Podcasts about Sesshin

October 2025 Sesshin, Day 6 Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Mumonkan #47, “Tosotsu's Three Barriers” appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

October 2025 Sesshin, Day 5 Commentary on “Ichi Tantei, One Doing: Tangen Roshi of Bukkokuji.” Edited by Ron Klein. Translated by Belenda Attaway Yamakawa. Independently published, 2024. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Harada Tangen Roshi #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

October 2025 Sesshin, Day 4 Commentary on “Ichi Tantei, One Doing: Tangen Roshi of Bukkokuji.” Edited by Ron Klein. Translated by Belenda Attaway Yamakawa. Independently published, 2024. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Harada Tangen Roshi #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

October 2025 Sesshin, Day 3 Commentary on “The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin.” Translated by Normal Waddell. Shambhala, 1994 Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Zen Master Hakuin #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

October 2025 Sesshin, Day 2 Commentary on “The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin.” Translated by Normal Waddell. Shambhala, 1994 Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Zen Master Hakuin #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

October 2025 Sesshin, Day 1 Commentary on “The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin.”  Translated by Normal Waddell. Shambhala, 1994. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Zen Master Hakuin #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Sesshin day 4. Teisho by Sangen Salo sensei during the August 5-day sesshin 2025 at Sanneji Zen Temple in Karjaa, Finland.

Die meisten Menschen möchten in einer Welt leben, in der Mitgefühl und Weisheit regieren. Doch im zehnten Abschnitt des Diamant-Sūtras heißt es, dass der Tathāgata, als er unter dem Buddha Dīpaṃkara übte, keine Wahrheit erlangte und kein harmonisches Buddha-Feld schuf. Denn ein solches zu schaffen, bedeutet in Wirklichkeit, kein harmonisches Buddha-Feld zu schaffen. Eine schöne Welt ist also untrennbar mit einer hässlichen Welt verbunden. Mal schlägt das Pendel zur einen und mal zur anderen Seite aus. Der Buddha empfiehlt daher, dass ein Bodhisattva einen Geist entwickeln sollte, der nirgendwo beheimatet ist. Doch wie entwickelt man einen solchen Geist? Als Daikan Enō, der spätere sechste Patriarch des Zen, diese Passage des Diamant-Sūtras hörte, wurde er erleuchtet und ging ins Kloster. In Fall 23 des Mumonkan bemerkte er dazu: »Denke weder gut noch böse. In diesem Augenblick, wo ist dein wahres Selbst?« Der Diamant-Sūtra-Gelehrte Tokusan pausierte in Koan 28 des Mumonkan an einem Imbiss. Beim Anblick seiner Kommentare sagte die alte Frau hinter dem Tresen: »Ich hörte, dass im Sūtra gesagt wird, der vergangene Geist kann nicht festgehalten werden. Der gegenwärtige Geist kann nicht festgehalten werden, der zukünftige Geist kann nicht festgehalten werden. Jetzt möchte ich euch fragen: Welchen Geist wollt ihr denn erfrischen?« Tokusan war so verblüfft, dass er den Zenmeister Ryōkan aufsuchte und sich mit ihm austauschte. Als Tokusan spät abends ging, war es draußen finster und er bat um eine Fackel. Ryōkan reichte sie ihm und blies sie aus, als Tokusan sie nahm. Daraufhin hatte Tokusan eine tiefe Erfahrung. Natürlich können auch wir heute den Geist entwickeln, der nirgendwo verweilt, und ein harmonisches Buddha-Feld erschaffen, das nur deshalb so genannt werden kann, weil es keines ist. Um für junge Erwachsene den Aufenthalt im ToGenJi zu ermöglichen, bitten wir um eine Spende: Sie finden die Kontodaten/Paypal auf unserer Website https://choka-sangha.de/spenden/ Herzlichen Dank

Sesshin day 3. Teisho by Sangen Salo sensei during the August 5-day sesshin 2025 at Sanneji Zen Temple in Karjaa, Finland.

Sesshin day 2. Teisho by Sangen Salo sensei during the August 5-day sesshin 2025 at Sanneji Zen Temple in Karjaa, Finland.

Sesshin Dharma talk given February 2, 2025, by David Dae An Rynick, Rōshi, at Boundless Way Zen Temple in Worcester, Massachusetts.

In Koan 10 des Mumonkan, erkundigt sich ein Mönch, wie es sein kann, dass Daitsû-Chishô-Buddha zehn Kalpas lang meditierte, ohne ein Buddha zu werden. Der Meister antwortet: »Weil er kein Buddha wurde.« Die Antwort auf die Frage des Mönchs liegt bereits im Schweigen des Daitsû-Chishô-Buddha. Damit manifestierte er ein Feld jenseits von richtig und falsch, in dem keine Gleichgültigkeit, sondern anteilnehmende Gelassenheit herrscht. Christoph Rei Ho Hatlapa erläutert in diesem Teisho, dass der Name »Daitsû-Chishô-Buddha« »alles durchdringend« bedeutet. Daitsû-Chishô-Buddha hat demnach das gesamte Universum zehn Kalpas lang durchdrungen - innerlich wie äußerlich. Dabei gibt es nichts, was er nicht zur Kenntnis genommen hat. Weder die Gesetze des großen Lebens noch die Gesetzmäßigkeiten von Shunyata, dem großen Potenzialzustand des Universums, sind ihm fremd geblieben. Daitsû-Chishô-Buddha ist ein Repräsentant des fünften Standes, in dem die Verhältnisse von Sho, dem absoluten leeren Aspekt des Universums, und Hen, dem Formaspekt der Soheit, zusammengebracht werden. Er ist in der Verbindung beider angelangt und weder dem Sein noch dem Nicht-Sein verfallen. Laut Rinzai wurde Daitsû-Chishô-Buddha kein Buddha, da er es von seinem Ursprung her bereits ist. Und auch wir können Daitsû-Chishô-Buddha sein und alle konzeptionellen Antworten beiseitelassen. Um für junge Erwachsene den Aufenthalt im ToGenJi zu ermöglichen, bitten wir um eine Spende: Sie finden die Kontodaten/Paypal auf unserer Website https://choka-sangha.de/spenden/ Herzlichen Dank

Sesshin day 1. Teisho by Sangen Salo sensei during the August 5-day sesshin 2025 at Sanneji Zen Temple in Karjaa, Finland.

Dharma talk by Melissa Myozen Blacker, Rōshi, on February 2, 2025

Sesshin Dharma talk given April 27, 2025, by David Dae An Rynick, Rōshi, at Boundless Way Zen Temple in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Three encouragement talks given by Roshi Philip Kapleau during a 1975 sesshin, accompanied by comments from his successor, Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Presented in honor of Founder's Day—Roshi Kapleau's birthday. Talk by Roshi Philip Kapleau.  Automated Transcript The post Sesshin Encouragement appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Dharma talk by Melissa Myozen Blacker, Rōshi, on April 26, 2025

Sesshin Dharma talk given May 18, 2025, by David Dae An Rynick, Rōshi, at Boundless Way Zen Temple in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZMM - 7/25/25 - What we do, how we use our minds and our time, can transform our lives. When we can quiet the constant referencing of a “self,” our internal preoccupations and obsessions, we begin to find the still point and rest there. In this Sesshin talk, Hojin Sensei invokes the stillness of a mountain range, and the stilling of turbid water as it settles, and the whole of reality that this can reveal.

Dharma talk by Melissa Myozen Blacker, Rōshi, on May 17, 2025

July 2025 Sesshin, Day 6 Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Shoyoroku #20: Dizang's “Most Intimate” appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

July 2025 Sesshin, Day 5 Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Mumonkan #15: Tozan and Sixty Blows appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

July 2025 Sesshin, Day 4 A commentary on the teachings of Zen Master Daikaku, Part 2. Source: The Original Face: An Anthology of Rinzai Zen by Thomas F. Cleary (Editor). Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Teachings of Zen Master Daikaku #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

July 2025 Sesshin, Day 3 A commentary on the teachings of Zen Master Daikaku, Part 1. Source: The Original Face: An Anthology of Rinzai Zen by Thomas F. Cleary (Editor). Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Teachings of Zen Master Daikaku #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

July 2025 Sesshin, Day 2 A commentary on the teachings of Zen Masters Foyan and Daikaku. Sources: Instant Zen: Waking Up in the Present by Thomas Cleary (Translator) and The Original Face: An Anthology of Rinzai Zen by Thomas F. Cleary (Editor). Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Teachings of Zen Masters Foyan and Daikaku appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

July 2025 Sesshin, Day 1 A commentary on the teachings of Zen Master Foyan. Source: Instant Zen: Waking Up in the Present by Thomas Cleary (Translator). Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript The post Teachings of Zen Master Foyan appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Norman gives his third and last talk to the Samish Island 2025 Sesshin on the chant "En Mei Jukku Kannongyo. 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/2025/07/En-Mei-Jukku-Kannongyo-Samish-Island-Sesshin-Talk-3-6-17-25.mp3

Norman gives a talk on "Opening the Hand of Thought" to the Samish Island 2025 Sesshin. 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/2025/07/2025-06-16-ZoketsuNorman-Openingthehandofthought-SamishIslandSesshin-Zoom.mp4  

Norman gives a talk on the Koan "What do You Call the World" to the Samish Island 2025 Sesshin. 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/2025/07/2025-06-15-ZoketsuNormanFischer-Whatdoyoucalltheworld-SamishIslandSesshin-Zoom.mp4

06/14/2025, Monitsu Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at City Center. Monitsu Pamela Weiss explores the final section of the Eihei Koso Hotsuganmon by Dogen Zenji.

06/13/2025, Monitsu Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at City Center. Monitsu Pamela Weiss explores the second section of the Eihei Koso Hotsuganmon by Dogen Zenji.

June 2025 Sesshin, Day 6 Commentary on “Everyday Zen: Love & Work” by Charlotte Joko Beck, Part 2 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Everyday Zen #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

06/12/2025, Monitsu Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at City Center. Monitsu Pamela Weiss explores the opening paragraphs of the Eihei Koso Hotsugonmon by Dogen Zenji.

June 2025 Sesshin, Day 5 Commentary on “Everyday Zen: Love & Work” by Charlotte Joko Beck, Part 1 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Everyday Zen #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

June 2025 Sesshin, Day 4 Commentary on “Being Dharma: The Essence of the Buddha's Teachings” by Ajahn Chah, Part 4 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Being Dharma #4 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

June 2025 Sesshin, Day 3 Commentary on “Being Dharma: The Essence of the Buddha's Teachings” by Ajahn Chah, Part 3 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Being Dharma #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

June 2025 Sesshin, Day 2 Commentary on “Being Dharma: The Essence of the Buddha's Teachings” by Ajahn Chah, Part 2 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Being Dharma #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

June 2025 Sesshin, Day 1 Commentary on “Being Dharma: The Essence of the Buddha's Teachings” by Ajahn Chah, Part 1 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Being Dharma #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Sesshin Day 1 - Working with Emotions in Practice by Ordinary Mind Zen School

Sesshin Day 2 - Working with the Precepts in Practice by Ordinary Mind Zen School

Spring Sesshin Opening Talk by Eran Junryu Vardi Roshi of Eiryu-ji Zen Center in Wyckoff, NJ, USA on 5/15/2025.

In this closing talk from the last day of Spring Practice Period Sesshin, the faculty of the practice period weave together final reflections on the vows and actions of true bodhisattvas. Sensei […]

In this opening talk for the Spring Practice Period Sesshin, Senseis Monshin, Ryotan, and Shinzan offer their remarks and suggestions to make the most of the deep quiet and practice of sesshin. Sensei Shinzan explains […]

In this talk during the Spring Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Ryotan explores the first of Dogen's Four Methods of Guidance: Dana (generosity). Dogen himself lived in a tumultuous era of social upheaval, war, […]

In this second full day of Spring Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Shinzan explores the Four Bodhisattva Vows as expressions of what Suzuki Roshi described as an “inflexible determination to carry out one's will […]

In this third full day of Spring Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Monshin explores the concepts of beneficial action and identity action from Dogen's Bodhisattva's Four Methods of Guidance. She identifies beneficial action as “skillfully […]

In this talk during the fifth full day of Spring Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Cynthia Ryotan explores the fourth of the bodhisattva's methods of guidance: kind speech. She fames the importance of […]

04/06/2025, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Kokyo Henkel concludes sesshin and a 6-week study of Zen Ancestor Dongshan's "Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi.”

Shuso Laura Trippi gives the sixth talk of the Villa Maria Del Mar 2025 Sesshin on "Already Forgiven." 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/2025/03/Sesshin-Villa-Maria-del-Mar-2025-Talk-6-Already-Forgiven-Shuso-Laura-Trippi.mp3