September 2019 Zazenkai Talk (Sept 6th-7th, 2019 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - COMMENCING JUKAI & ANGO!)

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Keizan Zenji's 'Zazen-Yojinki' (3): This week, Master Keizan offers practical advice, relevant even today, although some bits maybe more suited to the 13th Century, on one's life surrounding Zazen Practice. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf foru... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

44 min listen

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Keizan Zenji's Zazen-Yojinki (2): We continue our series on Master Keizan's 'Zazen-Yōjinki'or 'Notes to Keep in Heart for Zazen' Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:HERE» by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

45 min listen

March 2024 Zazenkai Talk - Keizan Zenji's Zazen-Yojinki (1): Master Keizan, considered with Master Dogen one of the two "Founders" of Soto Zen in Japan, lived from 1264 to 1325. His essay “Zazen-Yōjinki” might be considered an expansion and further exploration of Dogen's explanation of Zazen, the 'Fukanzazengi... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

46 min listen

February 2024 Zazenkai Talk - Dedication of Merit: Today's Talk will reflect on our "Dedication of Merit", which we recite each time, but maybe without looking closely Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Dedication of... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

36 min listen

January 2024 Zazenkai Talk - Genjokoan Series (6): This is the sixth (and last) in our monthly series based on the modernized translation of the Genjo Koan, from Jundo's book "The Zen Master's Dance" A Guide to Understanding Dōgen and Who You Are in the Universe. Today a message very appropriate for ... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

33 min listen

November 2023 Zazenkai Talk - Genjo Koan Series (5): Today, we find enlightenment in EVERY aspect of this world, even the hard parts we do not welcome. And we find enlightenment in how we live in this world, finding our own role Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

35 min listen

October 2023 Zazenkai Talk - Genjo Koan Series (4): We continue our series on Genjo Koan, 'Realizing the Truth Right Here,' and the way of Bodhidharma found there. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Remember Bodhidhar... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

37 min listen

September 2023 Zazenkai Talk - Genjo Koan Series (3): This time, we will be looking at passages of Genjokoan based on the modernized translation from 'THE ZEN MASTER’S DANCE A Guide to Understanding Dōgen and Who You Are in the Universe' in light of our Jukai (Undertaking the Precepts) and Ango (Peacefu... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

39 min listen

August 2023 Zazenkai Talk - Genjo Koan Series (II): Practitioners sometimes think that enlightenment is the endpoint of practice rather than an ongoing series of daily actions that are each an opportunity to manifest either ignorant or enlightened behavior. They think that they must get to a perpetual... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

32 min listen

July 2023 Zazenkai Talk - Genjo Koan Series (1): We Start of New Series on Genjo Koan, 'Realizing the Truth Right Here," the Key to Master Dogen's Zen. The text for the talk today, the first in a monthly series, is based on Jundo Cohen´s modernized translation of the Genjo Koan, from his book ¨THE ... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

44 min listen

Shikantaza Ipso Facto: The following is an audio version of the essay with the same title by Treeleaf Sangha founder and guiding teacher, Roshi Jundo Cohen ¨One must sit Shikantaza with profound trust that sitting is whole, complete, nothing lacking, the sitting of the Bud... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

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The Elephant In The Zazen Room: The following is an audio recording of an essay by Treeleaf founder and guiding teacher, Jundo Cohen. Here's the "elephant in the room" of Shikantaza Zazen: What does it mean to "think-non-thinking?" In ordinary life, our daily minds resemble a mad c... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

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June 2023 Zazenkai Talk - Nyorai Zenshin (A Mini-Lesson in Dogen Jazz): Today we'll scat with Dogen's jazz in Shobogenzo Nyorai Zenshin (The Buddha Whole Body). Some 700 or so years before modern jazz folks, Dōgen had the equivalent jazzy approach, taking “standard” Mahayana Buddhist teachings, fanciful but traditional B... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

39 min listen

The ’Inner Switch’ Of Zazen: The following is an audio recording of an article by Treeleaf founder and guiding teacher, Jundo Cohen. "So much of all life is like a neutral canvas to which we add our judgments and reactions, coloring it with our feelings. It is like an empty cont... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

14 min listen

May 2023 Monthly Zazenkai Talk (Shinjinmei Series Part 5): In Today's Talk, will close our dance with the 信心銘, the Xinxinming, or Shinjinmei. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:May 5th-6th, 2023 -OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

40 min listen

April 2023 Monthly Zazenkai Talk (Shinjinmei Series Part 4): Our Zazenkai today is in celebration of the Buddha´s birthday, traditionally April 8th in Japan! We will look at the Buddha's birthday and the Shinjinmei Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:April 7-8, 2023... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

42 min listen

March 2023 Monthly Zazenkai Talk (Shinjinmei Series Part 3): Today's Talk will be the third in a series reflecting on: THE SONG OF TRUST MIND (信心銘 Shinjinmei), A Key to Zazen Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:March 3rd-4th, 2023 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZEN... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

38 min listen

February 2023 Monthly Zazenkai Talk (Shinjinmei Series, part 2): In Today's Talk, we continue our dance with the 信心銘, called the Xinxinming in Chinese and the Shinjinmei in Japanese, and by a variety of names in English Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:February 3rd-4... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

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January 2023 Monthly Zazenkai Talk ( Shinjinmei Series, part 1): CELEBRATING THIS EVER NEW YEAR! Today's Talk will be the first in a series reflecting on: THE SONG OF TRUST MIND (信心銘 Shinjinmei), A Key to Zazen Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:Jan 6-7th, 2022 - OUR (... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

42 min listen

Treeleaf Rohatsu 2022 Dharma Talks - Menzan Zuiho Osho’s Jijuyu Zanmai: Our Dharma Talks this time will feature Rev. Kokuu and Rev. Jinkan, presenting their first Teachings upon and in celebration of their Dharma Transmission in our Lineage. Other Talks will feature our newest ordained priests, Koushi, Onkai and Nengei, ... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

108 min listen

November 2022 Zazenkai Talk (OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - DAYLIGHT SAVINGS in EUROPE): Today's Talk will reflect on Master Keizan's "Middle Way, Beyond Hope to Attain" and "No Entering, No Emerging Samadhi" Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:Nov. 4-5th, 2022 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZA... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

41 min listen

October 2022 Zazenkai Talk ( OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Menzan in the Mirror ): Today's Talk will reflect on Mirror Mind by Master Menzan from his Jijuyu-Zanmai Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:Oct. 7th-8th, 2022 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Menzan in the Mirror» by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

43 min listen

September 2022 Zazenkai Talk ( OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Commencing JUKAI & ANGO! ) by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

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August 2022 Zazenkai Talk (OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf Zazenkai - Keizan’s Sankon Zazen Setsu): Our talk today is on ''Sankon Zazen Setsu: Three Kinds of Zazen Practitioners' by Keizan Zenji. Which is better, Soto or Rinzai, Shikantaza or Koan Instrospection? Both! Neither! In fact, the medicine depends on the needs of the patient. Further reading ... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

48 min listen

July 2022 Zazenkai Talk (OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Ho-i - 法位 - Dharma Position): Today's talk is on a seemingly arcane bit of Buddhist Teachings, positioned well to aid us in living.Dharma Position is mentioned in the Lotus Sutra, "The Dharmas Dwell in their Dharma Position". It is an important teaching of Japanese Tendai Buddhism, f... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

51 min listen

June 2022 Zazenkai Talk (OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI) - Farewell, Vimalakirti: Today, a final visit with the Vimalakirti Sutra. We end our series of talks on the Vimalakirti Sutra with the following visit to Buddha, from (mostly) Chapter 12 Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:June 3rd-4t... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

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May 2022 Zazenkai Talk (OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Dharma-Door of Non-duality) Vimalakirti Sutra Series: Today we will again walk through the Door of the Vimalakirti Sutra. Here, at Gate 9, we again find many very excellent responses by a bunch of very wise Bodhisattvas (after all, they are big time Bodhisattvas, so not amateurs! ) Does the lay person Vimal... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

37 min listen

March 2022 Zazenkai Talk (OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Wisdom Amid Confusion) Vimalakirti Sutra Series: Today's Talk will reflect on a rather strange and bewildering portion of the Vimalakirti Sutra This time, we will look at a very strange, seemingly two-faced passage from Chapter 8 of the Vimalakirti Sutra ... but is that what it really means? Hmmmm ... ... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

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February 2022 Zazenkai Talk (OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Vimalakirti Sutra Series): Today's Talk will reflect on Living Beings within Chapter 7 of the Vimalakirti Sutra. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:February 4th-5th, 2022 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI» by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

35 min listen

January 2022 Zazenkai Talk (Our 2021-2022 NEW YEAR’s EVE 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Vimalakirti Sutra Series): Today's Talk will reflect on more magical happenings from the Vimalakirti Sutra. Pull up a chair for a little reading of a magical tale, as Vimalakirti arranges the furniture ... Chapter 6: BEYOND COMPREHENSION Further reading and discussion for this tal... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

45 min listen

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