“Opening the Hand of Thought” by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi #2

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“Opening the Hand of Thought” by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi #2

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A Dharma Talk by Trueman Taylor. Automated transcript
The post December 2021 Sesshin, Day 2: Opening the Hand of Thought by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

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Dec 12, 2021

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Dharma talks by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede and others. Roshi Kjolhede is abbot of the Rochester Zen Center and dharma heir of Roshi Philip Kapleau.

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June 2020 Online Sesshin, Day 4: Blue Cliff Record #29, “It Goes Along with Everything Else”: Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede by Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
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June 2020 Online Sesshin, Day 2: The Original Face: An Anthology of Rinzai Zen (trans. T. Cleary): Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede by Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
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Teisho by Roshi Philip Kapleau, October 1976 Sesshin, Day 4: Mumonkan #3 “Gutei’s Finger”: Teisho by Roshi Philip Kaleau, played on Founder’s Day – August 16, 2020. by Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
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July 2020 Online Sesshin, Day 4, Amala-sensei: Master Hongzhi’s Cultivating the Empty Field: “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 by Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
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July 2020 Online Sesshin, Day 2, Amala-sensei: Master Hongzhi’s Cultivating the Empty Field: The bright, boundless field — what is it? “Degrading situations” and how to avoid pursuing them. Main Text: Cultivating the Empty Field, The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi by Taigen Daniel Leighton with Yi Wu, by Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
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June 2020 Online Sesshin, Day 1: The Original Face: An Anthology of Rinzai Zen (trans. T. Cleary): Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede by Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
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July 2020 Online Sesshin, Day 3, Amala-sensei: Master Hongzhi’s Cultivating the Empty Field: “You must be broadminded, whole, without relying on others.” 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 by Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
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November 2020 Sesshin, Day 2: Zen Essence: The Science of Freedom (trans. by Thomas Cleary): Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede by Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
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“Opening the Hand of Thought” by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi #2

“Opening the Hand of Thought” by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi #2

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