Village Zendo Talks

Kaku offers his reflections of fully entering our lives with risk and joy.

How is samadhi, right concentration, like a dragon resting?

Taigen brings us close to Dongshan’s wisdom and also the wisdom needed today in our world.

Joshin offers insight into this old and wise koan teaching.

Shinryu Sensei offers a reflection on a well known zen phrase: what does it mean to us, today?

Shinryu encourages us to directly experience Zen and not talk about it so much!

Joshin evokes the eyes of a baby, the openness of zazen, and the wisdom of the moment. She reminds us that there is no such thing as trash.

Ryotan speaks of the power of radically opening ourselves to the wholeness of life, to all aspects, without judgement or scorn. Doing this, we radically change our way of experiencing our life.

Eisho talks about the power of forgiveness and how can lead to healing. She speaks from personal experience and also from the witness of Reconcilation in Rwanda.

Myoko Sensei offers her personal experience of the liberating potential of letting go of one way of seeing reality.

Shinryu encourages us to ‘make new’ each moment of our lives. He uses the notion of emptiness to help us to see ourselves more clearly.

Roshi kicks off our Year End, Year Beginning Retreat by introducing our ango text, ‘Ceasing of Notions’ and its importance to our own peace of mind.

Ryotan Sensei offers an encouraging and rich accounts of Shakyamuni’s enlightenment stories.

Kaku talks of the recent events that illuminate the racism and violence and what that has to do with our practice.

Here’s a talk that Tokuyu gave in October - about how we realize the very brokenness is the key to liberation.