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
Mentioned books
May 7, 2020 • 22min
Karma: The Law of Cause and Effect
Karma in Sanskrit, or Kamma in Pali, is the traditional Buddhist term for cause and effect. Having some understanding of cause and effect is a necessary foundation for spiritual practice. Cause and effect operates on many levels, ranging from the explicit and linear to the subtle, complex, and nonlinear. Hogen Bays, Roshi - 5/3/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery
Apr 30, 2020 • 35min
Eternal Wisdom - Chozen Bays Roshi, and Kisei Costenbader
Chozen Bays, Roshi and Dharma Holder Kisei Costenbader - 2/23/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery
Apr 30, 2020 • 51min
Pari-Nirvana Sesshin (2020)- Chozen Bays, Roshi - Talk 5
Chozen Bays, Roshi - 2/22/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery
Apr 30, 2020 • 53min
Pari-Nirvana Sesshin (2020)- Chozen Bays, Roshi - Talk 4
Chozen Bays, Roshi - 2/21/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery
Apr 30, 2020 • 44min
Pari-Nirvana Sesshin (2020)- Kisei Costenbader - Talk 3
Dharma Holder Kisei Costenbader - 2/20/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery
Apr 14, 2020 • 29min
Fasting from Busyness - Kisei Costenbader
Lent, culminating on this Easter Sunday, is a time of fasting, releasing, letting go. It is a time of atonement and purification. The lenten practice of atonement is mirrored by our practice of sheltering in place. Our busyness stopped by the virus, we can open to the transformative process of renunciation. Our lives can become simpler, more attuned to the source.
Kisei Costenbader, Dharma Holder - 4/12/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery
Apr 7, 2020 • 57min
Life in Quarantine - Chozen Bays, Roshi
As the spread of COVID-19 continues, Chozen Roshi gives an update on activities at the monastery, showing how quarantined life connects us with the wider world. Reflecting on past episodes of crisis in human history, we are reminded that our current situation is not uncommon. This is a shared experience and an opportunity for spiritual practice. Also, this pandemic will not last forever, and it is important that we find something positive to look forward to.
Chozen Bays, Roshi - Sunday, 4/5/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery
Apr 1, 2020 • 4min
Great Vow Choir: Shantideva's Way of the Bodhisattva
This adaptation of Shantideva's classic 8th-century text is chanted after evening meditation each night at Great Vow Zen Monastery. It is offered here by members of the Great Vow Choir, Soten Lynch, Kōshō Ault, Maggie Medlin, and Eric Hertz - Recorded in the Fall of 2019
Mar 31, 2020 • 53min
The Vows of Jizo Bodhisattva - Chozen Bays, Roshi
Kshitigarbha Bodhisattva, or Jizo in Japanese, is the archetypal protector of all that comes from the Earth. Jizo represents enlightened qualities that we all naturally possess: benevolence, determination, fearlessness, and optimism. Jizo is also known for the vow to help all beings realize their true potential, including us. Our realization that we are supported, guided, and protected by Jizo opens us to a life that is woven completely of faith. What do we have faith in, in each moment?
Chozen Bays, Roshi - Sunday, 3/29/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery
Mar 27, 2020 • 36min
COVID-19 and Fear of Death - Chozen Bays, Roshi
Chozen Bays, Roshi - 3/22/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery
