| Date | Title & Details | Speaker | Listen | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/25/2026 |
Interdependence and FugenKakumyo talks about kaleidoscopes, mycellium, and other complexities. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe | ||
| 01/21/2026 |
Precepts Class 3This 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 Kakumyo. Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Kevin Minshu Dorney, Reiju Nelsen | ||
| 01/18/2026 |
The MantraGyate, gyate — going, going. But where are we going? Categories: Dharma Talks |
Sallie Jiko Tisdale | ||
| 01/14/2026 |
Precepts Class 2This 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 Kakumyo. Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Kakumyo Lowe | ||
| 01/11/2026 |
Flowering in EmptinessHow many ways are there to work with a wound, hurt, or hindrance, in a meditation practice? In “Flowering in Emptiness,” (Kuge) Zen Master Dogen puts forward an intriguing possibility. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Robert Reian Glass | ||
| 01/07/2026 |
Precepts – Class 1This 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 Kakumyo. Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Kevin Minshu Dorney, Kakumyo Lowe | ||
| 01/04/2026 |
Dharma Talk by JyoshinCategories: Dharma Talks |
Jyoshin Clay | ||
| 12/21/2025 |
Water is Friends with the SeaWhether we call it cooperation or nondifference or making friends, the bodhisattva quality of taking the view of others is a challenge and a gift. What does it mean to really see from another’s point of view? Categories: Dharma Talks |
Sallie Jiko Tisdale | ||
| 12/07/2025 |
When the Gods are ChangingGenko examines the phenomenon of paradigm shift as it affects the broader society, various academic study areas, and moving into looking at our own personal lives. How do we recognize and navigate the inevitable change we face, both internal and external? Categories: Dharma Talks |
Genko Rainwater | ||
| 12/03/2025 |
Foundational Teachings – Class 10Wednesday night classes focus on Buddhist teaching, from its early stages in India through its expression in Soto Zen. 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. See the Syllabus. The Foundational Teachings classes are a seminary requirement and prerequisite for many other seminary classes. Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Reiju Nelsen, Ko’in Newsom | ||
| 11/30/2025 |
Dongshan’s No Cold or HeatWe would like to be in harmony with the conditions of our life, but so often, we wish things could be different than the way they are. Acceptance is our practice. How do we work with it? Categories: Dharma Talks |
Shin’yu Vitells | ||
| 11/23/2025 |
The Wish-Fulfilling JewelFlying Fish takes a deeper dive into the three refuges. What does it mean to take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha? Our spiritual ancestors point to this practice as essential to realizing the teachings. Hearing the words, and receiving the blessing or merit can be very different experiences. What do we mean when we take refuge in the triple treasure? Categories: Dharma Talks |
Flying Fish Murphy | ||
| 11/19/2025 |
Foundational Teachings – Class 9Wednesday night classes focus on Buddhist teaching, from its early stages in India through its expression in Soto Zen. 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. See the Syllabus. The Foundational Teachings classes are a seminary requirement and prerequisite for many other seminary classes. Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Reiju Nelsen, Ko’in Newsom | ||
| 11/16/2025 |
Wise Friends and Sutra ScrollsTsuho talks about a five-year project to study Dogen’s Shobogenzo and how sutra study can enrich practice. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Todd Tsuho Sattersten | ||
| 11/12/2025 |
Foundational Teachings – Class 8Wednesday night classes focus on Buddhist teaching, from its early stages in India through its expression in Soto Zen. 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. See the Syllabus. The Foundational Teachings classes are a seminary requirement and prerequisite for many other seminary classes. Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Reiju Nelsen, Ko’in Newsom | ||
| 11/09/2025 |
Right EffortKakumyo speaks about unattached effort. How do we manage the details of life with buoyancy? Categories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe | ||
| 11/05/2025 |
Foundational Teachings – Class 7Wednesday night classes focus on Buddhist teaching, from its early stages in India through its expression in Soto Zen. 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. See the Syllabus. The Foundational Teachings classes are a seminary requirement and prerequisite for many other seminary classes. Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Reiju Nelsen, Ko’in Newsom | ||
| 11/02/2025 |
A Single Piece of EmptinessAs we celebrate Founders’ Day, we consider the lives of three people whose work and practice built the temple: Keido Chisan, Jiyu Kennett, and Kyogen Carlson. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Sallie Jiko Tisdale | ||
| 10/19/2025 |
In a Dream, Expressing a DreamGuest Teacher Koji Shinei Alison offers a dharma talk. The dream before reality, the nightmare before tragedy, fright before the monster, nausea before the fall. The world is a dream, imagined. The power of the archetype is numinous, suggestive; it hints, and alludes yet, can never be thoroughly known. Archetypes lift us out of the limited space of brute, merely personal reality, encouraging the difficult inner work, encouraging a renewed relationship with the 10,000 beautiful things and, to bring great happiness. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Koji Shinei Alison | ||
| 10/15/2025 |
Foundational Teachings Class 6Wednesday night classes focus on Buddhist teaching, from its early stages in India through its expression in Soto Zen. 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. See the Syllabus. The Foundational Teachings classes are a seminary requirement and prerequisite for many other seminary classes. Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Reiju Nelsen, Ko’in Newsom | ||
| 10/12/2025 |
Fall Sangha ForumTwice a year, the sangha has an opportunity to hear from our governing bodies and to ask questions and give feedback. The Sangha Forum takes the place of a dharma talk. The Board of Directors sponsors the Fall forum and gives updates. The Dharma Council also presents updates. Categories: Sangha Forum |
Reiju Nelsen, Ko’in Newsom | ||
| 10/08/2025 |
Foundational Teachings – Class 5Wednesday night classes focus on Buddhist teaching, from its early stages in India through its expression in Soto Zen. 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. See the Syllabus. The Foundational Teachings classes are a seminary requirement and prerequisite for many other seminary classes. Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Reiju Nelsen, Ko’in Newsom | ||
| 10/05/2025 |
On PoliticsKakumyo pulls from the Pali canon in exploring what the Buddha saw as an appropriate response to political questions. He also examines how that might affect us individually and as a collective. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe | ||
| 10/01/2025 |
Foundational Teachings – Class 4Wednesday night classes focus on Buddhist teaching, from its early stages in India through its expression in Soto Zen. 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. See the Syllabus. The Foundational Teachings classes are a seminary requirement and prerequisite for many other seminary classes. Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Reiju Nelsen, Ko’in Newsom | ||
| 09/28/2025 |
Hua-Yen and Zen PracticeFumyo’s dharma talk considers aspects of the Hua Yen world view and how it is expressed in our Zen practices. The Hua Yen system of thinking arose from the commentaries of Chinese scholars studying the Avatamsaka Sutra. These perspectives provide the philosophical bedrock for Zen and have influenced Zen practices through the ages to this day. As Zen practitioners, how we experience our worlds and how we respond to all the interdependent relationships within them are infused with a Hua Yen world view. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Rick Fumyo Mishaga | ||
| 09/24/2025 |
Foundational Teachings – Class 3Wednesday night classes focus on Buddhist teaching, from its early stages in India through its expression in Soto Zen. 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. See the Syllabus. The Foundational Teachings classes are a seminary requirement and prerequisite for many other seminary classes. Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Reiju Nelsen, Ko’in Newsom | ||
| 09/21/2025 |
Why Can’t Clear-Eyed Bodhisattvas Sever the Red ThreadThe talk explores this question that was offered to us by Zen Master Songyuan Chongyue in the late 12th Century. The red thread grabs us at once in a visceral way. It represents our deepest human nature with all of its passion, desires, vulnerabilities. To become intimate with the red thread is the path of the bodhisattva. This koan leads us to the very heart of our practice. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Flying Fish Murphy | ||
| 09/17/2025 |
Foundational Teachings – Class 2This 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. See the Syllabus. The Foundational Teachings classes are a seminary requirement and prerequisite for many other seminary classes. Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Reiju Nelsen, Ko’in Newsom | ||
| 09/14/2025 |
HatredI feel it. You feel it, too. How do we work with such a powerful experience? Categories: Dharma Talks |
Sallie Jiko Tisdale | ||
| 09/07/2025 |
Doing NothingZonnyo explores the theme of “doing nothing” from the perspective of Ch’an Master Ma-Tsu and his disciples. What is the wisdom of non-action and non-seeking? And how do we know when we should act? Categories: Dharma Talks |
Zonnyo Riger | ||
| 08/31/2025 |
Our Ascetic InheritanceZen has a reputation for being tough, maybe even scary. Once we’ve been around for a while, we see through some of that. In this talk Kakumyo explores the karma of Zen’s ascetic tendencies and discusses how we practice with it today. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe | ||
| 08/24/2025 |
The Five RemembrancesShin’yu considers the Five Remembrances and what they can offer us. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Shin’yu Vitells | ||
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