February/March 2021 Sesshin, Day 2
Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn on Catching a Feather on a Fan: A Zen Retreat With Master Sheng Yen. Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript

February/March 2021 Sesshin, Day 1
Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn on Catching a Feather on a Fan: A Zen Retreat With Master Sheng Yen. Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript

Digital overstimulation and now the pandemic has generated a culture of negation, withdrawal, and numbness. But there’s a better way to retreat, every day, from overwhelming circumstances, while engaging with the world. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript

Miscellaneous reflections on love, seen through the lens of Dharma. Source Referenced Soul Food: Stories to Nourish the Spirit and the Heart. Jack Kornfield and Christina Feldman. HarperOne, 1996. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript

Roshi’s weekly podcast: Integrating Two of the Buddhist Paramitas in Getting Scheduled for a Vaccination Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript

Sources Referenced: Malcolm Gladwell. Outliers: The Story of Success. Little, Brown and Company, 2008. Norman Fischer. Taking Our Places: The Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up. HarperOne, 2004. Jeffrey R. Young. “Researcher Behind ‘10,000-Hour Rule’ Says Good Teaching Matters, Not Just Practice.” EdSurge, May 5, 2020. “Unconditionally Steadfast.” Tricycle interview with Pema Chödrön. Fall 1999. Dharma Talk by Trueman Taylor.  Automated Transcript

A look at what the Buddhist Sangha, or community, meant in Asia, how it has changed since coming to Western countries, and what it might become for the Rochester Zen Center. Sources Quoted: Stephen Batchelor. “Creating Sangha.” Tricycle, Winter, 1995.  Thich Nhat Hanh. “The Fertile Soil of Sangha.” Tricycle, Summer, 2008. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript

Roshi’s weeky podcast: New Government as Rebirth Automated transcript Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.

January 2021 Sesshin, Day 7
Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript

January 2021 Sesshin, Day 6
Readings from Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin (mostly the Introduction), The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin (both translated by Norman Waddell) and The Zen Master Hakuin, translated by Philip Yampolsky. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.  Automated Transcript