Recorded Teachings

Just Feel It - 9/11/22 By Sokuzan

When something happens, the feelings tend to come in between the thought process and take over because they are so intense. Just receive...

Touch And Go Space - 9/7/22 by Sokuzan

When you’re working with a radical, simple meditation process or even in your everyday life, the idea is to touch on whatever’s arising....

Contrivance - 9/4/22 by Sokuzan

Don’t contrive anything. Don’t make things up. But if you do make things up, observe that. We can’t really stop it or get away from it....

No Selfies - 8/31/22 by Sokuzan

So far, we are free - kind of. But, if you believe, disbelieve or ignore your thought patterns, you’re not free; you’re in a prison of...

Mountains and Riverbeds - 8/28/22

What does it mean to be free of the burden of worldly possessions? How are wisdom and confusion not separate? Are we alive? Sokuzan...

The Four Moments - 8/24/22

This teaching comes from the Tiantai, or Tendai tradition, which came to Japan around the ninth century. It is similar to Zen Buddhism....

The Vow Is Not A Cover-Up - 8/21/22

There are sixteen vows, but the basic vow is to be with all things. Whatever arises in your life stream, don’t object to it, don’t agree...

Take No Position - 8/17/22

Taking no position requires you to notice the way you move spontaneously from what shows up to a position about it. This is what you need...

Downsizing Outflows - 8/14/22

Something triggers us and we have an intense emotional reaction. This is totally appropriate: It’s called dependent origination. The...

Produce The Vow - 8/11/22

We’re always producing something. Rather than producing plans or strategies, produce the vow. If you consider yourself a student of the...

Don't Believe, Disbelieve, Ignore - 8/7/22

Notice how when something shows up you go to belief, disbelief or distraction. It’s very difficult to use relative concepts to see over...

Don't Miss Your Life - 8/3/22

This is a relative way to help you see how you might be missing, avoiding or covering up the very thing that would be the most...

Chants, Precepts and...