Latest Roshi Podcast Episodes
Into Me See
Yokoji Zen Dharma Talks - June 29, 2024 20:16 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsMonthly Dharma talks by Tenshin Fletcher Roshi at Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center. Yokoji is a year-round Zen Buddhist Training Center in the Southern Californian mountains.
Ep. 173 – Ram Dass Fellowship: Healing in Difficult Times with Ralph De La Rosa & Jackie Dobrinska
Be Here Now Network Guest Podcast - June 20, 2024 17:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsRam Dass taught that every moment is the perfect teacher. How is this possible when things are groundless – i.e. uncertain and constantly changing? How is this possible when we find ourselves anxious, angry, too tender, or even working with big traumas? In this episode, psychotherapist...
The Thousand Natural Shocks
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks - June 16, 2024 18:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 155 ratings06/16/2024, Ryuko Laura Burges, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Laura talks about how we can practice with grief, loss, and ordinary everyday suffering, She weaves in stories from her recent book from Shambhala, The Zen Way of Recovery, and shares practices that can help us--no matter what we m...
The Dharma Gate of Repose and Bliss
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks - June 15, 2024 18:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 155 ratings06/15/2024, Sozan Michael McCord, dharma talk at City Center. This talk was given at Beginner's Mind Temple, by Sozan Michael McCord. The Zen Buddhist path can seem like one that is spare, determined and somewhat serious; addressing the primary root of suffering as its main purpose. Yet, the pra...
Ep. 172 - Three Foundations of the Eightfold Path with Trudy Goodman
Be Here Now Network Guest Podcast - June 10, 2024 18:04 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsFocusing on Sila, Samadhi, and Prajna, Trudy Goodman explains how the Eightfold Path can carry us through all of our life experiences. In this episode of the BHNN Guest Podcast, Buddhist teacher Trudy Goodman offers a lesson on: The Eightfold Path as an expression and fulfillment of a...
Shikantaza
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks - June 09, 2024 18:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 155 ratings06/09/2024, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk, Jiryu reflects on the practice of shikantaza, just sitting, as a Way that is fundamentally different than technique-based meditation.
Can I Take Back My Vows? — Navigating Uncertainty, Fear and Despair
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks - June 08, 2024 18:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 155 ratings06/08/2024, Mushim Patricia Ikeda, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, San Francisco Zen Center, Muslim Ikeda examines the question, How can Zen practice be of benefit to more people during what many are calling "unprecedented times"? In mid-2024 the news i...
Things Are Not What They Seem, Nor Are They Otherwise
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks - June 06, 2024 03:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 155 ratings06/05/2024, Kim Kōgen Dai-Hō Hart, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, San Francisco Zen Center, Kim considers how we are often hindered by our habitual responses, conditioning and fundamental misunderstanding of the substantiality of the phenomenal world...
The One Treasure of Daily Life
Yokoji Zen Dharma Talks - May 31, 2024 20:03 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsMonthly Dharma talks by Tenshin Fletcher Roshi at Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center. Yokoji is a year-round Zen Buddhist Training Center in the Southern Californian mountains.
Ep. 170 - Stream of Refuge and Confidence with Gil Fronsdal
Be Here Now Network Guest Podcast - May 31, 2024 17:48 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsGil Fronsdal discusses having confidence in what the Buddha represents within ourselves and being a refuge for all beings. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self. This time on the ...
Ep. 171 - Stream of Refuge and Confidence with Gil Fronsdal
Be Here Now Network Guest Podcast - May 31, 2024 17:48 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsGil Fronsdal discusses having confidence in what the Buddha represents within ourselves and being a refuge for all beings. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self. This time on the ...
Gardens of Awakening — Mitsue Nagase and Kazuaki Tanahashi
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks - May 30, 2024 03:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 155 ratings05/29/2024, Kazuaki Tanahashi, Mitsue Nagase, dharma talk at City Center. In this discussion, held in the conference center at Beginner's Mind Temple, Mitsue Nagase and Kaz Tanahashi discuss their new book “Gardens of Awakening: A Guide to the Aesthetics, History, and Spirituality of Kyoto's Zen...
Ep. 170 -Insight into Ourselves, Outsight into the World with Bruce Damer & Jackie Dobrinska
Be Here Now Network Guest Podcast - May 26, 2024 01:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsJackie Dobrinska and Bruce Damer chat about insight into ourselves and outsight into the world in this recording from the Ram Dass Explorers Club. The Ram Dass Explorers Club is a free virtual group wherein members delve into pivotal movements within the psychedelic renaissance while p...
Zen and Vajrayana
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks - May 25, 2024 18:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 155 ratings05/18/2024, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Kokyo celebrates the spirit of non-sectarianism within Buddha-Dharma, and explores the similarities and differences between Zen and Vajrayana practices, through the teaching of the nine vehicles ...
You Have No Enemies
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks - May 16, 2024 03:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 155 ratings05/15/2024, Dan Gudgel, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Dōshin Dan Gudgel investigates how using the word and idea of ‘enemy’ affects our every day experience. Dan examines our national, military idea of ‘enemies,’ as well as how modern culture in the U...
Dragons Love Ceremonies
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks - May 12, 2024 18:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 155 ratings05/12/2024, Thiemo Blank, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. This talk was presented by Thiemo on Mothers Day at the end of an introductory Sesshin (meditation retreat) at Green Dragon Temple. The Investigation of - “the true dragon” (Reality / Thusness) - in Sesshin is likened to the ancie...
The Stranger in the Mirror: Reincarnation and Rebirth
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks - May 11, 2024 18:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 155 ratings05/11/2024, Gengyoko Tim Wicks, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple’s monthly one-day sitting, (this time held at Haight Street Art Center) Gengyoko Tim Wicks discusses reincarnation and rebirth, and the relationship that karma has on both of these ancient c...
Ep. 169 - Acquiring Stillness of the Mind with JoAnna Hardy
Be Here Now Network Guest Podcast - May 09, 2024 16:46 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsMoving through the senses, JoAnna Hardy guides listeners in a meditation to acquire stillness of the mind. Today’s episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self. In this episode, JoAnna Hardy ...
Practicing With Expectations
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks - May 09, 2024 03:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 155 ratings05/08/2024, Eli Brown-Stevenson, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Eli Brown-Stevenson describes how to find practical application of Buddhist teachings by bringing inquiry and curiosity to the expectations we hold in formal practice as well as the practi...
Alive or Dead
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks - May 05, 2024 18:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 155 ratings05/05/2024, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Offering a talk on the day of a funeral service for Caroline Meister, Jiryu observes that in the subtle, tender mind that is truly open and present in not-knowing, we cannot even say "alive or dead".
Taking Refuge
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks - May 04, 2024 18:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 155 ratings05/04/2024, Jisho Lisa Beth Hoffman, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Jisho Lisa Beth Hoffman explores the meaning of refuge and the experience of doing so through teacher, teaching and community - Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. Sharing herexperiences with ...
Ep. 168 - Big Flower, Small Flower with Gil Fronsdal
Be Here Now Network Guest Podcast - May 02, 2024 18:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsDistinguishing commentary from direct experience, Gil Fronsdal helps us break free from the conventions and comparisons that the mind makes. Today's episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best sel...
Building the Spiritual Community of the Future
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks - May 02, 2024 03:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 155 ratings05/01/2024, panel discussion at City Center. In this discussion, held in place of the regular Wednesday night dharma talk at Beginner's Mind Temple, Eli Brown-Stevenson leads a discussion featuring Community Village co-founders Caleb Tenenbaum, Nina Raddy, and Richard Bae; and, representing San ...
Everyday Mind Is The Way
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks - April 28, 2024 18:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 155 ratings04/28/2024, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk Zoketsu discusses case 19 of Mumonkan, Nanchuan’s Everyday Mind. Our practice is very plain and ordinary, and yet, the plain and ordinary world is also vast and wide, and when we practice zazen regularly we can beg...
Cause and Effect
Yokoji Zen Dharma Talks - April 28, 2024 17:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsTenshin Roshi talks about Case 2 of the Gateless Gate, "Hyakujo's Fox."
Sekito Kisen's Difference and Equality
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks - April 27, 2024 18:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 155 ratings04/27/2024, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis discusses the Zen text "Harmony of Difference and Equality". Written in the 8th century in China, the "Harmony of Difference and Equality" holds significant importance ...
Intimacy and the Shape of our Practice
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks - April 25, 2024 03:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 155 ratings04/24/2024, Kodo Conlin, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Kodo Conlin discusses this rich topic. Here, we resolve the distance between speaker and listener to turn the questions, "What is the shape of our practice?" and "How do we stay intimate with Dhar...
Doing the Work
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks - April 18, 2024 03:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 155 ratings04/17/2024, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Anshi Zachary Smith digs into the well-known Case 17 of the Blue Cliff Record. Here, we discover that there are unexpected and experientially accurate ways to interpret the original text ...
Embodied Presence
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks - April 14, 2024 18:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 155 ratings04/14/2024, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk, Jiryu suggests that by reflecting on the potential of Artificial Intelligence in Buddhism, in the form, for example, of the Suzuki Roshi chatbot, we can be led to renew our commitment to embodied presence, which is...
Flame of Great Strength
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks - April 13, 2024 18:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 155 ratings04/13/2024, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma talk at City Center. Zen forms work both in clear and hidden ways. In this interactive lecture, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Shosan Victoria Austin discusses the ancient chants, called dharanis, which sound like magic spells. At a deeper level, they...