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Goso's Buffalo Passes Through the Moon Gate — Mumonkan 38
How can you become fully enlightened like a Buddha? If you were a Buffalo, how can you be enlightened from head to tail? Or is that a delusional goal?In this talk, Sensei Kanko (Dr. Kritee) explores…
Mailey Scott Meets Loneliness - Hidden Lamp 39
Why might cuddling, hugging and belonging be important in our spiritual paths?In this talk, Sensei Kanko explores the tension between the koan's spiritual teaching on an “absolute” or “ultimate”…
My Return from Pilgrimage in Indian Forests – Emperor Wu Asked Bodhidharma, Hekiganroku Case 1
Sensei Kanko ventured into Indian forests frequently visited by predators such as leopards, tigers, sloth bears, venomous snakes, and wild elephants. Why did she do this? What does fear held in trust…
Chen's Mountain Flowers - Hidden Lamp 13
How does spiritual communication with plants and microbes happen? Are nature kinning practices essential in a spiritual path? Should you treat plants and microbes as equal or more intelligent than…
Jō Jōza Stands Still - Hekiganroku 32
.Why are both hardship and gentleness invaluable in the spiritual path? Why is it sometimes helpful to be slapped and pushed away by the circumstances and the world around us? And how can it be also…
Hyakujo and a Wild Duck - Hekiganroku 53
Is it possible that no one, including our loved human or non-human friends to beings in the warzones, dies at a wrong moment for a wrong reason? Also, how are “We the middle of forever”, with no…
Unmon's Medicine and Sickness Cure Each Other - Hekiganroku 87
Can we transcend suffering by letting go of notions of good and bad? When does medicine become a sickness? In this profound talk, Sensei Kritee Kanko explores one of Zen's most challenging teaching:…
Ohashi awakens - Hidden Lamp 8
Should a slave meditate to wake up?How can we access a larger trauma-informed view in Zen? In this talk, Sensei Kanko discusses a very emotionally triggering koan with the greatest gentleness. How…
Zuigan Calls His Master - Mumonkan 12
What is the relationship between the big “eternal” spiritual mind and our small lonely or calculative mind? How to live our daily lives in these times of polycrisis and systemic oppression?This talk…
Yunmen's Kanshiketsu - Mumonkan 21 (July 2025)
How is an enlightened compassion the essence of our “impossible" suffering?In this profound talk, Dr. Kritee explores case 21 of the Mumonkan, where a student asks Zen Master Yunmen "What is the…
Beloved Community and Accessing Deep Trust in Universe beyond Our Individual Lifetimes - Part 2
How do we cultivate deeper trust in life when everything seems to be falling apart? What does it mean to "proceed on from the top of a hundred-foot pole" - to let go just when we think we've learned…
Beloved Community and Accessing Deep Trust in Universe beyond Our Individual Lifetimes - Part I
Using the example of the Babemba tribe’s harm resolution ceremony, Sensei Kritee explores “What if a wise response to our current times is to expand our vision and perception beyond the limits of a…
Kyogen's Man Up in a Tree - Mumonkan 5
How can we make wholesome decisions in the face of impossible dilemmas that life throws at us? How do we face impossible choices when hanging between life and death?In this talk, Dr. Kritee Kanko…
Dipa Ma's Fearless Daughters - Hidden Lamp 38
How can we cultivate fearlessness in these turbulent times? Can developing our ability to grieve, trust, and surrender help us access our inner vastness and fearlessness? Is our practice supporting…
Yuanji Knocks the Body Down - Hidden Lamp 53
How can we respond with loving clarity and topple brothers like Trump or Musk who are stuck in toxic patterns of power and control?In this profound Dharma talk, Sensei Kritee Kanko explores a koan…
Unmon's Kanshiketsu - Mumonkan 21
How can a soiled toilet paper which you have used to wipe your ass be Buddha? How can the things we “hate” about life be “sacred”? How can the worst kinds of physical and emotional pain experienced…
S1E13 Nansen’s ordinary mind is the way (2019) - Mumonkan 19
What is the mental state from which we can take action during these times of uncertainty, fear and grief? How can we access such a “prized” mental state? In this talk Sensei Kritee Kanko (Ph.D.)…
S1E12 Ryutetsuma the Old Female Buffalo (2017, classic, one of the first talks by Sensei Kanko) - Hekiganroku 24
Get drunk on Mu and strategize. This talk addresses how “masculine” Rinzai Zen and feminine ancient Indian path of bhakti can come together. And what we can do after we have drunk the finest wine…
Two Monks Roll Up the Blinds: Mumonkan 26
What is inner spiritual liberation? What happens when outer social-political liberation is not possible in these times of polycrisis? In this talk, Dr. Kritee explores the path of inner liberation in…
Tozan's Three Pounds of Flax - Mumonkan case 18
Can the deepest personal, societal and ecological challenges we face lead our way to the "great bliss"? If the most vulnerable species and innocent children are being killed every hour, is it okay…
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Zen and Ecodharma Talks by Kritee Kanko has published 29 episodes since February 2022, covering topics in Buddhism, Religion & Spirituality.
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