Best Genjo Podcasts (2024)

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On Community (Part 2) 46:13

2d ago46:13

46:13

This talk continues the exploration of how to discover and develop a sense of community. It differentiates between intimacy as undividedness with all beings (the spiritual dimension of community) and intimacy as closeness (the conventional longing for being known and understood by others in our physicality, feelings, and thoughts). Regarding this l…

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Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Keizan Zenji's 'Zazen-Yojinki' (5) 34:29

5d ago34:29

34:29

We continue with the fifth instalment of this series of talks based on master Keizan's 'Zazen-Yojinki'. In this episode, we are looking at what zazen is by understanding what zazen isn't. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: July Monthly Zazenkai»By Treeleaf Zendo

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Pause for the Pause 39:58

16d ago39:58

39:58

This talk was given as part of a Weekend Sitting at the Boulder Zen Center. It highlights the distinction between the contents of mind and the field of mind and its importance for practice. Dogen encouraged his students "to be continuously intimate with the field of mind." The talk presents two attentional practices to discover and establish onesel…

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Maple Tree in the Back Garden 26:15

17d ago26:15

26:15

Sendo Osho gave this Dharma Talk on the fifth day of Summer Sesshin 2024 at Chobo-Ji. She examines why did Bodhidharma come from the West.

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Chen's Mountain Flowers 26:37

18d ago26:37

26:37

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the middle day of Summer Sesshin 2024 at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores what is needed to reverse our madness towards each other and our planet: mindfulness, deeply seeing things as they are, and loving action.

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Hekiganroku - Case 62 22:19

19d ago22:19

22:19

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the third day of Summer Sesshin 2024 at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores how our bodies sitting in the zendo, become a mountain form seamless with the planet, seamless with the Dharma.

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Hekiganroku - Case 61 22:02

21d ago22:02

22:02

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the second day of Summer Sesshin 2024 at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores how our universe awakened and the role of our flowering in it.

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The Well of the Intimate Infinite 34:46

21d ago34:46

34:46

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the first day of Summer Sesshin 2024 at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores our ability die to our ego identity and find the deep truth of our existence.

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Zen and Focusing as Personal Practice, an interview with Dr. Greg Madison 1:28:50

1M ago1:28:50

1:28:50

This is a special conversational episode. Christian (Zenki Roshi) is interviewed by Dr. Greg Madison, a British psychologist and psychotherapist. More than usual, Christian connects the concepts and practices he teaches with his own biographical journey. In the beginning, the conversation centers around Christian's encounter of and interest in Gene…

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Hekiganroku - Case 60 22:49

1M ago22:49

22:49

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the June 9, 2024, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores how everything is mortal including the planet, the sun, the galaxy and the universe. Is this depressing or freeing?

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Hekiganroku - Cases 58 & 59 36:03

1M ago36:03

36:03

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the June 2, 2024 Seattle University Zazenkai at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores Verses on The Faith Mind by the Third Chinese Zen Ancestor. The talk also explores possibilities for Dark matter and Dark energy.

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Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Keizan Zenji's 'Zazen-Yojinki' (4) 41:55

1M ago41:55

41:55

This week, Master Keizan tells us what Zazen is, and is not (and also to have clean feet). Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: June 2024, Monthly Zazenkai »By Treeleaf Zendo

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On Community (Part 1) 53:38

2M ago53:38

53:38

This talk explores the experience of loneliness and the practice and views we might want to adopt to foster a sense of community: (1) share space instead of expecting to share beliefs or interests, (2) prioritize doing things together over talking, (3) practice mutual embodiment (notice how we interaffect each other in our sensations and movements)…

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Hekiganroku - Case 57 33:15

2M ago33:15

33:15

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the May 26, 2024 Zazenkai at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores how to transcend being chained to our preferences.

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Effortless Effort: Republished from 2022 41:28

2M ago41:28

41:28

This episode was first published in February 2022. We are republishing this episode because in it, Zenki Roshi addresses the most common questions asked by beginners and the issue of discomfort sometimes experienced by practitioners of all levels during zazen. What exactly are we doing in zazen meditation? What kind of effort is necessary? This tal…

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Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Keizan Zenji's 'Zazen-Yojinki' (3) 43:56

2M ago43:56

43:56

This week, Master Keizan offers practical advice, relevant even today, although some bits maybe more suited to the 13th Century, on one's life surrounding Zazen Practice. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: Treeleaf Sangha's May Monthly Zazenkai »By Treeleaf Zendo

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What's Love Got to Do With It? (Sesshin Day 1) 48:20

2M ago48:20

48:20

This talk is the first of seven Sesshin talks. (A Sesshin is a 7-day Zen meditation intensive.) It starts with the question, 'What does it mean to love?' The word 'love' carries all kind of baggage. So much so that in American Zen it doesn't seem to have a whole lot of currency. Yet, we're all longing for the spiritual dimension of love. This wide-…

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On Formal and Daily Practice 45:35

3M ago45:35

45:35

This talk was given as part of the closing ceremony of the 3-month Everyday Zen Practice Period. At the end of retreats and periods of intensified practice, many practitioners wonder how they can carry the renewed and invigorated sense of practice into their everyday lives. The answer is simple but not easy to implement: continue to stay fully pres…

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Hekiganroku - Case 56 25:20

3M ago25:20

25:20

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the April 14, 2024 Zazenkai at Chobo-Ji. This talk examines what it would take to end all wars and prejudice.

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Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Keizan Zenji's Zazen-Yojinki (2) 44:30

3M ago44:30

44:30

We continue our series on Master Keizan's 'Zazen-Yōjinki'or 'Notes to Keep in Heart for Zazen' Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: HERE»By Treeleaf Zendo

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Genjo Koan (Part 9): Buddha-Nature in Action 1:01:20

3M ago1:01:20

1:01:20

This talk concludes the line-by-line commentary on the Genjo Koan. Dogen has given us a clear (and maybe disappointing) vision of practice. We are never done with our practice. It's not like we are practicing in order to reach enlightenment, and once we have realized it, we're good. Instead, we are challenged to express enlightenment through our pr…

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Hekiganroku - Case 55 32:51

4M ago32:51

32:51

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the sixth day of Spring Sesshin, 2024. This talk examines the Zen perspective on this matter of Life and Death. What is life? What is eternal?

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Hekiganroku - Case 54 26:57

4M ago26:57

26:57

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the fifth day of Spring Sesshin, 2024. Holding out arm stretched hands, what does that mean?

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Hekiganroku - Case 53 28:34

4M ago28:34

28:34

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the second day of Spring Sesshin, 2024. Zen koans are usually much simpler than we ever imagined. This talk examines how our discriminating mind often separates us from light and love.

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Let Go Let Be 29:13

4M ago29:13

29:13

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the first day of Spring Sesshin, 2024. This talk examines how to pass through the gateless barrier of Zen using the mantra: let go, let be. It also explores Genjo's relationship to Dr. Glenn Kangan Webb.

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Genjo Koan (Part 8): Life Is a Bird, Life Is a Fish 56:40

4M ago56:40

56:40

This talk is the eighth in the series on Dogen's Genjo Koan. Dogen views realization not as an experience of oneness or a discovery of the ground of being but as an endless and groundless path of engaging the mystery and challenge of the present moment. In comparing our human life on this earth to the life of a bird in the sky and a fish in the oce…

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Genjo Koan (Part 2): Flowers Fall, Weeds Spread 58:19

4M ago58:19

58:19

This talk is the second in the series on Dogen's Genjo Koan. It is a close reading of the first four sentences. First, it provides an understanding of dharmas as momentary experiential units. Then it discusses Dogen's seemingly contradictory presentation of the dharma (the teaching of liberation) in light of the classic path of awakening, the teach…

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Chiyono's No Water, No Moon 22:18

4M ago22:18

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Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the March 10, 2024 Zazenkai at Chobo-Ji. This talk examines how we might lose our life to find our life.

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Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Keizan Zenji's Zazen-Yojinki (1) 45:38

4M ago45:38

45:38

Master Keizan, considered with Master Dogen one of the two "Founders" of Soto Zen in Japan, lived from 1264 to 1325. His essay “Zazen-Yōjinki” might be considered an expansion and further exploration of Dogen's explanation of Zazen, the 'Fukanzazengi'. The advice is often very practical, covering such topics as how to sit, breathe, what to wear, ea…

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Hekiganroku - Case 52 29:28

5M ago29:28

29:28

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the final day of Winter Odayaka Sesshin, 2024. This talk examines the most important use of Zen practice. It is not to achieve enlightenment, but to combust our personal and generational karmic dung. (Note: explicit content)

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Hekiganroku - Case 51 36:54

5M ago36:54

36:54

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the second day of Winter Odayaka Sesshin, 2024. This talk examines what is like to breakthrough to the positive absolute perspective of reality, which is often the start of one's deep journey towards maturity.

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Hekianroku - Caase 50 31:26

5M ago31:26

31:26

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the Feb. 23, 2024 during the first day of Winter Odayaka Sesshin. This talk examines cancel culture and the problems associated with stringent and fixed dualistic thinking. Instead, it is important to nurture particle after particle samadhi.

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Genjo Koan (Part 1): To Complete That Which Appears 46:07

5M ago46:07

46:07

This talk kicks off a lecture series on Dogen's most celebrated writing, the Genjo Koan. It explores the meaning of the title phrase, which informs the entire text. GEN means to appear, JO means to complete. KO can be understood as the universal, while AN points to what is particular and unique. So GENJO KOAN means: to complete what appears as simu…

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