Zen Community of Oregon Dharma Talks
Zen Community of Oregon
New podcasts every Tues, Thurs and Sat. Here you can find talks from various teachers involved with the Zen Community of Oregon. We share talks from our retreats, as well as our different weekly offerings between Great Vow Zen Monastery and Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple.
Zen Community of Oregon's purpose is to express and make accessible the wisdom and compassion of the Buddha’s teachings, as transmitted through an authentic, historical lineage. To support and maintain Zen Buddhist practice in order to realize and actualize our Buddha nature in everyday life.
For more information, please visit zendust.org.
Zen Community of Oregon's purpose is to express and make accessible the wisdom and compassion of the Buddha’s teachings, as transmitted through an authentic, historical lineage. To support and maintain Zen Buddhist practice in order to realize and actualize our Buddha nature in everyday life.
For more information, please visit zendust.org.
Episodes
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Aug 24, 2024 • 40min
Can You Be A Tree? - Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
This is the first talk of Grasses and Trees Sesshin 2024 at Great Vow Zen Monastery.
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Aug 22, 2024 • 50min
What Is The Path Of Zen? - Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
This talk was given by Kisei, Sensei on August 11, 2024 for the Great Vow Zen Monastery Sunday Public Program. In this talk she discusses a meeting of Zen Community of Oregon leaders, and the zen path in all the different ways it looks for each individual.
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Aug 20, 2024 • 44min
A Restless Heart - Hogen Bays, Roshi
This is a talk by Hogen, Roshi from Rohastsu Sesshin at Great Vow Zen Monastery in 2017. The main theme in this talk is the restless heart and its role in our spiritual path.
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Aug 17, 2024 • 34min
Continuous Practice - Jomon Martin, Zen Teacher
This talk is from Great Vow Sunday Program on August 4th 2024, given by resident zen teacher, Jomon Martin. In this talk Jomon discusses continuous practice in our everyday lives.
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Aug 15, 2024 • 42min
What is Zen Practice about? - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
This talk is by Jogen, Sensei from July Sesshin 202 at Great Vow Zen Monastery , talk 5. In this dharma talk Jogen discusses a bigger view of zen practice and specifically sesshin practice. What is all this practice really about?
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Aug 13, 2024 • 44min
Our Inherent Freedom - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
This is talk 4 of July Sesshin 2024 with Jogen, Sensei at Great Vow Zen Monastery. In this talk Jogen discusses opening the hand of thought, our own inherent freedom, and the ability of everyone to wake up.
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Aug 10, 2024 • 39min
Working with The Inner Critic - Chozen & Hogen Bays, Roshi and Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
This talk was given at the end of our summer 2024 inner critic workshop at Great Vow Zen Monastery. Hogen Roshi, Chozen Roshi and Jogen Sensei sit together and discuss working with the inner critic in this unique style of talk.
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Aug 8, 2024 • 49min
Zen and Stillness - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
This talk is from July Sesshin 2024 at Great Vow Zen Monastery, Day 3. In this talk Jogen discusses immersion in the flow of life, stillness, language and many other topics in this sesshin dharma talk.
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Aug 6, 2024 • 30min
Within There Is A Jewel - Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
This talk was given during Kisei's Monday evening online sit with Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple in Portland, OR in July 2024.Within there is a Jewel: Emplacement and Your Dream for the WorldAbout a thousand years ago, a Zen teacher named Yunmen said to their community:Within heaven and earth, through space and time, there is a jewel, hidden inside the mountain of form. Pick up a lamp and go into the Buddha Hall, take the triple gate and bring it on the lamp.This talk explores this vital koan through the practices of mountain sitting, connecting to place and honoring our own dream (or vow) for the world.
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Aug 3, 2024 • 49min
To Be Free With, Not Free From - Jogen Salzeberg, Sensei
This talk is from July Sesshin 2024, day 2 at Great Vow Zen Monastery.In this talk Jogen, Sensei discusses the goal of practice as being free with all of the painful habits of mind, rather than the attempt to be free from them.
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