sokuzan podcasts

Joining us on the show is the founder and abbot of the Sokukoji monastery, Sokuzan. Having received his full ordination as a priest in the Soto Zen lineage, Sokuzan has spent the past 50+ years of his life studying, practicing, and teaching the Buddhist Dharma. He also happens to be a lifelong artist who paints and teaches his students how to expand their awareness using meditative techniques that he's developed. In this conversation, we explore some of his prominent teachings on awareness. What it is, what it isn't, and how we can live our lives operating from a more clear and present state of mind. We also explore his artistic expressions and the technique of ‘Opening the Eye Mind' which is the focus of his upcoming book. If you want to stay plugged in with Sokuzan, you can head over to sokukoji.org to watch recorded teachings and practice with the Sokukoji monastery on a daily basis. He also has many teachings available on YouTube which can be easily found. Show Topics - Sokuzan's Story of Finding the Dharma - The Teacher's Path - Where do Teachings Come From? - The Role of Conceptual Practice - What is Awareness? - Understanding Enlightenment - The Nature of Cultivation - Nature of Personality - The Meditator's Role in Today's Social Climate - Managing Overwhelm - Monastic Vows - Art and Awareness

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Observing & Receiving - 02-12-25 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 51:46

https://youtu.be/prRdswXVo40

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Elephants in the Room - 02-02-25 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 83:39

https://youtu.be/BKB09g5B3C8

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Again, Observe the Production - 01-29-25 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 51:15

https://youtu.be/ed7HaJcBckQ

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Destroying Insanity? - 01-26-25 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 53:21

https://youtu.be/AEBriZhSRsE

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Mountains & Rivers XL - 01-25-25 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 40:40

https://youtu.be/K1cKzVlRnqg

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Escape to Consciousness - 01-22-25 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 55:43

https://youtu.be/xTUAXsnZbdc

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The Dustbin of Otherness - 01-19-25 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 58:34

https://youtu.be/fif_MTUuYkA

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When We Add On - 01-15-25 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 53:56

https://youtu.be/KkPiaIxKuCg

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Mountains & Rivers XXXIX - 01-12-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 57:40

https://youtu.be/7QmrP4gnQtE

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The Illusion of Choosing - 01-08-25 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2025 59:55

https://youtu.be/OM14dc1U6Pk

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The Intention to Help - 01-05-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 53:54

https://youtu.be/eiFX6edyy0w

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The Buddha Said (II)... - 01-01-25 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2025 60:07

https://youtu.be/PL-HI_RmFBA

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The Buddha Said... - 12-29-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 58:57

https://youtu.be/7P82t6N-8kE

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Mountains & Rivers XXXVIII - 12-25-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2024 61:07

https://youtu.be/wjVxgh4M4cA

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Conversations No-one Wants to Have - 12-22-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 69:00

https://youtu.be/WNCDS_WBCiU

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Opening The Eye Mind - 12-18-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 76:52

Sokuzan leads us through "Opening The Eye Mind" Awareness practice, using as the artwork, "Cornered" by Philip Guston (born Phillip Goldstein, June 27, 1913 – June 7, 1980) . Guston was a Canadian American painter, printmaker, muralist and draftsman. In a career of constant struggle and evolution, Philip Guston emerged first in the 1930s as a social realist painter of murals in the 1930s. Much later he also evolved a unique and highly influential style of cartoon realism. But he made his name as an Abstract Expressionist. He avoided the muscular gestures of painters such as Pollock and Kline, and opted for a lighter touch, painting shimmering abstractions in which forms seem to hover like mists in the foreground. More about Philip Guston here: https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2023/philip-guston-now.html https://youtu.be/8Tk1dvNVkTI