Jiryu explores the fundamental practice at the heart of our tradition — meditation. NB: There is a deliberate 30 second moment of silence right at the beginning of this podcast.

On Gay Pride Day, in New York City, Bokushu eschews private drama, fraught with the need to ostracize “the other,” and encompasses the celebration of pride with the drama of including everything.

KanShō relates how a life-long desire to find a father-figure or mentor, inadvertently lead him to Zen practice. Looking for answers, guidance, and support, the best teacher or parent is, more often than not, the one sitting on the cushion, in community with others.

Using the koan “Seijo and her Soul are Separated,” Tokuyu looks at ways we separate from ourselves, and how we can use practice to find our way home.

Grief, loss, unexpected changes — Seizan explores how the impermanent nature of our lives can reveal the Dharma to us. Through difficult times, practice opens our heart to reality, just as it is, and sustains us when we think we can’t face up to the challenges life brings.

In this talk by Musho, he opens with a short memorial to Chris Cornell, song writer and singer of the 1990’s rock band “Soundgarden” who committed suicide on May 17, 2017. From there Musho reviews the Four Nobel Truths and opens a Zen eye to the subject of Equality. He ends with comments on the famous koan […]