Podcasts about ancient dragon zen gate

ADZG 1240 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Brian Taylor The post Practicing with Joko Beck in the 1990s first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1239 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer The post Suffering and skillful means first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1238 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Shudo Paula Lazarz The post Emperor Wu Meets Bodhidharma Face-to-Face first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1237 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Douglas Floyd The post This is not a Tanto Talk first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1236 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hogetsu Laurie Belzer The post Great Ancestor Darlene Cohen takes on suffering first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1234 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer The post Blanche Hartman: Willing to be just this one first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1235 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Shudo Paula Lazarz An exploration of how the practice of zazen creates a pivot point where the relative and absolute truth meet. The post The Two Truths – The Practice Realization of Zazen first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1233 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer The post Blanche Hartman and the effort of daffodils first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1232 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer The post Joko Beck's Compassion arising and melting reactivity first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1231 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer The post Practice Period 2025 – Joko Beck first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1230 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Dongshan and the Five Positions first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1229 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Nyozan Eric Shutt The post Deep Listening first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1228 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Eishin Nancy Easton The post Genjokoan first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1227 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Douglas Floyd The post Zazen and the Hamster Wheel first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1226 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Eishin Nancy Easton The post Parinirvana Day first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1225 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Dongshan's Jewel Mirror Samadhi first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1224 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer The post Caring with the Breath first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1223 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer The post Moving with the Breath first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1222 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Reflecting on 50 Years of Zazen first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1221 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer The post Breathing into the new year first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1220 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Remembering Abbot Hozan Alan Senauke first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1219 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer The post Composure first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1218 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Douglas Floyd The post Shakyamuni Sees the Morning Star first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1217 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer The post Awakening under a tree first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1216 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer The post Mending rips and tears first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1215 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Dogen's Painting of a Rice Cake first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1214 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hogetsu Laurie Belzer The post Returning to the ground of this moment first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1213 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hogetsu Laurie Belzer The post Compassion and boundless ambiguity first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1212 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Shudo Paula Lazarz We will explore the importance of regular practice and the difficult challenges it poses.   The post Consistent Practice first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1211 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Wrap-up of Dogen's Expressing the Dream Within the Dream Seminar first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1210 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev Jisan Tova Green The post The Dharma of Welcoming first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1209 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hogetsu Laurie Belzer The post Delight in the difficulty of practice! first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1208 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hogetsu Laurie Belzer The post The bodhisattva precept ceremony (jukai) as community harvest first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1207 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Douglas Floyd The post In Anticipation of Jukai first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1206 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Eishin Nancy Easton The post Reflections on the Five Remembrances first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

A look at Chapter 4 from Keizan's “Transmission of the Light” (Denkoroku, jp.)  Sanavasa asks Ananda about the “fundamental uncreated essence of all things.” ADZG 1205 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma […] The post Shanavasa – A Teacher Disciple Dialogue first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1204 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rob Lyons The post Engaged Buddhism first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1203 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Douglas Floyd The post Bring Me the Rhinoceros first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1202 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer The post Gassho: Joining palms is dynamic bodhisattva activity first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1201 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Eishin Nancy Easton The post You Are Here first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1200 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer The post Releasing the compassion body, planting the treasure seed first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1199 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Douglas Floyd The post Ordinary Mind Is the Way first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1198 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer The post Maylie Scott's Prayer to Guide the Bodhisattva's Response first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1197 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer The post The Equal Ground of Zazen first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1196 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by hogetsu Laurie Belzer The post Responding to the Request of the Present Moment first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1194 ADZG Sunday Morning Guiding Teacher Transition Ceremony for Taigen Dan Leighton The post Guiding Teacher Transition Ceremony – Taigen first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1195 ADZG Sunday Afternoon Guiding Teacher Transition Ceremony for hogetsu The post Guiding Teacher Transition Ceremony – hogetsu first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1193 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by hogetsu Laurie Belzer The post Now, What? first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1192 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Ko Carol Laursen The post Peeking Behind the Facade Seeking the Source first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1191 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Taigen Leighton Final Dharma Talk (as guiding teacher) first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1190 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Hongzhi and the Mysterious Pivot first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1189 ADZG Saturday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Hongzhi and Meditation on Space (and Time) first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1188 ADZG Friday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Hongzhi and Settling within first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1187 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Zen Ongoing Balancing first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1186 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Return to the Source and the Backward Step first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1185 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Zenshin Florence Caplow The post All Beings are my Ancestors first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1184 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Guidepost for Silent Illumination first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1183 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Graciously Share Yourself and the Genuine Field first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1182 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Hongzhi's mutual response, Gaza and student encampments first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1181 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Romp and Play in Samadhi, part 2 first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1180 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Romp and Play in Samadhi first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1179 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Douglas Floyd The post Guidepost to Silent Illumination first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1178 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Steven Heine – see podcast page to access speaker’s PDF   The post Hongzhi and Wansong Soto Lineage Contexts first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1177 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post The Ancestors and History of the Future first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1176 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Hongzhi and the Baby Buddha first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1175 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post More on the Buddha Work first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1174 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Hongzhi and the Buddha Work first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1173 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post The Ground Sages Cannot Transmit first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1172 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Hongzhi's Deep Source and Practice of True Reality first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1171 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Preview of Hongzhi and our Practice Period first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1170 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Paula Arai The post Women Wielding Liberative Power first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1169 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Chris Cadman The post Journey of Practice first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

We will explore this teaching by the first patriarch of Zen on how dharma practice manifests in our lives. The post Bodhidharma's Outline of Practice first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1167 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Simone Salis The post Precepts as Imposter Repentance first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1166 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Eishin Nancy Easton The post Awakening with Zen Forms first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1165 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hogetsu Laurie Belzer The post What is This Place? How Can We Live Here? first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1164 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Parinirvana first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1163 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Douglas Floyd The post Zazen first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1162 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Dylan Toropov The post 8137: An Exercise in Beginner's Mind first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1161 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Konjin Gaelyn Godwin The post Keizan Zenji: Understanding Continuity first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

We are delighted to welcome back Zen teacher, sangha leader, translator and scholar Taigen Leighton to ZCNS for a dharma talk on Dongshan's Place Beyond Heat and Cold and Soto Zen Responses to Climate Breakdown. Dongshan, the ninth century Chinese founder of the Soto Zen lineage, recommended going beyond heat and cold. This story and Dongshan's teachings of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi and the five degrees offer contexts for responses to our current climate crisis. Resources: Taigen Dan Leighton, Just This Is It; Dongshan and the Practice of Suchness (Shambhala, 2015). Rebecca Solnit, "Dare we hope? Here's my cautious case for climate optimism” About the speaker: Taigen Dan Leighton is a Soto Zen priest and Dharma successor in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. Taigen began formal everyday zazen and Soto practice in 1975 at the New York Zen Center with Kando Nakajima Roshi. He migrated to the Bay Area in 1978 and shortly thereafter began to work full time for the San Francisco Zen Center. Taigen practiced and resided for years at the SFZC City Center, Tassajara monastery, and Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, and received priest ordination in 1986 from Reb Anderson Roshi. Taigen also practiced for two years in Kyoto, Japan, translating Dogen with Shohaku Okumura Roshi, and practicing with several Japanese Soto Zen teachers. Taigen received Dharma Transmission in 2000 from Reb Anderson. Taigen is author of Just This Is It: Dongshan and the Practice of Suchness; of Zen Questions: Zazen, Dogen and the Spirit of Creative Inquiry; of Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression; and of Visions of Awakening Space and Time: Dogen and the Lotus Sutra. He is co-translator and editor of several Zen texts including: Dogen's Extensive Record; Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi; The Wholehearted Way: A Translation of Dogen's "Bendowa" with Commentary by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi; and Dogen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community: A Translation of "Eihei Shingi". Taigen relocated to Chicago in 2007, and now is Guiding Dharma Teacher for the Ancient Dragon Zen Gate sangha. Taigen still teaches online at the Berkeley Graduate Theological Union, from where he has a Ph.D., and he has taught at various other universities. Taigen has long been an Environmental and Peace activist, currently working with Buddhist Peace Fellowship Chicago.

Hosted by filmmaker Yujiro Seki, Carving the Divine TV is a series of Q&A sessions with Buddhist scholars and practitioners. These Q&A sessions explore the basic concepts of Buddhism and the history of Buddhism so that when viewers finally watch Carving the Divine they will get the maximum value of the documentary.  In this special episode, we will have a Soto Zen priest, Rev. Taigen Dan Leighton to discuss the basic concept of Soto Zen Buddhism. We will ask some important questions, such as:1. What is your personal definition of Zen?2. What is the Soto school? What is unique about it?3. What is zazen (sitting meditation)? How does it benefit people? Through zazen, do we achieve enlightenment?4. What is the brief history Soto zen?5. Who is Dogen?6. What is koan for Soto?7. What is genjokoan?8. What has been your own experience with butsuzo (Buddhist statuary)?  How does Soto feel about butsuzo?Taigen Dan Leighton is a Soto Zen priest and Dharma successor in the lineage of San Francisco Zen Center, and also an authorized teacher in the Japanese Soto School. He is now Teacher of the Ancient Dragon Zen Gate temple in Chicago. Taigen trained extensively in Japan as well as in California, living in Kyoto for two years. He is an author, scholar, and translator, who teaches online at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, from where he has a Ph.D. Taigen is the author of Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression, providing background for many of the Buddhist images. His other books include Visions of Awakening Space and Time and Zen Questions: Zazen, Dogen, and the Spirit of Creative Inquiry. He is co-translator of a number of Zen texts including Dogen’s Extensive Record and Cultivating the Empty Field. Taigen now works to develop accessible practice and training programs in Chicago area through Ancient Dragon Zen Gate. See: [www,.ancientdragon.org].Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/carvingthedivine)

ADZG 850 ADZG Sunday Morning Closing Ceremony by Rev. Eishin Nancy Easton

Taigen Dan Leighton is a Soto Zen priest and Dharma successor in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. He first studied Buddhist art and culture in Japan in 1970, and began formal everyday zazen and Soto practice in 1975 at the New York Zen Center with Kando Nakajima Roshi. He moved to San Francisco in 1978 and began to work full time for the San Francisco Zen Center in 1979. Taigen was ordained in 1986 by Reb Anderson Roshi. From 1990-1992 he practiced in Kyoto, Japan translating Dogen with Rev. Shohaku Okumura. Taigen has taught widely at the university level, both in the United States and Japan, and is the author of 19 books and numerous articles. Today he lives on the north side of Chicago with his wife and serves as the Guiding Dharma Teacher for Ancient Dragon Zen Gate sangha Sit, Breathe, Bow is hosted by Ian White Maher. https://ianwhitemaher.com/ Sit, Breathe, Bow is sponsored by the Providence Zen Center. http://providencezen.org/  

Taigen Dan Leighton is a Soto priest and teacher, academic, and author. He is the founder and Guiding Teacher of Ancient Dragon Zen Gate in Chicago, Illinois. Our audio dharma talks are offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. If you would like to support Brooklyn Zen Center, please visit … Bodhisattva Values and Social Action, by Taigen Dan Leighton (03/25/2017) Read More »

Taigen Dan Leighton is a Soto priest and teacher, academic, and author. He is the founder and Guiding Teacher of Ancient Dragon Zen Gate in Chicago, Illinois. Our audio dharma talks are offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. If you would like to support Brooklyn Zen Center, please visit … Just This Is It, by Taigen Dan Leighton (06/06/2015) Read More »

Lecture by Taigen Daniel Leighton Video Version Taigen Leighton of the Institute of Buddhist studies and the Ancient Dragon Zen Gate meditation group in Chicago, IL, discusses the ways in which Dogen referenced the Lotus Sutra. Originally recorded May 19, 2007 © 2007, Taigen Daniel Leighton