Date Title & Details Speaker Listen Download
02/16/2025
Dharma Talk by Kakumyo

Kakumyo speaks of Impending Kalpa Fire, the way that resistance to our experience causes suffering, and the Three Terrible Oaths.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Zonnyo Riger, Kakumyo Lowe-Charde
02/12/2025
Precepts Wednesday Class

This class is about the 16 Bodhisattva Precepts, the ethical guidelines of Zen practice. The class prepares those who wish to take Jukai in March, as well as allowing everyone to explore how to work with these in everyday life. This year’s preceptor is Gyoshi.

Categories: Wednesday Classes

Zonnyo Riger, Mike Gyoshi Kaplan
02/09/2025
Facets of the Sangha Jewel

Genko explores aspects of Sangha, and talks about how it fits into the Three Treasures, or Three Refuges.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Genko Rainwater
02/05/2025
Precepts Wednesday Class

This class is about the 16 Bodhisattva Precepts, the ethical guidelines of Zen practice. The class prepares those who wish to take Jukai in March, as well as allowing everyone to explore how to work with these in everyday life. This year’s preceptor is Gyoshi.

Categories: Wednesday Classes

Zonnyo Riger, Mike Gyoshi Kaplan
02/02/2025
Fixed Views

Kakumyo speaks about fixed views and how they can be an obstacle to practice.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Kakumyo Lowe-Charde
01/29/2025
Precepts Wednesday Class

This class is about the 16 Bodhisattva Precepts, the ethical guidelines of Zen practice. The class prepares those who wish to take Jukai in March, as well as allowing everyone to explore how to work with these in everyday life. This year’s preceptor is Gyoshi.

Categories: Wednesday Classes

Zonnyo Riger, Mike Gyoshi Kaplan
01/26/2025
Airway, Breathing, Circulation

Sometimes we need life support. What are the ABCs of supporting ourselves and others when the world feels like one big emergency?

Categories: Dharma Talks

Sallie Jiko Tisdale
01/22/2025
Precepts Wednesday Class

This class is about the 16 Bodhisattva Precepts, the ethical guidelines of Zen practice. The class prepares those who wish to take Jukai in March, as well as allowing everyone to explore how to work with these in everyday life. This year’s preceptor is Gyoshi.

Categories: Wednesday Classes

Zonnyo Riger, Mike Gyoshi Kaplan
01/19/2025
Imagination and Meditation

Flying Fish explores the skillful use of imagination in the cultivation of our practice, and the importance of imagining a more expansive world view as a means to open our practice to wisdom.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Flying Fish Murphy
01/15/2025
Precepts Wednesday Class

This class is about the 16 Bodhisattva Precepts, the ethical guidelines of Zen practice. The class prepares those who wish to take Jukai in March, as well as allowing everyone to explore how to work with these in everyday life. This year’s preceptor is Gyoshi.

Categories: Wednesday Classes

Mike Gyoshi Kaplan
01/12/2025
Knowing How Much Is Enough

In his dharma talk, Sosetsu explores the second of Dogen’s Eight Awakenings of Great Beings.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Mark Sosetsu Stauffer
01/08/2025
Precepts Wednesday Class

This class is about the 16 Bodhisattva Precepts, the ethical guidelines of Zen practice. The class prepares those who wish to take Jukai in March, as well as allowing everyone to explore how to work with these in everyday life. This year’s preceptor is Gyoshi.

Categories: Wednesday Classes

Mike Gyoshi Kaplan
01/05/2025
It’s Precepts Season

With precepts classes starting this week, and with Jukai sesshin in early March, it seems appropriate to make the first dharma talk of 2025 about precepts practice. In this talk we’ll explore together how the precepts can be an essential part of our Zen spiritual path and some ways we can all bring precepts practice into our lives over the next several months.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Mike Gyoshi Kaplan
12/15/2024
Stone Woman Gets Up Dancing

Sometimes life is vibrant and luminous. Sometimes it is…not

Categories: Dharma Talks

Sallie Jiko Tisdale
12/08/2024
Right Now!

At the conclusion of Rohatsu Sesshin, Kakumyo gives a dharma talk that draws from and comments upon the talks he gave during retreat.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Kakumyo Lowe-Charde
12/01/2024
Going to the Root

On the day that Rohatsu sesshin begins, amidst cold, dark, and rain, Genko explores the value of rest, going deep, nourishing the roots of the earth.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Genko Rainwater
11/24/2024
An Acquired Taste

Kakumyo talks about one aspect of our oryoki form, its symbolism, and what it shows us about dealing with our karma skillfully.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Kakumyo Lowe-Charde
11/17/2024
Interconnectedness in Divisive Times

The political climate in our country is causing strong emotions to arise on both sides of the political spectrum. Our practice can help us respond skillfully, with wisdom and compassion.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Shin’yu Vitells
11/13/2024
Foundational Teachings

This annual class explores topics such as the Buddha’s life, the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path, Karma and Rebirth, Dependent Origination, the Paramitas and other aspirational practices, as well as contributions from some of our important Zen ancestors, including Dogen.

Categories: Wednesday Classes

Mark Sosetsu Stauffer
11/10/2024
Where the Bodhisattvas Stand

Jyoshin explores the Wisdom Sutras in relation to where a bodhisattva stands in relation to this changing world of conditions.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Jyoshin Clay
11/06/2024
Foundational Teachings

This annual class explores topics such as the Buddha’s life, the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path, Karma and Rebirth, Dependent Origination, the Paramitas and other aspirational practices, as well as contributions from some of our important Zen ancestors, including Dogen.

Categories: Wednesday Classes

Mark Sosetsu Stauffer
11/03/2024
Respect

Kakumyo explores the continuum of respect and reverence, and how this might feed or confuse our enthusiasm for practice.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Kakumyo Lowe-Charde
10/20/2024
The Sacred Emotions

The virtuous states of mind known as the brahmaviharas are a foundation of Buddhist teaching. It’s easy to get caught in their subtle net. We explore why these “sacred emotions” can be so difficult.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Sallie Jiko Tisdale
10/13/2024
Fall Sangha Forum

Twice a year, the sangha has an opportunity to hear from our governing bodies and to ask questions and give feedback. The Fall Sangha Forum takes the place of the dharma talk this Sunday. The Board of Directors sponsors the Fall forum. The Dharma Council also presents and provides updates.

Categories: Sangha Forum

Sallie Jiko Tisdale
10/06/2024
Brightness

Kakumyo explores some of the side effects of meditation and a mindful life and how these have been worked with over time.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Kakumyo Lowe-Charde
09/29/2024
A Zazen of the Heart

How many ways are there to work with what arises in the heart/mind of meditation? Thoughts and feelings may not be two, but they are not one either. It may be helpful to explore at least one approach to feelings that differs from that of thoughts.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Robert Reian Glass
09/22/2024
The Teaching of the Arhats

There are many models that we elevate to inspire and inform our practice. One model that we don’t talk about a whole lot is the arhats. This talk fixes that.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Kakumyo Lowe-Charde
09/15/2024
Vow and Practice in Prison

Genko describes how she came to prison work and shares some of what she’s learned in doing it for the last 16 or so years.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Genko Rainwater
09/08/2024
Wishing

We begin to practice because of a wish – an aspiration. In Buddhism, this takes the form of the vow. Shohaku Okumura calls this “a stupid way of life.” Jiko’s talk explores what this means.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Sallie Jiko Tisdale
09/01/2024
Dharma Talk by Jyoshin

Categories: Dharma Talks

Jyoshin Clay
08/25/2024
Cutting Through Spiritual Idealism

Yincheng’s dharma talk explores practicing non-attainment with Yongjia.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Yincheng Shih
08/18/2024
Spiritual Bypass

Spiritual bypass can be defined as the use of spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds, and unfinished developmental tasks. However, it also provides a unique perspective through which we can view many aspects of our practice. Gyoshi explores some of these.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Mike Gyoshi Kaplan
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