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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Jul 18, 2024 • 35min
Chiyono's No Water, No Moon - Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
This talk is from Kisei's Monday evening online sit through Heart of Wisdom in late June 2024.With this and that I tried to keep the bucket together, and then the bottom fell out.Where the water does not collect, the moon does not dwell. --ChiyonoHow do we hold ourselves with our thoughts? How do we create identity with our beliefs about ourselves?What happens when we see through this function of the mind? When we let go of the narrative, even a little?
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Jul 16, 2024 • 28min
A Zen of Thinking Pt. 2 - Undoing The Dehumanizing Function - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
A continuation of our last episode with Jogen discussing his "Thinking Zen". Dharma talk given at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple during the Wednesday night sit. Topics in this podcast include:Juneteenth, slavery and how the dehumanization of racism is undergirded by our mind's false 'symbol' making.To what degree are we entangled in flat, mono-dimensional mental symbols? How are they created and sustained?Actual relationship and naked awareness as the medicine
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Jul 13, 2024 • 28min
A Zen of Thinking Pt.1 - Imagining Intricacy - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
Jogen's talk during the Wednesday night sit at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple in Portland, OR.Topics touched on in this episode include:what to do about the frustrating shift from open-hearted, naked awareness to our encultured, dualistic way of thinking/being when we're off of our meditation cushions ?The mind likes to reduce things to a single cause, often to one point of blame for our suffering. Isn't this reductive?How to think interdependently?
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Jul 11, 2024 • 39min
The Benefits of A Beginner's Mind - Kodo Conover, Zen Teacher
In this podcast Kodo discusses the benefits of functioning in our daily lives with a beginners mind.Kodo Conover, Zen TeacherSunday Public Program Great Vow Zen Monastery07/09/2024
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Jul 9, 2024 • 36min
The Mystery Of Zen Practice - Hogen Bays, Roshi
Hogen Bays, Roshi Rohatsu Sesshin 2020Great Vow Zen MonasteryDecember 2020
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Jul 6, 2024 • 25min
Sun Face Buddha, Moon Face Buddha - Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
Kisei Costenbader, SenseiMonday Evening Online Heart of Wisdom TalkMay 2024
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Jul 4, 2024 • 45min
Is This A Good Day or A Bad Day? - Chozen Bays, Roshi
Chozen Bays, Roshi Sunday Public Program Great Vow Zen Monastery6/30/2024
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Jul 2, 2024 • 34min
Engaged Buddhism: Appropriate Response - Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
A talk on appropriate response in a series of talks on engaged buddhism given by Kisei, Sensei in her weekly online sit with Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple
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Jun 29, 2024 • 48min
Buddha's Rollercoaster- Upheavals In Meditation Practice - Jogen Salzberg, Sensei
Sunday Program on June 23, 2024. A talk from Jogen, Sensei given to the public, but focused towards the residents at Great Vow Zen Monastery.
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Jun 27, 2024 • 39min
Interbeing - Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
Kisei Costenbader, Sensei - online dharma talk with Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple on April 22, 2024.
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