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In this talk Hogen continues his talks from Thich Naht Hanh's Art of Living book. In this talk, Hogen explores the Kalama Sutta and Thich Nhat Hanh's reflections on how to cultivate true faith through direct experience rather than blind belief. We look deeply at how the Buddha encouraged the use of our own critical mind to investigate teachings for ourselves. Through practices like loving-kindness, compassion, and equanimity, we learn to discern what reduces suffering and brings peace. This living, ongoing inquiry keeps our spiritual path alive, fresh, and deeply authentic. ★ Support this podcast ★
This is the fifth talk in a series on the Art of Living By Thich Naht Hanh. Hogen dicusses what he calls the physics of reality. He discusses impermanence and how it changes how we relate to our live and our sense of aliveness. ★ Support this podcast ★
This talk is the fourth talk in a series on Thich Naht Hanh's book The Art of Living. In this talk Hogen continues to discuss chapter 1 of the book. He talks about our assumptions of who we think we are and how we can open to a more spacious view in our everyday lives. ★ Support this podcast ★
I have been reflecting on the nature of practice-awakening. In the Buddhist tradition this refers to the process (both sudden and gradual) of realizing our fundamental wellbeing. This is a transformational practice. This is a healing practice. And it is mysterious. It doesn't happen in the way that we expect.Insights happen, and then are forgotten. Love is awakened and then seemingly covered over. Only to be rediscovered again. We can read the same teaching years later and feel like it opens a new level of depth, or is actually just what we needed to hear in that moment.The ancients spoke of stabilizing our insights, of familiarizing ourselves with the love, peace and understanding that we are.I am reading a book by Carol Gilligan called The Birth of Pleasure. In it Gilligan is using the myth of Psyche and Eros, to talk about the development of the psyche in women. She is also writing about relationship and the maturing of love. As I was reading I encountered a short paragraph where she introduced research between mothers and infants that revealed the relational attunement present at this early stage of our development. She spoke of how the research challenged assumptions of separation.Their research was challenging an orthodoxy of separation (we are born alone, we die alone) by revealing a reality of relationship. Finding and losing and finding again. This is the rhythm of relationship, played over and over again in the games that delight babies and young children. It is the rhythm of love.—Carol Gilligan, Birth of PleasureWhen I read this, I heard dharma practice instructions. That is the thing about immersing in the dharma, we hear it, we see it—everywhere.How many of us have this orthodoxy of separation ingrained in us? Who think thoughts or hold beliefs that—we are alone? We are separate from the rest of the world? That no one understands us? That we are unloveable or exiled in some way?The dharma challenges this orthodoxy, by revealing a reality of relationship. We can wake-up to the reality of interconnection, of non-separation. Practice is that finding and losing and finding again. Its the rhythm of love that delighted us as children. Its something we know deeply.We are never apart from it, but we get lost, as humans do. And then get found.A coin that is lost in the river, is found in the river.—Zen KoanWe are that coin. Our true nature is that coin. And actually we are the river too, where nothing is ever lost. Its always right here.In the Tibetan tradition you do practices a one-hundred-thousand times as part of the preliminary practices, called ngondro, this includes prayers, refuge practices, bows, atonement and offerings practices. I have a little taste of this from the studies I did at Tara Mandala. You keep a practice log, and you actually count.Part of the theory being that once you do it thousands of times, its in you. Faith, determination and trust are born through the practice of return. We actualize the rhythm of love that we delighted in as children.Isn't it delightful to rediscover the refuge of our breath, to reconnect with the stability and openness of our original heart?In the Zen tradition we have our own expression of this. Throughout the course of a retreat or a residential period, you will do 100s or 1000s of bows and hours of meditation. You will chant the same chants, participate in the same ceremonies, over and over again. Hogen used to say if you train at Great Vow Zen Monastery for at least 7 years—the dharma is in your bones. Ten or more years of dedicated lay practice that includes sesshin has a similar kind of embodied resonance.Part of the point here is the repetition. If we lose and find ourselves one-hundred-thousand times, we will start to trust the practice—we start to trust those periods of feeling lost, afraid or anxious as part of the rhythm of love—part of the rhythm of being. We will start to have a kind of experiential faith that love is us. That we are never apart from openness. That the peace we seek is really right here.one-hundred-thousand returns to loving kindness and kindness becomes more the ground from which we liveThe recognition, the experience of love, of ease, of understanding, takes an instant. But the true developing of the refuge takes time— perhaps one-hundred-thousand times or more.And we still get angry, we still get anxious—but our response is closer to the actual experience. We can feel the anxiety with kindness and openness, with curiosity and humility—and that changes everything.Sometimes we think, it must not be working if i still have to practice, if there is still this much anger. But this is the human realm, we live in a world with anger, with hatred, with loss and pain. Practice is an orientation of the heart, it's learning more and more to dwell with life as it actually is.Over the past year we have been reciting Ken McLeod's version of the Four Immeasureables prayer at Mud Lotus Sangha. I share it here, may you chant it 100k times until every cell in your body knows the truth behind these words.Four ImmeasurablesEquanimityMay I be free from preference and prejudice.May I know things just as they are.May I experience the world knowing me just as I am.May I see into whatever arises.Loving kindnessMay I be happy, well, and at peace.May I open to things just as they are.May I experience the world opening to me just as I am.May I welcome whatever arises.CompassionMay I be free of suffering, harm, and disturbance.May I accept things just as they are.May I experience the world accepting me just as I am.May I serve whatever arises.JoyMay I enjoy the activities of life itself.May I enjoy things just as they are.May I experience the world taking joy in all that I do.May I know what to do, whatever arises.…I'm Amy Kisei. I am a Zen Buddhist Teacher, Spiritual Counselor, Astrologer and Artist. I offer 1:1 Spiritual Counseling sessions using IFS and somatic mindfulness. I also offer astrology readings. Check out my website to learn more. I currently live in Columbus, OH and am a supporting teacher for the Mud Lotus Sangha.Summer Read— The Hidden Lamp: Stories from 25 Centuries of Awakened WomenJoin me starting on the Summer Solstice, Friday June 20th for a summer read of the Hidden Lamp. I hand selected 15 stories from the book that we will explore over the course of the summer.Weekly Online Meditation EventMonday Night Dharma — 6P PT / 9P ET Join weekly for drop-in meditation and dharma talk. We are currently exploring supportive practice forms for engaging the dharma in life outside of retreat.Feel free to join anytime. Event lasts about 1.5 hours. 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This talk was given by Hogen on May 11 2025 at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple. This is part three of a talk series on Thich Nhat Hahn's Art of Living Book. This talk is a discussion on the chapter titled Emptiness is the Door of Liberation. ★ Support this podcast ★
In this talk Hogen gives a recap/his version of the introduction of the book The Art of Living by Thich Nhat Hanh. This talk was given by Hogen Roshi on May 4 2025 at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple. ★ Support this podcast ★
In this talk Hogen Roshi discusses the four divine abidings, or the four Brahma Viharas. These include loving-kindness, equanimity, sympathetic joy and compassion. This talk was given by Hogen Roshi on March 30 2025 at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple. ★ Support this podcast ★
In this talk Hogen gives a recap/his version of the first chapter of the Art of Living by Thich Nhat Hanh. This talk was given by Hogen Roshi on April 27 2025 at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple. ★ Support this podcast ★
This talk was given by Hogen Roshi at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple on Sunday April 20 2025. In this talk Hogen discusses what koans are, their value, and how to practice with them. ★ Support this podcast ★
This talk was given by Hogen Roshi at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple in Portland, OR on April 6, 2025. In this talk Hogen talks about the inclusive nature of the mind, and becoming aware of awareness itself. ★ Support this podcast ★
This Dharma talk was given by Hogen, Roshi at Great Vow Zen Monastery during Sound Sesshin on March 21st, 2025. In this talk Hogen Roshi discusses when people experience crisis in their life and how it propels them into spiritual practice. He also discusses working with koans like the Mu Koan. ★ Support this podcast ★
This Dharma talk was given by Hogen, Roshi at Great Vow Zen Monastery during Sound Sesshin on March 18th, 2025. In this talk Hogen Roshi continues the discussion on The Platfrom Sutra and how meditation or Samadhi is in fact the same as wisdom or Prajna. ★ Support this podcast ★
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei - ZMM - 3/30/25 - The moral and ethical teachings of Buddhism seem obvious on the surface, such as to not kill, to not steal, and so on, but to really experience the complex layers in these teachings reveals what we are really working with with our minds, our habits and conditioning, and karma. To not deceive oneself about this is the fundamental ground of all moral and ethical action. This Dharma Encounter with the sangha brings out the integrity and courage of Zen training and practice.
This Dharma talk was given by Hogen, Roshi at Great Vow Zen Monastery during Sound Sesshin on March 15th, 2025. In this talk Hogen Roshi discusses the foundation of Sesshin, The Platform Sutra and Bodhidharma. ★ Support this podcast ★
This Dharma talk was given by Hogen, Roshi at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple on January 26th, 2025. In this talk Hogen Roshi discusses the importance of having a direct experience of the fundamental nature of reality, our fixed beliefs and its importance in our spiritual practice. ★ Support this podcast ★
This Dharma talk was given by Hogen, Roshi at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple on January 12th, 2025. In this talk Hogen Roshi asks the sangha how they take refuge and what it means to take refuge in our practice. ★ Support this podcast ★
This Dharma talk was given by Hogen, Roshi at Great Vow Zen Monastery on January 11th, 2025 during Vow Sesshin. In this talk Hogen Roshi discusses the four bodhisattva vows, our fundamental vow and how we engage that with a clear mind. ★ Support this podcast ★
This Dharma talk was given by Hogen, Roshi at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple on January 5th, 2025. In this talk Hogen Roshi discusses the nature of suffering and fixed beliefs in relation to the ephemerality of thoughts. ★ Support this podcast ★
This Dharma talk was given by Hogen, Roshi at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple on December 29th, 2024. In this talk Hogen Roshi reflects on the last year and the vast amount changes experienced. He also talks about the suffering causing mind and how we penetrate and undermine it. ★ Support this podcast ★
This Dharma talk was given by Myoyu Voekel, Dharma Holder and Hogen Roshi at Great Vow Zen Monastery on January 5th, 2025 during Sunday Program. In this talk Dharma Holder Myoyu talks about keeping practice as a habit in our lives and how we can cultivate it. ★ Support this podcast ★
This Dharma talk was given by Hogen, Roshi at Great Vow Zen Monastery on December 7th, 2024 during Rohatsu Sesshin. In this talk Hogen talks about the ever pervading stillness that is always present and touching into it directly. ★ Support this podcast ★
This Dharma talk was given by Hogen, Roshi at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple on December 22nd, 2024. In this talk Hogen expands on the topic of what Buddhists believe with a short talks and a Q&A from the audience. ★ Support this podcast ★
This Dharma talk was given by Hogen, Roshi at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple on December, 2024. In this talk Hogen gives a summary of The 8 Realizations of Great Beings and how to implement and enact them in our life. There is also a Q&A at the end of the talk. ★ Support this podcast ★
This Dharma talk was given by Hogen, Roshi at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple on November 24th, 2024. In this talk Hogen gives a summary of The 8 Realizations of Great Beings and how to implement and enact them in our life. There is also a Q&A at the end of the talk. ★ Support this podcast ★
This Dharma talk was given by Hogen, Roshi at Great Vow Zen Monastery on December 4th, 2024 during Rohatsu Sesshin. In this talk Hogen talks about why we practice, the different phases of practice and how it changes us. ★ Support this podcast ★
This talk was given at Sunday program at Great Vow Zen Monastery on November, 17th 2024. In this talk Hogen Roshi talks about the 5th Realization of Great Beings ignorance, birth and death. ★ Support this podcast ★
This talk was given by Hogen Roshi at Heart of Wisdom on November, 3rd 2024. In this talk Hogen talks about heartbreak, impermanence and the 8 realizations of great beings. ★ Support this podcast ★
This talk was given at Sunday program at Great Vow Zen Monastery on November, 10th 2024. In this talk Hogen Roshi lays out 4 different perspectives we can take to help us respond skillfully to our lives and help others. ★ Support this podcast ★
This dharma talk was given by Hogen Roshi at Great Vow Zen Monastery on October 18th, 2024 during Ancient Way Sesshin. In this talk Hogen Roshi talks about the entrancement and wholehearted engagement. ★ Support this podcast ★
This dharma talk was given by Hogen Roshi at Great Vow Zen Monastery on October 16th, 2024 during Ancient Way Sesshin. In this talk Hogen Roshi talks about the Hearts Aspiration and the 6th ancestor Huineng. ★ Support this podcast ★
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei - ZMM - 10/27/24 - Bodhicitta is simply the aspiration to save all others from suffering. Along the way, how do we go forward on an ever shifting and bumpy path? This lively dharma encounter with Hogen Sensei and the sangha is tender and encouraging of all our aspirations to be of benefit in an ever changing world.
This dharma talk was given by Hogen Roshi at Great Vow Zen Monastery on October 11th, 2024 during Ancient Way Sesshin. In this talk Hogen Roshi talks about the direct experience before fixed views obstructs our reality. ★ Support this podcast ★
This dharma talk was given by Hogen Roshi at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple on September 29th, 2024 during Sunday Night Program. In this talk Hogen discusses and interprets the chant Hongzhi's "Guidepost of Silent Illumination". ★ Support this podcast ★
This talk was given by Chozen and Hogen Roshi at Great Vow Zen Monastery on September 29, 2024 during the Sunday Public Program. This talk includes a short description of the four noble truths and then a longer question and answer session with the audience. ★ Support this podcast ★
This talk took place at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple in Portland during the Sunday Evening Program. In this talk Hogen discusses zen practice and it's simple instruction to be with reality as it is. ★ Support this podcast ★
This talk was given by Hogen, Roshi on Sunday August 25th, 2024 during the Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple Sunday Evening Program. This talk is about our Dharma Ancestor Maezumi, Roshi and his relationship to ZCLA and other details of his life. ★ Support this podcast ★
This is a talk by Hogen, Roshi from Rohastsu Sesshin at Great Vow Zen Monastery in 2017. The main theme in this talk is the restless heart and its role in our spiritual path. ★ Support this podcast ★
This talk was given at the end of our summer 2024 inner critic workshop at Great Vow Zen Monastery. Hogen Roshi, Chozen Roshi and Jogen Sensei sit together and discuss working with the inner critic in this unique style of talk. ★ Support this podcast ★
As the Vice President of Health and Safety at Mortenson, a leading construction company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Marni Hogen has worked to create a safety culture that emphasizes personal connections, open communication, and employee empowerment. Marni believes that everyone in an organization, regardless of role or job title, has a responsibility for safety, and to truly create an effective safety culture, you must “make safety personal.”In this episode of My Big Safety Challenge, Marni shares her journey into the safety field, highlighting the critical role of mental health within the construction industry. She discusses how building personal relationships with the workforce, engaging in meaningful conversations, putting people over metrics, and sharing stories that may be tough to tell contribute to a culture of inclusion that makes the workplace more fun. Plus, you'll hear how she delivers tough news using the “sandwich technique,” and who doesn't love a sandwich?
This talk is from the Great Vow Sunday Public Program on Sunday July 14th 2024. In this talk Hogen, Roshi discusses the different views one can take in looking at our lives. From a cursory look at our immediate experience things may seem concrete and unchanging, but when looked at closer, it is ever changing and when it arrives, it's already gone. Where do we go from here? ★ Support this podcast ★
Hogen Bays, Roshi Rohatsu Sesshin 2020Great Vow Zen MonasteryDecember 2020 ★ Support this podcast ★
Kisei Costenbader, Sensei Sunday Program Great Vow Zen Monastery 01/17/21 ★ Support this podcast ★
Hogen Bays, RoshiRohatsu SesshinGreat Vow Zen Monastery12/05/22 ★ Support this podcast ★
In Celebration of our 500th episode on the ZCO Podcast, here is a talk given by Chozen, Roshi in 1983 at ZCLA on Confidence in Dharma. Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast ★
Hogen Bays, RoshiGreat Vow Zen Monastery2008 ★ Support this podcast ★
Jogen Salzberg, SenseiMarch 2024 ★ Support this podcast ★
Soten Lynch, Dharma HolderApril Sesshin 2024 Talk 4Great Vow Zen Monastery 04/19/2024 ★ Support this podcast ★
Soten Lynch, Dharma HolderApril Sesshin 2024 Talk 2Great Vow Zen Monastery 04/17/24 ★ Support this podcast ★
Lama Lekshe King TamangWhen Bad News is Good News: Nurturing the Heart of FearlessnessGreat Vow Zen Monastery2/5/22 ★ Support this podcast ★
Negotiate Anything: Negotiation | Persuasion | Influence | Sales | Leadership | Conflict Management
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