Podcasts about white plum

Sensei Joshin Byrnes is a Zen priest and teacher in the White Plum lineage of Soto Zen; earlier in life he was in the Dominican Order of the Catholic Church. In 2017 he founded Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community in Vermont and virtually to be a hub for community-engaged Zen practice. Alongside his religious vocation, Joshin spent much of his career working for social change nonprofits in the areas of HIV/AIDS and prevention, child welfare, homelessness, and community based philanthropy.In this episode, Deepa and Daniel center their dialogue with Joshin on the concept of literal and metaphorical cooking in Zen and Sufism, the home traditions of Joshin and Deepa respectively. Together they explore: grandmother-cooked family meals, Zen master Dogen's Instructions to the Cook, various metaphors of 'cooking your life, 'kissing' the parts of ourselves we may consider 'garbage,' the way our attitude and energy affect food, Dogen's 'three minds,' prasad  (food offerings), being more connected to taste apart from eating, the multi-sensory nature of food, Joshin's experience of taking communion on a 'street retreat,' the 'community living room' at BLMZC, potlucks, fasting and the increased appreciation it brings, skillful hunger as opposed to destructive hunger, insatiable appetites for spiritual experience, finding a balance of 'spices,' ritualistically feeding hungry ghosts, Mevlana Rumi's poetic imagery of cooking, Deepa's experience of learning to 'whirl' with the Mevlevi Order of Sufism, learning to want the unwanted, Dogen getting schooled by an old Zen cook, 'slender sadness,' and the Zen concept of 'one taste.'If you're interested in residential practice at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community send a note to info@BLMZC for more information.Bread Loaf Mountain Zen CommunityCharis FoundationGolden Turtle SoundSupport the show

Today's poems are all about the ineffable experience of spring. Happy reading! The 17th-century Japanese haiku master Bashō was born Matsuo Kinsaku near Kyoto, Japan, to a minor samurai and his wife. Soon after the poet's birth, Japan closed its borders, beginning a seclusion that allowed its native culture to flourish. It is believed that Bashō's siblings became farmers, while Bashō, at Ueno Castle in the service of the local lord's son, grew interested in literature. After the young lord's early death, Bashō left the castle and moved to Kyoto, where he studied with Kigin, a distinguished local poet. During these early years Bashō studied Chinese poetry and Taoism, and soon began writing haikai no renga, a form of linked verses composed in collaboration. The opening verse of a renga, known as hokku, is structured as three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. In Bashō's time, poets were beginning to take the hokku's form as a template for composing small standalone poems engaging natural imagery, a form that eventually became known as haiku. Bashō was a master of the form. He published his haiku under several names, including Tosei, or “Green Peach,” out of respect for the Chinese poet Li Po, whose name translates to “White Plum.” Bashō's haiku were published in numerous anthologies, and he edited Kai Oi, or Seashell Game (1672), and Minashiguri, or Shriveled Chestnuts (1683), anthologies that also included a selection of his own work. In his late 20s Bashō moved to Edo (now a sector of Tokyo), where he joined a rapidly growing literary community. After a gift of bashō trees from one student in 1680, the poet began to write under the name Bashō. His work, rooted in observation of the natural world as well as in historical and literary concerns, engages themes of stillness and movement in a voice that is by turns self-questioning, wry, and oracular. Soon after Bashō began to study Zen Buddhism, a fire that destroyed much of his city also took his house. Around 1682, Bashō began the months-long journeys on foot that would become the material for a new poetic form he created, called haibun. Haibun is a hybrid form alternating fragments of prose and haiku to trace a journey. Haibun imagery follows two paths: the external images observed en route, and the internal images that move through the traveler's mind during the journey. Bashō composed several extended haibun sequences starting in 1684, including Nozarashi Kiko, or Travelogue of Weather-Beaten Bones (1685); Oi no Kobumi, or The Knapsack Notebook (1688); and Sarashina Kiko, or Sarashina Travelogue (1688). His most well-known haibun, Oku no Hosomichi, or Narrow Road to the Interior, recounts the last long walk Bashō completed with his disciple Sora—1,200 miles covered over five months beginning in May 1689. While their days were spent walking, in the evenings they often socialized and wrote with students and friends who lived along their route. The route was also planned to include views that had previously been described by other poets; Bashō alludes to these earlier poems in his own descriptions, weaving fragments of literary and historical conversation into his solitary journey. Bashō revised his final haibun until shortly before his death in 1694. It was first published in 1702, and hundreds of editions have since been published in several languages.-bio via Poetry Foundation Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Case #59 of the Shoyoroku – Seirin's Deadly Snake:Attention! A monk asked Master Seirin, “How about when a student proceeds on the trail?” Seirin replied, “The dead snake hits the great road. I advise you not to bump into it.” The monk said, “When it's bumped into, then what?” Seirin answered, “You lose your life!” The monk continued, “When it's not bumped into, then what?” And Seirin said, “There's no place to dodge to.” The monk said, “At that very moment, then what?” Seirin replied, “It has been lost.” The monk then said, “I wonder where it's gone.” And Seirin responded, “The grass is so deep there's no place to seek.” The monk replied, “Shield yourself, Osho! Then you'll be all right!” Finally Seirin clapped his hands and exclaimed, “Your poison is equal to mine!” Learn more, study with us, and meditate online at oneriverzen.org.

Sensei Michael discusses our inalienable intimacy with our lived experience through case fifty-seven of the Blue Cliff Record: "Joshu's Nondiscrimination."  Learn more, study with us, and meditate online at oneriverzen.org.

Sensei Michael Shikan Brunner Discusses case number thirty-seven from the Shaseki-shu - "Publishing the Sutras." Sensei teaches on the importance of living your life true to your intentions rather than some distant or lofty goals.  Learn more, study with us, and meditate online at oneriverzen.org.

Sensei Michael Brunner engages in a discussion with his formal students during the 2023 Ango Practice Period about Case #38 in the Mumonkan, or Gateless Gate: The Buffalo Passes Through a Window.  Learn more, study with us, and meditate online at oneriverzen.org.

Tim Ryuko Langdell is a board-certified hospice chaplain and is both the head priest and guiding teacher at the StillCenter Zen Center in Pasadena, California.His dharma name, Ryuko, means “Dragon Tiger.”  He holds an Master of Divinity from Claremont School of Theology and a Ph.D. in Psychology from University College London.  He is an author of several books, including “Beginner's Mind: An Introduction to Zen Buddhism,” and “Christ Way, Buddha Way: Jesus as Wisdom Teacher and a Zen Perspective on His Teachings.” He has transmission to teach Zen multiple lineages including Clear Mind Zen (which is part of Japanese Soto lineage),  Korean Zen and Vietnamese Zen traditions.  Additionally, he was recently made an Assistant Zen teacher in the Open Mind Zen school which is in the White Plum tradition.https://www.timlangdell.com/Simplicity Zen Podcast:https://simplicityzen.com/

This is Part 2 of the “Samurai Sisters” episodes. Today, we will finish telling the story of Sutematsu and Ume, two girls and who studied abroad in America in the 19th century, then returned to Japan and transformed their education system. Sutematsu played a huge role in bringing philanthropy to Japan while also being a major supporter of all of Ume's work. Ume traveled to America and England multiple times throughout her life to research women's education and ended up founding one of the first women's colleges in Japan, which still exists today. Ume and Sutematsu's personal and professional lives constantly overlapped. They were close friends whose unique experience kept them close from childhood until the end of their lives. We hope you enjoy this sistory! A huge shout out to For the Love of History Podcast for giving amazing insights into this story. Some other incredible sources for this episode are the books “Daughters of Samurai” by Janice P. Nimura and “The White Plum” by Yoshiko Furuki. For all of our sources, check out our blog on sistoryuntold.com. For more information, follow us on Instagram @sistoryuntold!

Dr. Catherine Anraku Hondorp Sensei is a Soto Zen Buddhist Priest and an authorized Zen teacher in the White Plum lineage of Taizan Maezumi Roshi. Anraku Sensei is co-founder, with her spouse Ryūmon Hilda Baldoquín Sensei, of Two Streams Zen, a dedicated practice space for People of Color, in Westhampton, Massachusetts, United States. Anraku Sensei’s passion for social justice arose from growing up White in a northeastern U.S. urban Black community. Born to a Dutch Reformed Church minister father, and an Early Childhood educator mother in a multiracial family during the times of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, racial inequities were painfully apparent. Anraku Sensei began her Zen studies with John Daido Loori Roshi at Zen Mountain Monastery in 1987. In 1996 she began studying with Enkyo O’Hara Roshi. Anraku Sensei received dharma transmission from Enkyo Roshi in 2009. Anraku Sensei is co-founder, with her spouse Ryūmon Hilda Baldoquín Sensei, of Two Streams Zen, a dedicated practice space for People of Color, in Westhampton, Massachusetts, United States. You can find out more by visiting the website for Two Streams Zen. https://twostreamszen.org/ Sit, Breathe, Bow is hosted by Ian White Maher. https://www.theseekerstable.com/ Sit, Breathe, Bow is sponsored by the Online Sangha of the International Kwan Um School of Zen https://kwanumzenonline.org  

Abby Mushin Terris first began studying Zen in 1976 after practicing Transcendental Meditation for several years. She met Robert Aitken Roshi in 1976 when he visited the Seattle Zen group she sat with. Recognizing him from a significant dream she had had, she attended a period of residential training at his Maui Zendo the following winter and sat several more retreats with Aitken Roshi before settling in with practice Genki Roshi, who had moved to Seattle. Mushin began studying with Jan Chozen Bays, Roshi in 1987. Mushin was named a Dharma Holder by Chozen Bays, Roshi in 2004 and received Sangha Transmission from her in the White Plum lineage of Soto Zen in 2013, becoming her first lay successor. She is on the teacher panel at Great Vow Zen Monastery in Clatskanie Oregon and co-leads regular retreats there. She also is a visiting teacher at Zen West in Eugene Oregon. Mushin founded the Corvallis Zen Circle in 1992 and remains the sangha’s guiding teacher. They have recently completed building the Sangha Jewel Zen Center, the first dedicated center for study and practice of the Way in Corvallis, Oregon. You can find out more by visiting: https://corvalliszencircle.com Sit, Breathe, Bow is hosted by Ian White Maher. https://www.theseekerstable.com Sit, Breathe, Bow is sponsored by the Online Sangha of the International Kwan Um School of Zen https://kwanumzenonline.org  

Karen Shoji Robbie s talk on 'Ordinary Mind is the Way', case 19 of the Gateless Gate, during her Shuso Hossen Ceremony August 2019, Stonewater Zen Sangha Liverpool.Karen is an artist, teacher and poet. She began zen practice with the White Plum lineage in 1996 with Genpo Roshi and Roshi’s Genno and Tenkei. She practises with Keizan Roshi now and has been part of the Stonewater Zen Sangha for many years.. In 2016 she became an assistant teacher with Keizan Roshi in the Stonewater Zen Sangha.

GM Cris takes the New School Crew to someplace a little more Old School. The funhouse deathtrap dungeon of White Plum Mountain! AKA it was all okay till the shadows showed up.

The classic module updated for 3rd edition! With no notice DM Ben is given a copy of the module and told to run it. When will he get tired of our antics and kill us all?

Ian Stikeleather's grandmother, Patricia Staton, developed arthritis in her hands. It was so bad that she could not fasten clothing with buttons or zippers. With a bachelor's degree in Entrepreneurship from Ball State University, and in Fashion/Apparel Design from the Art Institute of Indianapolis as well as a penchant for looking at things differently, Ian created a patented magnetic closure technology, a proprietary neo-dynamic magnetic closure, Magnex™, to create seamless designs. Rather surprisingly, Stikeleather credits the concept for his patent for this technology to the time he spent working in the construction industry in Amish country where the workers did not use tools powered by electricity. Working with these construction workers inspired Ian to take a different perspective on materials and construction whether it be building houses or designing garments. He simply looks at things differently. Patricia's problem was solved. But Ian did not stop there. A menswear line, Stikeleather Apparel, soon followed. The Stikeleather line has a crisp aesthetic. It explores the border between street wear and sportswear with minimalistic style lines. By replacing buttons and zippers with its proprietary magnetic closure, it tears down tradition and replaces it with something sleek, functional and durable. With futurist influence it embodies a neo-contemporary way of dressing. Through rigorous reverse engineering and testing, the Magnex™ has been calibrated for over four pounds of pull force, ensuring security and efficiency while remaining concealed. "I started this line with ease of wear in mind, but it grew rather organically into a line with unprecedented versatility. I have yet to see another shirt that has a reversible collar and cuffs. I really think the magnetic closures have the ability to replace buttons and be the closure of the future," said Ian. However, the entrepreneurial Stikeleather kept going. That's why his company is called Stikeleather Apparel Holdings Inc. He recently acquired White Plum, a $9.5 million annual revenue online women's retailer that has three main marketing channels for both its custom designs and competitively-priced items purchased in bulk and sold though its own website and on Zulily and jane. White Plums' consumer is generally women aged 25-45. Founded by Hilary Zwahlen in 2012, White Plum has grown rapidly by offering fashionable and high quality women's clothing that doesn't break the bank. These garments also span multiple seasons and generations. Stikeleather plans to grow the company in multiple ways: by expanding the current marketing program, taking the product into retail outlets, adding a children's line, an upscale line, the White Plum Collection, a plus-size line, a maternity line, and adding new products such as a maternity box subscription, in line with the customer's interests and passions of the young mom on the go. air date: 9/23/16

Ian Stikeleather's grandmother, Patricia Staton, developed arthritis in her hands. It was so bad that she could not fasten clothing with buttons or zippers.With a bachelor's degree in Entrepreneurship from Ball State University, and in Fashion/Apparel Design from the Art Institute of Indianapolis as well as a penchant for looking at things differently, Ian created a patented magnetic closure technology, a proprietary neo-dynamic magnetic closure, Magnex™, to create seamless designs.Rather surprisingly, Stikeleather credits the concept for his patent for this technology to the time he spent working in the construction industry in Amish country where the workers did not use tools powered by electricity. Working with these construction workers inspired Ian to take a different perspective on materials and construction whether it be building houses or designing garments. He simply looks at things differently.Patricia's problem was solved.But Ian did not stop there. A menswear line, Stikeleather Apparel, soon followed.The Stikeleather line has a crisp aesthetic. It explores the border between street wear and sportswear with minimalistic style lines. By replacing buttons and zippers with its proprietary magnetic closure, it tears down tradition and replaces it with something sleek, functional and durable. With futurist influence it embodies a neo-contemporary way of dressing. Through rigorous reverse engineering and testing, the Magnex™ has been calibrated for over four pounds of pull force, ensuring security and efficiency while remaining concealed."I started this line with ease of wear in mind, but it grew rather organically into a line with unprecedented versatility. I have yet to see another shirt that has a reversible collar and cuffs. I really think the magnetic closures have the ability to replace buttons and be the closure of the future," said Ian.However, the entrepreneurial Stikeleather kept going. That's why his company is called Stikeleather Apparel Holdings Inc. He recently acquired White Plum, a $9.5 million annual revenue online women's retailer that has three main marketing channels for both its custom designs and competitively-priced items purchased in bulk and sold though its own website and on Zulily and jane. White Plums' consumer is generally women aged 25-45. Founded by Hilary Zwahlen in 2012, White Plum has grown rapidly by offering fashionable and high quality women's clothing that doesn't break the bank. These garments also span multiple seasons and generations. Stikeleather plans to grow the company in multiple ways: by expanding the current marketing program, taking the product into retail outlets, adding a children's line, an upscale line, the White Plum Collection, a plus-size line, a maternity line, and adding new products such as a maternity box subscription, in line with the customer's interests and passions of the young mom on the go.air date: 9/23/16

This week, Inc. editors and writers talk about how Twitter is up for sale, but no one is biting. The crew also discusses how Amazon is launching its own physical stores, and interviews Hilary Zwahlen about how she built online clothing store White Plum in her living room and sold it for a nice profit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we have an intimate conversation with two young Buddhist practitioners. The first vignette is with Sophie McLaren, who practices in the Shambhala community and runs an organization dedicated to bringing Buddhism and mindful living to youth populations. The second vignette is with Wes Rosacker a Zen practitioner in the White Plum sangha and a training psychotherapist. We discuss how each of these young practitioners makes sense of their practice in terms of the rest of their lives, and how specifically they bring their practical understanding of Buddhism into their professions. Episode Links: Everybodhi : peace within, peace in the world ( http://every-bodhi.org ) Taizan Maezumi Roshi ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taizan_Maezumi ) Robert Kegan ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kegan )

In this conversation, Robert Althouse presents a perspective on Zen that is grounded in Western science and psychology. He describes how mindful awareness impacts on the way we experience our lives. Roshi Robert Althouse is a fully empowered Zen teacher in the White Plum lineage and a fully ordained Zen Buddhist Priest. Roshi Althouse and […]