On working with habit forces and boredom. Commentary on excerpts from Ordinary Wonder: Zen Life and Practice by Charlotte Joko Beck, edited by Brenda Beck Hess (Shambhala, 2021). Dharma Talk by Donna Kowal.  Automated Transcript

Looking for Truth in all the wrong places. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript

We can celebrate the 1865 Emancipation while acknowledging the enduring shackles of systemic racism and those of our own afflictions. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript

June 2021 Sesshin, Day 5
Working with spiritual poverty. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson.  Transcript

June 2021 Sesshin, Day 4
Arrival, loss and return — the universe changes on its axis, but how to share this amazing experience with others? Searching for a context for 20 years and finally finding one. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson.  Automated Transcript

June 2021 Sesshin, Day 3
A turning point — no need to look further than the mind itself. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson.  Automated Transcript

June 2021 Sesshin, Day 2
Flora Courtois’ search for Reality, or the ground of being. Text: An Experience of Enlightenment by Flora Courtois. Quest Books, 1986. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson.  Automated Transcript

June 2021 Sesshin, Day 1
Introduction to the text by Yasutani-roshi Text: An Experience of Enlightenment by Flora Courtois. Quest Books, 1986. Teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson.  Automated Transcript

A look at the teacher-student relationship generally, with a focus on the implications of it at the RZC now that Roshi and John Pulleyn-sensei will both be giving dokusan and formally accepting students. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript