Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
Dharma talks by senior teachers, including Sensei John Pulleyn, Sensei Donna Kowal, and Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. The Rochester Zen Center was founded in 1966 by Roshi Philip Kapleau, author of 20th century Zen classic, The Three Pillars of Zen.
Latest episodes
Jul 26, 2023 • 44min
“Zen Essence” #1
July 2023 Sesshin, Day 4 A commentary on Zen Essence, translated and edited by Thomas Cleary. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Jul 25, 2023 • 44min
Ta Hui and “Swampland Flowers” #3
July 2023 Sesshin, Day 3 A commentary on Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui. (translated by J.C. Cleary). Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Jul 24, 2023 • 43min
Ta Hui and “Swampland Flowers” #2
July 2023 Sesshin, Day 2 A commentary on Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui. (translated by J.C. Cleary). Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Jul 23, 2023 • 39min
Ta Hui and “Swampland Flowers” #1
July 2023 Sesshin, Day 1 Roshi Kjolhede begins this teisho with biographical highlights of Zen Master Ta Hui, based on Andy Ferguson’s Zen’s Chinese Heritage: The Master’s and Their Teachings. He then continues with a commentary on Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui. (translated by J.C. Cleary). Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Jul 16, 2023 • 45min
Beyond Duality
When we let go of all the ways we discriminate between self and other, we open up to the suffering of all beings, and to the transformative power of love. Sources: Anthony De Mello, The Way to Love, Image Books, 1995. bell hooks, “Contemplation and Transformation,” Buddhist Women on the Edge: Contemporary Perspectives from the... Teisho by Sensei Donna Kowal. Automated Transcript
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Jul 9, 2023 • 42min
Coming to the Path Talk by Bill Lindenfelser
Coming to the Path Talk by Bill Lindenfelser. Automated Transcript
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Jun 23, 2023 • 45min
Boredom
Our eagerness to cut short whatever feels tedious by chasing after distractions and excitement comes to diminish our lives. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Jun 19, 2023 • 20min
The Black Lives Matter Flag–To Hang Or Not to Hang?
Comments about the Center’s Board of Trustees recent decision not to display the Black Lives Matter flag (or other non-Dharma-symbol flags) on the Arnold Park building. Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Jun 16, 2023 • 43min
Unborn: The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei #6
June 2023 Sesshin, Day 6 Commentary on dialogues between Bankei and students (Part 2). Source: The Unborn: The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei, 1622-1693. Revised edition translated with an introduction by Norman Waddell. North Point Press, 2000. Teisho by Sensei Donna Kowal. Automated Transcript
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Jun 15, 2023 • 44min
Unborn: The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei #5
June 2023 Sesshin, Day 5 Commentary on dialogues between Bankei and students (Part 1). Source: The Unborn: The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei, 1622-1693. Revised edition translated with an introduction by Norman Waddell. North Point Press, 2000. Teisho by Sensei Donna Kowal. Automated Transcript
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