TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Dogen, Fullness and Sacred Ordinary Life

Today we dance with an insightful scholar's paper on Dogen Zenji's unique and profound ideas regarding fullness, universal liberation, the sacred as "immanent in space and time", Buddhahood in the "fundamental activity of the world," practice-realization as "liberating activity", Zen practice as the "practice of Buddhahood," and the fullness and sacredness of "ordinary life".
Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:READ MORE HERE »

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Koans from the Blue Cliff Record (III)

Happy New Year to you all! We continue our study of the koans from the Blue Cliff Record, with a new batch of them today, beginning with case 13.
Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:JANUARY 2025 MONTHLY ZAZENKAI »

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Winter Work, Spring Planting, Summer Harvest

However you feel about the results of the American election, and wherever you live in the world, we do not stop working for good. This is Master Dogen's lesson of "Ongoing Practice Enlightenment". We accept where we are, work for a good direction from right here ... and right here ... and right here. Winter is Winter, Spring is just Spring, Summer is just Summer, Fall is Fall ... but if we do not plant seeds in the Spring, there can be no harvest in Summer and in Fall.
Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:November 11 Zazenkai »

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Koans from the Blue Cliff Record (II)

In this episode, we continue to look at koans from the Blue Cliff Record, specifically cases 7 to 12. We do that through the Soto Zen lens, extracting the practical essence from these famous ancient exchanges.
Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:November 2024, monthly Zazenkai »

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Koans from the Blue Cliff Record (I)

This month, accompanying our sangha's book study, we take a look at the first five koans from the famous Blue Cliff Record. We do that through the Soto Zen lens, extracting the practical essence from these famous ancient exchanges.
Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:October 2024 Monthly Zazenkai»

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - September 2024: Dogen Zenji´s ¨Shoaku Makusa¨

This month, as we begin our sangha's Ango, we dive into a few sections of master Dogen's ¨Shoaku Makusa¨ (Not Doing Wrongs)
Further reading and discussion are available on the Treeleaf forum:September 2024 Monthly Zazenkai»

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Keizan Zenji's 'Zazen-Yojinki' (6)

We continue our study of master Keizan's Zazen-Yojinki, this time diving into the physicality of zazen and some useful techniques to keep ourselves awake and alert when sitting.
Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:August 2024, monthly Zazenkai»

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

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»