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Treeleaf Zendo is a Zen Buddhist Sangha in the Sōtō tradition, Treeleaf was designed specifically as an online practice place for Zen practitioners who cannot easily commute to a Zen Center due to health concerns, living in remote areas, or work, childcare and family needs, and seeks to provide Zaze…

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    Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Swimming the Ocean Mudra Samadhi

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 43:40


    We will do the backstroke through Master Dogen's Ocean Mudra Samādhi (Kai'in Zanmai 海印三昧). His wild wordplay is a powerful expression of who we are in the universe, time, being and bringing to life our swimming through life by swimming gracefully. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: May Monthly Zazenkai»

    Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Other Fukanzazengi (The Lost Tracks)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 46:12


    In today's episode, we look at an earlier and less popular version of master Dogen's Fukanzazengi, which has quite some differences from the popular version we all know. So, what exactly did Dogen Zenji change in the rewrites to his manual for zazen? Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: March Monthly Zazenkai »

    Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Dogen, Fullness and Sacred Ordinary Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2025 49:01


    Today we dance with an insightful scholar's paper on Dogen Zenji's unique and profound ideas regarding fullness, universal liberation, the sacred as "immanent in space and time", Buddhahood in the "fundamental activity of the world," practice-realization as "liberating activity", Zen practice as the "practice of Buddhahood," and the fullness and sacredness of "ordinary life". Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: READ MORE HERE »

    Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Koans from the Blue Cliff Record (III)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2025 42:16


    Happy New Year to you all! We continue our study of the koans from the Blue Cliff Record, with a new batch of them today, beginning with case 13. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: JANUARY 2025 MONTHLY ZAZENKAI »

    Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Winter Work, Spring Planting, Summer Harvest

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 17:21


    However you feel about the results of the American election, and wherever you live in the world, we do not stop working for good. This is Master Dogen's lesson of "Ongoing Practice Enlightenment". We accept where we are, work for a good direction from right here ... and right here ... and right here. Winter is Winter, Spring is just Spring, Summer is just Summer, Fall is Fall ... but if we do not plant seeds in the Spring, there can be no harvest in Summer and in Fall. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: November 11 Zazenkai »

    Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Koans from the Blue Cliff Record (II)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 42:38


    In this episode, we continue to look at koans from the Blue Cliff Record, specifically cases 7 to 12. We do that through the Soto Zen lens, extracting the practical essence from these famous ancient exchanges. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: November 2024, monthly Zazenkai »

    Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Koans from the Blue Cliff Record (I)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2024 39:57


    This month, accompanying our sangha's book study, we take a look at the first five koans from the famous Blue Cliff Record. We do that through the Soto Zen lens, extracting the practical essence from these famous ancient exchanges. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: October 2024 Monthly Zazenkai»

    Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - September 2024: Dogen Zenji´s ¨Shoaku Makusa¨

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 42:26


    This month, as we begin our sangha's Ango, we dive into a few sections of master Dogen's ¨Shoaku Makusa¨ (Not Doing Wrongs) Further reading and discussion are available on the Treeleaf forum: September 2024 Monthly Zazenkai»

    Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Keizan Zenji's 'Zazen-Yojinki' (6)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2024 45:40


    We continue our study of master Keizan's Zazen-Yojinki, this time diving into the physicality of zazen and some useful techniques to keep ourselves awake and alert when sitting. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: August 2024, monthly Zazenkai»

    Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Keizan Zenji's 'Zazen-Yojinki' (5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 34:29


    We continue with the fifth instalment of this series of talks based on master Keizan's 'Zazen-Yojinki'. In this episode, we are looking at what zazen is by understanding what zazen isn't. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: July Monthly Zazenkai»

    Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Keizan Zenji's 'Zazen-Yojinki' (4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 41:55


    This week, Master Keizan tells us what Zazen is, and is not (and also to have clean feet). Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: June 2024, Monthly Zazenkai »

    Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Keizan Zenji's 'Zazen-Yojinki' (3)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2024 43:56


    This week, Master Keizan offers practical advice, relevant even today, although some bits maybe more suited to the 13th Century, on one's life surrounding Zazen Practice. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: Treeleaf Sangha's May Monthly Zazenkai »

    Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Keizan Zenji's Zazen-Yojinki (2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2024 44:30


    We continue our series on Master Keizan's 'Zazen-Yōjinki'or 'Notes to Keep in Heart for Zazen' Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: HERE»

    March 2024 Zazenkai Talk - Keizan Zenji's Zazen-Yojinki (1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2024 45:38


    Master Keizan, considered with Master Dogen one of the two "Founders" of Soto Zen in Japan, lived from 1264 to 1325. His essay “Zazen-Yōjinki” might be considered an expansion and further exploration of Dogen's explanation of Zazen, the 'Fukanzazengi'. The advice is often very practical, covering such topics as how to sit, breathe, what to wear, eat beforehand and what to do on those days when the mind just won't settle down, while other parts of the essay (such as today's portion) are wild, willy and mind wowing as only Zen writings can be! Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: March 2024 Monthly Zazenkai»

    February 2024 Zazenkai Talk - Dedication of Merit

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2024 35:33


    Today's Talk will reflect on our "Dedication of Merit", which we recite each time, but maybe without looking closely Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Dedication of Merit»

    January 2024 Zazenkai Talk - Genjokoan Series (6)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2024 33:08


    This is the sixth (and last) in our monthly series based on the modernized translation of the Genjo Koan, from Jundo's book "The Zen Master's Dance" A Guide to Understanding Dōgen and Who You Are in the Universe. Today a message very appropriate for a good life in this New Year and every day ... Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - A Happy New Year Genjo!!

    November 2023 Zazenkai Talk - Genjo Koan Series (5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2023 35:03


    Today, we find enlightenment in EVERY aspect of this world, even the hard parts we do not welcome. And we find enlightenment in how we live in this world, finding our own role Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI»

    October 2023 Zazenkai Talk - Genjo Koan Series (4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2023 37:02


    We continue our series on Genjo Koan, 'Realizing the Truth Right Here,' and the way of Bodhidharma found there. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Remember Bodhidharma Day!

    September 2023 Zazenkai Talk - Genjo Koan Series (3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2023 38:45


    This time, we will be looking at passages of Genjokoan based on the modernized translation from 'THE ZEN MASTER'S DANCE A Guide to Understanding Dōgen and Who You Are in the Universe' in light of our Jukai (Undertaking the Precepts) and Ango (Peaceful Abiding) Season ... Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Commencing JUKAI & ANGO!

    August 2023 Zazenkai Talk - Genjo Koan Series (II)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2023 32:09


    Practitioners sometimes think that enlightenment is the endpoint of practice rather than an ongoing series of daily actions that are each an opportunity to manifest either ignorant or enlightened behavior. They think that they must get to a perpetually blissful place called “enlightenment,” removed from the pain and complexity of this world, and all their problems will disappear but their wishes and desires will be fully satisfied. Actually, that has never been the way Zen masters considered enlightenment Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: Aug 4-5th 2023 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hr ZAZENKAI - Genjo Koan (II) - The Key to Dogen's Zen

    July 2023 Zazenkai Talk - Genjo Koan Series (1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2023 43:31


    We Start of New Series on Genjo Koan, 'Realizing the Truth Right Here," the Key to Master Dogen's Zen. The text for the talk today, the first in a monthly series, is based on Jundo Cohen´s modernized translation of the Genjo Koan, from his book ¨THE ZEN MASTER'S DANCE¨ A Guide to Understanding Dōgen and Who You Are in the Universe Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: July 7-8th 2023 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hr ZAZENKAI - Genjo Koan (I) - The Key to Dogen's Zen

    Shikantaza Ipso Facto

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2023 8:46


    The following is an audio version of the essay with the same title by Treeleaf Sangha founder and guiding teacher, Roshi Jundo Cohen ¨One must sit Shikantaza with profound trust that sitting is whole, complete, nothing lacking, the sitting of the Buddhas and Ancestors sitting as this sitting right here and now, no other place to be, nothing more in need of doing, nothing more to attain, that Zazen embodies enlightenment itself.¨ The essay can be found HERE

    The Elephant In The Zazen Room

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2023 12:13


    The following is an audio recording of an essay by Treeleaf founder and guiding teacher, Jundo Cohen. Here's the "elephant in the room" of Shikantaza Zazen: What does it mean to "think-non-thinking?" In ordinary life, our daily minds resemble a mad circus, maybe a chaotic jungle. We react to the elephants passing through our awareness, jumping on, leaping from one to the next, pulling their tails, prodding them with a stick, often tangled in their trunks. Sometimes we chase them to catch them, sometimes we run away in fear, sometimes we get trampled underfoot. What is more, all our meddling seemingly summons ever more elephants of thought and emotion into the crowded room. The jumbled circus of "thought jumbos" and "emotion mastodons" never ends, and we taunt them and stir them up more. But in Zazen, the elephants are tamed. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: The Elephant in the Zazen Room

    June 2023 Zazenkai Talk - Nyorai Zenshin (A Mini-Lesson in Dogen Jazz)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2023 38:32


    Today we'll scat with Dogen's jazz in Shobogenzo Nyorai Zenshin (The Buddha Whole Body). Some 700 or so years before modern jazz folks, Dōgen had the equivalent jazzy approach, taking “standard” Mahayana Buddhist teachings, fanciful but traditional Buddhist images, and “samples” of quotes from well-known stories related to his intended topics, tearing them apart, and tossing all back together again, remixing them, in order to discover and uncover new feelings, sounds, implications, visions, and Wisdom, all in what was often pretty wild imagery to start with! Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: June 2-3 2023 -OUR MONTHLY 4-hr ZAZENKAI- Nyorai Zenshin -A Mini-Lesson in Dogen Jazz

    The 'Inner Switch' Of Zazen

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2023 13:44


    The following is an audio recording of an article by Treeleaf founder and guiding teacher, Jundo Cohen. "So much of all life is like a neutral canvas to which we add our judgments and reactions, coloring it with our feelings. It is like an empty container or some bland ingredient, like Tofu for example, that can be decorated or flavored as our heart decides. The experience is bad if we make it bad but it is whole, complete, fulfilling and welcoming if our heart makes it so." Further reading and discussion for this are available on the Treeleaf forum: The "Inner Switch" of Zazen

    May 2023 Monthly Zazenkai Talk (Shinjinmei Series Part 5)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2023 39:42


    In Today's Talk, will close our dance with the 信心銘, the Xinxinming, or Shinjinmei. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: May 5th-6th, 2023 -OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI

    April 2023 Monthly Zazenkai Talk (Shinjinmei Series Part 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2023 42:22


    Our Zazenkai today is in celebration of the Buddha´s birthday, traditionally April 8th in Japan! We will look at the Buddha's birthday and the Shinjinmei Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: April 7-8, 2023 -OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI »

    March 2023 Monthly Zazenkai Talk (Shinjinmei Series Part 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2023 38:10


    Today's Talk will be the third in a series reflecting on: THE SONG OF TRUST MIND (信心銘 Shinjinmei), A Key to Zazen Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: March 3rd-4th, 2023 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Shinjinmei (III) »

    February 2023 Monthly Zazenkai Talk (Shinjinmei Series, part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2023 37:41


    In Today's Talk, we continue our dance with the 信心銘, called the Xinxinming in Chinese and the Shinjinmei in Japanese, and by a variety of names in English Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: February 3rd-4th, 2023 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Shinjinmei (II) »

    January 2023 Monthly Zazenkai Talk ( Shinjinmei Series, part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2023 42:05


    CELEBRATING THIS EVER NEW YEAR! Today's Talk will be the first in a series reflecting on: THE SONG OF TRUST MIND (信心銘 Shinjinmei), A Key to Zazen Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: Jan 6-7th, 2022 - OUR (NEW YEAR!) MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Shinjinmei (I) »

    Treeleaf Rohatsu 2022 Dharma Talks - Menzan Zuiho Osho's Jijuyu Zanmai

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2022 108:15


    Our Dharma Talks this time will feature Rev. Kokuu and Rev. Jinkan, presenting their first Teachings upon and in celebration of their Dharma Transmission in our Lineage. Other Talks will feature our newest ordained priests, Koushi, Onkai and Nengei, as their "debut" offering of a Talk to our Sangha. Readings for Talks are based on passages from Menzan Zuiho Osho's Jijuyu Zanmai (自受用三昧 - "The Self-Receiving-Employing Samadhi") Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: TREELEAF SANGHA online 2-DAY ANGO-JUKAI-ROHATSU RETREAT -- 2022 »

    November 2022 Zazenkai Talk (OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - DAYLIGHT SAVINGS in EUROPE)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2022 41:04


    Today's Talk will reflect on Master Keizan's "Middle Way, Beyond Hope to Attain" and "No Entering, No Emerging Samadhi" Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: Nov. 4-5th, 2022 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - DAYLIGHT SAVINGS in EUROPE»

    October 2022 Zazenkai Talk ( OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Menzan in the Mirror )

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2022 43:18


    Today's Talk will reflect on Mirror Mind by Master Menzan from his Jijuyu-Zanmai Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: Oct. 7th-8th, 2022 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Menzan in the Mirror»

    September 2022 Zazenkai Talk ( OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Commencing JUKAI & ANGO! )

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2022 48:09


    Our Zazenkai is in Special Celebration and Welcome of the Commencement of our 2022 ANGO & JUKAI Season! Today's talk will reflect on redemption, Icchantikas and 'Broken Ladles' Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: Sept. 2nd-3rd, 2022 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Commencing JUKAI & ANGO! »

    August 2022 Zazenkai Talk (OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf Zazenkai - Keizan's Sankon Zazen Setsu)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2022 47:30


    Our talk today is on ''Sankon Zazen Setsu: Three Kinds of Zazen Practitioners' by Keizan Zenji. Which is better, Soto or Rinzai, Shikantaza or Koan Instrospection? Both! Neither! In fact, the medicine depends on the needs of the patient. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: Aug 5-6, 2022 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf Zazenkai - Keizan's Sankon Zazen Setsu »

    July 2022 Zazenkai Talk (OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Ho-i - 法位 - Dharma Position)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2022 50:41


    Today's talk is on a seemingly arcane bit of Buddhist Teachings, positioned well to aid us in living.Dharma Position is mentioned in the Lotus Sutra, "The Dharmas Dwell in their Dharma Position". It is an important teaching of Japanese Tendai Buddhism, from which Master Dogen first came, and seems to have been cherished by Dogen in his Zen teaching as well. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: July 1-2nd, 2022 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Ho-i - 法位 - Dharma Position »

    June 2022 Zazenkai Talk (OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI) - Farewell, Vimalakirti

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2022 37:30


    Today, a final visit with the Vimalakirti Sutra. We end our series of talks on the Vimalakirti Sutra with the following visit to Buddha, from (mostly) Chapter 12 Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: June 3rd-4th, 2022 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Farewell, Vimalakirti »

    May 2022 Zazenkai Talk (OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Dharma-Door of Non-duality) Vimalakirti Sutra Series

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 37:18


    Today we will again walk through the Door of the Vimalakirti Sutra. Here, at Gate 9, we again find many very excellent responses by a bunch of very wise Bodhisattvas (after all, they are big time Bodhisattvas, so not amateurs! ) Does the lay person Vimalakirti truly "best" them at the end? Here are some good examples of what the Bodhisattvas said... Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: May 6-7th, 2022 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Dharma-Door of Non-duality »

    March 2022 Zazenkai Talk (OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Wisdom Amid Confusion) Vimalakirti Sutra Series

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2022 39:06


    Today's Talk will reflect on a rather strange and bewildering portion of the Vimalakirti Sutra This time, we will look at a very strange, seemingly two-faced passage from Chapter 8 of the Vimalakirti Sutra ... but is that what it really means? Hmmmm ... Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: March 4-5, 2022 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Wisdom Amid Confusion »

    February 2022 Zazenkai Talk (OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Vimalakirti Sutra Series)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2022 35:07


    Today's Talk will reflect on Living Beings within Chapter 7 of the Vimalakirti Sutra. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: February 4th-5th, 2022 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI»

    January 2022 Zazenkai Talk (Our 2021-2022 NEW YEAR's EVE 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Vimalakirti Sutra Series)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2022 44:51


    Today's Talk will reflect on more magical happenings from the Vimalakirti Sutra. Pull up a chair for a little reading of a magical tale, as Vimalakirti arranges the furniture ... Chapter 6: BEYOND COMPREHENSION Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: Our 2021-2022 NEW YEAR's EVE 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI- CELEBRATING A NEW THIS MOMENT! »

    November 2021 Zazenkai Talk ( OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Vimalakirti Sutra Series)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2021 34:56


    Today's Talk will reflect on more Wondrous Passages from the Vimalakirti Sutra. Vimalakirti continues his undefeated record, taking on all contenders ... in Round 4: the Bodhisattvas Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: November 5th-6th, 2021 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Vimalakirti Sutra Series »

    October 2021 Zazenkai Talk (OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Dedicated to Reiyu Payen)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2021 38:52


    Today's Talk will reflect on Further Passages from the Vimalakirti Sutra, chapter III (the Arhats) ... We will see further examples of how this tale seeks to blend an idealized view of the Bodhisattva with life on earth, in this complicated world. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: {Oct. 1st-2nd, 2021 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Dedicated to Reiyu Payen} »

    September 2021 Zazenkai Talk (Commencement of 2021 ANGO & JUKAI Season)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 41:44


    Today's Talk will reflect on passages from the Vimalakirti Sutra.    One of the most popular Asian classics for roughly two thousand years, the Vimalakirti Sutra stands out because unlike most sutras, its central figure is not a Buddha but a wealthy townsman, who, in his mastery of doctrine and practice, epitomizes the ideal lay practitioner.    Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: September 2021 Zazenkai Talk (Commencement of 2021 ANGO & JUKAI Season)»

    March 2021 Zazenkai Talk (The 'Missing' Heart Sutra)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2021 42:24


    We will continue our series of reflections on the Heart Sutra (Hannya Shingyo). Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: March 5th-6th OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI »

    February 2021 Zazenkai Talk (The 'Missing' Heart Sutra)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 46:48


    Our Talk this week will look at the mysterious 'missing parts' of the Heart Sutra (Hannya Shingyo 般若心経), as the first in a series of monthly reflections on ... the Heart Sutra! The Tibetan version of the Heart Sutra contains the following verses that we do not usually chant. Why? And what do they mean? Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:February 2021 Zazenkai Talk (The 'Missing' Heart Sutra) »

    January 2021 Zazenkai Talk (New Year Reflections on Poems and Teachings by Daichi Zenji)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2021 46:24


    OUR NEW YEARS TALK will be based on the Poems and Teachings of Daichi Zenji (1290-1366) who became a monk under 寒巌義尹 Kangan Giin (1217-1300) who was himself a disciple of Dogen Zenji. After Kangan's death Daichi visited various teachers and later practiced with Keizan Zenji for seven years. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:Jan 1st 2021 Our NEW YEAR 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI- COME CELEBRATE A NEW THIS MOMENT! »

    November 2020 Zazenkai Talk (Book Tour Kickoff)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 49:04


    We will look today at one passage of Master Dogen's Shobogenzo Uji (Being-Time), rapping and riffing on a famous Koan. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:Nov 6-7 2020 OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI- Book Tour Kickoff/DAYLIGHT SAVINGS »

    October 2020 Zazenkai Talk (The Verse of Atonement & The Four Vows)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2020 49:04


    The VERSE OF ATONEMENT All harmful acts, words and thoughts, ever committed by me since of old,On account of beginningless greed, anger and ignorance,Born of my body, mouth and mind,Now I atone for them all The FOUR VOWS To save all sentient beings, though beings numberlessTo transform all delusions, though delusions inexhaustibleTo perceive Reality, though Reality is boundlessTo attain the Enlightened Way, a Way non-attainable Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:Oct 2nd-3rd, 2020 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI »

    September 2020 Zazenkai Talk (Sept 4th-5th, 2020 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Commencing Jukai & Ango!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2020 51:45


    Our Zazenkai is in Special Celebration and Welcome of the Commencement of our 2020 ANGO & JUKAI Season Today's Talk will reflect on our "Dedication of Merit" Recital. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:Sept 4th-5th, 2020 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Commencing Jukai & Ango! »

    August 2020 Zazenkai Talk (July 31th-August 1st, 2020 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 45:55


    Our Talk today will be on a few Cases of the Book of Serenity. Koan 86: "Rinzai's Great Enlightenment" Koan 87: "Sozan's With or Without" Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:July 31th-August 1st, 2020 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI »

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