Facing Uncertainty

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Facing Uncertainty

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Daring to live fully in the shadow of possible disaster Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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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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100,000 Deaths and Our Cities in Flames: The pandemic shoved the unsurpassable threat of climate change out of the news, and now the outbreak of violent demonstrations in cities all over the country has seized our attention. Today we memorialize 100,000 U.S. by Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
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Is There More to All This Than Meets the Eye?: The pandemic and its massive economic consequences, when laid atop accelerating climate change, presents a perfect storm of suffering. But with the understanding that there is an Intelligence behind it all, by Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
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Thrivers’ Guilt: 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 o... 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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June 2020 Online Sesshin, Day 3: 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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The Life and Teaching of Peace Pilgrim: After dedicating herself to social service for five years, the woman who would later identify herself only as Peace Pilgrim had a spontaneous awakening while walking in the woods. Then she spent the next twenty-eight years walking across the country al... 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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CoronaCast: June 18: This week’s podcast from Roshi to the Sangha. 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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CoronaCast: June 4: This weeks podcast from Roshi to the Sangha. by Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
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CoronaCast: July 15: Roshi’s podcast to the Sangha. by Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
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CoronaCast: August 5: 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. by Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
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CoronaCast: November 24: New Zealand’s Pandemic Success by Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
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CoronaCast: July 23: Roshi’s weekly podcast to the Sangha. by Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
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East-West Cultural Contrasts and the Pandemic: The U.S. is faring much worse with the coronavirus than the East Asian and Southeast Asian countries, where people also are much more agreeable to wearing face masks. These differences may be seen in the context of the broad historical contrasts drawn ... by Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
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July 2020 Online Sesshin, Day 1, Amala-sensei: Master Hongzhi’s Cultivating the Empty Field: The life of Master Hongzhi 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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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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October 2020 Sesshin, Day 4: 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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The Zen Teaching of Hui Hai: A treatise on enlightenment and practice by the Tang dynasty Chan master, a disciple of the great Ma Tsu. by Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
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Even If the World Is Ending, So What?: The situation in the U.S. and around the world may be more bleak than ever. But consider: as individuals we manage to carry on with the very bleakest of futures: our own certain death. Rather than dwelling on future catastrophes, by Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
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Enlightenment and Siddhartha: Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede by Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
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October 2020 Sesshin, Day 1: The Original Face: An Anthology of Rinzai Zen (trans. T. Cleary). Text from Zen Master Lanxi Daolong (Jap.: Daikaku): Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede 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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CoronaCast: August 12: Roshi’s weekly podcast: “Grit, competence, and zazen.” 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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The Happiness Trap: Dharma talk by John Pulleyn: Looking at ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) as presented by Russ Harris in his book, The Happiness Trap, and how it fits with Zen practice. by Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
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