Shinryu Sensei recounts stories about the Chinese ancestors Dogo, Ungan, and Yakusan to reflect on Zen practice in the face of death. Recorded May 5th, 2019

April 28, 2019 Joshin Sensei talks about how Zen’s claim to be good for nothing is a radical key to liberation, helping us to both accept and heal our ‘brokenness.’

April 21, 2019 In this dharma “talk,” Bokushu Hoshi explores the nature of words and dharma.  Is there something to master?  If we don’t create a single thing — if we simply encounter reality — perhaps we can allow dharma to master us.

Recorded Thursday April 18, 2019.

April 14, 2019 Roshi outlines some challenges to living in today’s difficult times, and suggests ways of thinking that can transform the challenges to the work and delight of being a Bodhisattva.

April 13, 2019 Shinryu Sensei discusses the point of Zen meditation today, drawing from Master Keizan’s classic “Points to Keep in Mind when Practicing Zazen” (Zazen Yojinki)

April 11, 2019 Tokuyu Hoshi asks, “How can we take the ropes off and climb free?”

Drawing on the classic Zen literature as well as a contemporary koan, Shinryu Sensei offers a challenge to our common judgments about our daily life and human tribulations. Recorded April 4th, 2019.

In this talk, Roshi follows the themes of our 2019 Urban Sesshin organized by our practice leader Gessho: creative attention, awareness and focus – narrow and wide. Roshi quotes Dogen, Ryokan, Muso Soseki, and Sid Corman. We can’t grasp attention, focus and awareness. So how do we learn to pay attention? Listen. Our meditation practice […]

Our thoughts create desire, and our desires create separation and suffering.  How can we relate more fully to our minds as a means to skillfully realize the second of the four vows? Recorded March 10th, 2019. Bokushu offers the following link to a short video as an adjunct to his Dharma talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAYhOCLNkMc