Roshi’s weekly podcast: “Depression Compared and Contrasted with Boredom.” Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.

In the midst of massive suffering from the pandemic, many people, due to their circumstances, are experiencing unexpected personal contentment (and sometimes guilt as a result). How do we come to terms with this paradox–and move through in service to our bodhisattva vows? Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.

Roshi’s weekly podcast: “Pandemic Ruin and Renaissance.” Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.

From October 1976 Sesshin, Day 4. Played on Founder’s Day – August 16, 2020. Teisho by Roshi Philip Kapleau.

Roshi’s weekly podcast: “Grit, competence, and zazen.” Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.

Whatever adversities we white people have suffered in our lives, structural racism isn’t one, and in that sense, at least, we’ve been privileged. We might deny having that advantage, or distance from it, but we can use our opportunities to join with others to begin dismantling systemic racism. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.

In Amala-sensei’s online sesshin last week, most participants had to negotiate some accommodation to the schedule of others they live with, and now have been negotiating the transition back to full-on household life. Roshi addresses both of these challenges in this week’s coronacast. Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.

July 2020 Sesshin, Day 4
“With total trust, roam and play in samadhi”. Main Text: Cultivating the Empty Field, The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi by Taigen Daniel Leighton with Yi Wu, North Point Press San Francisco, 1991. Teisho by Sensei Amala Wrightson.