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Prairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Dogen's SpaceSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a talk on chapter 77 from Dogen's Shobogenzo, entitled Space.
2025-12-0130 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Dogen's All-inclusive StudySend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a talk on Dogen's chapter on all-inclusive study from the Shobogenzo.
2025-11-0941 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Dogen's Commentary on The Eight Awakenings of Great BeingsSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a talk on Dogen's commentary on The Eight Awakenings of Great Beings from the Shobogenzo.
2025-10-0544 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Dogen’s Ten DirectionsSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin will give a talk based on the Ten Directions Chapter of Dogen's Shobogenzo.
2025-09-0848 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: The Four ImmeasurablesSend us a textPMZC's Guiding Teacher Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a talk on the Four Immeasurables of the Theravadan tradition: lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity.
2025-08-1043 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: BowingSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a talk on the topic of bowing and prostrations.
2025-01-1242 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: The Morning EkoSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a talk about PMZC's Morning Eko chant.
2024-12-2931 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Dogen's Zenki: The Whole WorksSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin presents a talk on Dogen's Zenki: The Whole Works.
2024-11-2431 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Fukanzazengi (part 3)Send us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin concludes his talk on Fukanzazengi, Dogen's Universal Recommendations for Zazen (part 3).
2024-10-2049 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Fukanzazengi (part 2)Send us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin continues his talk on Fukanzazengi, Dogen's Universal Recommendations for Zazen (part 2).
2024-10-1353 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Fukanzazengi (part 1)Send us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives the first part of a talk on Dogen's Fukanzazengi.
2024-09-2247 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: The Precept of Non-being StingySend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a talk on the Precept of Non-being Stingy.
2024-09-0232 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: The Precept of Non-killingSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin speaks on the precept of non-killing.
2024-07-1534 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Immediate ExperienceSend us a textGuiding Teacher Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a talk on "Immediate Experience".
2024-06-0246 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin speaks on The Heart of Perfect Wisdom Sutra.
2024-03-3153 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Holding Up a FlowerSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin speaks on "Holding Up a Flower" or the account of the awakening of Mahakasyapa in The Formless Record of the Transmission of Illumination.
2024-03-1044 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Buddha's AwakeningSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin speaks on Buddha's Awakening.
2024-02-0446 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Only A Buddha And A BuddhaSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a talk on Dogen's essay "Only a Buddha and a Buddha" from the Shobogenzo.
2024-01-1451 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Wise SamadhiSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin's talk in the eightfold path series on Wise Samadhi.
2023-10-2940 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Wise MindfulnessSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin continues the Eightfold Path series with a talk on Wise Mindfulness.
2023-10-0844 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: The Heart of ZenSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin speaks on The Heart of Zen. This book is available for download at https://www.sotozen.com/eng/library/leaflet/heartofzen/index.html .
2023-09-1033 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Wise LivelihoodSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin speaks on Wise Livelihood.
2023-08-0627 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: The Shamanic Bones of ZenSend us a textDharma talk by Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin on based on the book The Shamanic Bones of Zen by Rev. Zenju Earthlyn Manuel.
2023-07-0936 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Wise ViewSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a talk on Wise View.
2023-04-0235 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: The Four Noble TruthsSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a Dharma talk on the Four Noble Truths, one of the foundational teachings of Buddhism.
2023-03-0544 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Eight Awakenings of Great BeingsSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a dharma talk on the Eight Awakenings of Great Beings.
2023-02-0538 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: The Verse of RepentanceSend us a textPMZC Guiding Teacher Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a talk on The Verse of Repentance as part of a series on our morning chants here at Prairie Mountain Zen Center.
2022-10-2320 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Practicing with Buddhas RobeSend us a textPMZC Guiding Teacher Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin talks about the Robe Chant and Formless Repentance as part of a series of talks exploring our morning chants here at Prairie Mountain Zen Center.
2022-10-1626 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: The Teaching Just For YouSend us a textPMZC Guiding Teacher Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a talk entitled, "The Teaching Just for You".
2022-08-1431 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: EnlightenmentSend us a textPMZC Guiding Teacher Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a talk about enlightenment .
2022-07-3142 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksGene Heater: The Meaning and Practice of ZenSend us a textGene Heater talks on "the Meaning and Practice of Zen". Gene began his Zen practice at the Boulder Zen Center in the Rinzai Tradition with Gento Richard Barsky. In response to the Koan, "How does the Buddha manifest the ringing of the bell and the singing of the bird?" he founded the Bird and Bell Meditation Group at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Cheyenne. Gene received Lay Ordination from Jodo Cliff Clusin at Bird and Bell on February 10, 2018. He is a member of Bird and Bell, Prairie Mountain Zen Center and Red...
2022-07-2419 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Summer Practice - In Person & On PilgrimageSend us a textEwan Magie is a longtime meditator and explorer of the mountains and wilderness of the American West. He began formal meditation practice in the 2000s with Seattle Insight Meditation Society and founding teacher Rodney Smith. He moved to Colorado in December 2018 and teaches English at Morgan Community College in Fort Morgan, Colorado. Chikyo Ryunin Ewan Magie was ordained as Soto Zen priest in 2019 by Nomon Tim Burnett, Guiding Teacher of Red Cedar Zen in Bellingham, WA. He has served Prairie Mountain Zen Center and Jodo Cliff Clusin since January 2019. He continues to give...
2022-07-1043 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Precept of Refraining from Denouncing the Triple TreasureSend us a textPMZC Guding Teacher Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin continues our study of the 16 Bodhisattva Precepts .
2022-07-0334 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: More Flowers in the SkySend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin, Guiding Teacher of Prairie Mountain Zen Center, continues his discussion of Dogen's essay titled Flowers in the Sky.
2022-05-1535 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksReverend Jodo Cliff Clusin: Return to ZeroSend us a textReverend Jodo Cliff Clusin, PMZC Guiding Teacher, talks about Dogen's essay Flowers in the Sky.
2022-05-0834 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: The Precept to Refrain from Extolling the SelfSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin continues our series of talks on exploring the Bodhisattva precepts.
2022-04-0327 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRick Daitoku Vosper: The Everyday Zen of Katherine Sobun ThanasSend us a textSangha member Rick Daitoku Vosper speaks to us on The Truth of This Life: Zen Teachings on Loving the World as It Is by Katherine Sobun Thanas. Rick Daitoku Vosper has been practicing Zen since 1995. He took vows with Jodo Cliff Clusin in 2013. Recently retired, he has worked as an advertising copywriter and in the bicycle business, as well as with his one-person marketing services company. Rick lives with his family in South Arkansas.
2022-01-3125 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: SanghaSend us a textGuiding teacher Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin speaks to us about sangha.
2022-01-1635 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Excerpts from Zen Flesh, Zen BonesSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin, Guiding Teacher at Prairie Mountain Zen Center, reads from this classic collection of Zen stories published in 1955.
2021-12-1236 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Karma and CausationSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin is the guiding teacher at Prairie Mountain Zen Center. In this talk he discusses a talk by Katagiri Roshi on karma and causation from the book Each Moment is the Universe.
2021-11-1433 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksGift Robe Presentation Ceremony for Rev. Jodo Cliff ClusinSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin receives a gift robe sewn by sangha members in appreciation for his many years of service as founder and guiding teacher of Prairie Mountain Zen Center.
2021-10-1015 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Practicing with the Bodhisattva PreceptsSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin is the Guiding Teacher at Prairie Mountain Zen Center.
2021-09-0526 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Opening the Hand of Thought (part 2)Send us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin is the Guiding Teacher of Prairie Mountain Zen Center. This is part two of a two-part series.
2021-08-2337 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Opening the Hand of Thought (part 1)Send us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin is the Guiding Teacher of Prairie Mountain Zen Center. This is part one of a two-part series.
2021-08-1537 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksGene Heater: Zen Stories from the Transmission of LightSend us a textGene began his Zen practice at the Boulder Zen Center in the Rinzai Tradition with Gento Richard Barsky. In response to the Koan, "How does the Buddha manifest the ringing of the bell and the singing of the bird?" he founded the Bird and Bell Meditation Group at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Cheyenne. Gene received Lay Ordination from Jodo Cliff Clusin at Bird and Bell on February 10, 2018. He is a member of Bird and Bell, Prairie Mountain Zen Center and Red Cedar Zen Center.
2021-08-0137 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksDaitoku Rick Vosper: Too BusySend us a textDaitoku Rick Vosper has been practicing Zen since 1995. He took vows with Jodo Cliff Clusin in 2013. Recently retired, he has worked as an advertising copywriter and in the bicycle business, as well as with his one-person marketing services company. Rick lives with his family in South Arkansas.
2021-07-1826 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: GenerositySend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin is the Guiding Teacher of Prairie Mountain Zen Center.
2021-07-0430 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: On the Bodhisattva Precept CeremonySend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin will speak about the Bodhisattva Precept Ceremony in anticipation for the ceremony on Sunday June 27.
2021-06-2032 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Dharma and Social JusticeSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin is the Guiding Teacher of Prairie Mountain Zen Center.
2021-05-3028 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Sariputra and the GoddessSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin is the guiding teacher of Prairie Mountain Zen Center. In this talk he shares a teaching story from the Vimalakirti Sutra, one of the most influential sutras in Mahayana Buddhism.
2021-05-1628 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Introduction to the Vimalakirti SutraSend us a text"The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti" is considered one of the most influential of the Mahayana sutras. Vimalakirti is a layman whose understanding and teaching of the Dharma is unparalleled.
2021-03-2828 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksDaitoku Rick Vosper: The Practice Is Always To NoticeSend us a textRick has been practicing Zen since 1995. He took vows with Jodo Cliff Clusin in 2013. Recently retired, he has worked as an advertising copywriter and in the bicycle business, as well as with his one-person marketing services company. Rick lives with his family in South Arkansas.
2021-03-2121 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Not always soSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin speaks about Suzuki Roshi's book, not always so.
2021-03-1424 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Closing chants - Dedication of merit and the four bodhisattva vowsSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin is the Guiding Teacher at Prairie Mountain Zen Center. In this talk he discusses various translations of the dedication of merit chant and bodhisattva vows.
2021-03-0732 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Liberation through the Middle WaySend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin is the spiritual director of Prairie Mountain Zen Center.
2021-02-1429 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Chants for the Start and End of Dharma TalksSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin is the spiritual director of Prairie Mountain Zen Center.
2021-01-0335 minPrairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma TalksRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Zen PracticeSend us a textRev. Jodo Cliff Clusin is the spiritual director of Prairie Mountain Zen Center.
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