
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

Nov 26, 2022 • 49min
The Precepts, Part 2: The Ten Cardinal Precepts
Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Nov 23, 2022 • 20min
Thanksgiving Advice
Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Nov 13, 2022 • 54min
The Precepts, Part 1: The Three Poisons, Repentance, The Three Refuges, and The Three Pure Precepts
Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Nov 4, 2022 • 55min
Hekiganroku #86, Ummon’s “Everybody has their own light”
November 2022 Sesshin, Day 6 Description: What is my light? Why can’t I see it? How do I stop objectifying myself and those around me? Source(s): The Golden Age of Zen by John C.H. Wu, Doubleday 1996. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson. Automated Transcript
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Nov 3, 2022 • 41min
The Teachings of Maurine Stuart-roshi 5
November 2022 Sesshin, Day 5 Description: Zen practice is experiential — we each have to find our way to the truth, giving up our egoistic striving. Source(s): Subtle Sound by Roko Sherry Chayat, Shambhala 1996. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson. Automated Transcript
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Nov 2, 2022 • 51min
The Teachings of Maurine Stuart-roshi 4
November 2022 Sesshin, Day 4 Description: Pride in our good deeds reinforces our sense of self-importance, and therefore works at cross-purposes to our efforts to free ourselves from the delusion of separation. Source(s): Subtle Sound by Roko Sherry Chayat, Shambhala 1996. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson. Automated Transcript
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Nov 1, 2022 • 43min
The Teachings of Maurine Stuart-roshi 3
November 2022 Sesshin, Day 3 Description: A master once said, “The taste of Zen is pain in the knees.” How do we work creatively with pain and weariness in these early days of sesshin? Source(s): Subtle Sound by Roko Sherry Chayat, Shambhala 1996. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson. Automated Transcript
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Oct 31, 2022 • 46min
The Teachings of Maurine Stuart-roshi 2
November 2022 Sesshin, Day 2 Description: Practising right where we are. Source(s): Meetings with Remarkable Women by Lenore Friedman, Shambhala 1987; Subtle Sound by Roko Sherry Chayat, Shambhala 1996. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson. Automated Transcript
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Oct 30, 2022 • 44min
The Teachings of Maurine Stuart-roshi 1
November 2022 Sesshin, Day 1 Description: Biographical material Source(s): Meetings with Remarkable Women by Lenore Friedman, Shambhala 1987; Subtle Sound by Roko Sherry Chayat, Shambhala 1996. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson. Automated Transcript
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Oct 9, 2022 • 50min
Zen Destruction and Aspiration
How Zen practice deconstructs the self while the Dharma nourishes the Self, with a commentary on the koan “Linji’s Blind Donkey”. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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