April 5, 2020
Blue Cliff Record #3: “Baso’s Sun-faced Buddha, Moon-faced Buddha”
Recorded in Auckland on March 10 and played in the Rochester zendo on April 5. Teisho by Sensei Amala Wrightson.
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April 1, 2020
The Movie: “Birth”
What it’s about: A man named Sean is running in Central Park and collapses under a bridge tunnel, dead of a heart attack. Ten years later, we’re introduced to his widow, Anna (Nicole Kidman). She’s in a cemetery, standing at Sean’s tombstone. She touches the headstone hesitantly and then walks away, as if she’s saying…
March 29, 2020
Covid Solitude, Dislocation, and Dis-illusionment
In his 2010 book The Active Life, acclaimed educator Parker Palmer cites three opportunities for painful growth that any of us are likely to face during our life: disillusionment, dislocation, and unbidden solitude. Zen practice enhances our ability to navigate through these three portals and to adapt to the coronavirus aftershocks that will change our… Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.
March 27, 2020
Email: March 27, 2020
Podcast from Roshi Here’s a short talk from Roshi, delivered from his dining room table. You can use this link . New Zealand COVID-19 A bulletin, today, from Amala-sensei to Roshi: Here [New Zealand] the number of cases is doubling every two days. Thank goodness the government is taking strong measures – we are in…
March 26, 2020
CoronaCast from Roshi: March 26
As the pandemic ramps up, with isolation in place, Roshi speaks to the Sangha from his kitchen table. Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.
March 25, 2020
Email: March 25, 2020
Zen Center COVID-19 Update All is still well with the Zen Center staff at Arnold Park and Chapin Mill, with no signs of illness (or stir-craziness) worth mentioning. At Arnold Park we are down to six residents, now that two joined the crew at Chapin Mill (where they are now eight) last weekend. We are…
March 22, 2020
Impermanence and the Virus
The current crisis can help us develop a more immediate awareness of the Buddha’s fundamental teaching and encourage us to find our refuge in opening to life as it is. – Dharma talk by John Pulleyn Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.
March 21, 2020
Email: March 21, 2020
COVID-19 Report In response to the tighter restrictions announced by New York Governor Cuomo, the Zen Center staff is dividing itself a bit as follows: Of the three residents broadly categorized as “vulnerable,” Scott Jennings, Jack O’Shaughnessy, and Joe Carino, the latter two will relocate for now to Chapin Mill, where they will initially self-isolate….
March 19, 2020
Email: March 19, 2020
Remote “Dokusan” From Roshi: Since the Center is closed these days except to staff, I will start offering dokusan by phone to others. This will start with just local formal students of mine – that is, local members who have gone through a New Student Ceremony. Depending on the demand, I may extend it to…
March 17, 2020
Email: March 17, 2020
Ongoing C-virus Issues Please stand by one more day for a schedule for remote dokusan and private instruction. We had a detailed message half-written today before getting an influx of breaking news and morphing guidelines regarding staff living restrictions, which plunged Roshi and his advisers into more meetings. Regarding live streaming of sittings, the regular…