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, 2021 • 45min
“The Way of Korean Zen” by Kusan Sunim #3
July 2021 Sesshin, Day 3 Commentary on The Way of Korean Zen by Kusan Sunim (trans. by Martine Batchelor) Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Jul 25, 2021 • 48min
“The Way of Korean Zen” by Kusan Sunim #2
July 2021 Sesshin, Day 2 Commentary on The Way of Korean Zen by Kusan Sunim (trans. by Martine Batchelor) Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Jul 24, 2021 • 41min
“The Way of Korean Zen” by Kusan Sunim #1
July 2021 Sesshin, Day 1 Commentary on The Way of Korean Zen by Kusan Sunim (trans. by Martine Batchelor) Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Jul 18, 2021 • 45min
Untangling the Knots, Engaging with the Practice
On working with habit forces and boredom. Commentary on excerpts from Ordinary Wonder: Zen Life and Practice by Charlotte Joko Beck, edited by Brenda Beck Hess (Shambhala, 2021). Dharma Talk by Donna Kowal. Automated Transcript
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Jun 29, 2021 • 38min
Ordinary Mind is the Way, Case 19 in the Mumonkan
Looking for Truth in all the wrong places. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Jun 20, 2021 • 36min
Juneteenth and the Work of Ultimate Liberation
We can celebrate the 1865 Emancipation while acknowledging the enduring shackles of systemic racism and those of our own afflictions. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
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Jun 9, 2021 • 43min
Mumonkan #10, Sozan and Poor Seizei
June 2021 Sesshin, Day 5 Working with spiritual poverty. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson. Transcript
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Jun 8, 2021 • 46min
“An Experience of Enlightenment” by Flora Courtois #4
June 2021 Sesshin, Day 4 Arrival, loss and return — the universe changes on its axis, but how to share this amazing experience with others? Searching for a context for 20 years and finally finding one. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson. Automated Transcript
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Jun 7, 2021 • 46min
“An Experience of Enlightenment” by Flora Courtois #3
June 2021 Sesshin, Day 3 A turning point — no need to look further than the mind itself. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson. Automated Transcript
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Jun 6, 2021 • 45min
“An Experience of Enlightenment” by Flora Courtois #2
June 2021 Sesshin, Day 2 Flora Courtois’ search for Reality, or the ground of being. Text: An Experience of Enlightenment by Flora Courtois. Quest Books, 1986. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson. Automated Transcript
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