Podcasts about rohatsu sesshin

Bernd Bender, Dharma-Vortrag am 04. Dezember 2025, Rohatsu-Sesshin, WilhelmsaueSieben Tage lang soll Shakyamuni Buddha bis zu seiner Erleuchtung gesessen haben. Am zweiten Tag versuchte Mara ihn von dem abzuhalten, was er da tat: offen zu sein für das, was ist. Bernd geht in seinem Vortrag noch einmal genauer auf den Praxisansatz des Buddha ein, dessen Ausgang eine Kindheitserinnerung war, in der der junge Siddartha in tief empfundener Verbundenheit mit dem Leben ruhte. Dabei zieht Bernd Dōgen Zenjis Fukanzazengi heran und unterstreicht, dass es sich bei diesem Ansatz nicht um eine Meditationspraxis handelt, in der etwas verändert oder erreicht werden müsste. Vielmehr geht es um eine Offenheit für das, was sich von Moment zu Moment entfaltet. Als Siddartha aufhörte, etwas an seiner Erfahrung verändern zu wollen, verlor Mara seine Macht. Können wir uns und anderen erlauben, die Person zu sein, die wir sind?Support the show

Bernd Bender, Dharma-Vortrag am 03. Dezember 2025, Rohatsu-Sesshin, WilhelmsaueAnlässlich des Rohatsu-Sesshins, in dem das Erwachen Shakyamuni Buddhas gefeiert wird, erzählt Bernd seine Variante der Geschichte dieses Erwachens.Siddartha Gautama ahmte im Sitzen eine kindliche Erfahrung nach, in der er in den Dingen ruhte, so wie sie sind. Nach sieben Tagen wurde aus Nachahmung Verwirklichung.Im Sesshin ahmen wiederum wir dieses Erwachen nach. Wir öffnen uns immer tiefer in das hinein, was wir in verschiedenen Praktiken nachahmen, bis wir in der Nachahmung unsere totale Lebendigkeit entdecken und ausdrücken.Support the show

Sensei Sangen Salon teisho Rohatsu-sesshinillä Sannejissa, Karjaalla 2025, Suomi (in Finnish).

Sensei Sangen Salon teisho Rohatsu-sesshinillä Sannejissa, Karjaalla 2025, Suomi (in Finnish).

Sensei Sangen Salon teisho Rohatsu-sesshinillä Sannejissa, Karjaalla 2025, Suomi (in Finnish).

Sensei Sangen Salon teisho Rohatsu-sesshinillä Sannejissa, Karjaalla 2025, Suomi (in Finnish).

Recorded on December 13, 2025 during Rohatsu Sesshin—an intensive multi-day Zen meditation retreat commemorating the Buddha's enlightenment—at Boundless Mind Temple, Brooklyn, NY. The BZC Podcast is offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. If these teachings have benefited your life, please consider supporting the program with a donation (suggested $2-7/episode, or whatever feels right for you!). You can donate to Brooklyn Zen Center at brooklynzen.org under ‘Giving.' Thank you for your generosity!er ‘Giving.' Thank you for your generosity!

Sensei Sangen Salon teisho Rohatsu-sesshinillä Sannejissa, Karjaalla 2025, Suomi (in Finnish).

Recorded on December 12, 2025 during Rohatsu Sesshin—an intensive multi-day Zen meditation retreat commemorating the Buddha's enlightenment—at Boundless Mind Temple, Brooklyn, NY. The BZC Podcast is offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. If these teachings have benefited your life, please consider supporting the program with a donation (suggested $2-7/episode, or whatever feels right for you!). You can donate to Brooklyn Zen Center at brooklynzen.org under ‘Giving.' Thank you for your generosity!

Recorded on December 11, 2025 during Rohatsu Sesshin—an intensive multi-day Zen meditation retreat commemorating the Buddha's enlightenment—at Boundless Mind Temple, Brooklyn, NY. The BZC Podcast is offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. If these teachings have benefited your life, please consider supporting the program with a donation (suggested $2-7/episode, or whatever feels right for you!). You can donate to Brooklyn Zen Center at brooklynzen.org under ‘Giving.' Thank you for your generosity!er ‘Giving.' Thank you for your generosity!

Recorded on December 10, 2025 during Rohatsu Sesshin—an intensive multi-day Zen meditation retreat commemorating the Buddha's enlightenment—at Boundless Mind Temple, Brooklyn, NY. The BZC Podcast is offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. If these teachings have benefited your life, please consider supporting the program with a donation (suggested $2-7/episode, or whatever feels right for you!). You can donate to Brooklyn Zen Center at brooklynzen.org under ‘Giving.' Thank you for your generosity!

In this Rohatsu Sesshin talk, Chozen reflects on the meaning of awakening—not as a one-time event, but as an ongoing opening into reality beyond self, time, and conceptual division. Drawing on classic Zen stories, Dōgen's teaching of non-thinking, and stages of meditative settling described in the Chan tradition, she explores how sustained concentration and a quiet, even silent mind allow the constructed sense of self to loosen and fall away. Through vivid examples, humor, and practical guidance, the talk emphasizes awakening as something that must be clarified, embodied, and continually refined through committed practice, ethical living, and ongoing housecleaning of habitual patterns—revealing a way of being aligned with impermanence, intimacy, and boundless clarity. ★ Support this podcast ★

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the seventh day of Rohatsu Sesshin, 2025 at Chobo-Ji.  This talk examines what we need when we return to daily life after a weeklong sesshin.

ADZG 1264 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer The post Rohatsu sesshin – Day 5 – Tenzo Turning the Wheel of Dharma first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

Rinzan Pechovnick Osho gave this Teisho on the sixth day of Rohatsu Sesshin, 2025 at Chobo-Ji.  This talk examines Hekiganroku, Case 91, Enkan and the Rhinoceros Fan.

ADZG 1262 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer The post Rohatsu sesshin – Day 3 – Turning the Wheel of Dharma first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1263 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer The post Rohatsu sesshin – Day 4 – Turning the Wheel of Dharma first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the fifth day of Rohatsu Sesshin, 2025 at Chobo-Ji.  This talk examines the fact that we are all living on the knife edge of life and death. How do we meet our mortality like we are drowned in a deep spring?

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Friday, December 5th 2025 by Susan Marvin.

ADZG 1261 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer The post Rohatsu sesshin – Day 2 – Turning the Wheel of Dharma first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

Anne Sendo Howels Osho gave this Dharma Talk during the middle day of Rohatsu Sesshin 2025, at Chobo-Ji. This talk, based "Ling's Question" in The Hidden Lamp, explores the necessity of addressing the world's grievous suffering and the calamities that we bring upon ourselves.

ADZG 1260 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer The post Rohatsu sesshin – Day 1 – Turning the Wheel of Dharma first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the third day of Rohatsu Sesshin, 2025 at Chobo-Ji.  This talk examines our collective core delusion and the importance of coming down from our mountain top view of reality.

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the second day of Rohatsu Sesshin, 2025 at Chobo-Ji.  This talk examines how to make your own assessments without judgement, and what to prioritize during zazen - slow breathing and our Great Vow.

Genjo Marinello Osho presented gave this Teisho on the first day of Rohatsu Sesshin, 2025 at Chobo-Ji.  This talk examines how to make a lap for our crazy, convoluted, karmic core and ultimately the whole universe.

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 ★

In this Teisho, given on December 2, 2024, the second full day of Chobo-ji's Rohatsu Sesshin, Rinzan Osho examines case 50 of the Hekiganroku: Ummon's "Particle After Particle Samadhi." When we see beyond concepts, we can be open, free and responsive to the great reality, a place where words meet words and spirit meets spirit.

This Dharma talk was given by Jan Chozen Bays, Roshi at Great Vow Zen Monastery on December 6th, 2024 during Rohatsu Sesshin. In this talk Jan Chozen Bays, Roshi talks about how to nurture a silent mind and why it is crucial for awakening. ★ 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 Dharma talk was given by Jan Chozen Bays, Roshi at Great Vow Zen Monastery on December 3rd, 2024 during Rohatsu Sesshin. In this talk Jan Chozen Bays, Roshi talks about what led to the Buddha's awakening and how to investigate the self. ★ Support this podcast ★

During this third full day of Rohatsu Sesshin, Senseis Kaz and Monshin delve into zazen as a “distillation of the highest wisdom.” They discuss how we often selectively choose what receives our attention, […]

Recorded on December 7, 2024 during Rohatsu Sesshin at Boundless Mind Temple in Brooklyn, NY. The BZC Podcast is offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. You can donate to Brooklyn Zen Center at brooklynzen.org under ‘Giving.' Thank you for your generosity!

Recorded on December 6, 2024 during Rohatsu Sesshin at Boundless Mind Temple in Brooklyn, NY. The BZC Podcast is offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. You can donate to Brooklyn Zen Center at brooklynzen.org under ‘Giving.' Thank you for your generosity!

Teisho, given on December 2, 2024, the second full day of Chobo-ji's Rohatsu Sesshin, by Rinzan Osho. When we see beyond concepts, we can be open, free and responsive to the great reality, a place where words meet words and spirit meets spirit.

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the first day of Rohatsu Sesshin, 2024, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores the kanji Mu (No, Not, Nothing), in the context of who are we really?

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 12/31/23 - Fusatsu Ceremony gives us an opportunity to renew our bodhisattva vows and to atone for any pain and suffering we may have intentionally, inadvertently, or indirectly caused. This is the teisho, on aspects of the Buddhist precepts, that Shugen Roshi offered in the midst of the ceremony on the final evening of Rohatsu Sesshin.

Rev. Choro Antonaccio, Dharma Talk, Tuesday 6 December 2023, Austin Zen Center

In this illuminating dharma talk given on day four of Rohatsu sesshin, 2023, Sensei Kaz Tanahashi and Sensei Shinzan Palma speak to the importance of recognizing and embracing our inner […]

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the last full day of Rohatsu Sesshin 2023, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores the gravity well that holds the universe and may be thought of as the Dharmakaya or the Beyond the Beyond.

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the sixth day of Rohatsu Sesshin 2023, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores one of the core koans of Rinzai Zen training, "What is the sound of one hand clapping?"

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the fourth day of Rohatsu Sesshin 2023, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores the art of juggling the three lenses for relating to reality, the relative, the absolute and the transcendent.

Rev. Choro Antonaccio, Dharma Talk, Tuesday 5 December 2023, Austin Zen Center

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the third day of Rohatsu Sesshin 2023, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores the one fabric that has no form let alone a name.

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the second day of Rohatsu Sesshin 2023, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores the deep samadhi of True Passing.

Rev. Choro Antonaccio, Dharma Talk, Sunday 3 December 2023, Austin Zen Center

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the final day of Rohatsu Sesshin, 2022. This talk, which examines Ordinary Mind is Tao, relates how to bring practice into daily life.

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the seventh day of Rohatsu Sesshin, 2022. This talk examines Zen Master Kyroin's answer to the question – what is essence of the Zen school of Buddhism – "Sitting long and getting tired."

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the six day of Rohatsu Sesshin, 2022. This talk, which examines Kyosei's Instruction on Pecking and Tapping, explores how a Zen master taps at the shell of our fixed ego identity.

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the fifth day of Rohatsu Sesshin, 2022. This talk, which examines Ummon's "Preaching Oneness and No Preaching Oneness." Genjo explores the two sides of this coin, and how they relate to the Four Noble Truths.