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ADZG 1194 ADZG Sunday Morning Guiding Teacher Transition Ceremony for Taigen Dan Leighton The post Guiding Teacher Transition Ceremony – Taigen first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1191 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Taigen Leighton Final Dharma Talk (as guiding teacher) first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

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Il reste encore quelques jours de repos avant de reprendre officiellement la vie active, alors pourquoi ne pas laisser une chance à ces saisons assez courtes à binger ce weekend ? Culprits sur Disney+ Un braquage de fou, un plan béton, un groupe de talents, non, je ne parle pas de Berlin, mais bien de Culprits : arnaque à l'anglaise sur Disney+. Ici, la préparation du casse ne dure des plombes, l'histoire commence après le braquage et des flashbacks viennent expliquer les événements. On y suit Joe, incarné par Nathan Stewart-Jarrett(Généra+ion), qui semble vouloir ouvrir un nouveau restaurant dans une ville assez conservatrice. Au fur et à mesure, on se rend compte qu'il y a des secrets que Joe cache… et on comprend qu'il a participé au vol de quelques millions avec un groupe dont les membres se font éliminer un par un. Imaginée et réalisé par J Blakeson (I Care A Lot), il y de l'action, de l'humour, un peu de voyage, et un vrai divertissement. https://youtu.be/vj676s3BS04?si=CCBNeGSj5HrMpBk7 [bs_show url="culprits"] Escort Boys sur Prime Video Passée un peu sous le radar en cette fin d'année, Escort Boys sur Prime Video pose ses valises en Camargue, où Benjamin revient au ranch familial suite au décès de son père. Il y retrouve des amis d'enfance, sa sœur et le nouvel aide de son père. Croulant sous les dettes, il va commencer un nouveau business d'escorting, pour faire revivre le ranch et le transformer en lieu de villégiature. On y retrouve Guillaume Labbé, Thibaut Evrard, Corentin Fila et Simon Ehrlacher dans le rôle des quatre escorts qui vont faire fondre des femmes aux visages connus. Après Alphonse, on prend un autre parti pour montrer le désir et la sexualité. Du consentement, aux questions du physique, Escort Boys approche des thématiques modernes via plusieurs points de vue, un peu plus traditionnel ou moderne selon le personnage. Les scènes humoristiques suivent des moments dramatiques, voire émouvants, qui font qu'on s'attache à ces personnages. https://youtu.be/8KHaSyoIQdc?si=0So5c_8YaU1gyZdR [bs_show url="escort-boys"] Blue Eye Samurai sur Netflix Après la série d'action, le drame français, voici l'animation américaine pour adultes aux allures d'anime proposée par Netflix. Plongez dans l'ère d'Edo en plein XVIIe siècle quand les frontières japonaises sont encore fermées aux étrangers, sauf ceux sélectionnés, c'est-à-dire quatre personnes connues. Là, un apprenti forgeron devenu maître d'armes moitié caucasien moitié japonais est sur le chemin de la vengeance, et cette vengeance a les yeux clairs. Mizu va traverser le pays jusqu'à retrouver l'un d'eux afin de le tuer. Au cours de son voyage, sa route croise celle de Ringo, un cuisinier apprenti samouraï, Taigen un samouraï qui veut redorer son honneur, ainsi qu'Akemi, la fiancée de Taigen. Blue Eye Samurai est une collaboration entre le scénariste américain Michael Green (Blade Runner 2049) qui a co-créé et co-créé avec sa compagne Amber Noizumi l'histoire animée par le studio français Blue Spirit. Tous les acteurs de doublage de la version anglaise originale ont des origines asiatiques correspondant à leurs personnages. Le graphisme léché marque un mix entre l'animation japonaise et les traits américains, puis l'animation par Blue Spirit élève vraiment la qualité et la fluidité de l'ensemble. Une saison 2 est attendue sur Netflix. https://youtu.be/-y4fNAmIFMI?si=ddNz7eBIRhkv5Y4J [bs_show url="blue-eye-samurai"]

Il reste encore quelques jours de repos avant de reprendre officiellement la vie active, alors pourquoi ne pas laisser une chance à ces saisons assez courtes à binger ce weekend ? Culprits sur Disney+ Un braquage de fou, un plan béton, un groupe de talents, non, je ne parle pas de Berlin, mais bien de Culprits : arnaque à l'anglaise sur Disney+. Ici, la préparation du casse ne dure des plombes, l'histoire commence après le braquage et des flashbacks viennent expliquer les événements. On y suit Joe, incarné par Nathan Stewart-Jarrett(Généra+ion), qui semble vouloir ouvrir un nouveau restaurant dans une ville assez conservatrice. Au fur et à mesure, on se rend compte qu'il y a des secrets que Joe cache… et on comprend qu'il a participé au vol de quelques millions avec un groupe dont les membres se font éliminer un par un. Imaginée et réalisé par J Blakeson (I Care A Lot), il y de l'action, de l'humour, un peu de voyage, et un vrai divertissement. https://youtu.be/vj676s3BS04?si=CCBNeGSj5HrMpBk7 [bs_show url="culprits"] Escort Boys sur Prime Video Passée un peu sous le radar en cette fin d'année, Escort Boys sur Prime Video pose ses valises en Camargue, où Benjamin revient au ranch familial suite au décès de son père. Il y retrouve des amis d'enfance, sa sœur et le nouvel aide de son père. Croulant sous les dettes, il va commencer un nouveau business d'escorting, pour faire revivre le ranch et le transformer en lieu de villégiature. On y retrouve Guillaume Labbé, Thibaut Evrard, Corentin Fila et Simon Ehrlacher dans le rôle des quatre escorts qui vont faire fondre des femmes aux visages connus. Après Alphonse, on prend un autre parti pour montrer le désir et la sexualité. Du consentement, aux questions du physique, Escort Boys approche des thématiques modernes via plusieurs points de vue, un peu plus traditionnel ou moderne selon le personnage. Les scènes humoristiques suivent des moments dramatiques, voire émouvants, qui font qu'on s'attache à ces personnages. https://youtu.be/8KHaSyoIQdc?si=0So5c_8YaU1gyZdR [bs_show url="escort-boys"] Blue Eye Samurai sur Netflix Après la série d'action, le drame français, voici l'animation américaine pour adultes aux allures d'anime proposée par Netflix. Plongez dans l'ère d'Edo en plein XVIIe siècle quand les frontières japonaises sont encore fermées aux étrangers, sauf ceux sélectionnés, c'est-à-dire quatre personnes connues. Là, un apprenti forgeron devenu maître d'armes moitié caucasien moitié japonais est sur le chemin de la vengeance, et cette vengeance a les yeux clairs. Mizu va traverser le pays jusqu'à retrouver l'un d'eux afin de le tuer. Au cours de son voyage, sa route croise celle de Ringo, un cuisinier apprenti samouraï, Taigen un samouraï qui veut redorer son honneur, ainsi qu'Akemi, la fiancée de Taigen. Blue Eye Samurai est une collaboration entre le scénariste américain Michael Green (Blade Runner 2049) qui a co-créé et co-créé avec sa compagne Amber Noizumi l'histoire animée par le studio français Blue Spirit. Tous les acteurs de doublage de la version anglaise originale ont des origines asiatiques correspondant à leurs personnages. Le graphisme léché marque un mix entre l'animation japonaise et les traits américains, puis l'animation par Blue Spirit élève vraiment la qualité et la fluidité de l'ensemble. Une saison 2 est attendue sur Netflix. https://youtu.be/-y4fNAmIFMI?si=ddNz7eBIRhkv5Y4J [bs_show url="blue-eye-samurai"]

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Taigen Dan Leighton gives the 4th and final talk on Zen Master Dongshan "Just this Is It:.  This series is based on Taigen Dan Leighton's book of the same name "Just This Is It." https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/26081143/Zen-Master-Dongshan-_Just-This-Is-It-Talk-4-Taigon-Dan-Leighton-2.mp3

In this dharma talk, Taigen Dan Leighton explains the history and context of Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi. He goes over the five main themes of this poem and asks us to recognize that the nature of reality itself is awakening. He ends this dharma talk with the invitation to sit and come to […]

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Thanks for joining us for this special Christmas book review and recommendation of our favorite Advent book: Rejoicing in Christ the Newborn King by Taigen Joos. If you're looking for a new family tradition or a book to to read this Advent, this would make a wonderful addition! We have incorporated this book into our Family Worship for the Advent season! With a daily reading and hymn for each of the 25 days leading up to Christmas, it is the perfect addition or new tradition! We absolutely recommend this one! We have loved it ever since we got it! You can check it out at the links below. So without further ado, let's dive in to why we love this book! If you would like to pick up one for your little click the affiliate link here: https://amzn.to/3Hm4QBA 

Thank you. Thank you to Josh, Taigen, Ryan, Lee, Sam, Lauren, Kevin, Leela, Simone again, Kev, Ankit, Dan, Taigen again, Stina, Ankit, Seth, Asad, Eric again, and Kev again. Thank you for listening. It took me six months to finally put this together, but returning to edit it made me excited for Season 3 which I am all but confirming production for next year. I love you. Let's get some more cool people on here. This podcast is my child, but it is still a baby. We're just getting started! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/any-last-words/support

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We are delighted to welcome back Zen teacher, sangha leader, translator and scholar Taigen Leighton to ZCNS for a dharma talk on Dongshan's Place Beyond Heat and Cold and Soto Zen Responses to Climate Breakdown. Dongshan, the ninth century Chinese founder of the Soto Zen lineage, recommended going beyond heat and cold. This story and Dongshan's teachings of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi and the five degrees offer contexts for responses to our current climate crisis. Resources: Taigen Dan Leighton, Just This Is It; Dongshan and the Practice of Suchness (Shambhala, 2015). Rebecca Solnit, "Dare we hope? Here's my cautious case for climate optimism” About the speaker: Taigen Dan Leighton is a Soto Zen priest and Dharma successor in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. Taigen began formal everyday zazen and Soto practice in 1975 at the New York Zen Center with Kando Nakajima Roshi. He migrated to the Bay Area in 1978 and shortly thereafter began to work full time for the San Francisco Zen Center. Taigen practiced and resided for years at the SFZC City Center, Tassajara monastery, and Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, and received priest ordination in 1986 from Reb Anderson Roshi. Taigen also practiced for two years in Kyoto, Japan, translating Dogen with Shohaku Okumura Roshi, and practicing with several Japanese Soto Zen teachers. Taigen received Dharma Transmission in 2000 from Reb Anderson. Taigen is author of Just This Is It: Dongshan and the Practice of Suchness; of Zen Questions: Zazen, Dogen and the Spirit of Creative Inquiry; of Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression; and of Visions of Awakening Space and Time: Dogen and the Lotus Sutra. He is co-translator and editor of several Zen texts including: Dogen's Extensive Record; Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi; The Wholehearted Way: A Translation of Dogen's "Bendowa" with Commentary by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi; and Dogen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community: A Translation of "Eihei Shingi". Taigen relocated to Chicago in 2007, and now is Guiding Dharma Teacher for the Ancient Dragon Zen Gate sangha. Taigen still teaches online at the Berkeley Graduate Theological Union, from where he has a Ph.D., and he has taught at various other universities. Taigen has long been an Environmental and Peace activist, currently working with Buddhist Peace Fellowship Chicago.

Hosted by filmmaker Yujiro Seki, Carving the Divine TV is a series of Q&A sessions with Buddhist scholars and practitioners. These Q&A sessions explore the basic concepts of Buddhism and the history of Buddhism so that when viewers finally watch Carving the Divine they will get the maximum value of the documentary.  In this special episode, we will have a Soto Zen priest, Rev. Taigen Dan Leighton to discuss the basic concept of Soto Zen Buddhism. We will ask some important questions, such as:1. What is your personal definition of Zen?2. What is the Soto school? What is unique about it?3. What is zazen (sitting meditation)? How does it benefit people? Through zazen, do we achieve enlightenment?4. What is the brief history Soto zen?5. Who is Dogen?6. What is koan for Soto?7. What is genjokoan?8. What has been your own experience with butsuzo (Buddhist statuary)?  How does Soto feel about butsuzo?Taigen Dan Leighton is a Soto Zen priest and Dharma successor in the lineage of San Francisco Zen Center, and also an authorized teacher in the Japanese Soto School. He is now Teacher of the Ancient Dragon Zen Gate temple in Chicago. Taigen trained extensively in Japan as well as in California, living in Kyoto for two years. He is an author, scholar, and translator, who teaches online at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, from where he has a Ph.D. Taigen is the author of Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression, providing background for many of the Buddhist images. His other books include Visions of Awakening Space and Time and Zen Questions: Zazen, Dogen, and the Spirit of Creative Inquiry. He is co-translator of a number of Zen texts including Dogen’s Extensive Record and Cultivating the Empty Field. Taigen now works to develop accessible practice and training programs in Chicago area through Ancient Dragon Zen Gate. See: [www,.ancientdragon.org].Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/carvingthedivine)

ON GOD! Episode 34 is one of those special episodes that is a little different. No regular ALW format for this one, because it all just questions about God, Jesus, the Lord, Yahweh, Adonai, Morgan Freeman, etc. Taigen is very much a woman of faith, so me, a man of thin faith had a lot of questions. I asked most of them. We cover Hell, all kinds of Bible jazz, when Jesus is expected to return and God knows what else. To avoid political conversation, Taigen and I held ourselves accountable by taking a chance on Bamboozled jelly beans if one of us goes political. One of us believes in God, the other is not convinced quite yet. So, which one of us got barf and which got coconut? Hmmmm.... Note: Apologies for the slight hum in the audio, I would tell you it was an audio oversight on my part, but I'd rather tell you it was God's presence in the conversation. Enjoy... Rate. Comment. Subscribe. Send any questions or guest inquiries to AnyLastWordsPod@gmail.com. *****Please rate us five stars***** Anyone who leaves a review will get a gift from the show via mail. Just let me know you've submitted a review. Love ya. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/any-last-words/support

Do unto others! Episode 22 just in time for the election. Oh aren't we all feeling great!? My guest is my friend Taigen who did a great of not strangling me during a) our entire friendship and b) during this two hour interview. Taigen is from a small town in Pennsylvania, but spent a good amount of her adult life in NYC. She has a twin, a big family, and a new baby (omg aw). We talk about the media, vampires, and Jesus quite a bit. I don't know if you will find another conversation out there with two 30 something people who couldn't disagree more on most political issues, but are very simpatico on most all other aspects of life. It makes for an informed discussion founded on respect knowing whatever one of us says, it's all love in the end. Rate. Comment. Subscribe. Send any questions or guest inquiries to AnyLastWordsPod@gmail.com. Anyone who leaves a review will get a gift from the show via mail. Just let me know you've submitted a review. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/any-last-words/support

In this episode Taigen shares her own identity journey of growing up off-grid in Australia, developing an eating disorder during high school, finding solace in yoga, choosing to be single and how she’s radically shifted her relationship with social media.Both myself and Taigen are big fans of introspection and exploring the different concepts that make up our own identity. Together we break down what it means to be both masculine & feminine and how these energies co-exist within all of us. We also discuss how trauma from the past, if left unprocessed, can stay stored in the body and lead to dis-ease.Listen to the end of the episode for journal prompts to help you reflect on your own identity journey.I hope you enjoy! Please follow, leave a review & share the episode to help spread the message that every woman has a story worth sharing.Instagram links:@ahamtai@readingherdiary

Este programa hablamos del budismo de una forma distinta y con un invitado único, el maestro Taigen vino a platicar sobre lo que realmente es el budismo y como vivir bajo esta filosofía también hablamos de la rama Zen, del budismo. No te pierdas nuestro programa todos los martes en nuestro Facebook Live

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Taigen Dan Leighton is a Soto Zen priest and Dharma successor in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. He first studied Buddhist art and culture in Japan in 1970, and began formal everyday zazen and Soto practice in 1975 at the New York Zen Center with Kando Nakajima Roshi. He moved to San Francisco in 1978 and began to work full time for the San Francisco Zen Center in 1979. Taigen was ordained in 1986 by Reb Anderson Roshi. From 1990-1992 he practiced in Kyoto, Japan translating Dogen with Rev. Shohaku Okumura. Taigen has taught widely at the university level, both in the United States and Japan, and is the author of 19 books and numerous articles. Today he lives on the north side of Chicago with his wife and serves as the Guiding Dharma Teacher for Ancient Dragon Zen Gate sangha Sit, Breathe, Bow is hosted by Ian White Maher. https://ianwhitemaher.com/ Sit, Breathe, Bow is sponsored by the Providence Zen Center. http://providencezen.org/  

Taigen Dan Leighton is a Soto priest and teacher, academic, and author. He is the founder and Guiding Teacher of Ancient Dragon Zen Gate in Chicago, Illinois. Our audio dharma talks are offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. If you would like to support Brooklyn Zen Center, please visit … Bodhisattva Values and Social Action, by Taigen Dan Leighton (03/25/2017) Read More »

'Rhythms of Practice: Settling Within and Expression in the World' Taigen Dan Leighton is a Soto Zen priest and teacher, academic, and author. He is an authorized lineage holder and Zen teacher in the tradition of Shunryu Suzuki, and is the Founder and Guiding Teacher of Ancient Dragon Zen Gate Soto Zen Centre in Chicago. Taigen was ordained as a Zen priest in 1986 and received Dharma Transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 2000. He lived in Japan between 1990-1992 and is a translator (together with Shohaku Okumura) of Dogen's 'Eihei Koroku' and other Dogen texts. He holds a PHD from Berkley. He is also the author of numerous books, including 'Zen Questions: Zazen, Dogen, and the Spirit of Creative Inquiry', 'Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression', 'Just This Is It: Dongshan and the Practice of Suchness' and 'Visions of Awakening Space and Time: Dogen and the Lotus Sutra'. He was also asked to provide the forward to John Daido Loori's classic compendium on Zen meditation 'The Art of Just Sitting : Essential Writings on the Zen Practice of Shikan Taza' Taigen has long been active in various US Engaged Buddhist programs for social justice, including Environmental and Peace activism. He is on the International Advisory Council of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. He is frequently asked to speak on how Buddhists can engage in protest and activism whilst maintaining the Buddhist principles of no-harm and kind speech.

'Rhythms of Practice: Settling Within and Expression in the World' Taigen Dan Leighton is a Soto Zen priest and teacher, academic, and author. He is an authorized lineage holder and Zen teacher in the tradition of Shunryu Suzuki, and is the Founder and Guiding Teacher of Ancient Dragon Zen Gate Soto Zen Centre in Chicago. Taigen was ordained as a Zen priest in 1986 and received Dharma Transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 2000. He lived in Japan between 1990-1992 and is a translator (together with Shohaku Okumura) of Dogen's 'Eihei Koroku' and other Dogen texts. He holds a PHD from Berkley. He is also the author of numerous books, including 'Zen Questions: Zazen, Dogen, and the Spirit of Creative Inquiry', 'Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression', 'Just This Is It: Dongshan and the Practice of Suchness' and 'Visions of Awakening Space and Time: Dogen and the Lotus Sutra'. He was also asked to provide the forward to John Daido Loori's classic compendium on Zen meditation 'The Art of Just Sitting : Essential Writings on the Zen Practice of Shikan Taza' Taigen has long been active in various US Engaged Buddhist programs for social justice, including Environmental and Peace activism. He is on the International Advisory Council of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. He is frequently asked to speak on how Buddhists can engage in protest and activism whilst maintaining the Buddhist principles of no-harm and kind speech.

'Rhythms of Practice: Settling Within and Expression in the World' Taigen Dan Leighton is a Soto Zen priest and teacher, academic, and author. He is an authorized lineage holder and Zen teacher in the tradition of Shunryu Suzuki, and is the Founder and Guiding Teacher of Ancient Dragon Zen Gate Soto Zen Centre in Chicago. Taigen was ordained as a Zen priest in 1986 and received Dharma Transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 2000. He lived in Japan between 1990-1992 and is a translator (together with Shohaku Okumura) of Dogen's 'Eihei Koroku' and other Dogen texts. He holds a PHD from Berkley. He is also the author of numerous books, including 'Zen Questions: Zazen, Dogen, and the Spirit of Creative Inquiry', 'Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression', 'Just This Is It: Dongshan and the Practice of Suchness' and 'Visions of Awakening Space and Time: Dogen and the Lotus Sutra'. He was also asked to provide the forward to John Daido Loori's classic compendium on Zen meditation 'The Art of Just Sitting : Essential Writings on the Zen Practice of Shikan Taza' Taigen has long been active in various US Engaged Buddhist programs for social justice, including Environmental and Peace activism. He is on the International Advisory Council of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. He is frequently asked to speak on how Buddhists can engage in protest and activism whilst maintaining the Buddhist principles of no-harm and kind speech.

Taigen Dan Leighton is a Soto priest and teacher, academic, and author. He is the founder and Guiding Teacher of Ancient Dragon Zen Gate in Chicago, Illinois. Our audio dharma talks are offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. If you would like to support Brooklyn Zen Center, please visit … Just This Is It, by Taigen Dan Leighton (06/06/2015) Read More »