Recorded Teachings

Meet Everything Where It's At - 1/22/23 by Sokuzan

Meet everything where it’s at, starting with what is arising in your own mind stream. Don’t add to it, don’t subtract it, don’t judge it...

Responsibility - 1/18/23 by Sokuzan

Whatever shows up, don’t shift it to something else. Be responsible for anything that arises in your mind stream. The ability to respond...

Basic Buddhist Teachings 12/21/22 By Chiezan

This basic Buddhist teaching focuses on the early Chinese Zen masters, starting with Bodhidharma coming from India to China.

Roots of Zen - 1/15/23 by Chiezan

What was it that set the foundation for the lineage we call Zen? Chiezan talks about the beginnings of our tradition of direct...

Empty of Other - 1/11/22 by Sokuzan

We quite often hear about of empty of self, that there is no one here. It’s also empty of other. Another way of addressing this is...

When Confusion is Not Confusing - 1/8/22 by Sokuzan

I’m looking at confusion all the time. My teachers have helped me see that you don’t have to get rid of anything. It will not...

WTF - 1/4/23 by Sokuzan

Suddenly something just starts to get hold of us and draws our attention away from what we were intending to do. Just feel it, receive...

Boundaries - 1/1/23 by Sokuzan

There’s a natural boundary between any two things. There are the boundaries we set up to protect our property, and boundaries based on...

Open Discipline - 12/28/22 by Sokuzan

It’s hard to come up with a standard that will fit each person - it can be situational. The standard is the discipline, the structure....

Story Traps 12/25/22 by Sokuzan

We constantly tell ourselves stories about what we should and shouldn’t do. The motivation is the ego trying to protect itself. We don’t...

The Second Wake Up - 12/18/22 by Sokuzan

The first wake up is to see how you are being controlled by everything; your beliefs, your culture, your ideas. The second wake up is to...

The First Wake Up - 12/7/22 by Sokuzan

See how much you are being controlled by your beliefs, thoughts, opinions, and society. The first wake up is looking at the cover up. If...

Chants, Precepts and...