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Podcasts – Valley Streams Zen SanghaMarch 1st, 2025 – “Once in a Blue Moon” – Dharma Talk by Myo Lahey
Dharma Talk given on Saturday, March 1st, 2025 – Rev. Myō Lahey (9.1 MB, 37 min).
Rev. Myō Denis Lahey
Teachers
Rev. Myō Lahey is the guiding teacher for our sangha. Rev. Myō became interested in Zen as a teenager and started full-time residential practice at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982. He received dharma transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1999 and served as head of practice at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery from 2000 – 2002. He is now Abbot of Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco. (http://www.hszc.org)
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Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 24th, 2025 – Rev. Shōku Kathy Early (14.8 MB, 61 min).
Shōku Kathy Early
Visiting Teacher
Shōku Kathy Early came to zen practice in 1994 through classes with Tenshin Reb Anderson at the Yoga Room in Berkeley while working as a semiconductor engineer in Silicon Valley. She then practiced for several years with Keido Les Kaye at Kannon Do Zen Center in Mountain View, after which she trained at San Francisco Zen Center for 16 years. She was priest ordained by Tenshin Anderson in 2005. Shōku also spent a year and a half...2025-02-2600 min
Houston Zen Center Dharma TalksTenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Awakening to Light : Entering the Ocean of the Flower Adornment Sutra : Talk 5 of 5Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Talk 5 of 5 from the retreat Awakening to Light : Entering the Ocean of the Flower Adornment Sutra : Auspicious Cloud Zen Reteat Center, Chappell Hill, Texas
2025-02-2300 minHouston Zen Center Dharma TalksTenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Awakening to Light : Entering the Ocean of the Flower Adornment Sutra : Talk 4 of 5Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Talk 4 of 5 from the retreat Awakening to Light : Entering the Ocean of the Flower Adornment Sutra : Auspicious Cloud Zen Reteat Center, Chappell Hill, Texas
2025-02-2200 minHouston Zen Center Dharma TalksTenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Awakening to Light : Entering the Ocean of the Flower Adornment Sutra : Talk 3 of 5Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Talk 3 of 5 from the retreat Awakening to Light : Entering the Ocean of the Flower Adornment Sutra : Auspicious Cloud Zen Reteat Center, Chappell Hill, Texas
2025-02-2100 minHouston Zen Center Dharma TalksTenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Awakening to Light : Entering the Ocean of the Flower Adornment Sutra : Talk 2 of 5Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Talk 2 of 5 from the retreat Awakening to Light : Entering the Ocean of the Flower Adornment Sutra : Auspicious Cloud Zen Reteat Center, Chappell Hill, Texas
2025-02-2000 minHouston Zen Center Dharma TalksTenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Awakening to Light : Entering the Ocean of the Flower Adornment Sutra : Talk 1 of 5Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Talk 1 of 5 from the retreat Awakening to Light : Entering the Ocean of the Flower Adornment Sutra : Auspicious Cloud Zen Reteat Center, Chappell Hill, Texas
2025-02-1900 minPodcasts – Valley Streams Zen SanghaFebruary 17th, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Rev. Mary Mocine
Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 17th, 2024 – Rev. Mary Mocine (14.8 MB, 61 min).
Rev. Zenki Mary Mocine
Visiting Teacher
Reverend Mary Mocine is abbess of Clear Water Zendo in Vallejo. She was trained at San Francisco and Berkeley Zen Centers, and Tassajara Zen Monastery. She was ordained in 1994 by Sojun Mel Weitsman, former Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center and continuing Abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center. Reverend Mocine has also trained with Abbess Zenkei Blanche Hartman and former Abbots Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Tenshin Reb Anderson of the San Francisco Zen Center. She received dha...2025-02-1900 minPodcasts – Valley Streams Zen SanghaJanuary 13th, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare
Dharma Talk given on Monday, January 13th, 2025 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.2 MB, 46 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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Dharma Talk given on Sunday, December 8th, 2024 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (6.7 MB, 25 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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Dharma Talk given on Saturday, December 7th, 2024 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (17 MB, 66 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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Dharma Talk given on Friday, December 6th, 2024 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (7.4 MB, 28 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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Dharma Talk given on Monday, December 2nd, 2024 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (14.4 MB, 58 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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Dharma Talk given on Saturday, September 7th, 2024 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (15.2 MB, 52 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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Dharma Talk given on Monday, August 19th, 2024 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.3 MB, 45 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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Way Seeking Mind Talk given on Monday, August 12th, 2024 by Konen Scott Lowe (9.6 MB, 39 min).
Konen Scott Lowe
Konen Scott Lowe’s Dharma biography: “I first encountered the Buddha Dharma when I was a teenager. In the library of the town I grew up in (Gallup, New Mexico). I randomly picked up a small volume of Hinayana Buddhism Sutras and history. As soon as I read a few pages, I was drawn to the voice of the Buddha, and from that day on, I considered myself a Buddhist.
Many years later, in 1994, I attended a Dharma talk...2024-11-0400 minPodcasts – Valley Streams Zen SanghaAugust 5th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Rev. Eijun Linda Cutts
Dharma Talk given on Monday, August 5th, 2024 – Rev. Eijun Linda Cutts (13.7 MB, 54 min).
Eijun Linda Cutts
Visiting Teacher
Eijun Linda Cutts came to San Francisco Zen Center in 1971 and was ordained as a priest in 1975. She has lived at Tassajara and SFZC’s City Center, and has resided at Green Gulch Farm since 1993. In 1996 Linda received Dharma transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson. After having served as Abbess of SF Zen Center from 2000 to 2007, she was appointed Abiding Abbess of Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in 2010, and Central Abbess of SF Zen Center in 2014. As Seni...2024-11-0100 minPodcasts – Valley Streams Zen SanghaJune 17th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Rev. Mary Mocine
Dharma Talk given on Monday, June 17th, 2024 – Rev. Mary Mocine (12.3 MB, 50 min).
Rev. Zenki Mary Mocine
Visiting Teacher
Reverend Mary Mocine is abbess of Clear Water Zendo in Vallejo. She was trained at San Francisco and Berkeley Zen Centers, and Tassajara Zen Monastery. She was ordained in 1994 by Sojun Mel Weitsman, former Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center and continuing Abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center. Reverend Mocine has also trained with Abbess Zenkei Blanche Hartman and former Abbots Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Tenshin Reb Anderson of the San Francisco Zen Center. She received dha...2024-10-2800 minPodcasts – Valley Streams Zen SanghaJune 3rd, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare
Dharma Talk given on Monday, June 3rd, 2024 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (14.3 MB, 58 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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Dharma Talk given on Monday, May 6th, 2024 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (13.9 MB, 56 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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Dharma Talk given on Monday, April 8th, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (14.6 MB, 56 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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Brooklyn Zen CenterAudio dharma talk by Tenshin Reb Anderson: Sesshin Day 5 (2024/06/09)The Teaching of Thus: the Avatamsaka Sutra as a Root of Zen Practice2024-06-0900 minBrooklyn Zen CenterAudio dharma talk by Tenshin Reb Anderson: Sesshin Day 4 (2024/06/08)The Teaching of Thus: the Avatamsaka Sutra as a Root of Zen Practice2024-06-0800 minBrooklyn Zen CenterAudio dharma talk by Tenshin Reb Anderson: Sesshin Day 3 (2024/06/07)The Teaching of Thus: the Avatamsaka Sutra as a Root of Zen Practice.2024-06-0700 minBrooklyn Zen CenterAudio dharma talk by Tenshin Reb Anderson: Sesshin Day 2 (2024/06/06)The Teaching of Thus: the Avatamsaka Sutra as a Root of Zen Practice2024-06-0600 minBrooklyn Zen CenterAudio dharma talk by Tenshin Reb Anderson: Sesshin Day 1 (2024/06/05)The Teaching of Thus: the Avatamsaka Sutra as a Root of Zen Practice2024-06-0500 minPodcasts – Valley Streams Zen SanghaApril 1st, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Rev. Mary Mocine
Dharma Talk given on Monday, April 1st, 2024 – Rev. Mary Mocine (15.9 MB, 1 hr 8 min).
Rev. Zenki Mary Mocine
Visiting Teacher
Reverend Mary Mocine is abbess of Clear Water Zendo in Vallejo. She was trained at San Francisco and Berkeley Zen Centers, and Tassajara Zen Monastery. She was ordained in 1994 by Sojun Mel Weitsman, former Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center and continuing Abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center. Reverend Mocine has also trained with Abbess Zenkei Blanche Hartman and former Abbots Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Tenshin Reb Anderson of the San Francisco Zen Center. She rec...2024-05-1400 minPodcasts – Valley Streams Zen SanghaMarch 18, 2024 – Talk on “Climate change and the Dharma” by Oscar Balaguer and Diana Cassady
Practice Talk given by Oscar Balaguer and Diana Cassady on March 18th, 2024 – (Audio Version: 13.3MB, 58 min).
Oscar Balaguer
Senior Student
A longtime Zen practitioner and member of Valley Streams, Oscar was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson.
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Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 11th, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (12.7 MB, 53 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 04th, 2024 – Myo Lahey (10.8 MB, 44 min).
Rev. Myō Denis Lahey
Teachers
Rev. Myō Lahey is the guiding teacher for our sangha. Rev. Myō became interested in Zen as a teenager and started full-time residential practice at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982. He received dharma transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1999 and served as head of practice at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery from 2000 – 2002. He is now Abbot of Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco. (http://www.hszc.org)
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Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 26th, 2023 – Rev. Shōku Kathy Early (11.3 MB, 49 min).
Shōku Kathy Early
Visiting Teacher
Shōku Kathy Early came to zen practice in 1994 through classes with Tenshin Reb Anderson at the Yoga Room in Berkeley while working as a semiconductor engineer in Silicon Valley. She then practiced for several years with Keido Les Kaye at Kannon Do Zen Center in Mountain View, after which she trained at San Francisco Zen Center for 16 years. She was priest ordained by Tenshin Anderson in 2005. Shōku also spent a year and a half...2024-05-1300 minPodcasts – Valley Streams Zen SanghaJanuary 29th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Myo Lahey
Dharma Talk given on Monday, January 29th, 2024 – Myo Lahey (14.1 MB, 1 hr 1 min).
Rev. Myō Denis Lahey
Teachers
Rev. Myō Lahey is the guiding teacher for our sangha. Rev. Myō became interested in Zen as a teenager and started full-time residential practice at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982. He received dharma transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1999 and served as head of practice at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery from 2000 – 2002. He is now Abbot of Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco. (http://www.hszc.org)
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How Humans Work Podcast#37: Fu Schroeder - Leaping Into the Yellow RiverEpisode #37 SummarySenior Zen Dharma teacher, Fu Schroeder, sits down with Jef Szi for a heart-felt and mind-opening exploration of Zen Buddhism. As a System of Knowledge, Zen is one of the great wisdom lineages—handed down across centuries and into the lap of Fu in the 1970’s.This delightful conversation offers our community a nourishing encounter with a Zen elder—a holder of wisdom who can provide gems for facing life’s mysteries and hardships. With much kindness and a great deal of playful insight, Fu shares key elements of the Zen way and her path...2024-03-081h 05
The Mystical PositivistThe Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #420 - 02MAR24
Podcast:
This week on the show, we present a pre-recorded conversation with Sessei Meg Levie, head priest of Stone Creek Zen Center in Graton, CA. She assumed this role in April 2022, succeeding Dojin Emerson and Korin Pokorny, who had served in the role since 2014. Sessei serves with Founding Teacher Jisho Warner to offer the Dharma through talks, classes, individual practice discussion and other programs. Among the topics we address are what draws people to Zen practice, the role of ritual in practice, the importance of nature practices in the current situation, and the impact of emerging AI technology and...2024-03-0300 minHouston Zen Center Dharma TalksTenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Zen Meditation on the Flower Adornment Scripture : Talk 5 of 5Dharma Talk by Senior Dharma Teacher Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi. This dharma talk is the concluding talk of the 5 day retreat at Auspicious Cloud Retreat Center.
2024-02-2500 minHouston Zen Center Dharma TalksTenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Zen Meditation on the Flower Adornment Scripture : Talk 4 of 5Dharma Talk by Senior Dharma Teacher Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi. This dharma talk is the fourth talk of the 5 day retreat at Auspicious Cloud Retreat Center.
2024-02-2400 minHouston Zen Center Dharma TalksTenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Zen Meditation on the Flower Adornment Scripture : Talk 3 of 5Dharma Talk by Senior Dharma Teacher Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi. This dharma talk is the second talk of the 5 day retreat at Auspicious Cloud Retreat Center.
2024-02-2400 minHouston Zen Center Dharma TalksTenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Zen Meditation on the Flower Adornment Scripture : Talk 2 of 5Dharma Talk by Senior Dharma Teacher Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi. This dharma talk is the second talk of the 5 day retreat at Auspicious Cloud Retreat Center.
2024-02-2200 minHouston Zen Center Dharma TalksTenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Zen Meditation on the Flower Adornment Scripture : Talk 1 of 5Dharma Talk by Senior Dharma Teacher Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi. This dharma talk is the first talk of the 5 day retreat at Auspicious Cloud Retreat Center.
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San Francisco Zen CenterAll Living Beings Fully Possess The Wisdom And Virtues Of The Buddhas, And Yet...01/21/2024, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In the great flower adornment scripture, chapter 67, the Buddha says, “All sentient beings without exception, fully possess the wisdom and virtues of the Buddha, and yet because of misconceptions and attachments, they do not realize it.If they would only abandon these misconceptions and attachments, they would fully realize Buddhahood.”
During this talk, there was some discussion of how to compassionately relate to misconceptions and attachments in such a way that they drop away.2024-02-1536 minSan Francisco Zen CenterCourageously Practicing the Teaching of Suchness in the Midst of Illness and Fear01/14/2024, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
This talk by Tenshin Reb Anderson considers how to apply the Teaching of Thusness to the significant outbreak of infection and disruption in the midst of our January meditation intensive.2024-01-2021 minSan Francisco Zen CenterThe Teaching of Thusness01/07/2024, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
This talk is a contemplation of the Flower Adornment Scripture saying “Clearly observe the Dharma of the king of Dharma. The Dharma of the king of Dharma is thus.” Tenshin Reb Anderson is further relating this teaching to the first case in the Book of Serenity and the "Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi."2024-01-2037 minPodcasts – Valley Streams Zen SanghaNovember 11th, 2023 – “The Golem” – Dharma Talk by Myo Lahey
Dharma Talk given on Monday, November 11th, 2023 – Myo Lahey (15.1 MB, 1 hr 1 min).
Rev. Myō Denis Lahey
Teachers
Rev. Myō Lahey is the guiding teacher for our sangha. Rev. Myō became interested in Zen as a teenager and started full-time residential practice at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982. He received dharma transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1999 and served as head of practice at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery from 2000 – 2002. He is now Abbot of Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco. (http://www.hszc.org)
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Dharma Talk given on Monday, November 6th, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (13 MB, 56 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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Dharma Talk given on Monday, October 23rd, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.1 MB, 47 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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Grey Matter with Michael KrasnyTenshin Reb Anderson - The Power of ConversationOur conversation with Tenshin Reb Anderson, one of the most prominent contemporary Zen Buddhist teachers and scholars, author, dharma leader and former abbot, included a deep dive into the belief and practice of Buddhism, with a focus on the wisdom in it for us all, along with your questions and comments.2023-11-1452 minSan Francisco Zen CenterBuddha Samadhi10/29/2023, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. During this talk it was suggested that all Buddha ancestors who uphold the true Dharma have made it the true path of awakening to sit upright, practicing our individual samadhis in the midst of, in the presence of, the universal samadhi of all Buddha ancestors.2023-11-0837 min
Glowing OlderEpisode 16:6 Susan O’Connell on Zen-Inspired Senior Living and Finding Buckets of JoySusan O’Connell, Spiritual Director of the Zen-Inspired senior living communities, Enso Village and Enso Verde (in development), speaks to how Zen is a transformative foundation for elder housing, building a healthy community, and bringing joy into everyday living.
About Susan
Susan O’Connell is the Spiritual Director of the Zen-Inspired senior living communities, a collaboration between the San
Francisco Zen Center and Kendal Corporation. Their first community, Enso Village, is opening in Healdsburg, California in November 2023, and Enso Verde, its sister property, will be opening in Simi Valley in 2027. These revolutionary new Zen-inspired life plan...2023-11-0726 min
Elevating ConsciousnessNorth Burn - Transforming SufferingNorth Burn is a meditation teacher and practitioner. For the past fifteen years, he has devoted himself full-time to practice, primarily in Insight Meditation and Soto Zen schools, as well as other immersive settings. Collectively, he has spent five years in monastic communities, two years in silent intensive retreats, and several years in solitude and self-directed study. Some of the teachers who have influenced him the most include Joseph Goldstein, Greg Scharf, Leslie James, and Tenshin Reb Anderson Roshi. In 2016, after the encouragement of his teachers, he began teaching meditation retreats. During the pandemic, he...2023-10-201h 34Podcasts – Valley Streams Zen SanghaOctober 7th, 2023 – “Sitting in the Light of Wisdom” – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare
Dharma Talk given on Saturday, October 7th, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (10.9 MB, 41 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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Dharma Talk given on Monday, September 25th, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (15.3 MB, 1 hr 3 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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...2023-10-1400 minSan Francisco Zen CenterJust Sitting as the All-Beings Practicing Together09/24/2023, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk Senior Dharma Teacher Tenshin Reb Anderson invites us to notice that our ancestors' samadhi is the simple practice in which just sitting is offered to all living beings and all buddhas as a token of everything everywhere all at once.2023-10-0335 minPodcasts – Valley Streams Zen SanghaSeptember 11th, 2023 – “Buddha’s Insight” – Dharma Talk by Myo Lahey
Dharma Talk given on Monday, September 11th, 2023 – Myo Lahey (12.8 MB, 54 min).
Rev. Myō Denis Lahey
Teachers
Rev. Myō Lahey is the guiding teacher for our sangha. Rev. Myō became interested in Zen as a teenager and started full-time residential practice at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982. He received dharma transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1999 and served as head of practice at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery from 2000 – 2002. He is now Abbot of Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco. (http://www.hszc.org)
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Dharma Talk given on Saturday, August 7th, 2023 – Rev. Mary Mocine (9.8 MB, 42 min).
Rev. Zenki Mary Mocine
Visiting Teacher
Reverend Mary Mocine is abbess of Clear Water Zendo in Vallejo. She was trained at San Francisco and Berkeley Zen Centers, and Tassajara Zen Monastery. She was ordained in 1994 by Sojun Mel Weitsman, former Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center and continuing Abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center. Reverend Mocine has also trained with Abbess Zenkei Blanche Hartman and former Abbots Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Tenshin Reb Anderson of the San Francisco Zen Center. She received dha...2023-09-1500 minSan Francisco Zen CenterJust Sitting as Radiance08/13/2023, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Senior Dharma Teacher Tenshin Reb Anderson illuminates Zen and why we sit. We are conversation; we are always in conversation.2023-08-2430 minPodcasts – Valley Streams Zen SanghaAugust 5th, 2023 – “Entering the Door of Liberation” – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare
Dharma Talk given on Saturday, August 5th, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (12.9 MB, 49 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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Dharma Talk given on Monday, July24th, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (12.5 MB, 54 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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Dharma Talk given on Monday, July 10th, 2023 – Myo Lahey (11.4 MB, 48 min).
Rev. Myō Denis Lahey
Teachers
Rev. Myō Lahey is the guiding teacher for our sangha. Rev. Myō became interested in Zen as a teenager and started full-time residential practice at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982. He received dharma transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1999 and served as head of practice at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery from 2000 – 2002. He is now Abbot of Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco. (http://www.hszc.org)
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Simplicity Zen PodcastSimplicity Zen Podcast Episode 78 - An Interview with Korin Charlie Pokorny (The Zen Lamp Series)Korin Charlie Pokorny is a Soto Zen priest and was ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1999 and then received dharma transmission from him in 2018. He studied koans with Daniel Terragno under whom he completed Harada/Yasutani koan curriculum. He has a Masters degree from Stanford University in Religious Studies. He currently is a Dharma teacher at the Brooklyn Zen Center and is a member of the teaching faculties at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in California and the Union Theological Seminary in New York.https://brooklynzen.org/Simplicity Zen Podcast Website:https://simplicityzen.co...2023-07-281h 33Podcasts – Valley Streams Zen SanghaJune 26th, 2023 – “Enjoying Tranquility” – Dharma Talk by Shōku Kathy Early
Dharma Talk given on Monday, June 26th, 2023 – Rev. Shōku Kathy Early (11.3 MB, 49 min).
Shōku Kathy Early
Visiting Teacher
Shōku Kathy Early came to zen practice in 1994 through classes with Tenshin Reb Anderson at the Yoga Room in Berkeley while working as a semiconductor engineer in Silicon Valley. She then practiced for several years with Keido Les Kaye at Kannon Do Zen Center in Mountain View, after which she trained at San Francisco Zen Center for 16 years. She was priest ordained by Tenshin Anderson in 2005. Shōku also spent a year and a half...2023-07-0700 minPodcasts – Valley Streams Zen SanghaJune 12th, 2023 – “All Cognition is Recognition” – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare
Dharma Talk given on Monday, June 12th, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (13.5 MB, 59 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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Practice Talk given by Oscar Balaguer on Monday, May 22th, 2023 – (Audio Version: 13.3MB, 58 min).
Oscar Balaguer
Senior Student
A longtime Zen practitioner and member of Valley Streams, Oscar was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson.
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Dharma Talk given on Monday, May 6th, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (8.7 MB, 32 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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Dharma Talk given on Monday, May 1st, 2023 – Myo Lahey (12.9 MB, 54 min).
Rev. Myō Denis Lahey
Teachers
Rev. Myō Lahey is the guiding teacher for our sangha. Rev. Myō became interested in Zen as a teenager and started full-time residential practice at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982. He received dharma transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1999 and served as head of practice at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery from 2000 – 2002. He is now Abbot of Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco. (http://www.hszc.org)
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Dharma Talk given on Monday, April 17th, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (12.5 MB, 54 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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2023-05-0900 minPodcasts – Valley Streams Zen SanghaMarch 27th, 2023 – Dharma Talk by Rev. Mary Mocine
Dharma Talk given on Saturday, March 27th, 2023 – Rev. Mary Mocine (12.2 MB, 48 min).
Rev. Zenki Mary Mocine
Visiting Teacher
Reverend Mary Mocine is abbess of Clear Water Zendo in Vallejo. She was trained at San Francisco and Berkeley Zen Centers, and Tassajara Zen Monastery. She was ordained in 1994 by Sojun Mel Weitsman, former Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center and continuing Abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center. Reverend Mocine has also trained with Abbess Zenkei Blanche Hartman and former Abbots Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Tenshin Reb Anderson of the San Francisco Zen Center. She received dha...2023-04-1700 minPodcasts – Valley Streams Zen SanghaMarch 20th, 2023 – “Giving it Away” – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare
Dharma Talk given on Saturday, March 20th, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (10.0 MB, 43 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 6th, 2023 – Myo Lahey (10.3 MB, 44 min).
Rev. Myō Denis Lahey
Teachers
Rev. Myō Lahey is the guiding teacher for our sangha. Rev. Myō became interested in Zen as a teenager and started full-time residential practice at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982. He received dharma transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1999 and served as head of practice at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery from 2000 – 2002. He is now Abbot of Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco. (http://www.hszc.org)
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Dharma Talk given on Saturday, Feburary 20th, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.7 MB, 50 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 13th, 2023 – Rev. Shōku Kathy Early (15.6 MB, 57 min).
Shōku Kathy Early
Visiting Teacher
Shōku Kathy Early came to zen practice in 1994 through classes with Tenshin Reb Anderson at the Yoga Room in Berkeley while working as a semiconductor engineer in Silicon Valley. She then practiced for several years with Keido Les Kaye at Kannon Do Zen Center in Mountain View, after which she trained at San Francisco Zen Center for 16 years. She was priest ordained by Tenshin Anderson in 2005. Shōku also spent a year and a half...2023-02-1400 minPodcasts – Valley Streams Zen SanghaFebruary 4th, 2023 – “Hidden in the Moonlight” – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare
Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 4th, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (12.5 MB, 48 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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Dharma Talk given on Saturdat, January 7th, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (12.9 MB, 48 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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box-s...2023-02-0600 minSan Francisco Zen CenterCompassionate Practice with Afflictions1/15/2023, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Afflictions are inexhaustible, we vow to cut through without ending them; the bodhisattva's mind is afflictions entangled with afflictions.2023-01-1936 minSan Francisco Zen CenterThe Mind of the Great Sage of India01/08/2023, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Intimate transmission, the one who is not busy, and taking care of brooms and other tools.2023-01-1439 minPodcasts – Valley Streams Zen SanghaJanuary 2nd, 2023 – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare
Dharma Talk given on Monday, January 2nd, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (8.9 MB, 38 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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box-s...2023-01-1000 minPodcasts – Valley Streams Zen SanghaDecember 4th, 2022 – Rohatsu Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare
Dharma Talk given on Sunday, December 4th, 2022 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (9.3 MB, 36 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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Dharma Talk given on Monday, November 28th, 2022 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.1 MB, 48 min).
Rev. So'on Jim Hare
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.
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Simplicity Zen PodcastSimplicity Zen Podcast Episode 31 - An Interview with So-on Jim Hare (The Zen Lamp Series)So-on Jim Hare serves as Tanto, or head of practice at Valley Streams Zen Sangha in Sacramento. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.For more on Simplicity Zen Podcast:- https://simplicityzen.com/2022-07-011h 31
Simplicity Zen PodcastSimplicity Zen Podcast Episode 23 - An Interview with Myo Lahey (The Zen Lamp Series) Rev. Myō Lahey is a Dharma heir of Tenshin Reb Anderson and is the Abbot at Issan-ji as well as Guiding Teacher at Valley Streams Zen Sangha in Sacramento, California. He has previously served as the Practice Leader at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center and has served leadership roles in the Soto Zen Buddhist Association of North America . For more on Issan-ji: - https://hszc.org/ For more on Simplicity Zen Podcast: - https://simplicityzen.com/ 2022-05-201h 19San Francisco Zen CenterDirectly Realizing the Buddha WayA rhapsody by Tenshin Roshi on a theme provided by our great ancestor Eihei Dogen. 01/09/2022, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.2022-01-2425 min
Move Through and With HeartLet's talk to a Buddhist Priest about Suffering, Social Justice and troubling MindsIn this episode, I had the opportunity to sit down and talk to a Buddhist priest about how our thoughts are the cause of so much suffering. We discuss the Buddhist Four Noble Truths, how the mind causes troubling thoughts and social justice. This is a great talk on how we can see the world from a different perspective. Heather says "Hurt People, Hurt People". She shares why she changed from a practicing catholic and became a Buddhist Priest.
Heather Shoren Iarusso first moved to Tassajara in June 2008 thinking she’d stay for six months. Her spiritual sa...2021-07-241h 16San Francisco Zen CenterGiving and Receiving with GophersTenshin Roshi shares examples modern and ancient of the practice of generosity.
06/20/2021, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.2021-06-3043 minSan Francisco Zen CenterSitting in the Middle of SufferingTenshin Roshi shares the teaching he feels he would offer if it were his last talk - the practice of sitting with all beings in the midst of suffering.
05/16/2021, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.2021-05-2628 min
Brooklyn Zen CenterListening to the Cries of the World (part 3) by Tenshin Reb Anderson (06/16/2018)In the observation of each and every living being with eyes of compassion, the door to the true Dharma opens. Observing each and every living being with eyes of compassion is the situation, is the practice, in which the true Dharma is seen, and heard, and maintained.
Our audio dharma talks are offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. If you would like to support Brooklyn Zen Center, please visit the “Giving” section of our website.2018-09-1600 minBrooklyn Zen CenterListening to the Cries of the World (part 4) by Tenshin Reb Anderson (06/17/2018)When we observe sentient beings with eyes of compassion and that observation becomes whole hearted, each sentient being becomes a door to the Dharma. And when that door opens and we realize what we are being shown that is wisdom.
Our audio dharma talks are offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. If you would like to support Brooklyn Zen Center, please visit the “Giving” section of our website.2018-06-1700 minBrooklyn Zen CenterListening to the Cries of the World (part 2) by Tenshin Reb Anderson (06/15/2018)No matter what comes, we welcome it. This is the way of Buddha. Whatever comes, welcome it. No matter how it looks, welcome it. And in fact, in reality, whatever comes you do welcome it. That’s your original nature.
Our audio dharma talks are offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. If you would like to support Brooklyn Zen Center, please visit the “Giving” section of our website.2018-06-1500 minBrooklyn Zen CenterListening to the Cries of the World (part 1) by Tenshin Reb Anderson (06/14/2018)Each of us has the job of being the person that the universe makes us and doing that completely involves listening to the cries of the world. I can’t be fully me without listening to everybody else. Because everybody else is included in me.
Our audio dharma talks are offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. If you would like to support Brooklyn Zen Center, please visit the “Giving” section of our website.2018-06-1400 minBrooklyn Zen CenterRealizing Justice Face to Face: Part 5, by Tenshin Reb Anderson (05/14/2017)These precepts are received and practiced in a conversation face to face. Just like I suggest that justice is received and practiced in a conversation face to face. Hating people is not justice. Being angry can be justice — sometimes it is justice — but that anger is a conversation, where everybody is participating.
Our audio dharma talks are offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. If you would like to support Brooklyn Zen Center, please visit the “Giving” section of our website.2017-05-1400 minBrooklyn Zen CenterRealizing Justice Face to Face: Part 4, by Tenshin Reb Anderson (05/13/2017)Some people aspire to do practices for themselves, and they don’t aspire to do practices for others — that’s called individual practice. And other people aspire to practice with others, and by others, and for others, and as others, and that’s called the Bodhisattva path. And they’re both good. And there’s a third way: which is saying the two are the same.
Our audio dharma talks are offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. If you would like to support Brooklyn Zen Center, please visit the “Giving” section of our website.2017-05-1300 minBrooklyn Zen CenterRealizing Justice Face to Face: Part 3, by Tenshin Reb Anderson (05/12/2017)If you go up to injustice and say, “I resist you,” that’s because injustice is calling you and saying “would you come and liberate me from being stuck in this appearance? Would you be my friend?” If you say “I resist you” as a gift, that would be an appropriate response to anything– but in particular– to injustice.
Our audio dharma talks are offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. If you would like to support Brooklyn Zen Center, please visit the “Giving” section of our website.2017-05-1200 minBrooklyn Zen CenterRealizing Justice Face to Face: Part 2, by Tenshin Reb Anderson (05/11/2017)Truth is a relationship. Truth isn’t something that I’ve got over here separate from you. It isn’t something you’ve got over there separate from me. The real truth – the truth that is justice – is not on either side. It’s our relationship.
Our audio dharma talks are offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. If you would like to support Brooklyn Zen Center, please visit the “Giving” section of our website.2017-05-1100 minBrooklyn Zen CenterRealizing Justice Face to Face: Part 1, by Tenshin Reb Anderson (05/10/2017)The way all of your appear in my consciousness is a reduced, biased, constricted, impoverished version of you. So from that perspective, I cannot do to justice to you. How can I do justice to you? How can you do justice to me? We do justice to each other by fully responsible conversation face to face.
Our audio dharma talks are offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. If you would like to support Brooklyn Zen Center, please visit the “Giving” section of our website.
2017-05-1000 min
Wimbledon ZenRhythms of Practice Part 3: Settling Within and Expression in the World, by Taigen Dan Leighton'Rhythms of Practice: Settling Within and Expression in the World'
Taigen Dan Leighton is a Soto Zen priest and teacher, academic, and author. He is an authorized lineage holder and Zen teacher in the tradition of Shunryu Suzuki, and is the Founder and Guiding Teacher of Ancient Dragon Zen Gate Soto Zen Centre in Chicago.
Taigen was ordained as a Zen priest in 1986 and received Dharma Transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 2000.
He lived in Japan between 1990-1992 and is a translator (together with Shohaku Okumura) of Dogen's 'Eihei Koroku' and other Dogen texts. He holds a PHD from Berkley.
...2017-02-2348 minWimbledon ZenRhythms of Practice Part 2: Settling Within and Expression in the World, by Taigen Dan Leighton'Rhythms of Practice: Settling Within and Expression in the World'
Taigen Dan Leighton is a Soto Zen priest and teacher, academic, and author. He is an authorized lineage holder and Zen teacher in the tradition of Shunryu Suzuki, and is the Founder and Guiding Teacher of Ancient Dragon Zen Gate Soto Zen Centre in Chicago.
Taigen was ordained as a Zen priest in 1986 and received Dharma Transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 2000.
He lived in Japan between 1990-1992 and is a translator (together with Shohaku Okumura) of Dogen's 'Eihei Koroku' and other Dogen texts. He holds a PHD from Berkley.
...2017-02-2348 minWimbledon ZenRhythms of Practice Part 1: Settling Within and Expression in the World, by Taigen Dan Leighton'Rhythms of Practice: Settling Within and Expression in the World'
Taigen Dan Leighton is a Soto Zen priest and teacher, academic, and author. He is an authorized lineage holder and Zen teacher in the tradition of Shunryu Suzuki, and is the Founder and Guiding Teacher of Ancient Dragon Zen Gate Soto Zen Centre in Chicago.
Taigen was ordained as a Zen priest in 1986 and received Dharma Transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 2000.
He lived in Japan between 1990-1992 and is a translator (together with Shohaku Okumura) of Dogen's 'Eihei Koroku' and other Dogen texts. He holds a PHD from Berkley.
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The Gay Buddhist Forum by GBFThe Simplicity of Practice in a Complex Life - Bernd BenderBernd Bender has been a student of Soto Zen since 1984. After moving to San Francisco from Germany, he began his studies at the San Francisco Zen Center, receiving lay ordination from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1996. He has lived at all three practice centers and has translated several Buddhist texts from English to German. Bernd was Shuso (head student) during the City Center Spring Practice Period in 2009. He is inspired by how the simplicity of practice meets the infinite complexity of life. ______________ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audiences worldwide, please visit https://gaybuddhist.org/2010-04-1158 min
The Gay Buddhist Forum by GBFTime Being - Nancy SchroederFuryu Nancy Schroeder has been with the San Francisco Zen Center since 1976, was ordained a Buddhist priest in 1986, and is a dharma heir of Tenshin Reb Anderson. She is currently tanto, or head of practice, at Green Gulch Farm. ______________ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audiences worldwide, please visit https://gaybuddhist.org/There you can: Donate Learn how to participate live Find our schedule of upcoming speakers Join our mailing list or discussion forum Enjoy many hundreds of these recorded talks dating back to 1996 CREDITSAudio Engineer: George Hubbard...2005-04-2458 min
The Gay Buddhist Forum by GBFBreath - Nancy SchroederFuryu Nancy Schroeder has been with the San Francisco Zen Center since 1976, was ordained a Buddhist priest in 1986, and is a dharma heir of Tenshin Reb Anderson. She is currently tanto, or head of practice, at Green Gulch Farm. ______________ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audiences worldwide, please visit https://gaybuddhist.org/There you can: Donate Learn how to participate live Find our schedule of upcoming speakers Join our mailing list or discussion forum Enjoy many hundreds of these recorded talks dating back to 1996 CREDITSAudio Engineer: George Hubbard...2004-10-101h 02
The Gay Buddhist Forum by GBFThe Passion of the Christ - Nancy SchroederFuryu Nancy Schroeder has been with the San Francisco Zen Center since 1976, was ordained a Buddhist priest in 1986, and is a dharma heir of Tenshin Reb Anderson. She is currently tanto, or head of practice, at Green Gulch Farm. ______________ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audiences worldwide, please visit https://gaybuddhist.org/There you can: Donate Learn how to participate live Find our schedule of upcoming speakers Join our mailing list or discussion forum Enjoy many hundreds of these recorded talks dating back to 1996 CREDITSAudio Engineer: George Hubbard...2004-04-171h 00