October 1, 2019
“Subtle Sound: The Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart” #1
October 2019 Sesshin, Day 3
Commentary on Subtle Sound: The Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart, edited by Roko Sherry Chayat Teisho by Sensei Amala Wrightson.
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September 30, 2019
On Maurine Stuart, from “Meetings with Remarkable Women” #2
October 2019 Sesshin, Day 2
Commentary on the teachings of Maurine Stuart, from Meetings with Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America, by Lenore Friedman Teisho by Sensei Amala Wrightson.
September 29, 2019
On Maurine Stuart, from “Meetings with Remarkable Women” #1
October 2019 Sesshin, Day 1
Commentary on the teachings of Maurine Stuart, from Meetings with Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America, by Lenore Friedman Teisho by Sensei Amala Wrightson.
September 25, 2019
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Rochester Climate Strike This Friday, September 27 From Roshi: Alarmed at our overheated planet and governmental failure to address climate change? Dreading the world we could be leaving for our descendants? Come join Sangha members – and probably hundreds of others – for the local Rochester Climate Strike this Friday afternoon. It’s sponsored by a…
September 22, 2019
Zazen As Pure Science Experiment
The dichotomy of science and religion, empiricism and direct experience, falls apart in the practice of Zen. Curiosity, wonder, investigation–these are the essentials of both science and the mystical spiritual traditions such as Zen. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.
September 15, 2019
What If Global Warming Is Irreversible?
If it is, how would that change our behavior? Each one of us will die someday anyway, so how do we work with that? Jonathan Franzen presents the worst-case scenario, but then there are other points of view. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.
September 7, 2019
“Encouraging Words: Zen Buddhist Teachings for Western Students”
September 2019 Sesshin, Day 1
Commentary on Encouraging Words: Zen Buddhist Teachings for Western Students, by Robert Aitken Dharma Talk by Eryl Kubicka.
August 18, 2019
Teisho by Roshi Kapleau: Mumonkan #8 “Keichu’s Cart”
From November 1976 Sesshin, Day 5. Played on Founder’s Day – August, 18, 2019. Teisho by Roshi Philip Kapleau.
August 15, 2019
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“Luncheon of the Boating Party” With the summer marching on, why not take a few hours to savor it in the pastoral setting of Chapin Mill with like-minded others? Come to the former Chapin estate this Saturday to lounge around with humans and dogs relaxing under the spreading branches of sycamores near the lovely Chapin…
August 11, 2019
Global Buddhism: A Display of Emptiness
Based on a 2017 Tricycle article by Kurt Spellmeyer: “Globalism 3.0: The Secret to World Harmony Isn’t Oneness. It’s multiplicity.” Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.