06 Why Are We Practicing?
Why do we do this practice of zen?  Taking Hakuin's Chant in Praise of Zazen as her text, Sunya Sensei addresses this issue in the last teisho of a five-day sesshin held in February of 2006.
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6 Why Are We Practicing?

A dharma talk given at the Windhorse Zen Community by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei. Sunya Sensei was sanctioned to teach by Roshi Philip Kapleau, founder of the Rochester Zen Center.
These talks are straight to the heart of zen. 
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This talk was given by Roshi Sunya Kjolhede at Windhorse Zen Community near Asheville, NC on Sunday, November 26, 2023.  To donate or learn more about us and our dharma work, visit windhorsezen.org

Rohatsu: The Buddha's Enlightenment

This teisho was given by Roshi Sunya Kjolhede at Windhorse Zen Community in 2016.  For more information visit windhorsezen.org, and consider donating to sustain our dharma work while you're there.

Samantabhadra Bodhisattva

Part three in Sunya Roshi's series on Zen Master Hakuin, given in August of 2020.  Windhorsezen.org

Master Hakuin Part 3

Part two in Sunya Roshi's series on Zen Master Hakuin, given in August 2020.  Windhorsezen.org

Master Hakuin Part 2

This talk was given by Roshi Sunya Kjolhede at Windhorse Zen Community on July 12, 2020.

6 Why Are We Practicing?

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