Shows
San Francisco Zen CenterCaught in a Net, Together07/02/2025, Doshin Dan Gudgel, dharma talk at City Center.
Doshin Dan Gudgel explores the image of Indra’s Net and how it relates to life in this complicated, messy modern world.2025-07-2932 min
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma TalksCaught in a Net, Together07/02/2025, Doshin Dan Gudgel, dharma talk at City Center.
Doshin Dan Gudgel explores the image of Indra’s Net and how it relates to life in this complicated, messy modern world.2025-07-0332 minSan Francisco Zen CenterBe a Caretaker03/28/2025, Doshin Dan Gudgel, dharma talk at City Center.
Doshin Dan Gudgel explores the idea of a ‘caretaker’ as it relates to the Parental Mind that Dogen encourages in his Tenzo Kyokun text.2025-04-1534 minSan Francisco Zen Center Dharma TalksBe a Caretaker03/28/2025, Doshin Dan Gudgel, dharma talk at City Center.
Doshin Dan Gudgel explores the idea of a ‘caretaker’ as it relates to the Parental Mind that Dogen encourages in his Tenzo Kyokun text.2025-03-2834 min
Berkeley Zen Center Dharma TalksZen and the Pursuit of HappinessA talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, March 8th 2025 by Dōshin Dan Gudgel.2025-03-0851 minSan Francisco Zen CenterOnline Zen Is Real Zen02/08/2025, Doshin Dan Gudgel, dharma talk at City Center.
Doshin Dan Gudgel offers suggestions and principles for providing and engaging in online practice, and celebrates the connection between ‘sacred’ and ‘everyday’ activities in Soto Zen.2025-03-0244 minSan Francisco Zen Center Dharma TalksOnline Zen Is Real Zen02/08/2025, Doshin Dan Gudgel, dharma talk at City Center.
Doshin Dan Gudgel offers suggestions and principles for providing and engaging in online practice, and celebrates the connection between ‘sacred’ and ‘everyday’ activities in Soto Zen.2025-02-0844 minSan Francisco Zen CenterAvowing Karma, Admitting My Faults08/21/2024, Dan Gudgel, dharma talk at City Center.
In this dharma talk, given at Beginner’s Mind Temple, Dan uses the Soto Zen standard “Confession” verse to explore the connections between personal and collective karma. The verse is: “All my ancient twisted karma, from beginningless greed, hate and delusion, born through body speech and mind, I now fully avow.” Avowing karma — acknowledging and accepting the reality of the situation a person is in — is a crucial first step in stopping further harm and beginning to repair harms already done. In the talk, Dan looks at examples of his own karma, inherited in his youth a...2024-09-1031 minSan Francisco Zen CenterYou Have No Enemies05/15/2024, Dan Gudgel, dharma talk at City Center.
In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Dōshin Dan Gudgel investigates how using the word and idea of ‘enemy’ affects our every day experience. Dan examines our national, military idea of ‘enemies,’ as well as how modern culture in the U.S. is increasingly using the word and concept of ‘enemy’ more broadly, and harmfully. With linguistic, dharma and personal examples, Dan points to how we are limiting our responses and closing our hearts to people and ideas by accepting these artificial categories of ‘enemy’ and ‘friend.’2024-06-2435 min
Heart of Compassion Zen SanghaHOC - May 17, 2024 - "Celebrating Spiritual Friendship" - Dan Gudgel2024-05-1732 minSan Francisco Zen CenterPracticing With Common Illness09/06/2023, Dan Gudgel, dharma talk at City Center.
In this talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, Dan Gudgel discusses practice lessons and methods of practice that emerged around the experiences of having COViD, and having a common head cold. Dan suggests close attention to our everyday suffering, to highlight the different experiences of unavoidable physical pain, and optional mental affliction.2023-09-2032 min