Zen Community of Oregon Dharma Talks

This talk is from Great Vow Sunday Program on August 4th 2024, given by resident zen teacher, Jomon Martin. In this talk Jomon discusses continuous practice in our everyday lives. ★ Support this podcast ★

This talk is by Jogen, Sensei from July Sesshin 202 at Great Vow Zen Monastery , talk 5. In this dharma talk Jogen discusses a bigger view of zen practice and specifically sesshin practice. What is all this practice really about? ★ Support this podcast ★

This is talk 4 of July Sesshin 2024 with Jogen, Sensei at Great Vow Zen Monastery. In this talk Jogen discusses opening the hand of thought, our own inherent freedom, and the ability of everyone to wake up. ★ Support this podcast ★

This talk was given at the end of our summer 2024 inner critic workshop at Great Vow Zen Monastery. Hogen Roshi, Chozen Roshi and Jogen Sensei sit together and discuss working with the inner critic in this unique style of talk. ★ Support this podcast ★

This talk is from July Sesshin 2024 at Great Vow Zen Monastery, Day 3. In this talk Jogen discusses immersion in the flow of life, stillness, language and many other topics in this sesshin dharma talk. ★ Support this podcast ★

This talk was given during Kisei's Monday evening online sit with Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple in Portland, OR in July 2024.Within there is a Jewel: Emplacement and Your Dream for the WorldAbout a thousand years ago, a Zen teacher named Yunmen said to their community:Within heaven and earth, through space and time, there is a jewel, hidden inside the mountain of form. Pick up a lamp and go into the Buddha Hall, take the triple gate and bring it on the lamp.This talk explores this vital koan through the practices of mountain sitting, connecting to place and honoring our own dream (or vow) for the world. ★ Support this podcast ★

This talk is from July Sesshin 2024, day 2 at Great Vow Zen Monastery.In this talk Jogen, Sensei discusses the goal of practice as being free with all of the painful habits of mind, rather than the attempt to be free from them. ★ Support this podcast ★

This is the first talk of the July 2024 Sesshin at Great Vow Zen Monastery.In this talk Myoyu discusses our relationship to the weather as we practice, and many other topics including how our personal practice effects the lives of the people around us. ★ Support this podcast ★

This is a repost from 2022: Laura Jomon Martin, Zen Teacher Sounds Sesshin 2022 Great Vow Zen Monastery 3/19/22

Repost from 2023:Chozen Bays, RoshiSunday ProgramGreat Vow Zen Monastery09/03/23 ★ Support this podcast ★

This talk is from Kisei's Monday night online sit through Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple. This includes a dharma talk and then a guided Tonglen meditation toward the end. ★ Support this podcast ★

This talk is from Kisei's Monday night online sit through Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple in late June 2024.When we take thoughts or beliefs as ultimate truth—divisiveness, conflict or isolation often follow suit. Our thoughts are powerful. And we can actually use this insight to try on other ways of viewing our lives or reality.What happens when we take up a view of unconditional acceptance? Love unbounded? Freedom for all beings?This is the heart of what we call—the Bodhisattva Vow. And it is often articulated as a vow to work towards liberation for all beings. ★ Support this podcast ★

This talk is from the Great Vow Sunday Public Program on Sunday July 14th 2024. In this talk Hogen, Roshi discusses the different views one can take in looking at our lives. From a cursory look at our immediate experience things may seem concrete and unchanging, but when looked at closer, it is ever changing and when it arrives, it's already gone. Where do we go from here? ★ Support this podcast ★

This talk is from Kisei's Monday evening online sit through Heart of Wisdom in late June 2024.With this and that I tried to keep the bucket together, and then the bottom fell out.Where the water does not collect, the moon does not dwell. --ChiyonoHow do we hold ourselves with our thoughts? How do we create identity with our beliefs about ourselves?What happens when we see through this function of the mind? When we let go of the narrative, even a little? ★ Support this podcast ★

A continuation of our last episode with Jogen discussing his "Thinking Zen". Dharma talk given at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple during the Wednesday night sit. Topics in this podcast include:Juneteenth, slavery and how the dehumanization of racism is undergirded by our mind's false 'symbol' making.To what degree are we entangled in flat, mono-dimensional mental symbols? How are they created and sustained?Actual relationship and naked awareness as the medicine ★ Support this podcast ★

Jogen's talk during the Wednesday night sit at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple in Portland, OR.Topics touched on in this episode include:what to do about the frustrating shift from open-hearted, naked awareness to our encultured, dualistic way of thinking/being when we're off of our meditation cushions ?The mind likes to reduce things to a single cause, often to one point of blame for our suffering. Isn't this reductive?How to think interdependently? ★ Support this podcast ★

In this podcast Kodo discusses the benefits of functioning in our daily lives with a beginners mind.Kodo Conover, Zen TeacherSunday Public Program Great Vow Zen Monastery07/09/2024 ★ Support this podcast ★

Hogen Bays, Roshi Rohatsu Sesshin 2020Great Vow Zen MonasteryDecember 2020 ★ Support this podcast ★

Kisei Costenbader, SenseiMonday Evening Online Heart of Wisdom TalkMay 2024 ★ Support this podcast ★

Chozen Bays, Roshi Sunday Public Program Great Vow Zen Monastery6/30/2024 ★ Support this podcast ★

A talk on appropriate response in a series of talks on engaged buddhism given by Kisei, Sensei in her weekly online sit with Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple ★ Support this podcast ★

Sunday Program on June 23, 2024. A talk from Jogen, Sensei given to the public, but focused towards the residents at Great Vow Zen Monastery. ★ Support this podcast ★

Kisei Costenbader, Sensei - online dharma talk with Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple on April 22, 2024. ★ Support this podcast ★

A conversation with Kodo Conover, talking a bit about her life story, her path of practice and her relationship to ZCO. This conversation took place on June 7, 2024. ★ Support this podcast ★

Jogen Salzberg, Sensei at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple in Portland, OR on May 15, 2024. ★ Support this podcast ★

Jogen Salzberg, Sensei at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple in Portland, OR on May 8, 2024. ★ Support this podcast ★

09/09/2024 Sunday Program Talk following the Gen X Buddhist Teachers Sangha annual meeting at Great Vow. ★ Support this podcast ★

Dharma talk by Kisei Costenbader, Sensei during an online program in May 2024 ★ Support this podcast ★

Dharma Talk by Kisei Costenbader, Sensei from an online program in May 2024 ★ Support this podcast ★

06/02/2024 Patrick Bansho Green, Zen Teacher during the Sunday Program Talk at Great Vow Zen Monastery ★ Support this podcast ★

Kisei Costenbader, Sensei and Patrick Bansho Green on 05/19/2024 Closing talk of Ancestors Sesshin at Great Vow Zen Monastery ★ Support this podcast ★

Kisei Costenbader, Sensei 05/18/2024 Talk 5 of Ancestors Sesshin at Great Vow Zen Monastery ★ Support this podcast ★

Patrick Bansho Green, Zen Teacher on 05/17/2024 Talk 4 of Ancestors Sesshin at Great Vow Zen Monastery ★ Support this podcast ★

Kisei Costenbader, Sensei 05/26/2024 Sunday Program at Great Vow Zen Monastery ★ Support this podcast ★

Kisei Costenbader, Sensei 05/16/2024 Talk 3 of Ancestors Sesshin at Great Vow Zen Monastery ★ Support this podcast ★

Bansho Green, Zen Teacher- 05/21-2024 - Talk 2 of Ancestors Sesshin 2024 at Great Vow Zen Monastery ★ Support this podcast ★

Kisei Costenbader, Sensei 05/14/2024 Talk 1 of Ancestors Sesshin at Great Vow Zen Monastery ★ Support this podcast ★

Laura Jomon Martin, Zen Teacher Sounds Sesshin Great Vow Zen Monastery 3/17/22 ★ Support this podcast ★

Chozen Bays, Roshi Sunday Morning Program Great Vow Zen Monastery03/27/2022 ★ Support this podcast ★

Jogen Salzberg, Sensei The Phoenix of True Nature Sesshin 2021 Great Vow Zen Monastery 02/18/21 ★ Support this podcast ★

Kisei Costenbader, Sensei Sunday Program Great Vow Zen Monastery 01/17/21 ★ Support this podcast ★

Hogen Bays, RoshiRohatsu SesshinGreat Vow Zen Monastery12/05/22 ★ Support this podcast ★

Lama LeksheSunday Public Program Great Vow Zen Monastery5/05/2024 ★ Support this podcast ★

In Celebration of our 500th episode on the ZCO Podcast, here is a talk given by Chozen, Roshi in 1983 at ZCLA on Confidence in Dharma. Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast ★

Hogen Bays, RoshiGreat Vow Zen Monastery2008 ★ Support this podcast ★

Jogen Salzberg, SenseiSunday Public ProgramGreat Vow Zen Monastery 04/28/2024 ★ Support this podcast ★

Jogen Salzberg, SenseiMarch 2024 ★ Support this podcast ★

Soten Lynch, Dharma HolderApril Sesshin 2024 Talk 4Great Vow Zen Monastery 04/19/2024 ★ Support this podcast ★

Soten Lynch, Dharma HolderApril Sesshin 2024 Talk 2Great Vow Zen Monastery 04/17/24 ★ Support this podcast ★

Lama Lekshe King TamangWhen Bad News is Good News: Nurturing the Heart of FearlessnessGreat Vow Zen Monastery2/5/22 ★ Support this podcast ★