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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Sep 12, 2024 • 29min
The Life of Maezumi, Roshi - Hogen Bays, Roshi
This talk was given by Hogen, Roshi on Sunday August 25th, 2024 during the Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple Sunday Evening Program. This talk is about our Dharma Ancestor Maezumi, Roshi and his relationship to ZCLA and other details of his life.
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Sep 10, 2024 • 22min
There Are No "Things" - Gensho Welsh
This talk took place during the Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple weekly Thursday evening sit. In this talk Gensho discusses how we turn the phenomena of our lives into things, instead of leaving them as alive processes. He also discusses how this relates to the things in our lives being not personal.
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Sep 7, 2024 • 36min
Surprised By Joy - James Ford, Roshi
This talk was given by James Ford, Roshi during the Great Vow Sunday Public Program on September 1st, 2024. This is a reading from his new book The Intimate Way of Zen, and then a discussion afterwords.
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Sep 5, 2024 • 30min
Making a Commitment to Practice - Myoyu Voekel, Novice Priest
This talk was given by Myoyu during the Sunday Program at Great Vow Zen Monastery on August 25, 2024. In this talk she discusses her practice at the monastery and commitment to returning to practice through all the waves we experience in a practice life.
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Sep 3, 2024 • 52min
The Whole Earth is Medicine - Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
This is talk 5 of Grasses and Trees Sesshin 2024 at Great Vow Zen Monastery. In this talk Kisei discusses healing and wholeness in relation to nature.
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Aug 31, 2024 • 38min
Looking Deeper Into Nature - Kodo Conover, Zen Teacher
This talk was given on day 4 of Grasses and Trees Sesshin 2024 at Great Vow Zen Monastery.
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Aug 29, 2024 • 49min
The Chrysalis of Spiritual Practice - Kisei Costenbader, Sensei
This is talk 3 of Grasses and Trees Sesshin 2024 at Great Vow Zen Monastery. In this talk Kisei, Sensei uses the process of a monarch butterfly and its life cycle as a metaphor for the spiritual journey, and sesshin.
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Aug 27, 2024 • 40min
Falling in Love With The Earth - Kodo Conover, Zen Teacher
This is the 2nd talk of Grasses And Trees Sesshin 2024 at Great Vow Zen Monastery. In this talk Kodo talks about how we were raised and how it effects our relationship to the earth. She also discusses how we can come to love the earth.
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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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