TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
Episodes
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Keizan Zenji's Zazen-Yojinki (2)
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
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»
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Keizan Zenji's Zazen-Yojinki (1)
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
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, eat beforehand and what to do on those days when the mind just won't settle down, while other parts of the essay (such as today's portion) are wild, willy and mind wowing as only Zen writings can be!
Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:March 2024 Monthly Zazenkai»
Friday Feb 09, 2024
Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Dedication of Merit
Friday Feb 09, 2024
Friday Feb 09, 2024
Today's Talk will reflect on our "Dedication of Merit", which we recite each time, but maybe without looking closely
Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Dedication of Merit»
Sunday Jan 07, 2024
Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Genjokoan Series (6)
Sunday Jan 07, 2024
Sunday Jan 07, 2024
This is the sixth (and last) in our monthly series based on the modernized translation of the Genjo Koan, from Jundo's book "The Zen Master's Dance" A Guide to Understanding Dōgen and Who You Are in the Universe. Today a message very appropriate for a good life in this New Year and every day ...
Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - A Happy New Year Genjo!!
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Genjo Koan Series (5)
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Today, we find enlightenment in EVERY aspect of this world, even the hard parts we do not welcome. And we find enlightenment in how we live in this world, finding our own role
Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI»
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Genjo Koan Series (4)
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
We continue our series on Genjo Koan, 'Realizing the Truth Right Here,' and the way of Bodhidharma found there.
Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Remember Bodhidharma Day!
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Genjo Koan Series (3)
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
This time, we will be looking at passages of Genjokoan based on the modernized translation from 'THE ZEN MASTER’S DANCE A Guide to Understanding Dōgen and Who You Are in the Universe' in light of our Jukai (Undertaking the Precepts) and Ango (Peaceful Abiding) Season ...
Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI - Commencing JUKAI & ANGO!
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Genjo Koan Series (2)
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Practitioners sometimes think that enlightenment is the endpoint of practice rather than an ongoing series of daily actions that are each an opportunity to manifest either ignorant or enlightened behavior. They think that they must get to a perpetually blissful place called “enlightenment,” removed from the pain and complexity of this world, and all their problems will disappear but their wishes and desires will be fully satisfied. Actually, that has never been the way Zen masters considered enlightenment
Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:Aug 4-5th 2023 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hr ZAZENKAI - Genjo Koan (II) - The Key to Dogen's Zen