In this talk Musho speaks about his new role as Executive Director of the Zendo, and presents his deluded vision. He also reviews his experience at the Year End Retreat, and then talks about a story from “The Hidden Lamp” where the bottom finally falls out of the bucket. Recorded Thursday January 7, 2016.

In this the last talk of our Year End retreat, Joshin Sensei speaks about how wisdom and compassion function to help us deal with loss. Recorded December 31, 2015.

Here is the forth talk of our Year End retreat. Shinryu Sensei mentions the writing of Patti Smith, talks about the koan “The Woman in Samadhi” and the world of discrimination and delusion. Recorded December 30th, 2015.

In the third talk of our Year End retreat Myoko Sensei speaks of finding our way in the mud, where the heart lives. Recorded December 29, 2015.

In the second full day of our Year End Retreat Ryotan Sensei discusses our karma as the unfolding of the flower of the dharma within our lives. Recorded December 28, 2015.

On the first full day of our Year End Retreat, Roshi weaves together an ancient story about a woman in samadhi together with today’s issues of inequality.

At our annual Rohatsu all-night meditation retreat, Ryotan Sensei spoke about the enlightenment of Shakyamuni Buddha, a wondrous process of transformation, and the giggle of this very moment. December 8th, 2015

Musho talks about Thanksgiving as an opportunity to give thanks to everything without exception. He sees our Zazen practice as a way to include the negative aspects of our society in gratitude, without separating our selves from them.

At a Zazenkai all-day retreat Joshin Sensei talks about how we can miss our lives by looking for it outside ourselves. November 21, 2015 (Note: The first two minutes of talk are missing.)

Shinryu talks about “coming home” in practice — showing up at the Village Zendo, showing up in zazen, showing up in each moment of our life.