Zencare Podcast Zen
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GROUNDED IN THE DHARMA. DEVOTED TO CONTEMPLATIVE CARE.
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The Magic of Entering the World | Koshin Paley Ellison
“The way of belonging is doing.” On the occasion of Hana Matsuri, a ceremony to celebrate the Buddha’s birth, Koshin Sensei invites us to set down our demand for things to be a certain way, for things to be perfect, and to fully enter the world in all its messy beauty. […]
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Availing Not Awaiting | Koshin Paley Ellison
“How do you practice not wasting time?” Stories have impact. Our thoughts and beliefs can take over our minds and actually take us out of relationship. Koshin Sensei reminds us, “We waste a lot of time indulging our thoughts.” In this recent dharma talk, Koshin draws on the […]
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Engaged and Playful | Koshin Paley Ellison
“It is a form of generosity, how we show up.” What do we do with the stories we often tell ourselves about ourselves? Many of us worry, ‘Am I good?’ or think, ‘I am no good’. Many of us feel, ‘No one sees me,’ or are sure that ‘Everyone is judging […]
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Step In | Koshin Paley Ellison
“How do your opinions and preferences take you out of relationship and a life of practice?” Honoring the Buddha’s death, Nehan-e observance is an opportunity to pay closer attention to your life, to show up and step forward. How will you life your life without regret? In this dharma talk, […]
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Difference and Oneness | Koshin Paley Ellison
“We indulge in our fears way too much in the guise of protecting our freedom.” In this dharma talk, Koshin Sensei asks us to look closely at what separates us from ourselves and each other. There is difference and we are all one. But our fears hold us back and create distance between […]
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The Liberation in Becoming Who We Are | Koshin Paley Ellison
“If the practice is going well, no one is becoming like anyone else.” In this dharma talk, Koshin Sensei invites us to experience what happens when we wholeheartedly practice. What changes within ourselves? What blooms between one another? Genyu Kojima Roshi asks his sangha to consider what ‘bad’ religion is. It can […]
Customer Reviews
Contemporary yet authentic
I appreciate the way these talks engage aspects of modern life that had not yet arisen at the time that most Buddhist discourses were composed. This makes their wisdom more readily available to someone such as myself. But make no mistake: this isn’t “Buddhism Lite.” These talks will make you question yourself if you listen to them.
Audio needs work
Love the topics and the talks however the audio is to boomy to make out much of the words
Love
Love the Center, Chodo and Koshin, and so grateful these talks are available on my phone...