Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)

Dharma talks by senior teachers, including Sensei John Pulleyn, Sensei Donna Kowal, and Roshi Bodhin

Episodes

Total: 331

Beyond Words and No Words

2025/5/18

Finding the Silence that doesn’t depend on conditions. Dharma Talk by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automa

Moshan Liaoran (c. mid-late 800s) was the first female ancestor to be recognized in the official re

Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post The Delusion of a Separate Self app

April 2025 Sesshin, Day 2 A commentary on Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away (Ajahn Chah). Hig

April 2025 Sesshin, Day 1 Commentary on Throw Yourself into the House of Buddha (Tangen Harada Roshi

Giving Attention

2025/4/9

What is attention? How do we cultivate it? How do we work with our habits of mind and avoid being s

March 2025 Sesshin, Day 6 Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post Shoyoroku (

March 2025 Sesshin, Day 5 Commentary on “An Experience of Enlightenment” by Flora Courtois. The Theo

March 2025 Sesshin, Day 4 Commentary on “An Experience of Enlightenment” by Flora Courtois. The Theo

March 2025 Sesshin, Day 3 Commentary on “An Experience of Enlightenment” by Flora Courtois. The Theo

March 2025 Sesshin, Day 2 Commentary on “An Experience of Enlightenment” by Flora Courtois. The Theo

March 2055 Sesshin, Day 1 Commentary on “An Experience of Enlightenment” by Flora Courtois. The Theo

Not floundering in dread and resentment, but rising to the occasion in these difficult times when w

Coming to the Path Talk by Ven. Danan Redding.  Automated Transcript The post Coming to the Path

Winds of Change

2025/3/2

Nothing is certain. This too will pass. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The po

February 2025 Sesshin, Day 2 In part two of her overview of working with koans, Jissai Prince-Cherry

February 2025 Sesshin, Day 1 In the first of her two talks about koan work, Jissai Prince-Cherry als

Learning Not to Turn Away

2025/2/16

Noticing how we habitually lose focus in the face of boredom and frustration and finding the wherew

Silence and Non-doing

2025/2/9

Learning to let go and listen. Moving from grasping to opening. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Au

A commentary on an episode of the Hidden Brain podcast: "Emotions 2.0: What’s Better than Being Hap