Podcasts about Sesshin

January 2026 Sesshin, Day 6 Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Hekiganroku #24 , “Irongrindstones Tetsuma” appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2026 Sesshin, Day 5 Commentary on Subtle Sound: The Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart. (ed. by Roko Sherry Chayat). Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Maurine Stuart: “Subtle Sound” #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2026 Sesshin, Day 4 Commentary on Subtle Sound: The Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart (ed. by Roko Sherry Chayat). Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Maurine Stuart: “Subtle Sound” #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2026 Sesshin, Day 3 Commentary on The Way of Korean Zen by Kusan Sunim (trans. by Martine Batchelor). Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Kusan Sunim: “The Way of Korean Zen” #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2026 Sesshin, Day 2 Commentary on The Way of Korean Zen by Kusan Sunim (trans. by Martine Batchelor). Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Kusan Sunim: “The Way of Korean Zen” #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

January 2026 Sesshin, Day 1 Commentary on The Way of Korean Zen by Kusan Sunim (trans. by Martine Batchelor). Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Kusan Sunim: “The Way of Korean Zen” #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

In Koan 8 des Kattōshū findet sich Reiun Zhigins Erleuchtungsvers: »30 Jahre lang suchte ich einen Schwertmeister. Wie oft sind Blätter gefallen und neue Knospen zum Vorschein gekommen. Aber seitdem ich die Pfirsichblüten gesehen habe, habe ich nie wieder gezweifelt.« Anscheinend ist es Reiun beim Betrachten der Blüte gelungen, gleichzeitig die Nicht-Blüte zu sehen. Indem er die vielen Elemente erfasste, die mit ihr in einem Bedingungszusammenhang stehen, erkannte er gleichseitig die Zeichenlosigkeit der Wirklichkeit. Allerdings ist diesem Erlebnis ein langer Prozess vorangegangen. Schon der Entschluss in ein Kloster zu gehen, wurde früher auf eine harte Probe gestellt. Und auch heute braucht es Vertrauen in den Weg, um sich der Zen-Praxis zu stellen und die Zweifel zu überwinden, denen jeder Übende begegnet. Dabei kann ein Zen-Meister unterstützen. Reiun ist allerdings einsam erwacht. Shin'ichi Hisamatsu bemerkte dazu: »Obwohl das einsame Erwachen ohne jeden Meister oftmals als unwahres Erwachen zurückgewiesen wird, würde ich aus diesem Grund darauf bestehen, dass gerade dieses einsame Erwachen ohne Meister, das Erwachen im letztgültigen Sinne darstellt.« Für Hisamatsu war der endgültige Meister das wahre Selbst, das aus dem Kern des Ich-Selbst hervorbricht. Er verglich das formlose Selbst mit einer Raupe, die sich verpuppt und schließlich ihren Kokon als Schmetterling durchbricht. Dabei vereinigt sich die Puppe nicht etwa mit dem Schmetterling, indem sie sich selbst aufgibt, sondern sie verneint sich selbst. Als Reiun die Pfirsichblüte verneinte und das Universum darin erkannte, gab es dafür keine handelnde Ursache von außerhalb. Hilfreich für das Erwachen war für Hisamatsu die wechselseitige Teilhabe an direkter Selbsterforschung. Er empfahl, sich einer Gemeinschaft anzuschließen, die sich auf diesem Weg gegenseitig unterstützt. Eben dazu laden Christoph Rei Ho Hatlapa und die Choka Sangha in diesem Teisho ein – gemeinsam mit den Pfirsichbäumen auf dem Gelände und dem ToGenJi-Tempel, dessen Name »Verborgene Pfirsichblüte« bedeutet. 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

December 2025 Sesshin, Day 2 Commentary on “Throw Yourself into the House of Buddha: The Life and Zen Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi”. Part 2 Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka.  Automated Transcript The post Throw Yourself into the House of Buddha #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Decemner 2025 Sesshin, Day 1 Commentary on “Throw Yourself into the House of Buddha: The Life and Zen Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi”. Part 1 Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka.  Automated Transcript The post Throw Yourself into the House of Buddha #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

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

Sesshin day 2. Teisho by Sangen Salo sensei during the October 3-day sesshin 2025 at Sanneji Zen Temple in Karjaa, Finland.

Sesshin Dharma talk given November 8, 2025, by David Dae An Rynick, Rōshi, and Melissa Myozen Blacker, Rōshi, at Boundless Way Zen Temple in Worcester, Massachusetts.

November 2025 Sesshin, Day 6 Commentary on “Illuminating Silence: Insights on the Path of Chinese Zen” by Master Sheng-Yen and John Crook Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Illuminating Silence #6 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

November 2025 Sesshin, Day 5 Commentary on “Illuminating Silence: Insights on the Path of Chinese Zen” by Master Sheng-Yen and John Crook Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Illuminating Silence #5 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

November 2025 Sesshin, Day 4 Commentary on “Illuminating Silence: Insights on the Path of Chinese Zen” by Master Sheng-Yen and John Crook Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Illuminating Silence #4 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Sesshin Day 1: Zen and the Transformation of Character by Ordinary Mind Zen School

Sesshin Day 2: The Play of Opposites by Ordinary Mind Zen School

November 2025 Sesshin, Day 3 Commentary on “Illuminating Silence: Insights on the Path of Chinese Zen” by Master Sheng-Yen and John Crook Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Illuminating Silence #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

November 2025 Sesshin, Day 2 Commentary on “Illuminating Silence: Insights on the Path of Chinese Zen” by Master Sheng-Yen and John Crook Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Illuminating Silence #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

In this Day five talk during the Fall Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Monshin weaves together stories of generosity, effort, and hummingbirds to explore “effort without desire”—the natural, uncalculated movement of life giving to […]

In Day two of the Fall Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Kathie Fischer likens sesshin to an artist's colony where each practitioner's work unfolds through the act of doing itself. “Each of us is […]

On Day three of the Fall Practice Period Sesshin, Hoshi Senko begins with Suzuki Roshi's simple reminder: “Appreciate your life.” Senko describes sesshin as a means for this, saying sesshin is “a kind […]

On the closing day of Upaya's Fall Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Kathy, Hoshi Senko, and Sensei Monshin offer an integrated reflection on continuing practice beyond the zendo. Sensei Kathy grounds us in the body, reminding […]

November 2025 Sesshin, Day 1 Commentary on “Illuminating Silence: Insights on the Path of Chinese Zen” by Master Sheng-Yen and John Crook Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Illuminating Silence #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Recorded during Three Day Sesshin on October 25, 2025 at Boundless Mind Temple in 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!

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk and Day 4 of Upaya's Fall Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Kathie Fischer brings our attention to resonance—the way one vibration awakens or encourages another. Drawing from physics, poetry, […]

In this opening session of Upaya's 2025 Fall Pratice Period Sesshin, four teachers—Sensei Kathie Fischer, Sensei Shinzan (joining remotely from San Diego), Sensei Monshin, and Hoshi Senko—welcome participants into the stillness and rhythm of this […]

In this morning talk on the first full day of the Fall Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Shinzan draws from Dōgen's Bendōwa (“The Wholehearted Way”) to remind us that zazen itself is the true gate of […]

Sesshin Day 4: The Intimacy of Eating by Ordinary Mind Zen School

Sesshin Day 5: Transitions by Ordinary Mind Zen School

Sesshin Day 2: Let Go of Everything! by Ordinary Mind Zen School

Sesshin Day 3: Confessions of a Foolish Mind by Ordinary Mind Zen School

Sesshin Day 1: Ancestry and Gratitude by Ordinary Mind Zen School

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

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

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.

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.

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