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San Francisco Zen CenterWhat is Dharma Transmission in Zen?06/29/2025, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Kokyo Henkel explores what is really transmitted from teacher to student, and some classic Zen stories about Dharma transmission.2025-07-2944 min
Houston Zen Center Dharma TalksKokyo Henkel, Roshi : The Whole Works : Part 3Kokyo Roshi is a dharma heir of Tenshin Zenki Roshi, and a longtime friend of Houston Zen Center.Kokyo Henkel Roshi’s teaching during this visit will focus on the important Zen teaching: The Whole Works. PART 3: June 16: 6:30-8:30 pm - Class at Houston Zen Center. Kokyo Roshi recently founded Bright Window Hermitage, a retreat place in the Santa Lucia Mountains of California, along with his wife Rev. Shōhō Kuebast. He has trained in Japan at Bukkokuji, as well as many years at Tassajara and San Francisco Zen Center. He serve...2025-07-2400 minHouston Zen Center Dharma TalksKokyo Henkel, Roshi : The Whole Works : Part 2Kokyo Roshi is a dharma heir of Tenshin Zenki Roshi, and a longtime friend of Houston Zen Center.Kokyo Henkel Roshi’s teaching during this visit will focus on the important Zen teaching: The Whole Works. PART 2 : June 15: 9:45 am - Sunday dharma talk. Everyone welcome. Donations to Henkel Roshi are welcome.Kokyo Roshi recently founded Bright Window Hermitage, a retreat place in the Santa Lucia Mountains of California, along with his wife Rev. Shōhō Kuebast. He has trained in Japan at Bukkokuji, as well as many years at Tassa...2025-07-2400 minHouston Zen Center Dharma TalksKokyo Henkel, Roshi : The Whole Works : Part 1Kokyo Roshi is a dharma heir of Tenshin Zenki Roshi, and a longtime friend of Houston Zen Center.Kokyo Henkel Roshi’s teaching during this visit will focus on the important Zen teaching: The Whole Works. PART1: June 14: 6-8 pm - Class at Houston Zen Center. Everyone welcome. Donations to Henkel Roshi are welcome.Kokyo Roshi recently founded Bright Window Hermitage, a retreat place in the Santa Lucia Mountains of California, along with his wife Rev. Shōhō KuebastHe has trained in Japan at Bukkokuji, as well...2025-07-2400 min
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma TalksWhat is Dharma Transmission in Zen?06/29/2025, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Kokyo Henkel explores what is really transmitted from teacher to student, and some classic Zen stories about Dharma transmission.2025-06-2944 minSan Francisco Zen CenterLike a Fool, Like an Idiot04/06/2025, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Kokyo Henkel concludes sesshin and a 6-week study of Zen Ancestor Dongshan's "Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi.”2025-06-261h 09Houston Zen Center Dharma TalksKokyo Henkel, Roshi : The Whole WorksDharma Talk by Kokyo Henkel. Kokyo Roshi is a dharma heir of Tenshin Zenki Roshi. For information on Kokyo Roshi’s entire visit, click here. He has served as the Abiding Teacher of Santa Cruz Zen Center as well as the Tanto/Head of Practice of Green Gulch Farm Zen Center. He recently founded Bright Window Hermitage, a retreat place in the Santa Lucia Mountains of California, along with his wife Rev. Shōhō Kuebast.
2025-06-1500 minSan Francisco Zen CenterYou Are Not It, In Truth It Is You03/16/2025, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Stories of our Chinese Zen Ancestor Dongshan, and his poem about nonduality: our life is like facing a jewel mirror - form and reflection behold each other. Both our sense of subjectivity and sense of objectivity are merely changing reflections on the unchanging mirror of buddha-nature.2025-05-2158 minSan Francisco Zen CenterJewel Mirror Samadhi03/02/2025, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
An introduction to this ancient Zen poem that is often recited at SF Zen Center and Soto Zen temples around the world. The metaphor of a mirror and its reflections to clarify buddha-nature and the world of experience is offered by the Buddha in various sutras, and by many Zen ancestors as well.2025-05-2143 min
Podcasts – Valley Streams Zen SanghaMay 3rd, 2025 – “Your Original Face” – Dharma Talks by Kokyo Henkel
Dharma Talks given on Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 by Kokyo Henkel.
Rev. Kokyo Henkel
Visiting Teacher
Kokyo Henkel has been practicing Zen since 1990, in residence at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, most recently as Tanto (Head of Practice), Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, No Abode Hermitage in Mill Valley, Bukkokuji Monastery in Japan, and Santa Cruz Zen Center.
He was ordained as a Zen priest in 1994 by Tenshin Anderson Roshi and received Dharma Transmission from him in 2010. Kokyo is interested in exploring how the original teachings of Buddhadharma from ancient India, China, and Japan are still...2025-05-0600 minSan Francisco Zen Center Dharma TalksLike a Fool, Like an Idiot04/06/2025, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Kokyo Henkel concludes sesshin and a 6-week study of Zen Ancestor Dongshan's "Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi.”2025-04-061h 09San Francisco Zen Center Dharma TalksYou Are Not It, In Truth It Is You03/16/2025, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Stories of our Chinese Zen Ancestor Dongshan, and his poem about nonduality: our life is like facing a jewel mirror - form and reflection behold each other. Both our sense of subjectivity and sense of objectivity are merely changing reflections on the unchanging mirror of buddha-nature.2025-03-1658 min
Cuke Audio PodcastWith Guest Kokyo HenkelKokyo (AKA Luminous Owl) Henkel is a Soto Zen priest who came to the SF Zen Center in 1990 and is currently leading a practice period at Green Gulch Farm. He and his wife Shoho Kuebast founded the Bright Window Hermitage on Tassajara Road. Check it out at brightwindowhermitage.weebly.com. In his college years Kokyo was a dedicated Deadhead. Listen to this podcast with him and learn more.
2025-03-091h 47San Francisco Zen Center Dharma TalksJewel Mirror Samadhi03/02/2025, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
An introduction to this ancient Zen poem that is often recited at SF Zen Center and Soto Zen temples around the world. The metaphor of a mirror and its reflections to clarify buddha-nature and the world of experience is offered by the Buddha in various sutras, and by many Zen ancestors as well.2025-03-0243 minSan Francisco Zen CenterThe Sixth Ancestor of Zen on the Practice of Zazen08/18/2024, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
The Sixth Chinese Zen Ancestor, defining "zazen" (sitting meditation), said " 'za' (sitting) means not to be obstructed by anything and not to activate thoughts about objects, and 'zen' means to see our original nature without being confused." In this talk, Kokyo explores what it means to reify thoughts and to see true nature by not seeing anything.2024-11-0642 minSan Francisco Zen CenterWhich is the True Qian?06/23/2024, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Case 35 in the Gateless Barrier koan collection tells the story of Qian's spirit being divided between following her heart and being responsible by following obligations. Is one path more true than the other or not?2024-07-3049 minSan Francisco Zen CenterZen and Vajrayana05/18/2024, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at City Center.
In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Kokyo celebrates the spirit of non-sectarianism within Buddha-Dharma, and explores the similarities and differences between Zen and Vajrayana practices, through the teaching of the nine vehicles of the Tibetan Nyingma School.2024-06-2452 minSan Francisco Zen CenterSong of the Trusting Mind03/10/2024, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
The great Way is not difficult for those who hold no preferences, it is like vast space with nothing lacking and nothing extra. At the moment awareness turns around and illuminates itself, there is going beyond appearance and emptiness.2024-04-0556 minSan Francisco Zen CenterWhy Put on the Robe at the Sound of the Bell?10/15/2023, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk, Kokyo discusses Case 16 in the Gateless Barrier koan collection: The world is so vast and wide - why do you always put on the robe at the sound of the bell?...When in the heard there is just the heard, there is no "you" in relation to that.2023-10-2045 minHouston Zen Center Dharma TalksKokyo Henkel, Roshi : Heart of Zen : Talk 4Final Dharma Talk by Kokyo Henkel, Roshi on Menzan Zenji’s Self-Enjoyment Samadhi at the Heart of Zen weekend retreat at Auspicious Cloud Retreat Center.
2023-09-0400 minHouston Zen Center Dharma TalksKokyo Henkel, Roshi : Heart of Zen : Talk 3Dharma Talk by Kokyo Henkel, Roshi on Menzan Zenji’s Self-Enjoyment Samadhi at the Heart of Zen weekend retreat at Auspicious Cloud Retreat Center.
2023-09-0200 minHouston Zen Center Dharma TalksKokyo Henkel, Roshi : Heart of Zen : Talk 2Dharma Talk by Kokyo Henkel, Roshi on Menzan Zenji’s Self-Enjoyment Samadhi at the Heart of Zen weekend retreat at Auspicious Cloud Retreat Center.
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Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksDenko-e Retreat: Punyayashas Part IIKokyo Henkel, Sunday 27 August 2023, Austin Zen Center2023-08-2753 minAustin Zen Center Dharma TalksDenko-e Retreat: Punyayashas Part IKokyo Henkel, Sunday 27 August 2023, Austin Zen Center2023-08-271h 29Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksDenko-e Retreat: Parshva Part IIKokyo Henkel, Saturday 26 August 2023, Austin Zen Center2023-08-261h 20Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksDenko-e Retreat: Parshva Part IKokyo Henkel, Saturday 26 August 2023, Austin Zen Center2023-08-261h 25Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksDenko-e Retreat: Buddhamitra Part IIKokyo Henkel, Friday 25 August 2023, Austin Zen Center2023-08-251h 26Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksDenko-e Retreat: Buddhamitra Part IKokyo Henkel, Friday 25 August 2023, Austin Zen Center2023-08-251h 27Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksDenko-e Retreat: Buddhanandi Part IIKokyo Henkel, Thursday 24 August 2023, Austin Zen Center2023-08-241h 16Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksDenko-e Retreat: Buddhanandi Part IKokyo Henkel, Thursday 24 August 2023, Austin Zen Center2023-08-241h 28Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksDenko-e Retreat: VasumitraKokyo Henkel, Wednesday 23 August 2023, Austin Zen Center2023-08-231h 18Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksDenko-e Retreat: Welcome and IntroductionKokyo Henkel, Wednesday 23 August 2023, Austin Zen Center2023-08-231h 09San Francisco Zen CenterZen Teacher Tushita's Three Barriers07/02/2023, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Three barriers to pass through, from Case 47 in the Gateless Barrier koan collection: where is your buddha-nature right now, how can you be free of birth and death when dying, and where do you go after death?2023-07-1259 minPodcasts – Valley Streams Zen SanghaApril 1st, 2023 – “Riding in the Same Boat with All Beings” – Dharma Talks by Kokyo Henkel
Dharma Talks given on 4/1/2023 by Kokyo Henkel
Rev. Kokyo Henkel
Visiting Teacher
Kokyo Henkel has been practicing Zen since 1990, in residence at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, most recently as Tanto (Head of Practice), Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, No Abode Hermitage in Mill Valley, Bukkokuji Monastery in Japan, and Santa Cruz Zen Center.
He was ordained as a Zen priest in 1994 by Tenshin Anderson Roshi and received Dharma Transmission from him in 2010. Kokyo is interested in exploring how the original teachings of Buddhadharma from ancient India, China, and Japan are still very much alive...2023-04-1700 minSan Francisco Zen CenterBe Aware, Don't Be Deceived by Others03/05/2023, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Case 12 in the Gateless Barrier: Every day Ruiyan called out to himself "Master!" and answered himself "Yes!" Then he would say to himself "Be aware!" and reply "Yes!" "Don't be deceived by others!" "Yes, yes!"... Big mind, the host, experiences everything within itself, so there really are no others.2023-03-1850 minSan Francisco Zen CenterCompassion and Great Compassion10/30/2022, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Different types compassion as taught by Shakyamuni Buddha, Vasubandhu, Maitreya, Chandrakirti, and Zen Ancestors Yunyan and Daowu2022-10-3142 minSan Francisco Zen CenterWhich Moon Is This?09/25/2022, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Kokyo Henkel brings up the relative and ultimate aspects of the ground of reality, that which obscures it, the path of practice to see through the obscurations, and the fruition of practice - and case 21 of the Book of Serenity: Yunyan Sweeps the Ground.2022-10-0143 min
Simplicity Zen PodcastSimplicity Zen Podcast Episode 2 - An Interview with Kokyo Henkel (The Zen Lamp Series)Kokyo was ordained as a Zen priest in 1994 by Tenshin Anderson Roshi and received Dharma Transmission from him in 2010. Kokyo was a teacher at Santa Cruz Zen Center for a decade. Kokyo has also been practicing with a Tibetan Dzogchen Teacher Tsoknyi Rinpoche Rinpoche since and now lives at his center in Colorado. For more information about Kokyo: https://kokyohenkel.weebly.com/ For more information About Simplicity Zen: https://simplicityzen.com/2022-04-011h 56Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksA Zen Response to the Climate EmergencyKokyo Henkel, Saturday 29 January 2022, Austin Zen Center2022-01-291h 46
San Antonio Zen Center Dharma TalksKokyo Henkel - Ordinary MindRecorded on December 18, 2021
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The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate in our offerings and programs regardless of income. Please consider making a donation to SAZC on our site sanantoniozen.org or by visiting PayPal.me/sanantoniozen2021-12-1944 minAustin Zen Center Dharma TalksBuddha and the Morning Star (Rohatsu Day 7)Kokyo Henkel, Friday 10 December 2021, Austin Zen Center2021-12-101h 37Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksKumarata Awakens to Knowing Former Lives (Rohatsu Day 6)Kokyo Henkel, Thursday 9 December 2021, Austin Zen Center2021-12-091h 43Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksWho is the Mind? (Rohatsu Day 5)Kokyo Henkel, Wednesday 8 December 2021, Austin Zen Center2021-12-081h 55Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksThe Self Is Not The Self (Rohatsu Day 4)Kokyo Henkel, Tuesday 7 December 2021, Austin Zen Center2021-12-071h 32Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksMaintaining the Wind of the House (Rohatsu Day 3)Kokyo Henkel, Monday 6 December 2021, Austin Zen Center2021-12-0658 minAustin Zen Center Dharma TalksHow Do You Embrace Big Mind? (Rohatsu Day 2)Kokyo Henkel, Sunday 5 December 2021, Austin Zen Center2021-12-0558 minAustin Zen Center Dharma TalksKeizan Zenji and the Light (Rohatsu Day 1)Kokyo Henkel, Saturday 4 December 2021, Austin Zen Center2021-12-041h 01Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksBuddha Nature and the Lion's Roar of Queen Śrīmālā (Lecture 6/6)Kokyo Henkel, Thursday 18 November 2021, Austin Zen Center2021-11-191h 21Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksSuzuki Roshi on Buddha Nature (Part 2 of 2)Kokyo Henkel, Dharma Talk, Saturday 14 November 2021, Austin Zen Center2021-11-141h 38Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksSuzuki Roshi on Buddha Nature (Part 1 of 2)Kokyo Henkel, Dharma Talk, Saturday 13 November 2021, Austin Zen Center2021-11-131h 07Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksBuddha Nature and the Lion's Roar of Queen Śrīmālā (Lecture 5/6)Kokyo Henkel, Thursday 11 November 2021, Austin Zen Center2021-11-121h 22Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksBuddha Nature and the Lion's Roar of Queen Śrīmālā (Lecture 4/6)Kokyo Henkel, Thursday 04 November 2021, Austin Zen Center2021-11-051h 21Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksBuddha Nature Like a Sleeping MonkeyKokyo Henkel, Dharma Talk, Saturday 30 October 2021, Austin Zen Center2021-10-301h 21Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksBuddha Nature and the Lion's Roar of Queen Śrīmālā (Lecture 3/6)Kokyo Henkel, Thursday 29 October 2021, Austin Zen Center2021-10-301h 20Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksBuddha Nature and the Lion's Roar of Queen Śrīmālā (Lecture 2/6)Kokyo Henkel, Thursday 21 October 2021, Austin Zen Center2021-10-221h 21Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksOn Sitting ZazenKokyo Henkel, Dharma Talk, Saturday 16 October 2021, Austin Zen Center2021-10-1659 minAustin Zen Center Dharma TalksBuddha Nature and the Lion's Roar of Queen Śrīmālā (Lecture 1/6)Kokyo Henkel, Thursday 14 October 2021, Austin Zen Center2021-10-151h 16San Francisco Zen CenterWithin a Dream Expressing the DreamThe buddhas and Zen ancestors encourage us to become lucid dreamers - realizing that we are dreaming while remaining within the dream, where subject and object appear as separate but are really just manifestations of one mind.
09/12/2021, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.2021-09-2756 minAustin Zen Center Dharma TalksExpounding a Dream Within a DreamKokyo Henkel, Dharma Talk, Saturday 28 August 2021, Austin Zen Center2021-08-281h 27Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksThe 100 Percent Reliable RefugeKokyo Henkel, Saturday 28 November 2020, Austin Zen Center2020-11-281h 22Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksDenko-e Sesshin Day 2 AfternoonKokyo Henkel, Sunday 12 January 2020, Austin Zen Center2020-01-121h 20Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksDenko-e Sesshin Day 2 MorningKokyo Henkel, Sunday 12 January 2020, Austin Zen Center2020-01-121h 52Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksDenko-e Sesshin Day 2 AfternoonKokyo Henkel, Saturday 11 January 2020, Austin Zen Center2020-01-1151 minAustin Zen Center Dharma TalksTransmitting the Light: The Story of VasubandhuKokyo Henkel, Saturday 11 January 2020, Austin Zen Center2020-01-111h 18Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksDenko-e Sesshin Day 1 AfternoonKokyo Henkel, Denko-e, Friday 10 January 2020, Austin Zen Center2020-01-101h 22Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksDenko-e Sesshin Day 1 MorningKokyo Henkel, Denko-e, Friday 10 January 2020, Austin Zen Center2020-01-101h 33Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksGenzo-e Study Sesshin Talk 6Kokyo Henkel, Genzo-e, Sunday 28 April 2019, Austin Zen Center2019-04-281h 44Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksGenzo-e Study Sesshin Talk 5Kokyo Henkel, Genzo-e, Sunday 28 April 2019, Austin Zen Center2019-04-281h 54Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksGenzo-e Study Sesshin Talk 4Kokyo Henkel, Genzo-e, Saturday 27 April 2019, Austin Zen Center2019-04-271h 41Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksGenzo-e Study Sesshin Talk 3Kokyo Henkel, Genzo-e, Saturday 27 April 2019, Austin Zen Center2019-04-271h 41Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksGenzo-e Study Sesshin Talk 2Kokyo Henkel, Genzo-e, Friday 26 April 2019, Austin Zen Center2019-04-261h 55Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksGenzo-e Study Sesshin Talk 1Kokyo Henkel, Genzo-e, Friday 26 April 2019, Austin Zen Center2019-04-261h 28
MAPS PodcastEpisode 14 - Buddhism and Psychedelics (PART TWO)PART TWO of a three part series on the similarities between psychedelic and Buddhist experiences. This part is primarily the question and answer session from the audience. The audience is clearly very well versed and attentive. Many great questions are asked. On Saturday, October 20, 2012, Rev. Kokyo Henkel and James Fadiman, Ph.D., engaged a diverse crowd in Santa Cruz with a discussion about the similarities between psychedelic and Buddhist experiences. Rev. Kokyo Henkel has been practicing Zen Buddhism since 1990 at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, and Bukkokuji Monastery in Japan. He was ordained as...2017-07-2553 min
Psychedelics Then and Now with Zach LearyEpisode 14 - Buddhism and Psychedelics (PART TWO)PART TWO of a three part series on the similarities between psychedelic and Buddhist experiences. This part is primarily the question and answer session from the audience. The audience is clearly very well versed and attentive. Many great questions are asked. On Saturday, October 20, 2012, Rev. Kokyo Henkel and James Fadiman, Ph.D., engaged a diverse crowd in Santa Cruz with a discussion about the similarities between psychedelic and Buddhist experiences. Rev. Kokyo Henkel has been practicing Zen Buddhism since 1990 at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, and Bukkokuji Monastery in Japan. He was ordained as...2017-07-2553 minPsychedelics Then and Now with Zach LearyEpisode 13 - Buddhism and Psychedelics (Part 1)This is part one of a three part series on the similarities between psychedelic and Buddhist experiences. This topic is also explored in depth in the now seminal book by Allan Badiner called "Zig Zag Zen" which is of course highly recommended. On Saturday, October 20, 2012, Rev. Kokyo Henkel and James Fadiman, Ph.D., engaged a diverse crowd in Santa Cruz with a discussion about the similarities between psychedelic and Buddhist experiences. Rev. Kokyo Henkel has been practicing Zen Buddhism since 1990 at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, and Bukkokuji Monastery in Japan. He was o...2017-07-1156 min
MAPS PodcastEpisode 13 - Buddhism and Psychedelics (Part 1)This is part one of a three part series on the similarities between psychedelic and Buddhist experiences. This topic is also explored in depth in the now seminal book by Allan Badiner called "Zig Zag Zen" which is of course highly recommended. On Saturday, October 20, 2012, Rev. Kokyo Henkel and James Fadiman, Ph.D., engaged a diverse crowd in Santa Cruz with a discussion about the similarities between psychedelic and Buddhist experiences. Rev. Kokyo Henkel has been practicing Zen Buddhism since 1990 at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, and Bukkokuji Monastery in Japan. He was o...2017-07-1156 minAustin Zen Center Dharma TalksMind Itself is Buddha (Part 3)Kokyo Henkel, Dharma Talk, Tuesday 11 April 2017, Austin Zen Center2017-04-111h 39Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksMind Itself is Buddha (Part 2)Kokyo Henkel, Dharma Talk, Tuesday 11 April 2017, Austin Zen Center2017-04-111h 40Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksMind Itself is Buddha (Part 1)Kokyo Henkel, Dharma Talk, Tuesday 4 April 2017, Austin Zen Center2017-04-041h 37Psychedelics Then and Now with Zach LearyEpisode 1 - James Fadiman, Scientific Problem Solving with PsychedelicsScientific Problem Solving with Psychedelics James will describe how to best use psychoactive materials for enhanced problem solving, a poorly understood and under-researched area. However, there are established methods that open minds to useful solutions for real problems. He will share his personal experience as part of a group that established the basic guidelines: set and setting, substance and dosage, as well as whatever else was necessary to effectively dissolve barriers to solving hard science problems. James Fadiman, PhD completed his dissertation at Stanford on the effectiveness of LSD-assisted therapy just as all research was...2017-03-1851 min
MAPS PodcastEpisode 1 - James Fadiman, Scientific Problem Solving with PsychedelicsScientific Problem Solving with Psychedelics James will describe how to best use psychoactive materials for enhanced problem solving, a poorly understood and under-researched area. However, there are established methods that open minds to useful solutions for real problems. He will share his personal experience as part of a group that established the basic guidelines: set and setting, substance and dosage, as well as whatever else was necessary to effectively dissolve barriers to solving hard science problems. James Fadiman, PhD completed his dissertation at Stanford on the effectiveness of LSD-assisted therapy just as all research was...2017-03-1851 min
TREELEAF ZENDO PODCASTJuly 2015 Zazenkai Dharma TalkFOR TODAY's TALK: Soto Zen Teacher Kokyo Henkel explains the "basics" of Mirror Awareness very nicely …
The true nature of mind is mirror-like awareness, always just reflecting what’s happening, whether we notice this or not. It never shuts off or stops functioning, even when we’re completely engrossed in conceptual thinking or strong emotions. A mirror just receives whatever object is placed before it, neutrally and naturally. It has no opinions about the object. The mirror doesn’t prefer red over blue, it doesn’t discriminate among these things, and yet it doesn’t block them out, reject...2015-07-0541 minAustin Zen Center Dharma TalksMirror Awareness (part 2)Kokyo Henkel, Dharma Talk, Saturday 20 April 2013, Austin Zen Center2013-04-211h 36Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksMirror Awareness (part 1)Kokyo Henkel, Dharma Talk, Saturday 20 April 2013, Austin Zen Center2013-04-211h 30Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksFour ContemplationsKokyo Henkel, Dharma Talk, Saturday 20 April 2013, Austin Zen Center2013-04-2139 minAustin Zen Center Dharma TalksLankavatara Sutra, Part 2Kokyo Henkel, Dharma Talk, Saturday 12 May 2012, Austin Zen Center2012-05-131h 31Austin Zen Center Dharma TalksLankavatara Sutra, Part 1Kokyo Henkel, Dharma Talk, Saturday 12 May 2012, Austin Zen Center2012-05-131h 42