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What Must Change, What Must Remain: The Future of Dharma | Koshin Paley Ellison
“How you bow is not just for you.” This teaching from a Japanese monastery lands at the heart of this talk, as Koshin Sensei reflects on what it means to practice consistently; to be the same person…
Finding the Buddha in Others | Chodo Robert Campbell
“The precept does not ask us to be passive in the face of injustice. The question is always: from what place do we speak?”In this recent talk, Chodo Sensei explores the sixth and seventh precepts:…
Doubt Digs Up the Whole Blue Planet | Chodo Robert Campbell
“The purpose of practice might be to enter the question so fully that it begins to reshape us.”What is the purpose of practice after all? In this talk on doubt and the practice of not-knowing, Chodo…
Not Turning Away from this Fractured World | Chodo Robert Campbell
“In Zen practice, we talk about bearing witness; not as a passive act, but as a form of deep engagement. To really see what's happening. Not escaping into numbness, but also not hardening into fixed…
What Do We Do With Our Anger? | Chodo Robert Campbell
“In this moment, what does it mean to care?”What do the precepts ask of us in a time of injustice, division, and outrage? In this recent talk, given the day after millions took to the streets in…
The Gift of Fearlessness | Koshin Paley Ellison
“Faith is not blind belief, but confidence born of seeing what's actually possible—the willingness to plant a seed without yet seeing the fruit.”In this recent talk given on a snowy Sunday morning,…
Opening the Closed Fist: Money as Spiritual Practice | Koshin Paley Ellison
“Do an audit of how you spend your money. Does it match what you say you really care about?”In this powerful recent talk, Koshin Sensei tackles a topic many spiritual communities avoid: money. Often,…
Where Do Wars Begin? The Second Precept & Human Dignity | Chodo Robert Campbell
“Our practice doesn't ask us how to end wars, it asks us where the wars begin. In this body. In this flash of rage. In this certainty that I am right and you are wrong.”Amid news of global conflicts…
No Arrival: Practice and Realization Are One | Koshin Paley Ellison
“When you encounter obstacles, do not see them as hindrances separate from practice.”In this talk from the beginning of the year (and in preparation for the Year of the Fire Horse), Koshin Sensei…
Safeguarding What Matters Most | Koshin Paley Ellison
“Many people can study lots of things, but are you living that way?”On the 12th day of our Commit to Sit, during a winter blizzard, Koshin Sensei explores a profound question: What's the difference…
Not Enough: The Practice of Surrendering the Self | Chodo Robert Campbell
“Each in breath is bringing life into the body, and each out breath is a death. We never know if there'll be another inhale.”On the third day of our recent Winter Sesshin (silent retreat), Chodo…
Becoming Yourself | Jiryu Rutschman-Byler
“The best way to observe precepts is just to be you yourself and then the precepts are always with you.”What does it mean to “be yourself” in Zen, not as self-improvement, but as a direct, embodied…
When the Roots Are Deep, There is No Need to Fear the Wind | Koshin Paley Ellison
“Settling down is a protest against a society that values speed.”We share this opening talk from our last Commit to Sit in honor of our upcoming 90-day program starting this January.In it, Koshin…
Why Weren't You More Yourself? | Koshin Paley Ellison
“They will not ask me why I wasn't Moses. They will ask, ‘why weren't you Zosia? Why weren't you more yourself?’”On the 82nd day of our recent Commit to Sit, Koshin Paley Ellison delivered this…
Skillful Means in a Comfort-Obsessed World | Koshin Paley Ellison
“The truth had never been expounded before because the time to do so had not yet come. Now is the time to drop the story about what should have happened.”What if your practice wasn’t about…
From Demons to Dharma: Transforming Our Difficulties | Koshin Paley Ellison
“There is no enemy except our delusion, and even that, when bound to the path, becomes a place of support.”In this talk, Koshin Sensei reflects on the ancient figure of Fudo Myo-o, the “Immovable…
Practicing with the Dissenters | Koshin Paley Ellison
“A good teacher will take the mask off your face.”In this recent drama talk, Koshin Sensei reflects on the first two chapters of the Lotus Sutra. There is a crowd gathering to hear the Buddha teach,…
Sitting Zazen with All Beings | Koshin Paley Ellison
“The wisdom of the Buddhas is infinitely profound and immeasurable... and that door is difficult to understand and difficult to enter when we believe our stories.”In this recent dharma talk, Koshin…
Finding Refuge When Life Unravels | Chodo Robert Campbell
“When I forget who I am, I return to the Buddha. When I’m lost in confusion, I return to the Dharma. When I feel alone, I return to the Sangha.”In this tender and luminous talk, Chodo Sensei reflects…
The Heart of Living the Way | Koshin Paley Ellison
“I love birthdays because they remind us: I was born, and I’m going to die. This is my one shot.”In this talk from his birthday this past Sunday, Koshin Sensei reflects on the gift of being alive and…
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