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A monthly podcast from Zen teacher, Jokai Blackwell Sensei.

Living Zen


    • Jul 28, 2026 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 38m AVG DURATION
    • 68 EPISODES


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    The Three Pure Precepts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2026 34:43 Transcription Available


    From the March 2025 7-Day Sesshin at Yokoji Zen Mountain Center

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    A Thousand Buddhas Don’t Know

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2026 34:29


    From the October 2022 Long Beach Meditation “Mountain Refuge Retreat”

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    A Thousand Buddhas Don't Know

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2026 34:28 Transcription Available


    From the October 2022 Long Beach Meditation “Mountain Refuge Retreat”

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    Awareness is the Root Experience of All

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2026 32:27


    The Blue Cliff Record, Case 40, from Insight Community of the Desert's Tuesday Meditation As Refuge class.

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    As You Are. Here. Now.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2026 36:57


    Case 1 of the Gateless Gate: “Ordinary Mind is the Way” from Insight Community of the Desert’s Tuesday Meditation As Refuge class.

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    The Essential Practice of Just Sitting

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2026 0:51


    Case 1 from the Book of Equanimity “The World Honored One Ascends the Platform” from the May 2025 sesshin at Yokoji Zen Mountain Center

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    Pointing to the Human Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 0:44


    From the September 2024 7-Day Sesshin at Yokoji Zen Mountain Center

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    Pointing to the Human Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 44:52 Transcription Available


    From the September 2024 7-Day Sesshin at Yokoji Zen Mountain Center

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    Trust Your Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2024 41:08 Transcription Available


    Return to What is Most Vital

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    Trust Your Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2024 0:40


    Return to What is Most Vital

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    The Heart of the Matter

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2023 0:46


    From the Summer 2023 Beginner’s Mind Sesshin at Yokoji Zen Mountain Center

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    The Heart of the Matter

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2023 46:31 Transcription Available


    From the Summer 2023 Beginner's Mind Sesshin at Yokoji Zen Mountain Center

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    This Mysterious Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2023 34:26 Transcription Available


    From Beginner's Mind Sesshin, January 2023

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    This Mysterious Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2023 0:34


    From Beginner’s Mind Sesshin, January 2023

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    The One Behind the Name

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2022 44:34 Transcription Available


    You have to break through to this.

    The One Behind the Name

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2022 0:44


    You have to break through to this.

    The Three Essentials

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2022 48:39 Transcription Available


    Great faith, great doubt, and great determination are considered to be three essentials for Zen practice. If any of these essentials are absent, we may not accomplish our aim.

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    The Three Essentials

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2022 48:40


    Great faith, great doubt, and great determination are considered to be three essentials for Zen practice. If any of these essentials are absent, we may not accomplish our aim.

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    Call and Response

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2022 33:30


    Yes!

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    Call and Response

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2022 33:30 Transcription Available


    Yes!

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    The Meaning Finds You

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2021 49:28


    How can it be understood?

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    The Meaning Finds You

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2021 49:28 Transcription Available


    How can it be understood?

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    How to do Nothing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2021 44:00


    Doing nothing can be surprisingly difficult.

    How to do Nothing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2021 44:00 Transcription Available


    Doing nothing can be surprisingly difficult.

    Feeling the Heat

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020 45:42


    The Practice of Active Acceptance.

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    Feeling the Heat

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020 42:49 Transcription Available


    The Practice of Active Acceptance.

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    Searching for the Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2020 40:31 Transcription Available


    Exploring the island.

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    Searching for the Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2020 40:27


    Exploring the island.

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    The Exploration of Self Nature

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2019 42:37 Transcription Available


    Leaping Clear of the Many and the One.

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    The Exploration of Self Nature

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2019 42:34


    Leaping Clear of the Many and the One.

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    The Role of a Lifetime

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2019 40:04 Transcription Available


    Are we really who we think we are?

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    The Role of a Lifetime

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2019 57:49


    Are we really who we think we are?

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    The Oak Tree

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2019 45:00 Transcription Available


    What is the Essential meaning?

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    The Oak Tree

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2019 44:56


    What is the Essential meaning?

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    Who Is That One?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2019 44:58 Transcription Available


    Who is taking care of who?

    Who Is That One?

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    Who is taking care of who?

    The Great Silence

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2019 40:55 Transcription Available


    The non-dual principle.

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    The Great Silence

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2019 40:52


    The non-dual principle.

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    Who's Understanding is it?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2019 48:55 Transcription Available


    Another person can't enlighten you.

    Who’s Understanding is it?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2019 48:55


    Another person can’t enlighten you.

    How To Sit

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2019 43:24 Transcription Available


    Sitting all the way down

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    How To Sit

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2019 43:21


    Sitting all the way down

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    The True Person Of No Rank

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2019 55:13 Transcription Available


    When identities are dissolved, who speaks?

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    The True Person Of No Rank

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2019 55:08


    When identities are dissolved, who speaks?

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    The Most Important Question

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2019 41:27 Transcription Available


    Realization beyond words or no words.

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    The Most Important Question

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2019 41:24


    Realization beyond words or no words.

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    Without Deluded Thought

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2018 31:57


    The Sutra of Complete Awakening.

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    Without Deluded Thought

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2018 32:00 Transcription Available


    The Sutra of Complete Awakening.

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    Taking the Backward Step

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2018 43:22


    Going Beyond the Witness.

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    Taking the Backward Step

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2018 43:25 Transcription Available


    Going Beyond the Witness.

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    The Three Pure Precepts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2018 24:24


    Simple, profound instructions for an upright life.

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