Valerie Forstman: The Skin, Flesh, Bones, and Marrow of Bodhidharma
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Natalie Goldberg: Everything is dharma
Writer and Zen teacher Natalie Goldberg reads from her new book “Writing on Empty” and speaks about the value of noticing that something is always awake in us. In writing
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Valerie interviews scholar David Hinton
Valerie interviews scholar and author David Hinton about his new book, “The Blue Cliff Record.” David speaks about several fascinating topics, for example “absence” and “presence.” Absence, David says, is
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June 13, 2024 Teisho with Valerie
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Bill Bruce: The koan of the Earth
In this teisho, Bill shares Susan Murphy Roshi’s compelling, “Koan of the Earth.” Bill offers a quote from John Tarrant at the beginning of his talk, “Pessimism implies too much
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Carolyn Seburn: Shakyamuni holds up a flower
In this teisho on Mumonkan case 6, “Shakyamuni Holds Up a Flower,” Carolyn Roshi notes that this koan is uniquely important as a record of the first transmission, the foundation
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Sean Tetsudo Murphy: Creativity applied to Zen practice
Remarking that along with structured activity in the zendo, Zen is also characterized by creativity and playfulness, especially in dokusan, Sean noted that this creativity can help keep zazen practice
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Billy Doyle: Our Real Nature
In this dharma talk, Billy leads us gently along the path of non-duality. With words he asks us to remember that our real nature can’t be expressed by words. By
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Teisho with Shana Smith
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Maria Reis Habito: Coming Out of Exile
With grace and deep compassion, Maria Habito offers us a beautiful story of deliverance from exile. Like the Israelites being in bondage in Egypt, we are all in some kind
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