Living Zen

By Ven. Eshu Martin

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Jani
 Oct 13, 2020
One of the best zen podcasts. Great content and professionally made. All the best wishes to Eshu Roshi Although Eshu Roshi is no longer producing new teishos, I hope this podcast stay uploaded as the dharma is internal.

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Spontaneous Zen talks given in the Rinzai tradition by Ven. Eshu Martin, abbot of the Victoria Zen Centre in Victoria, BC, Canada. www.zenwest.ca If you enjoy this podcast, rate it,review it, and share it with your friends on Twitter, Facebook and face to face. www.zenwest.ca Check out the Living Zen Podcast app on the iTunes app store!

Episode Date
Understanding Patterns - Preparation Session
Apr 24, 2024
Foresight and Vision - Trancework Session
Apr 20, 2024
The Value of Foresight - Preparation Session
Apr 16, 2024
Facing the Unknown - Trancework Session
Apr 13, 2024
Thought Process Trancework - Introduction Session
Apr 09, 2024
Unburdening Trancework
Apr 04, 2024
An Introduction to Trancework - Full Session with Integration
Mar 27, 2024
Getting on With Living Zen - Podcast Pivot
Mar 25, 2024
Letter to Sangha and Supporters - June 2017
Jun 26, 2017
Stepping Back Through Zazen - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday May 31, 2016
Apr 03, 2017
Gateless Barrier 38 Wuzu: A Buffalo Passes Through the Window - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday May 29, 2016
Mar 29, 2017
Exhortation on Form and Gateless Barrier 37 Wuzu: Zhaozhou: The Oak Tree in the Courtyard - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday May 15, 2016
Mar 22, 2017
What Happens When We Engage in Zen - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday May 10, 2016
Mar 17, 2017
Practice and our Sangha - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday May 1, 2016
Mar 12, 2017
Q&R Butsudan and Dharma Names - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday April 19, 2016
Mar 07, 2017
Gateless Barrier 36 Wuzu: Meeting Someone Accomplished in the Tao - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday April 17, 2016
Mar 02, 2017
Practice and Family Relations - Rev. Soshin McMurchy - Tuesday March 15, 2015
Nov 17, 2016
Gateless Barrier 35 Wuzu: Which is the True Qian - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday March 13, 2016
Nov 12, 2016
Giving and Zen Practice - Rev. Doshu Rogers - Tuesday March 8, 2016
Nov 07, 2016
Zenwest: An Abbot's Tale - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday March 6, 2016
Nov 02, 2016
Charnel Ground Practice - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday March 1, 2016
Oct 28, 2016
Gateless Barrier 34 Nanchuan: Wisdom is not the Tao - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday February 28, 2016
Oct 23, 2016
Just This Way! - Rev. Doshu Rogers - Tuesday February 23, 2016
Oct 18, 2016
Gateless Barrier 33 Mazu: Not Mind, Not Buddha - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday February 21, 2016
Oct 13, 2016
Gateless Barrier 32: A Guest Questions the Buddha - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday February 14, 2016
Oct 08, 2016
Shunyata (Emptiness) - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday February 2, 2015
Oct 03, 2016
Gateless Barrier 31: Zhaozhou Investigates the Old Woman - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday January 31, 2016
Sep 28, 2016
Gateless Barrier 30 Mazu: Mind is Buddha - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday January 24, 2016
Sep 23, 2016
Gateless Barrier 29 Huineng: Not the Wind; Not the Flag - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday January 17, 2016
Sep 18, 2016
Gateless Barrier 28: Ringing Long with Lungtan's Fame - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday January 10, 2016
Sep 13, 2016
Resolution - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday January 5, 2016
Sep 08, 2016
Personal Limitations - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday January 3, 2016
Sep 03, 2016
Awakening Day (Rohatsu) - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday December 8, 2015
Aug 29, 2016
Happy Birthday and Formal Practice - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday December 6, 2015
Aug 24, 2016
Gateless Barrier 27: Nanchuan's "Not mind, not Buddha, not a thing." - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday November 29, 2015
Mar 07, 2016
Joy and Fun in Zen - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday November 15, 2015
Feb 28, 2016
Attachment and Mystery - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday November 8, 2015
Feb 24, 2016
Monastic Training at Zenwest - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday November 3, 2015
Feb 20, 2016
Record of Linji, Discourses Ch. 10: True Insight - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday October 25, 2015
Feb 16, 2016
Koans in Zen - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday October 20, 2015
Feb 12, 2016
Deepening Cycles of Transformation - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday October 18, 2015
Feb 08, 2016
Comfortable in Your Own Skin - Rev. Soshin McMurchy - Tuesday October 6, 2015
Feb 04, 2016
Bodhidharma Day - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday October 4, 2015
Jan 31, 2016
Vastness and Limitation - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday September 22, 2015
Jan 27, 2016
No Gaps - Rev. Doshu Rogers - Tuesday September 15, 2015
Jan 23, 2016
Chanting Practice in Zen - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday September 13, 2015
Jan 19, 2016
The Perfection of Giving - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday December 1, 2015
Dec 02, 2015
The Ballad of Boxcar Doshu - Rev. Doshu Rogers - Tuesday September 1, 2015
Nov 01, 2015
Practice as Process - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday August 25, 2015
Oct 28, 2015
Training as an Officer at Zenwest - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday August 23, 2015
Oct 24, 2015
Reflections on July Sesshin - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday July 28, 2015
Oct 20, 2015
Case 26: Fayan: Two Monks Roll up the Blinds - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday July 26, 2015
Oct 16, 2015
Book of Rinzai - Kamben - Chapter 1 - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Saturday July 25, 2015
Oct 12, 2015
Case 25: Yangshan's Sermon from the Third Seat - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Friday July 24, 2015
Oct 08, 2015
Case 24: Fengxue: Equality and Differentiation - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Thursday July 23, 2015
Oct 04, 2015
Book of Rinzai - Jishu - Chapter 11 - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Wednesday July 22, 2015
Sep 30, 2015
Book of Rinzai - Jishu- Chapter 10 - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday July 21, 2015
Sep 26, 2015
Case 1: Zhaozhou's Dog - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Monday July 20, 2015
Sep 22, 2015
Vulnerability in Zen - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday July 19, 2015
Sep 18, 2015
Sila (Precept) Practice - Rev. Doshu Rogers - Tuesday July 14, 2015
Sep 14, 2015
Intensive Practice - Rev. Doshu Rogers - Tuesday June 30, 2015
Sep 10, 2015
Case 23: Huineng's Neither Good Nor Evil - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday June 28, 2015
Sep 06, 2015
Upholding the Sangha Treasure - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday August 30, 2015
Sep 04, 2015
Unpleasant Zen - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday June 23, 2015
Sep 02, 2015
Father's Day - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday June 21, 2015
Aug 29, 2015
The Journey is the Way - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday June 14, 2015
Aug 25, 2015
Officer Roles in the Zendo - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday June 9, 2015
Aug 21, 2015
Case 22: Mahakasyapa's Flagpole (part 2) - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday May 31, 2015
Aug 17, 2015
Heart of Zen Practice - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday May 26, 2015
Aug 13, 2015
Case 22: Mahakasyapa's Flagpole (part 1) - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday May 24, 2015
Aug 09, 2015
Case 21: Yunmen's Dried Shitstick - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday May 17, 2015
Aug 05, 2015
Forgetting Self - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday May 12, 2015
Aug 01, 2015
A Wake Up Call - Rev. Doshu Rogers - Tuesday April 28, 2015
Jul 28, 2015
Sharing Practice; Who am I? - Rev. Soshin McMurchy - Tuesday April 21, 2015
Jul 24, 2015
Interview Practice and Form - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday April 19, 2015
Jul 20, 2015
Bursting Forth - Rev. Doshu Rogers - Tuesday April 14, 2015
Jul 16, 2015
Fully Alive - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday April 7, 2015
May 14, 2015
The Value of Sesshin - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday March 31, 2015
May 10, 2015
Don't Waste Your Life - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday March 3, 2015
May 06, 2015
Zenwest Weekend Intensive Day 3 - Kokan Genjo, Osho - Friday March 1, 2015
May 02, 2015
Zenwest Weekend Intensive Day 2 - Kokan Genjo, Osho - Friday February 28, 2015
Apr 28, 2015
Zenwest Weekend Intensive Day 1 - Kokan Genjo, Osho - Friday February 27, 2015
Apr 24, 2015
Interdependent Practice - Rev. Doshu Rogers - Tuesday February 24, 2015
Apr 20, 2015
Case 20: Songyuan's Person of Great Strength - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday February 22, 2015
Apr 16, 2015
Supports for Practice - Rev. Soshin McMurchy - Tuesday February 17, 2015
Apr 12, 2015
Wumenguan Case 19: Nanchuan's Ordinary Mind is the Tao - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday February 15, 2015
Mar 30, 2015
The Significance of "Right View" - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday February 8, 2015
Mar 26, 2015
Self-Obstruction - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday February 3, 2015
Mar 22, 2015
Barrier! - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday February 1, 2015
Mar 18, 2015
Examining Our Agenda - Rev. Doshu Rogers - Tuesday January 27, 2015
Mar 14, 2015
Wumenguan Case 18: Dongshan's Three Pounds of Flax - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday January 25, 2015
Mar 10, 2015
Wumenguan Case 17: Guoshi's Three Calls - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday January 18, 2015
Mar 06, 2015
Nourishing Roots - Rev. Doshu Rogers - Tuesday January 13, 2015
Mar 02, 2015
The Terror of Self - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday January 11, 2015
Feb 26, 2015
No-Self - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday January 6, 2015
Feb 22, 2015
Happy New Year! - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday January 4, 2015
Feb 18, 2015
Reflections of Rohatsu and Intensive Practice - Rev. Soshin McMurchy - Tuesday December 16, 2014
Feb 14, 2015
Wumenguan Case 16: Yunmen: The Sound of the Bell - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday December 14, 2014
Feb 10, 2015
Zen Cookies - Rev. Doshu Rogers - Tuesday December 9, 2014
Feb 06, 2015
Rohatsu Sesshin - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday December 7, 2014
Feb 02, 2015
Rohatsu - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday December 2, 2014
Jan 29, 2015
The Two Truths - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday November 30, 2014
Jan 25, 2015
Why We Have Come to Zen - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday November 25, 2014
Jan 21, 2015
Wumenguan Case 15: Dongshan's Sixty Blows Part 2 - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday November 23, 2014
Jan 17, 2015
Wumenguan Case 15: Dongshan's Sixty Blows Part 1 (incomplete) - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday November 16, 2014
Jan 09, 2015
Remembrance Day - Rev. Soshin McMurchy - Tuesday November 11, 2014
Jan 05, 2015
Clarity of Purpose - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday November 9, 2014
Jan 01, 2015
Annual Memorial Ceremony Introduction - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday October 28, 2014
Dec 20, 2014
Wumenguan Case 14: Nanchuan Kills the Cat - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday October 26, 2014
Dec 16, 2014
Wumenguan Case 13: Deshan Carrying His Bowls (again!) - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday October 19, 2014
Dec 12, 2014
Buddha Nature - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday September 30, 2014
Dec 04, 2014
Entering the Gate of Zen - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday September 14, 2014
Nov 30, 2014
Transcending Separation - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday September 9, 2014
Nov 26, 2014
Unpacking Self - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday September 7, 2014
Nov 22, 2014
Renewing Our Practice - Rev. Doshu Rogers - Tuesday September 2, 2014
Nov 18, 2014
On Being a Novice Priest at Zenwest - Rev. Soshin McMurchy - Tuesday August 26, 2014
Nov 14, 2014
Maturing Sangha, Maturing Practice - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday August 12, 2014
Nov 10, 2014
Wumenguan Case 13: Deshan Carrying His Bowls - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday August 10, 2014
Nov 06, 2014
Accepting Responsibility - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday July 29, 2014
Sep 17, 2014
Way-Finding Talk: Matt Kelly - Sunday July 27, 2014
Sep 13, 2014
Wumenguan Case 12: Ruiyan Calls "Master!" - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Saturday July 26, 2014
Sep 09, 2014
Wumenguan Case 11: Zhaozhou and the Hermits - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Friday July 25, 2014
Sep 05, 2014
Wumenguan Case 10: Qingshui, Alone and Poor - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Thursday July 24, 2014
Sep 01, 2014
Wumenguan Case 9: Xingyang's Nonattained Buddha - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Wednesday July 23, 2014
Aug 28, 2014
Wumenguan Case 8: Xizhong Made a Cart - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday July 22, 2014
Aug 24, 2014
Wumenguan Case 7: Wash Your Bowl - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Monday July 21, 2014
Aug 20, 2014
Sesshin Intro and Talk on Torei Zenji's Bodhisattva's Vow - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday July 20, 2014
Aug 16, 2014
Wumeguan Case 6: The Buddha Presents a Flower - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday July 13, 2014
Aug 12, 2014
On Sesshin Practice - Rev. Doshu - Tuesday July 8, 2014
Aug 08, 2014
The Shocking Truth About Zen - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday July 6, 2014
Aug 04, 2014
Wumenguan Case 5: Xiangyan's Up in a Tree - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Sunday June 29, 2014
Jul 31, 2014
Zones of Practice - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday June 24, 2014
Jul 27, 2014
Smash Your Nests - Rev. Doshu - Tuesday June 17, 2014
Jul 23, 2014
What Do You Have to Offer - Kosen Eshu, Osho - Tuesday June 3, 2014
Jul 19, 2014
June Commitment Ceremony Audio - Sunday June 1, 2014
Jul 15, 2014
Simple Practice - Tuesday May 27, 2014
Jun 22, 2014
Wumenkuan Case 3: Juzhi's Finger - Sunday May 25, 2014
Jun 18, 2014
Direct Pointing - Tuesday May 20, 2014
Jun 14, 2014
Wumenkuan Case 2: Baizhang's Fox - Sunday May 18, 2014
Jun 10, 2014
Rev. Doshu - Zen Metadata - Tuesday May 13, 2014
Jun 06, 2014
Accepting Things As They Are - Tuesday May 6, 2014
Jun 02, 2014
Buddha's Birthday Dharma Talk - Saturday May 3, 2014
May 29, 2014
The Discipline of Zen - Tuesday April 22, 2014
May 22, 2014
Bodhisattva - Tuesday April 15, 2014
May 18, 2014
Wumenguan Case 1: Zhaozhou's Dog - Kosen Eshu, Osho Sunday April 13, 2014
May 14, 2014
Dancing the Dharma & Buddha's Birth - Tuesday April 8, 2014
May 10, 2014
Demonstrating "Living Zen" - Sunday April 6, 2014
May 06, 2014
Everything That is Born, Dies - Tuesday March 18, 2014
May 02, 2014
A Symphony of Silence - Genjo Marinello Osho - Sunday February 16, 2014
Feb 18, 2014
Making Zen Come Alive - Tuesday February 11, 2014
Feb 14, 2014
Practicing for a Lifetime, Together - Sunday February 2, 2014
Feb 07, 2014
Don't Waste Your Life - Tuesday January 28, 2013
Feb 03, 2014
Harmonious Functioning - Monday January 27, 2014
Jan 30, 2014
Birth and Death - Tuesday January 14, 2014
Jan 16, 2014
Another New Year of Practice - Tuesday January 7, 2014
Jan 09, 2014
Story and Sermon at First Unitarian Church of Victoria - Sunday December 29, 2013
Jan 08, 2014
Practice Invites us Home - Tuesday December 3, 2013
Dec 16, 2013
The Buddha's Awakening - Sunday December 1, 2013
Dec 12, 2013
On Transformation - Tuesday November 26, 2013
Dec 08, 2013
Awakening - Tuesday November 19, 2013
Dec 04, 2013
Distraction and Difficulty - Tuesday November 12, 2013
Nov 30, 2013
Good Practice, Bad Practice - Monday November 11, 2013
Nov 26, 2013
Noble Truths - Sunday November 10, 2013
Nov 22, 2013
Way-Finding Talk: Rev. Soshin McMurchy - Sunday November 3, 2013
Nov 20, 2013
Confronting the Uncomfortable - Tuesday November 5, 2013
Nov 18, 2013
Introduction to the Four Noble Truths - Monday November 4, 2013
Nov 15, 2013
The Great Matter - Sunday October 27, 2013
Nov 11, 2013
Ebb and Flow in Zen Practice - Sunday October 20, 2013
Nov 07, 2013
Bodhidharma Day - Sangha Sunday October 6, 2013
Oct 27, 2013
Facing the Mirror of Zen - Tuesday October 8, 2013
Oct 23, 2013
Responsibility and Consequence - Tuesday September 17, 2013
Oct 19, 2013
Why Do We Come to Practice - Tuesday September 10, 2013
Oct 15, 2013
Gratitude for Sangha - Tuesday September 3, 2013
Oct 11, 2013
Endless Practice, Awakening to Our Life - Tuesday August 13, 2013
Oct 07, 2013
Power (Ven. Daitetsu Hull) - Tuesday October 1, 2013
Oct 04, 2013
Osho Ceremony Eshu's Talk - Saturday September 28, 2013
Oct 04, 2013
Uncomfortable Zen - Tuesday August 6, 2013
Oct 03, 2013
Zazen, Seated Meditation in the Context of Zen Practice - Tuesday July 30, 2013
Sep 29, 2013
Royal Birth - Tuesday July 23, 2013
Sep 25, 2013
Preparing to Depart the Bubble of Training Period - Sunday July 14, 2013
Sep 21, 2013
Seichu: Rinzai Zen Training Period - Monday July 8, 2013
Sep 17, 2013
Understanding Form in the Context of Residential Training - Tuesday July 2, 2013
Sep 13, 2013
Just Grow Up - Tuesday June 25, 2013
Sep 09, 2013
Zen - The Next Generation - Tuesday June 18, 2013
Jul 12, 2013
Penetrating The Illusion of Separation - Tuesday June 4, 2013
Jul 08, 2013
Zenwest Buddhist Society; Transition to Zen Training - Sunday June 2, 2013
Jul 04, 2013
Reflections on Death - Tuesday May 28, 2013
Jun 30, 2013
Nothing Added, Nothing Lost - Monday May 13, 2013
Jun 26, 2013
For the Benefit of All Beings - Sunday May 5, 2013
Jun 22, 2013
Committing to Living Your Life; Now! - Tuesday April 30, 2013
Jun 18, 2013
Approaching Meditation as Training - Tuesday April 23, 2013
Jun 14, 2013
Facing Difficult Times, Together - Tuesday April 16, 2013
May 14, 2013
Investigating Self and No-Self - Tuesday April 9, 2013
May 10, 2013
Practice Beyond Concepts - Sangha Sunday Zendo April 7, 2013
May 06, 2013
Going Beyond Limitation - Tuesday April 2, 2013
May 02, 2013
Uncompromising Awakening - Tuesday March 19, 2013
Apr 28, 2013
Making Mistakes - Tuesday March 12, 2013
Apr 24, 2013
Reclaiming Each Moment of Your Life - Monday March 11, 2013
Mar 27, 2013
Maturity - Tuesday March 5, 2013
Mar 24, 2013
The Function of Form in Zen - Monday March 4, 2013
Mar 21, 2013
Sangha Sunday Zendo - Sunday March 3, 2013
Mar 18, 2013
Committing to Who We Truly Are - Tuesday February 26, 2013
Mar 15, 2013
The Trouble with Family - Sunday November 25, 2012
Mar 13, 2013
What is Going Right Now? - Monday February 25, 2013
Mar 12, 2013
Question and Response Period - Tuesday February 5, 2013
Feb 20, 2013
Separation and Craving - Tuesday February 5, 2013
Feb 16, 2013
Question and Response Period - Tuesday January 29, 2013
Feb 12, 2013
Thus Coming, Thus Going - Tuesday January 29, 2013
Feb 08, 2013
Question and Response Period - Tuesday January 22, 2013
Feb 01, 2013
Just a Ghost - Tuesday January 22, 2013
Jan 29, 2013
Question and Response Period - Tuesday January 15, 2013
Jan 22, 2013
A Stable Foundation - Tuesday January 15, 2013
Jan 18, 2013
Question and Response Period - Tuesday January 8, 2013
Jan 14, 2013
Intentions for a New Year of Practice - Tuesday January 8, 2013
Jan 10, 2013
Question and Response Period - Tuesday December 18, 2012
Jan 04, 2013
December Holiday Intensive - Tuesday December 18, 2012
Jan 02, 2013
Question and Response Period - Tuesday December 4, 2012
Dec 22, 2012
Sleepy Zen - Tuesday December 4, 2012
Dec 17, 2012
Question and Response Period - Tuesday November 27, 2012
Dec 13, 2012
Practical Advice for Spiritual Practice - Tuesday November 27, 2012
Dec 09, 2012
Complete Dissolution - Tuesday November 20, 2012
Nov 23, 2012
Asleep and Awake - Tuesday November 13, 2012
Nov 16, 2012
All In - Tuesday November 6, 2012
Nov 08, 2012
Annual Memorial - Tuesday October 30, 2012
Nov 04, 2012
Question and Response Period - Tuesday October 23, 2012
Oct 29, 2012
Unshakable - Tuesday October 23, 2012
Oct 25, 2012
Starting Anew - Tuesday October 9, 2012
Oct 15, 2012
"I" Arising, "I" Dissolving - Tuesday October 2, 2012
Oct 11, 2012
Hygiene - Tuesday September 18, 2012
Sep 19, 2012
This Very Moment - Tuesday September 11, 2012
Sep 18, 2012
The Song of the Kaihan - Saturday September 15, 2012
Sep 15, 2012
Question and Response Period - Tuesday September 4, 2012
Sep 14, 2012
On Death - Tuesday September 4, 2012
Sep 10, 2012
Question and Response Period - Tuesday August 7, 2012
Aug 21, 2012
So...What is Zen All About? - Tuesday August 7, 2012
Aug 17, 2012
Question and Response Period - Tuesday July 24, 2012
Aug 13, 2012
Already Complete - Tuesday July 31, 2012
Aug 07, 2012
Question and Response Period - Tuesday July 24, 2012
Jul 30, 2012
Understanding the Three Treasures - Tuesday July 24, 2012
Jul 26, 2012
Gardening and Intensive Practice - Tuesday July 10, 2012
Jul 13, 2012
Question and Response Period - Tuesday June 26, 2012
Jul 08, 2012
Simultaneous Activity - Tuesday June 26, 2012
Jul 05, 2012
Question and Response Period - Tuesday June 19, 2012
Jul 02, 2012
Suffering and the End of Suffering - Tuesday June 19, 2012
Jun 28, 2012
Question and Response Period - Tuesday June 12, 2012
Jun 21, 2012
Growing Up Together - Tuesday June 12, 2012
Jun 17, 2012
Clarifying Self, Dissolving Self - Tuesday June 5, 2012
Jun 08, 2012
Question and Response Period - Tuesday May 22, 2012
May 28, 2012
The Development of Trust in Practice - Tuesday May 22, 2012
May 25, 2012
Compassion for All Beings - Tuesday May 8, 2012
May 11, 2012
Question and Response Period - Tuesday April 24, 2012
May 02, 2012
Bursting Forth - Tuesday April 24, 2012
Apr 29, 2012
Having Nothing to Do - Tuesday April 17, 2012
Apr 25, 2012
Question and Response Period - Tuesday April 10, 2012
Apr 15, 2012
Beyond Masks, Who Are You? - Tuesday April 10, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Question and Response Period - Tuesday March 20, 2012
Apr 01, 2012
Differentiation and Unification - Tuesday March 20, 2012
Mar 27, 2012
Question and Response Period - Tuesday March 13, 2012
Mar 23, 2012
No Self, Straight Up - Tuesday March 13, 2012
Mar 19, 2012
Question and Response Period - Tuesday March 6, 2012
Mar 15, 2012
Complete As You Are - Tuesday March 6, 2012
Mar 12, 2012
Living Off the Map - Tuesday February 21, 2012
Feb 29, 2012
Unconditioned Love - Tuesday February 14, 2012
Feb 26, 2012
Between Aversion and Indulgence - Tuesday February 7, 2012
Feb 15, 2012
Awakening - What it's All About - Sunday February 5, 2012
Feb 11, 2012
Mirror of Form - Tuesday January 31, 2012
Feb 07, 2012
Awakening Together - Sunday January 29, 2012
Feb 02, 2012
Entering the Gates of Practice - Tuesday January 24, 2012
Jan 30, 2012
The Value of Virtuous Companions - Sunday January 22, 2012
Jan 23, 2012
Crisis of Self in Practice - Sunday January 15, 2012
Jan 17, 2012
Meditation in Context - Tuesday January 10, 2012
Jan 13, 2012
Case 48 Kanfeng's One Road - Sunday January 8, 2012
Jan 09, 2012
Harmonious Relationship - Tuesday January 3, 2012
Jan 05, 2012
Case 47 Doushuai’s Three Barriers - Sunday December 18, 2011
Dec 19, 2011
Case 46 Shishuang: "Go Beyond the Top of a Pole" - Sunday December 11, 2011
Dec 12, 2011
Awakening Day - Tuesday December 6, 2011
Dec 08, 2011
Case 45 Wuzu: "Who Is This Other?" - Sunday December 4, 2011
Dec 04, 2011
Case 44 Bajiao's Staff - Sunday November 20, 2011
Nov 24, 2011
Object Thinking Creates Suffering - November 15, 2011
Nov 18, 2011
Case 43 Shoushan's Zhubi - Sunday November 13, 2011
Nov 15, 2011
Resisting the Unknown - Tuesday November 8, 2011
Nov 11, 2011
Case 42 Manjushri and the Young Woman in Samadhi (Part 2) - Sunday November 6, 2011
Nov 07, 2011
Easy Practice, Difficult Practice - Tuesday November 1, 2011
Nov 03, 2011
Case 42 Manjushri and the Young Woman in Samadhi (Part 1)- Sunday October 30, 2011
Oct 30, 2011
Emotional Acceptance - Tuesday October 25, 2011
Oct 27, 2011
Case 41 Bodhidharma Puts the Mind to Rest - Sunday October 23, 2011
Oct 24, 2011
Case 40 Guishan Kicks Over the Water Bottle - Sunday October 16, 2011
Oct 19, 2011
Patience and Habit - Tuesday October 11, 2011
Oct 14, 2011
Transforming Fear - Tuesday October 4, 2011
Oct 08, 2011
Case 39: Yunmen "You Have Misspoken" - Sunday October 2, 2011
Oct 04, 2011
Letting Go of the Burden of Self - Tuesday September 27, 2011
Sep 30, 2011
Case 38 Wuzu: A Buffalo Passes Through the Window - Sunday September 25, 2011
Sep 26, 2011
Interdependent Origination - Tuesday September 20, 2011
Sep 22, 2011
Awareness:The Foundation of Transformation - Tuesday September 13, 2011
Sep 15, 2011
Case 36 Wuzu : Meeting a Person Accomplished in the Tao - Sunday September 11, 2011
Sep 12, 2011
Finding Home in the Unfolding Activity of Your Life - Tuesday September 6, 2011
Sep 07, 2011
Choosing Life As It Is - Tuesday August 30, 2011
Aug 31, 2011
The Uncompromising Mirror of Zen Form - Tuesday August 23, 2011
Aug 26, 2011
Brief Talk During Commitment Ceremony - Sunday August 14, 2011
Aug 22, 2011
Four Endless Vows - Sunday August 21, 2011
Aug 22, 2011
Consistency in Practice - Tuesday August 16, 2011
Aug 17, 2011
Case 35 Wuzu: "Which is the True Qian?" - Sunday July 24, 2011
Aug 04, 2011
Why Would Anyone Want to Practice Zen? - Tuesday July 26, 2011
Jul 31, 2011
Case 34 Nanchuan: "Wisdom is not the Tao" - Thursday July 21, 2011
Jul 27, 2011
Case 33 Mazu: "Not Mind, Not Buddha" - Wednesday July 20, 2011
Jul 26, 2011
Case 32 The Buddha Responds to a Guest - Tuesday July 19, 2011
Jul 26, 2011
Case 31 Zhaozhou Investigates the Old Woman - Monday July 18, 2011
Jul 24, 2011
Case 30 Mazu: Mind is Buddha - Sunday July 17, 2011
Jul 23, 2011
Making Harmonious Relationship - Tuesday July 12, 2011
Jul 19, 2011
Case 29 Huineng: "Not the Wind, Not the Flag" - Sunday July 10, 2011
Jul 15, 2011
Case 28 Ringing Long with Lungtan's Fame - Sunday July 3, 2011
Jul 07, 2011
Leaving Nothing Behind - Tuesday June 28, 2011
Jul 04, 2011
Case 27 Nanchuan:'Not Mind, Not Buddha, Not a Thing" - Sunday June 26, 2011
Jun 30, 2011
Practice and Training - Tuesday June 14, 2011
Jun 17, 2011
Case 26 Fayan: Two Monks Roll Up the Blind - Sunday June 12, 2011
Jun 13, 2011
Case 25 Yangshan's Sermon from the Third Seat - Sunday June 5, 2011
Jun 07, 2011
Structure and Freedom - Tuesday May 31, 2011
Jun 02, 2011
The Birth of Buddha - Tuesday May 24, 2011
May 29, 2011
Recommitting to Living Zen Practice - Sunday May 22, 2011
May 25, 2011
Clarifying Pain and Suffering - Tuesday May 17, 2011
May 21, 2011
Why Zen Training? - Tuesday May 10, 2011
May 14, 2011
Just Stop and Dissolve - Tuesday April 26, 2011
May 10, 2011
Experience over Ideas - Tuesday April 19, 2011
Apr 29, 2011
Case 24 Fengxue: Equality and Differentiation - Sunday April 17, 2011
Apr 23, 2011
Dissolution and Arising - Tuesday April 12, 2011
Apr 19, 2011
Case 23 Huineng's Neither Good Nor Evil - Sunday April 10, 2011
Apr 15, 2011
Desire and Self - Tuesday April 5, 2011
Apr 11, 2011
Case 22 Mahakashyapa's Flagpole - Sunday April 3, 2011
Apr 07, 2011
Investigating the Fundamental Activity of Self - Tuesday March 29, 2011
Apr 04, 2011
Case 21 Yunmen's Dry Shitstick - Sunday March 27, 2011
Mar 28, 2011
Case 20 Songyuan's Person of Great Strength - Sunday March 20, 2011
Mar 24, 2011
Unification in Chanting - Tuesday March 15, 2011
Mar 19, 2011
Case 19 Nanchuan's Ordinary Mind is the Tao - Sunday March 13, 2011
Mar 18, 2011
Developing and Maintaining Practice - Tuesday March 8, 2011
Mar 14, 2011
Mumonkan Case 18 Dongshan's Three Pounds of Flax - Sunday March 6, 2011
Mar 10, 2011
Intimacy Through Form - Tuesday March 1, 2011
Mar 06, 2011
Meeting the Activity of Your Life - Tuesday February 22, 2011
Mar 02, 2011
Mumonkan Case 17 Guoshi's Three Calls - Sunday February 20, 2011
Feb 26, 2011
Nirvana and Samsara-Tuesday February 15, 2011
Feb 23, 2011
Mumonkan Case 16 Yunmen: The sound of the Bell - Sunday February 13, 2011
Feb 19, 2011
The Support of Sangha-Tuesday February 8, 2011
Feb 16, 2011
Mumonkan Case 15 Dongshan's Sixty Blows - Sunday February 6, 2011
Feb 12, 2011
Mumonkan Case 14 Nanquan Kills a Cat - Sunday January 30, 2011
Feb 06, 2011
Zazen, the Practice of Dissolution-Tuesday January 18, 2011
Feb 02, 2011
Mumonkan Case 13 Deshan Carrying his Bowls - Sunday January 23, 2011
Jan 29, 2011
Nothing Other Than Activity-Tuesday January 11, 2011
Jan 24, 2011
Mumonkan Case 12 Ruiyan calls "Master!" - Sunday January 16, 2011
Jan 21, 2011
December Intensives -Tuesday January 4, 2011
Jan 19, 2011
Mumonkan Case 11 Zhaozhou and the Hermits - Sunday January 9, 2011
Jan 18, 2011
A New Year of Practice Together/Teisho Practice - Sunday January 2, 2011
Jan 08, 2011
Mumonkan Case 10 Qingshui: Alone and Poor - Sunday December 19, 2010
Jan 04, 2011
Mumonkan Case 9 Daitsu Chisho Buddha! - Sunday December 12, 2010
Jan 02, 2011
Mumonkan Case 8 Keichu Made a Cart - Thursday December 9, 2010
Dec 29, 2010
Mumonkan Case 7 Wash Your Bowl - Wednesday December 8, 2010
Dec 25, 2010
Already Awake!-Tuesday December 14, 2010
Dec 23, 2010
Mumonkan Case 6 The Buddha Presents a Flower- Tuesday December 7, 2010
Dec 21, 2010
Core Texts of Buddhism and Zen - Intensive Talk 5 May 2009
Dec 19, 2010
Mumonkan Case 5 Xiangyan’s Up in a Tree- Monday December 6, 2010
Dec 17, 2010
Core Texts of Buddhism and Zen - Intensive Talk 4 May 2009
Dec 15, 2010
Mumonkan Case 4 The Western Barbarian Has No Beard - Sunday December 5, 2010
Dec 13, 2010
Core Texts of Buddhism and Zen - Intensive Talk 3 May 2009
Dec 09, 2010
Intensive Practice-Tuesday November 30, 2010
Dec 05, 2010
Core Texts of Buddhism and Zen - Intensive Talk 2 May 2009
Dec 01, 2010
Jukai Day - Song by member Kyoku Sean Holland
Nov 29, 2010
Where are your corners? - Tuesday November 23, 2010
Nov 27, 2010
Core Texts of Buddhism and Zen - Intensive Talk 1 May 2009
Nov 23, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 36
Nov 19, 2010
Anxiety - Tuesday November 16, 2010
Nov 18, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 35
Nov 11, 2010
Dana Practice - Tuesday October 26, 2010
Nov 07, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 34
Nov 03, 2010
Taking Refuge - Tuesday October 19, 2010
Oct 30, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 33
Oct 26, 2010
Mumonkan Case 1 Joshu's Mu Talk 2 - Sunday October 24, 2010
Oct 25, 2010
Mumonkan Case 1 Joshu's Mu Talk 1 - Sunday October 17, 2010
Oct 25, 2010
Introduction to the Mumonkan - Sunday October 3, 2010
Oct 25, 2010
Harmonious Activity - Tuesday October 12, 2010
Oct 22, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 32
Oct 18, 2010
Cosmic Immersion - Tuesday October 5, 2010
Oct 14, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 31
Oct 10, 2010
Don't Just Think About It! - Tuesday September 21, 2010
Oct 06, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 30
Oct 02, 2010
Walking Zen - Tuesday September 14, 2010
Sep 24, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 29
Sep 20, 2010
Being with what arises - Tuesday September 7, 2010
Sep 16, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 28
Sep 12, 2010
Posture - Tuesday August 31, 2010
Sep 08, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 27
Sep 04, 2010
Relationship - Tuesday August 24, 2010
Aug 31, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 26
Aug 27, 2010
Question and Response - Tuesday August 17, 2010
Aug 23, 2010
Distraction - Tuesday August 17, 2010
Aug 23, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 25
Aug 20, 2010
No Knowing - Tuesday July 20, 2010
Aug 10, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 24
Aug 05, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 23
Jul 28, 2010
Simply Being - Tuesday July 6, 2010
Jul 24, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 22
Jul 20, 2010
Turning off the Appliances - Tuesday June 29, 2010
Jul 16, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 21
Jul 12, 2010
Boxers, Bounce and Backsliding - Tuesday June 22, 2010
Jun 27, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 20
Jun 20, 2010
Commit to Your Life - Tuesday June 8, 2010
Jun 15, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 19
Jun 11, 2010
Always Just Beginning - Tuesday June 1, 2010
Jun 07, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 18
Jun 04, 2010
Digging deep with the Sangha - Tuesday May 25, 2010
May 30, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 17
May 26, 2010
Leaning Into It - Tuesday May 11, 2010
May 18, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 16
May 13, 2010
What is your practice? - Tuesday April 27, 2010
May 09, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 15
May 05, 2010
Stepping Into It - Tuesday April 20, 2010
May 01, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 14
Apr 27, 2010
Facing Fear - Tuesday April 13, 2010
Apr 23, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 13
Apr 19, 2010
Where are you? - January 15, 2008
Apr 15, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 12
Apr 11, 2010
Resolutions - January 8, 2008
Apr 07, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 11
Apr 03, 2010
Practicing with a Sangha - Tuesday March 23, 2010
Mar 29, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 10
Mar 24, 2010
Comings and Goings - Tuesday March 9, 2010
Mar 21, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 9
Mar 18, 2010
What are you going to talk about? - Tuesday March 2, 2010
Mar 15, 2010
Repentance - February 23, 2010
Mar 05, 2010
Record of Rinzai - Discourses Talk 8
Mar 02, 2010
What's with all this form? - February 16, 2010
Feb 27, 2010
The Other Side of Death...and Love - Sunday February 14, 2010
Feb 17, 2010
On Death - Saturday February 13, 2010
Feb 17, 2010
Brad Warner Retreat Talk - November 22, 2009
Nov 26, 2009
Brad Warner Public Talk - November 19, 2009
Nov 26, 2009
Brad Warner Questions and Responses - November 17, 2009
Nov 24, 2009
Brad Warner Tuesday Talk - November 17, 2009
Nov 24, 2009
Victoria Zen Centre Chant Book
Nov 09, 2009
Four Bodhisattva Vows
Nov 09, 2009
Final Instruction of Daito Kokushi
Nov 09, 2009
Offering to the Hungry Ghosts
Nov 09, 2009
Dharani of the Great Compassionate One
Nov 09, 2009
Dharani of Removing Disaster
Nov 09, 2009
Hakuin's Song of Zazen
Nov 09, 2009
Heart of Perfect Wisdom Sutra
Nov 09, 2009