Podcasts about kokyo henkel

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.

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.

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.

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?

05/18/2024, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Kokyo celebrates the spirit of non-sectarianism within Buddha-Dharma, and explores the similarities and differences between Zen and Vajrayana practices, through the teaching of the nine vehicles of the Tibetan Nyingma School.

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.

10/15/2023, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk, Kokyo discusses Case 16 in the Gateless Barrier koan collection: The world is so vast and wide - why do you always put on the robe at the sound of the bell?...When in the heard there is just the heard, there is no "you" in relation to that.

Kokyo Henkel, Sunday 27 August 2023, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Sunday 27 August 2023, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Saturday 26 August 2023, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Saturday 26 August 2023, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Friday 25 August 2023, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Friday 25 August 2023, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Thursday 24 August 2023, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Thursday 24 August 2023, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Wednesday 23 August 2023, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Wednesday 23 August 2023, Austin Zen Center

07/02/2023, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Three barriers to pass through, from Case 47 in the Gateless Barrier koan collection: where is your buddha-nature right now, how can you be free of birth and death when dying, and where do you go after death?

03/05/2023, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Case 12 in the Gateless Barrier: Every day Ruiyan called out to himself "Master!" and answered himself "Yes!" Then he would say to himself "Be aware!" and reply "Yes!" "Don't be deceived by others!" "Yes, yes!"... Big mind, the host, experiences everything within itself, so there really are no others.

10/30/2022, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Different types compassion as taught by Shakyamuni Buddha, Vasubandhu, Maitreya, Chandrakirti, and Zen Ancestors Yunyan and Daowu

09/25/2022, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Kokyo Henkel brings up the relative and ultimate aspects of the ground of reality, that which obscures it, the path of practice to see through the obscurations, and the fruition of practice - and case 21 of the Book of Serenity: Yunyan Sweeps the Ground.

Kokyo was ordained as a Zen priest in 1994 by Tenshin Anderson Roshi and received Dharma Transmission from him in 2010. Kokyo was a teacher at Santa Cruz Zen Center for a decade. Kokyo has also been practicing with a Tibetan Dzogchen Teacher Tsoknyi Rinpoche Rinpoche since and now lives at his center in Colorado. For more information about Kokyo: https://kokyohenkel.weebly.com/ For more information About Simplicity Zen: https://simplicityzen.com/

Recorded on December 18, 2021 ----- The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate in our offerings and programs regardless of income. Please consider making a donation to SAZC on our site sanantoniozen.org or by visiting PayPal.me/sanantoniozen

Kokyo Henkel, Saturday 29 January 2022, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Friday 10 December 2021, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Thursday 4 December 2021, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Thursday 9 December 2021, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Wednesday 8 December 2021, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Tuesday 7 December 2021, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Monday 6 December 2021, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Sunday 5 December 2021, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Dharma Talk, Saturday 14 November 2021, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Thursday 18 November 2021, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Dharma Talk, Saturday 13 November 2021, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Thursday 11 November 2021, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Thursday 29 October 2021, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Thursday 04 November 2021, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Dharma Talk, Saturday 30 October 2021, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Thursday 21 October 2021, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Dharma Talk, Saturday 16 October 2021, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel, Thursday 14 October 2021, Austin Zen Center

ADZG 934 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Kokyo Henkel

Contemplations to Kindle Devotion for PracticeIn this retreat, we will include the practices of remembering again and again the rarity and opportunity of human life; the impermanence of life; the infallibility of karmic cause and effect; and the discontent of habitual grasping. As Kokyo Roshi describes: When we engage in these practices, we naturally turn towards Buddha-Dharma - whether we are just beginning on the path or seeking inspiration after many years. Led by Kokyo Henkel RoshiKokyo Roshi is the former Abiding Teacher of Santa Cruz Zen Center in Santa Cruz, California and a dharma heir of Tenshin Reb Anderson.

Contemplations to Kindle Devotion for PracticeIn this retreat, we will include the practices of remembering again and again the rarity and opportunity of human life; the impermanence of life; the infallibility of karmic cause and effect; and the discontent of habitual grasping. As Kokyo Roshi describes: When we engage in these practices, we naturally turn towards Buddha-Dharma - whether we are just beginning on the path or seeking inspiration after many years. Led by Kokyo Henkel RoshiKokyo Roshi is the former Abiding Teacher of Santa Cruz Zen Center in Santa Cruz, California and a dharma heir of Tenshin Reb Anderson.

Contemplations to Kindle Devotion for PracticeIn this retreat, we will include the practices of remembering again and again the rarity and opportunity of human life; the impermanence of life; the infallibility of karmic cause and effect; and the discontent of habitual grasping. As Kokyo Roshi describes: When we engage in these practices, we naturally turn towards Buddha-Dharma - whether we are just beginning on the path or seeking inspiration after many years. Led by Kokyo Henkel RoshiKokyo Roshi is the former Abiding Teacher of Santa Cruz Zen Center in Santa Cruz, California and a dharma heir of Tenshin Reb Anderson.

The buddhas and Zen ancestors encourage us to become lucid dreamers - realizing that we are dreaming while remaining within the dream, where subject and object appear as separate but are really just manifestations of one mind. 09/12/2021, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.

Kokyo Henkel, Dharma Talk, Saturday 28 August 2021, Austin Zen Center

Kokyo Henkel leads a new generation of Buddhist scholars and has been practicing and teaching at San Francisco and Santa Cruz Zen Centers since 1990. Kokyo's interests include how the original, classic teachings of Buddha-Dharma from ancient India, China, and Japan are still very much alive and useful in present-day America for bringing peace and harmony to this troubled world.

Kokyo Henkel leads a new generation of Buddhist scholars and has been practicing and teaching at San Francisco and Santa Cruz Zen Centers since 1990. Kokyo's interests include how the original, classic teachings of Buddha-Dharma from ancient India, China, and Japan are still very much alive and useful in present-day America for bringing peace and harmony to this troubled world.