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Cuke Audio Podcast
With Guest Jiryu Mark Rutschman-Byler

Cuke Audio Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 104:09


Jiryu Mark Rutschman-Byler is the abbot of Green Gulch Farm as a co-abbot of the SF Zen Center. In the podcast he talks about Becoming Yourself, an upcoming book of Shunryu Suzuki lectures that he worked on with Mel Weitsman. First he talks briefly about Nicole Baden and Richard Baker's recent stay at the City Center and Green Gulch and Baker's stroke of a week ago. He reads selections from Becoming Yourself: Teachings on the Zen Way of Life and we talk about that and more. Most enjoyable. 

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Freedom from Spring and Autumn

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 47:26


04/13/2025, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler reflects on comments from Suzuki Roshi's talks on Case #36 of the Blue Cliff Record, exploring lines like “Buddhists resign from the world of suffering in order to live in the world of perpetual joy” and “human beings prefer the unreal to the real.”

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
You Are Not It, In Truth It Is You

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 58:10


03/16/2025, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Stories of our Chinese Zen Ancestor Dongshan, and his poem about nonduality: our life is like facing a jewel mirror - form and reflection behold each other. Both our sense of subjectivity and sense of objectivity are merely changing reflections on the unchanging mirror of buddha-nature.

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San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Here is the Mystic Peak

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 45:30


03/09/2025, Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler explores the practice of seeing the present moment, just as it is, as “the mystic peak” of spiritual fulfillment, with reference to Suzuki Roshi's comments on case #23 of the Blue Cliff Record.

Cuke Audio Podcast
With Guest Kokyo Henkle

Cuke Audio Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 107:41


Kokyo (AKA Luminous Owl) Henkle is a Soto Zen priest who came to the SF Zen Center in 1990 and is currently leading a practice period at Green Gulch Farm. He and his wife Shoho Kuebast founded the Bright Window Hermitage on Tassajara Road. Check it out at brightwindowhermitage.weebly.com. In his college years Kokyo was a dedicated Deadhead. Listen to this podcast with him and learn more.

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San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

03/02/2025, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. An introduction to this ancient Zen poem that is often recited at SF Zen Center and Soto Zen temples around the world. The metaphor of a mirror and its reflections to clarify buddha-nature and the world of experience is offered by the Buddha in various sutras, and by many Zen ancestors as well.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
The Path of Priest Ordination

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 42:25


02/16/2025, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman explores the nature of the commitment that a priest makes, shares his own journey to ordination, and describes the responsibility that comes with the archetypal role.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

02/02/2025, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler suggests that to meet the current moment, we might practice a deep-rooted kindness, like the kindness of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, whose imperturbable compassion is born of the study of perfect wisdom.

Cuke Audio Podcast
With Dor Ben-Amotz

Cuke Audio Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 97:22


Dor Ben-Amotz is a science professor who, in this podcast, talks about his experience teaching a course in Buddhism and Meditation at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont. He also speaks about how he got into Buddhism and meditation, his time at Green Gulch Farm, and more. Here's a link to the syllabus on the course he taught: https://cuke.com/pdf-2015/Fun_Buddhism_Slides.pdf

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

11/24/2024, Kiku Christina Lehnherr, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Kiku Christina Lehnherr teaches that practicing and overtly expressing appreciation, gratitude and generosity towards all the people, situations and things, great and small, that support our lives and fill them with love and beauty, is a powerful antidote to challenging situations.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

11/17/2024, Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk, closing a five day sesshin, Jiryu talks about the unborn, undying aspect of reality, opened to through the practice of stopping, dropping off everything, and just being our ordinary self.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Field Far Beyond Form and Emptiness

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 26:32


11/10/2024, Zesho Susan O'Connell, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. This talk by Zesho Susan O'Connell examines the vast field of existence, the fabric of our world that can get torn and faded. We are not in control, but we can “clearly observe” the tears.

Everyday Zen Podcast
Three Marks of Humans – Alan Block – All Day Sitting – November 2, 2024

Everyday Zen Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 31:07


Alan Block gives the Dharma talk to the All Day Sitting on "Three Marks of Humans" at Green Gulch Farm. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Three-Marks-of-Humans-Alan-Block-All-Day-Sitting-November-2024.mp3

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Meeting What Scares You in Four Immeasurable Ways

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 38:45


11/03/2024, Eijun Linda Cutts, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this practice period talk, Senior Dharma Teacher Eijun asks: how do we practice when we are anxious and fearful —especially when there are great challenges in our life. Back to the basics!

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Just Stop At Feelings

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 45:57


10/27/2024, Furyu Nancy Schroeder, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Senior dharma teacher Furyu Schroeder examines a variety of approaches for working with the difficulties in our life, all of them include bringing our attention to our thoughts and to our feelings.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Heroic Bodhisattva Goes To Practice Period

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 45:06


10/20/2024, Eijun Linda Cutts, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Linda explores how the mind of a Bodhisattva is able to meet the challenges of our lives, and celebrates the traditional forms of Practice Period, that help us to be able to fully express an “appropriate response” to our world.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

10/13/2024, Sozan Michael McCord, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. This dharma talk was given at Green Gulch Farm by San Francisco Zen Center president Sozan Michael McCord. While we honor and treasure the memories, lessons and times with people who we knew in the past, it is that very memory of how temporary this life is — that everything is changing — which helps us treasure those we have in our lives today. This also serves as scaffolding to do the work of being here now, in this moment. It helps us take into our bones the beating heart of now, and turn our complete attention to the seemingly special or mundane that the moment in front of us is offering.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Use Your Gift-Bestowing Hands

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 35:42


10/06/2024, Gyokuden Stephanie Blank, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk, from Green Gulch Farm by Gyokuden Steph Blank, Steph reflects on practice in the temple and in the marketplace with an abiding love for both environments.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

This talk was given at Green Gulch Farm by Gendo Lucy Xiao 玄道. The talk is an exploration of taking refuge in our true nature as we navigate the seasons of life.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
The Conventional and Ultimate Meaning of the Precepts

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 33:02


09/22/2024, Thiemo Blank, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. This dharma talk was given at Green Gulch Farm by Tanto Thiemo Blank. ​The talk gives an introduction into the precepts of the Zen lineage ​as well as T​hiemo's ​p​ersonal path in finding meaning in the precepts beyond a seemingly rule-driven moral guideline.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

09/15/2024, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk given at Green Gulch Farm, Abiding Abbott Jiryu Rutschman-Byler continues to explore four core elements of zazen practice: low belly, upright spine, clear mind, and wide-open welcoming. He focuses in particular on the practice of "clearing the mind," using teachings of the Buddha and from the Platform Sutra to discuss the dynamic between, on the one hand, welcoming everything including thought, and on the other hand, the fact that without a clear, empty mind the practice of welcoming often feels inaccessible to us.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Dragons, Karma and Unsurpassed Everydayness

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 40:06


09/08/2024, Stephanie Blank, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. This talk was given at Green Gulch Farm by Gyokuden Steph Blank. In the talk, Gyokuden invokes dragon energies and invites us to awaken together right now; heartbreak welcome, dharma companions manifest, failure being no obstacle to practice. Discussing the role of intention as the determiner of karmic consequences, she encourages us to plunge into the stream of practice and express ourselves fully for the benefit of All Beings… and — TO VOTE!

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
The Zen of Participation

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 40:56


09/01/2024, Gil Fronsdal, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. This extemporaneous talk was given at Green Gulch Farm by Gil Fronsdal. In the talk, Gil brings forward the teachings that arose in that moment.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Thoughts Regarding Reality

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 34:46


08/25/2024, Onryu Mary Stares, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk Onryu Mary Stares discusses reality: how our attachments and karma lead us to obscure reality; how practice guides us to seek what is real in each moment.

Cuke Audio Podcast
With Guest Kelly Chadwick

Cuke Audio Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2024 105:33


Kelly Bernard Chadwick grew up in and around Tassajara, the SFZC City Center, and Green Gulch Farm. He is my older son. His mother is my first wife, Daya Goldschlag, called Dianne back in 1973 when Kelly was born at Green Gulch Farm. Dianne has a Zen group now in Spokane Washington and Kelly is an arborist in Spokane and has a business there called Spirit Pruners - . In this podcast he talks about his youthful ZC memories but more about his recent experience of Tassajara where he takes a crew in the spring to trim trees. Deep stuff.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
The Sixth Ancestor of Zen on the Practice of Zazen

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 42:16


08/18/2024, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. The Sixth Chinese Zen Ancestor, defining "zazen" (sitting meditation), said " 'za' (sitting) means not to be obstructed by anything and not to activate thoughts about objects, and 'zen' means to see our original nature without being confused." In this talk, Kokyo explores what it means to reify thoughts and to see true nature by not seeing anything.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Belly, Spine, Clear, Welcome

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 49:38


08/11/2024, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk Jiryu discusses four fundamental, inter-related aspects of the Zen posture of body and mind which we can care for in sitting and in daily life: 1) grounded in the belly, 2) upright and strong in our spine, 3) clear and empty in our mind, and 4) warmly welcoming of the whole wide, bright, constantly changing, utterly unknowable field of experience.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Mountain, Rivers and Trees

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024 33:38


08/04/2024, Rinso Ed Sattizahn, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. An exploration of the the koan: Zhaozhou's Cypress Tree in the Courtyard.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Not Doing Group Harm

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 38:47


07/28/2024, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Studying Zen precepts, our tradition transmits a wealth of teachings to help us stop harming at personal and interpersonal levels. At this time in the West, we need to develop our ability to stop supporting harm and evil in groups and systems. Understanding and admitting how we may have supported collective harm actively, by collusion or tolerance, consciously or unconsciously, we can remove the hidden supports of collective harm. Humility in our group roles and behaviors opens our hearts and mind to what gives life to our participation in institutions, systems, and shared culture. When we scale up our practice of compassion and skillful means to plant our group behavior in the sensitive, responsive ground of the precepts, we find new ways to live and be lived for the benefit of all beings.

The Mindful Healers Podcast with Dr. Jessie Mahoney and Dr. Ni-Cheng Liang
208. Forest Bathing Makes You Healthier and Happier with Dr. Suzanne Bartlett Hackenmille

The Mindful Healers Podcast with Dr. Jessie Mahoney and Dr. Ni-Cheng Liang

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024 48:24


What is forest bathing?  How does forest bathing impact mental health? How does it impact physical health?  Nature is medicine. Forest = For Rest There have been many studies to show that forest bathing and simply being in nature is a way to decrease stress and improve well-being. It improves mental and physical health conditions. It impacts both our vital signs and our outlook. Dr. Suzanne Bartlett Hackenmille, MD, FACOG, ABoIM is board-certified in integrative medicine and ObGyn. She has additional certifications in herbal medicine, Ayurveda, and meditation. She is also certified as a Forest Bathing Therapist through The Association of Nature and Forest Bathing and she is the author of The Outdoor Adventurer's Guide to Forest Bathing.   In this episode, Doc Suzy shares her compelling and emotional story.  She discovered integrative medicine and forest bathing. when she began seeking answers to burnout as an ObGYN on top of navigating having an autistic child and a husband diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. Forest bathing, just like mindfulness, is primarily about noticing. It is also a practice of using all your senses. Listen to the episode to learn how to forest bathe. Suzy recommends a pyramid approach to forest bathing.  This means, if possible, we should celebrate the awe and wonder of what we notice in nature amidst significant natural wonders (such as national parks) regularly. A plug to join us in Muir Woods, at Muir Beach, and in the gardens of the Green Gulch Farm and Zen Center for Connect in Nature. Our location is a site of much awe-inspiring nature. This is the last year we will host Connect in Nature in this location. Next year we will be moving this event to a TBD different spectacular spot in nature.  Dr. Bartlett Hackenmille explains that we can also practice forest bathing weekly in urban local parks, botanical gardens, arboretums, and/or daily in our backyard. We can even practice nature therapy/nature medicine with a potted plant and/or on a construction site.  We highly recommend Suzy's gorgeous book which is full of color pictures and a myriad of invitations to practice forest bathing.  How might you like to practice more “nature medicine”?  Where could you forest bathe today? This week? This year? Why not forest bathe with us in Muir Woods at Connect in Nature Sept 6-8th. ? If those dates don't work for you, consider signing up to forest bathe with Jessie at a Nicasio Creek Farm Wellness Retreat in October or, November 2024 or at Sagrada Wellness in November 2024, There are also many date options for Pause & Presence nature-based retreats in 2025. Today's Mindful Moment offering is a forest bathing meditation guided by Dr. Suzanne Bartlett Hackenmiller. For podcast listeners, please find a photo of your ideal forest space for this practice or listen outside. You can find Dr Suzanne at @docsuzy on IG or at her website www.integrativeinitiative.com. Move beyond consuming this amazing podcast. True change happens when you work with us - virtually and/or in-person. If you can't make it to a retreat soon, coach with Jessie virtually 1:1 or in a small group.  Coaching also helps you become happier and healthier. www.jessiemahoneymd.com Hire Ni-Cheng, Jessie, or both of us to give a keynote talk or lead a workshop or breakout session on any topic covered in the Mindful Healers Podcast. We also create team retreats, teach yoga, and offer experiential mindfulness for teams, groups, grand rounds, institutions, and conferences. www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindful-healers-podcast www.awakenbreath.org  www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking *Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice. #physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach  

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Chronic Pain and Suffering, a Way Out…

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024 40:29


07/21/2024, Dr. Grace Dammann, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Dr. Grace Dammann, a previouse Green Gulch Resident and physician, who was honored by the Dalai Lama for her extraordinary work speaks about the difference between suffering and pain from her experience as a doctor, practitioner and patient.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
We Are All Travelers

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 35:29


07/14/2024, Jisan Tova Green, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Each life is a journey and we are all travelers. Some are forced to travel, displaced by wars or the climate crisis, others are unhoused, others travel for work, study, or recreation. The roles of host and guest are heightened by travel. Many come to Green Gulch and other Zen centers for refuge and renewal. How can we welcome these travelers?

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

07/07/2024, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk, Jiryu discusses traditional Zen practices of generating doubt and wonder - through meditating on "huatou" questions like "who drags this corpse around?" - and discusses how Soto Zen practice expresses that same wonder in a more subtle way as a point of posture in sitting and daily life.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Human Life is Precious

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 34:32


06/30/2024, Myoju Erin Merk, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. This talk was given at Green Gulch Farm by Myoju Shinjin Erin Merk on Pride Day 2024 in a celebration of gratitude and Queer Joy. This is Erin's first talk following her three week Dharma Transmission ceremony at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Which is the True Qian?

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 49:13


06/23/2024, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Case 35 in the Gateless Barrier koan collection tells the story of Qian's spirit being divided between following her heart and being responsible by following obligations. Is one path more true than the other or not?

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San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
The Thousand Natural Shocks

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 34:35


06/16/2024, Ryuko Laura Burges, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Laura talks about how we can practice with grief, loss, and ordinary everyday suffering, She weaves in stories from her recent book from Shambhala, The Zen Way of Recovery, and shares practices that can help us--no matter what we may be recovering from.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

06/09/2024, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk, Jiryu reflects on the practice of shikantaza, just sitting, as a Way that is fundamentally different than technique-based meditation.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Dragons Love Ceremonies

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2024 35:05


05/12/2024, Thiemo Blank, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. This talk was presented by Thiemo on Mothers Day at the end of an introductory Sesshin (meditation retreat) at Green Dragon Temple. The Investigation of - “the true dragon” (Reality / Thusness) - in Sesshin is likened to the ancient story of the blind men investigating an Elephant. The speaker suggests that Forms and Ceremonies offer a path to wholeheartedly and intimately connect to the “dragon”. As babies we were in accord with the flow of Reality but as adults we lost connection by our focus on conceptual thinking. Returning to our original intimacy we need to learn the “backward step” that Dogen is teaching.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

05/05/2024, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Offering a talk on the day of a funeral service for Caroline Meister, Jiryu observes that in the subtle, tender mind that is truly open and present in not-knowing, we cannot even say "alive or dead".

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Everyday Mind Is The Way

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2024 40:51


04/28/2024, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk Zoketsu discusses case 19 of Mumonkan, Nanchuan's Everyday Mind. Our practice is very plain and ordinary, and yet, the plain and ordinary world is also vast and wide, and when we practice zazen regularly we can begin to live in it with that appreciation. To end his talk Zoketsu quotes at length from a commentary to this story by his late teacher Sojun Weitsman, from his new posthumous book Seeing One Thing Through.

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San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

04/14/2024, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk, Jiryu suggests that by reflecting on the potential of Artificial Intelligence in Buddhism, in the form, for example, of the Suzuki Roshi chatbot, we can be led to renew our commitment to embodied presence, which is the real purpose and effort of Zen practice, and the real source of Bodhisattvas' wisdom and compassion.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Our Own True Home—Dedicated to Caroline Meister

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2024 39:41


03/24/2024, Eijun Linda Cutts, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. This talk by Eijun Linda Cutts was offered and dedicated to Caroline Meister, a Tassajara resident whose accidental death touched so many with sorrow. The talk looks at the Koan “Daowu's Condolence Call” Case 55 in the Blue Cliff Record, and the non-dual life of zazen and precepts.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Song of the Trusting Mind

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2024 56:30


03/10/2024, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. The great Way is not difficult for those who hold no preferences, it is like vast space with nothing lacking and nothing extra. At the moment awareness turns around and illuminates itself, there is going beyond appearance and emptiness.

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Everyday Zen Podcast
Zen Mind Beginner's Mind – Talk 4 – All Day Sitting March 2, 2024

Everyday Zen Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 33:18


Norman gives the fourth talk of the" Zen Mind Beginner's Mind"  2024 series based on Suzuki Roshi's book of the same name to the March 2nd All Day Sitting at Green Gulch Farm. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://everydayzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Zen-Mind-Beginners-Mind-Suzuki-Roshi-Talk-4-March-2-All-Day-Sitting.mp3

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Walls Are Gates Of Liberation

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2024 29:52


03/03/2024, Thiemo Blank, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk Thiemo Blank uses a scene from "Harry Potter" to playfully teach about penetrating the "Walls" in our lives as a journey of liberation.

The Mindful Healers Podcast with Dr. Jessie Mahoney and Dr. Ni-Cheng Liang
184. Healing with Contemplative Medicine with Koshin Paley Ellison

The Mindful Healers Podcast with Dr. Jessie Mahoney and Dr. Ni-Cheng Liang

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2024 53:47


What is good medicine? What is the medicine you actually need? How do you want to live?  Who is your Obi-Won-Kenobi teacher? Who are you?  What does it mean to be upright in your life? How do we create connections? We discuss all this and more in this very special guest episode with Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison who is Co-Founder, President, & Guiding Teacher of the New York Zen Center an educational non-profit dedicated to integrating contemplative approaches to care with contemporary medicine.   Through Koshin's leadership and vision, New York Zen Center has developed transformative training experiences like the Foundations in Contemplative Care and the Contemplative Medicine Fellowship. He is a renowned thought leader in contemplative care, and his work has been featured in the New York Times, PBS, and CBS amongst other media outlets. Koshin is the author of Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage, and Compassion (Balance/Hachette, 2022); Wholehearted: Slow Down, Help Out, Wake Up (Wisdom Publications, 2019), and the co-editor of Awake at Bedside: Contemplative Teachings on Palliative and End of Life Care (Wisdom Publications, 2016).     Pearls of wisdom shared in this episode It is not enough to simply continue to put on bandaids. You will never be free until you can be still with your pain. Love is a discipline. The armor we create can become a cage of the size of our own body and mind. Begin again. Don't wait. Don't wait to join us at the San Francisco Zen Center at Green Gulch Farm for The Mindful Healers Connect in Nature Retreat. September 6-8, 2024. www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreat-connect-in-nature Stop putting on bandaids and begin again- sign up for coaching with Dr. Mahoney www.jessiemahoneymd.com Set yourself free with mindfulness- work with Ni-Cheng www.awakenbreath.org or Jessie www.jessiemahoneymd.com Need a speaker for your group on any topic covered in the Mindful Healers Podcast? Reach out to Dr. Liang at www.awakenbreath.org  or Dr. Mahoney at www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking Check out the hot off-the-press article published by our dear friend and colleague Dr. Anne Kennard, a graduate of the Contemplative Medicine Fellowship.  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550830723002604?via%3Dihub https://zencare.org/contemplative-medicine-fellowship/ *Nothing in this episode should be considered medical advice. #physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #alifebetterlived  

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Save Me, Save Us: ‘Salvation' in Zen

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2024 43:09


02/25/2024, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. The first of the four Great Bodhisattva Vows is to “save all beings”, but what exactly does this mean and how might I engage in such an impossible endeavor? Abbot David explores the concept of “salvation” from a Zen perspective, using as a springboard an amusing koan in which Zen master Nanquan saves his disciple Zhaozhou from falling into a well.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Every Moment Is A Crossroads - How Will You Meet It?

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2024 44:23


02/18/2024, Sonja Gardenswarz, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Zazen, a yogic practice, a word, an invitation, a posture, a pause in time, a space, a clearing between the edges of here and then. A space to breathe, to feel, to connect. What we choose to emphasize determines our lives. To be a disciple to and enact in each moment what matters is building a Seamless Monument, is living like a river flows. "To live as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a Marvelous Victory" ( Howard Zinn)

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

02/11/2024, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk, Abbot Jiryu reflects on Suzuki Roshi's core teaching that Zen practice is fundamentally about "becoming yourself," and explores the strong resonance there with the Silent Illumination teaching that awakening is right there when we sit still, exactly as we are.

The Mindful Healers Podcast with Dr. Jessie Mahoney and Dr. Ni-Cheng Liang

Have you ever had an unexpected outcome and been unable to stop thinking about it?  Do you go to shame, blame and guilt when you think you may have made a mistake? Have you tried to believe it will turn out better than you expect but in the end, it turned out worse?   This episode will empower you with tools to respond with more grace and ease in the face of adversity. We hope you will leave with a better understanding of how shame, blame, guilt, and rumination make hard things harder.  We often suggest remembering to ask what if it turns out better than you expect.  And we are fully aware that sometimes things turn out worse than you expect or hope.  Sometimes it is cancer. Sometimes there is infidelity. Sometimes patients have an unexpected, undesirable outcome. Sometimes, despite doing the best you could in the moment, you get sued. When bad things happened in the past, we would both immediately go to blame,shame, and guilt. And then to rumination, isolating myself, anxiety, fear, and lost sleep. After mindfulness and coaching, we still jump initially to shame, blame, guilt, fear and chart checking. And then we pause and breathe. And work on our mindset. From there you can divert old unhelpful patterns to more neutral ones. You can accept and not like. Be disappointed and remember that almost always it turns out ok in the end. Peer review and M and M in medicine do not help healthcare providers process unexpected outcomes healthily. They trigger shame. Under the guise of improving systems, they search for fault and blame. They frequently cause signifiacnt harm to those who practice medicine.  Our clinical knowledge and our practice of medicine - attributes that we worked so hard at are scrutinized under a spotlight, with a magnifying glass in these formats.  Having peers ask questions with the benefit of hindsight voicing opinions on what you should have done, of course, leads to anxiety, shame, blame, guilt, and ruminating. The process, which exists primarily for hospitals, insurance and liability reasons, releases cortisol and norepinephrine in physicians and doesn't lead to learning, growth, or change.   Listen to this episode to learn what can you do to not make hard things harder The cliff notes: Honor your humanity. Of course you feel bad. Get help. Coaching, employee assistance, psych support, peer support. Tap into any, and all, resources and sources of support available. Take time to heal. Be curious. What if it isn't as bad as you think? Accept and allow. Relax in. We do hard jobs. Really hard jobs. It is hard because you care. Don't judge -- yourself, what happened, or your reaction. Sometimes terrible things happen despite our strongest efforts and best intentions. Step out of blame, shame, and guilt to whatever degree possible. There are likely many aspects of the circumstance that weren't your fault and there's nothing you could have done to stop it.  Offer yourself self- compassion “Self compassion provides us with the life raft we need to navigate through tough times.  By deepening self-compassion we discover untapped reserves of strength and resilience and wisdom that help us survive the storm and we strengthen our resources to better navigate future storms.” - Shauna Shapiro “Compassion is simply a kind, friendly presence in the face of what's difficult.” - Kristen Neff   If this podcast speaks to you, consider working with one or both of us to build yourself an overflowing toolbox for when the hard things inevitably happen.  Join us at Connect in Nature, September 6-8th at Green Gulch Farm and Zen Center www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreat-connect-in-nature Join Jessie at a Sagrada Retreat www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreat-nourish-and-transform Coach with Jessie 1:1 or in a small group www.jessiemahoneymd.com/coaching Invite one of us to speak at your institution www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking, https://awakenbreath.org/ *Nothing in this episode should be considered medical advice.