TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

Mar 09 2025 321 ep. 21 mins 134
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Dharma talks by Jundo Cohen Roshi & priests from Treeleaf Zendo

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Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Other Fukanzazengi (The Lost Tracks)

Mar 09 2025 46 mins  
In today's episode, we look at an earlier and less popular version of master Dogen's Fukanzazengi, which has quite some differences from the popular version we all know. So, what exactly did Dogen Zenji change in the rewrites to his manual for zazen? Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:March Monthly Zazenkai »

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Dogen, Fullness and Sacred Ordinary Life

Feb 08 2025 49 mins  
Today we dance with an insightful scholar's paper on Dogen Zenji's unique and profound ideas regarding fullness, universal liberation, the sacred as "immanent in space and time", Buddhahood in the "fundamental activity of the world," practice-realization as "liberating activity", Zen practice as the "practice of Buddhahood," and the fullness and sacredness of "ordinary life". Furth

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Koans from the Blue Cliff Record (III)

Jan 04 2025 42 mins  
Happy New Year to you all! We continue our study of the koans from the Blue Cliff Record, with a new batch of them today, beginning with case 13. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:JANUARY 2025 MONTHLY ZAZENKAI »

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Winter Work, Spring Planting, Summer Harvest

Nov 12 2024 17 mins  
However you feel about the results of the American election, and wherever you live in the world, we do not stop working for good. This is Master Dogen's lesson of "Ongoing Practice Enlightenment". We accept where we are, work for a good direction from right here ... and right here ... and right here. Winter is Winter, Spring is just Spring, Summer is just Summer, Fall is Fall ... b

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Koans from the Blue Cliff Record (II)

Nov 03 2024 42 mins  
In this episode, we continue to look at koans from the Blue Cliff Record, specifically cases 7 to 12. We do that through the Soto Zen lens, extracting the practical essence from these famous ancient exchanges. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:November 2024, monthly Zazenkai »

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Koans from the Blue Cliff Record (I)

Oct 05 2024 39 mins  
This month, accompanying our sangha's book study, we take a look at the first five koans from the famous Blue Cliff Record. We do that through the Soto Zen lens, extracting the practical essence from these famous ancient exchanges. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:October 2024 Monthly Zazenkai»

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - September 2024: Dogen Zenji´s ¨Shoaku Makusa¨

Sep 09 2024 42 mins  
This month, as we begin our sangha's Ango, we dive into a few sections of master Dogen's ¨Shoaku Makusa¨ (Not Doing Wrongs) Further reading and discussion are available on the Treeleaf forum:September 2024 Monthly Zazenkai»

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Keizan Zenji's 'Zazen-Yojinki' (6)

Aug 03 2024 45 mins  
We continue our study of master Keizan's Zazen-Yojinki, this time diving into the physicality of zazen and some useful techniques to keep ourselves awake and alert when sitting. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:August 2024, monthly Zazenkai»

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Keizan Zenji's 'Zazen-Yojinki' (5)

Jul 08 2024 34 mins  
We continue with the fifth instalment of this series of talks based on master Keizan's 'Zazen-Yojinki'. In this episode, we are looking at what zazen is by understanding what zazen isn't. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:July Monthly Zazenkai»

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Keizan Zenji's 'Zazen-Yojinki' (4)

Jun 01 2024 41 mins  
This week, Master Keizan tells us what Zazen is, and is not (and also to have clean feet). Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:June 2024, Monthly Zazenkai »