Podcast appearances and mentions of philip kapleau

A reading of selected passages from the classic text, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunrya Suzuki. This text, along with Philip Kapleau's The Three Pillars of Zen (1965), is one of the two most influential books on Zen in the West. Even today, many Zen meditation centers still use "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" as a teaching manual because it bridges Eastern Zen thought and Western modern life. This modern interpretation not only promoted the cross-cultural dissemination of Zen Buddhism, but also had a wide influence on fields such as educational theory and psychology.Shunryu Suzuki (1904-1971) was born into a family of Buddhist monks in Japan. He received spiritual education of the Soto School since childhood and served as the abbot of a temple during World War II. In 1959, he moved to San Francisco and discovered the growing interest of Americans in Zen Buddhism. In 1962, he founded the Old Jinshan Zen Center and subsequently established the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, which was the first Buddhist temple outside Asia specifically for Western practitioners. Through his books and doctrines, Suzuki translated the complex Zen philosophy into a language that is easier for Western readers to understand.

October 1973 Sesshin, Day 6 From October 1973 Sesshin, Day 6. A commentary on the koan. Played on Founder's Day – August 18, 2024. Teisho by Roshi Philip Kapleau.  Automated Transcript The post Teisho by Roshi Philip Kapleau: Blue Cliff Record #7 “Fayen's ‘You are Echo'” appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Bright on Buddhism Episode 81 - What is "the great doubt" in Buddhism? How does one cultivate it? Why ought one cultivate it? Resources: Berzin, Alexander (2006), Primary Minds and the 51 Mental Factors; Guenther, Herbert V. & Leslie S. Kawamura (1975), Mind in Buddhist Psychology: A Translation of Ye-shes rgyal-mtshan's "The Necklace of Clear Understanding" Dharma Publishing. Kindle Edition.; Kunsang, Erik Pema (translator) (2004). Gateway to Knowledge, Vol. 1. North Atlantic Books.; Nina van Gorkom (2010), Cetasikas, Zolag; https://terebess.hu/zen/great_doubt.pdf; https://tricycle.org/magazine/great-faith-great-doubt-great-determination/; Abe, Masao (1989), Zen and Western Thought, translated by William R. LeFleur, University of Hawaii Press; Abe, Masao; Heine, Steven (1996), Zen and Comparative Studies, University of Hawaii Press; Addiss, Stephen; Loori, John Daido, The Zen Art Book: The Art of Enlightenment; D.T. Suzuki, Essays in Zen Buddhism, First Series (1927), Second Series (1933), Third Series (1934); Lu K'uan Yu (Charles Luk), Ch'an and Zen Teachings, 3 vols (1960, 1971, 1974), The Transmission of the Mind: Outside the Teaching (1974); Paul Reps & Nyogen Senzaki, Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (1957); Philip Kapleau, The Three Pillars of Zen (1966); Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (1970); Katsuki Sekida, Zen Training: Methods & Philosophy (1975); Heine, Steven (2007), "A Critical Survey of Works on Zen since Yampolsky" (PDF), Philosophy East & West, 57 (4): 577–592, doi:10.1353/pew.2007.0047, S2CID 170450246; McRae, John (2004), The Sutra of Queen Śrīmālā of the Lion's Roar and the Vimalakīrti Sutra (PDF), Berkeley, CA: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, ISBN 1886439311, archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2014; Welter, Albert (2000), "Mahakasyapa's smile. Silent Transmission and the Kung-an (Koan) Tradition", in Steven Heine; Dale S. Wright (eds.), The Koan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism, Oxford: Oxford University Press; Schlütter, Morten (2008), How Zen became Zen. The Dispute over Enlightenment and the Formation of Chan Buddhism in Song-Dynasty China, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, ISBN 978-0-8248-3508-8; Bodiford, William M. (1993), Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan, University of Hawaii Press, ISBN 0-8248-1482-7 Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by tweeting to us @BrightBuddhism, emailing us at Bright.On.Buddhism@gmail.com, or joining us on our discord server, Hidden Sangha https://discord.gg/tEwcVpu! Credits: Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brightonbuddhism/message

From October 1975 Sesshin, Day 1. A commentary on the koan and the teacher- student dynamic. Played on Founder's Day – August 20, 2023. Teisho by Roshi Philip Kapleau. Automated Transcript The post Teisho by Roshi Philip Kapleau: Mumonkan #38 “A Buffalo Goes Through a Window” appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Robert Shuman was a student of Shunryu Suzuki in the San Francisco and at Tassajara  and then a student of Joshu Sasaki in LA and at Mt. Baldy and then of Philip Kapleau in Rochester.  He and his wife Hennie went to Raleigh to lead a Zen group long ago and they're still there now though their group hasn't met since Covid began.

Played on Founder's Day – August 14, 2022. Teisho by Roshi Philip Kapleau. Automated Transcript The post Teisho by Roshi Philip Kapleau, December 1979 Sesshin, Day 7: Hekiganroku #38, “Fuketsu and the Dharma Seal” appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

In the aftermath of student strikes in 1968, Alan left Columbia University and moved to Berkeley, California. There, he found himself amid a whirlwind of social unrest: the counter-culture movement, anti-war protests, experimentation with mind-altering chemicals, and increasingly violent crackdowns by the police. Eventually Alan came across Philip Kapleau's book, The Three Pillars of Zen, and was immediately intrigued.  Zen was not completely unfamiliar to Alan. Coming from New York, he was personally familiar with several Beat writers and their flirtations with Zen. But in Kapleau, found something much more substantial. This led to Alan's first engagement with Buddhist practice, and he eventually took up the meditation of Sōtō Zen, “a practice that is quite receptive and fluid.” As Alan was refining his life as a practitioner, he also started reflecting on the connection between spirituality and broader social and political issues. This led to Alan's evolving into an “Engaged Buddhist,” through which he viewed the eradication of suffering as applying both to individuals as well as communities. Alan also became increasingly interested in Myanmar. Observing the constrictions that had been placed on the monkhood under a military dictatorship for so many years does not leave him feeling optimistic about the future of Buddhism there. Neither has the lack of involvement by the Sangha in the democratic movement gone unnoticed by Generation Z protesters, who are now sacrificing everything for their country's freedom. One of the unintended consequences of the coup is that, however it ultimately sorts out, the future of Buddhism in Myanmar is uncertain.  Alan's perspective on the Burmese resistance is quite relevant, given his own involvement as a Buddhist practitioner in “street politics” during the turbulent 1970s in the US. While he came to the conclusion that personally supporting violence would ultimately not be effective, he acknowledges that 2022 Myanmar is not 1968 California, and doubts that a strict adherence to nonviolence alone would be effective in Myanmar's case. Engaged Buddhist action stands in stark contrast to the widespread spiritual bypass that seems to characterize a large segment of the Western meditator community. Alan has also observed this, commenting that it occurs “often in an individual context where people allow their practice to just cover for the work that they need to be doing on themselves… The spiritual bypass is putting on blinders so that you really can't see what's in front of you.”

The post Three Roshis who inspired my Zen practice – Philip Kapleau, Tangen Harada, and Taigen Shodo – by Wes Borden, 18 July 2021 appeared first on Puget Sound Zen Center.

Today we dive into what mindfulness actually IS, why it’s crucial for your wellness in today’s world, and how you can implement mindfulness practices to control stress and anxiety to improve your wellness. Kit realizes that she’s only one degree of separation from Jon Kabat-Zinn, father of the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program she and Kaelynn studied as part of their Health & Wellness Coaching Certification studies at Georgetown. Kabat-Zinn has studied with Zen Buddhist teachers including Philip Kapleau, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Seung Sahn and is a founding member of Cambridge Zen Center. His “Guide to Mindfulness” is currently the most popular class on Masterclass Today. Thanks for listening! Don't forget to subscribe, rate & review! :) https://www.soulfullofwellness.com Email questions & suggestions to sfowpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @soul_full_of_wellness Follow us on Twitter @SoulFullofWell1 Follow Kaelynn on Instagram @coaching_with_kae Follow Kit on Instagram @breathe.relax.trust Thank you to Nick Serena, from Handsomebeast, for our theme music!

Teisho by Roshi Philip Kaleau, played on Founder’s Day – August 16, 2020. The post Teisho by Roshi Philip Kapleau, October 1976 Sesshin, Day 4: Mumonkan #3 “Gutei’s Finger” appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Hogen Bays, Roshi - 5/24/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery

"Aunque no queden sino mis huesos tendones y pie, aunque mi sangre y mi carne se sequen, y se marchiten, no me moveré de este sitio hasta no haber alcanzado la iluminación absoluta." Philip Kapleau

A report on the Duke University conference celebrating the installation of Roshi Kapleau’s archives. Roshi Bodhin focuses on the unique challenges Kapleau faced–and we continue to face–in adapting Zen to the West. The post Philip Kapleau: Planting Seeds While Trailing Vines appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Teisho by Roshi Philip Kaleau, played on Founder’s Day – August, 18, 2019. The post Teisho by Roshi Philip Kapleau, November 1976 Sesshin, Day 5: Mumonkan #8 “Keichu’s Cart” appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

El término 'makyo' ( 魔境 makyo?) es un término Zen que significa "cueva fantasma" o "cueva del diablo". Es una referencia figurativa a la clase de autoengaño que resulta de aferrarse a una experiencia y hacer un "nido" conceptual fuera de ella para uno mismo. Makyo es esencialmente sinónimo de ilusión, pero sobre todo en referencia a las experiencias que pueden ocurrir dentro de la práctica de la meditación. En Los Tres Pilares del Zen de Philip Kapleau,1​ Yasutani Roshi explicó el término como la combinación de ma (diablo) y kyo, el mundo objetivo. Este carácter de "diablo" también puede referirse a Mara, la figura "tentadora" budista; y el kyo puede significar simplemente región, estado o lugar. Makyo se refiere a las alucinaciones y distorsiones perceptivas que pueden surgir durante el curso de meditación y pueden ser confundidas por el practicante como "ver la verdadera naturaleza" o Kenshō. Los maestros Zen advierten a sus estudiantes de meditar ignorando la distorsión de los sentidos. Esta puede ocurrir en forma de visiones y distorsiones perceptivas, pero también pueden ser experiencias de absorción, estados de trance en blanco. En la escuela Zen, se entiende que ni la categoría de experiencia -por fascinante que puede ser- es una iluminación verdadera y definitiva. Fuente: wikipedia.

Bassui's Talk on One Mind -- invaluable instructions for working on a koan. Main Text(s) quoted: The Three Pillars of Zen, compiled and edited by Philip Kapleau.

Recording of a teisho given by Roshi Philip Kapleau on the last day of the June 1975 sesshin and played on Founder’s Day, August 19, 2018. The post Teisho by Roshi Philip Kapleau, June 1975 Sesshin, Day 7: Mumonkan #36 “Goso’s ‘No Words or Silence'” appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

“The future begins with a traffic jam.” This is how Eliot Fintushel describes the setting of Zen City (Zero Books, 2016), his science fiction novel about the obstacles encountered along the path toward spiritual fulfillment. In Fintushel’s book, the quest for enlightenment manifests as a physical journey as his protagonist, Big Man, makes his way from an eternal traffic jam (in which people have been rooted so long on a highway exit ramp that they’ve created cults around their Econoline vans and Chevrolet Chevelles) to the City, where those who have achieved true enlightenment are literally merged into a single body-consciousness that transcends reality as we know it. More than a commentary on Buddhism, the story is a meditation on religion and the challenge of using “robes and rituals” to find enlightenment, Fintushel explains. The problem is when enlightenment itself becomes a sign of status, he says, undermining the goal of enlightenment, which is supposedly a state of “no status.” Fintushel’s adventure is both poetic and funny, meditating on language as much as belief. He is playing with the “limits of identifying things,” evoking the viewpoint of a baby. “If you watch a baby’s eyes moving around, they don’t fix on objects or even on people the way we do. They don’t have categories of objects and people. And I’m assuming, for the sake of the fiction anyway, that that’s more real than the reality of objects and things and people.” Links related to things mentioned in the podcast: Philip Kapleau’s The Three Pillars of Zen Chogyam Trungpa’s Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Wallace Shawn’s “The Fever” Shelley Berman’s joke about University of Chicago students Eliot Fintushel’s YouTube channel and excerpts from his performance of Revelations. Rob Wolf is the author of The Alternate Universe and The Escape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“The future begins with a traffic jam.” This is how Eliot Fintushel describes the setting of Zen City (Zero Books, 2016), his science fiction novel about the obstacles encountered along the path toward spiritual fulfillment. In Fintushel’s book, the quest for enlightenment manifests as a physical journey as his protagonist, Big Man, makes his way from an eternal traffic jam (in which people have been rooted so long on a highway exit ramp that they’ve created cults around their Econoline vans and Chevrolet Chevelles) to the City, where those who have achieved true enlightenment are literally merged into a single body-consciousness that transcends reality as we know it. More than a commentary on Buddhism, the story is a meditation on religion and the challenge of using “robes and rituals” to find enlightenment, Fintushel explains. The problem is when enlightenment itself becomes a sign of status, he says, undermining the goal of enlightenment, which is supposedly a state of “no status.” Fintushel’s adventure is both poetic and funny, meditating on language as much as belief. He is playing with the “limits of identifying things,” evoking the viewpoint of a baby. “If you watch a baby’s eyes moving around, they don’t fix on objects or even on people the way we do. They don’t have categories of objects and people. And I’m assuming, for the sake of the fiction anyway, that that’s more real than the reality of objects and things and people.” Links related to things mentioned in the podcast: Philip Kapleau’s The Three Pillars of Zen Chogyam Trungpa’s Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Wallace Shawn’s “The Fever” Shelley Berman’s joke about University of Chicago students Eliot Fintushel’s YouTube channel and excerpts from his performance of Revelations. Rob Wolf is the author of The Alternate Universe and The Escape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices