San Antonio Zen Center Dharma Talks

Recorded July 31, 2021. ----- The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate in our offerings and programs regardless of income. Please consider making a donation to SAZC on our site sanantoniozen.org or by visiting PayPal.me/sanantoniozen

Recorded on July 17, 2021. ----- The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate in our offerings and programs regardless of income. Please consider making a donation to SAZC on our site sanantoniozen.org or by visiting PayPal.me/sanantoniozen

Colin speaks about the nuances of hate and how to instead practice non-hate. Recorded on May 8, 2021 via Zoom Zendo ----- The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate in our offerings and programs regardless of income. Please consider making a donation to SAZC on our site sanantoniozen.org or by visiting PayPal.me/sanantonioze...

Colin recalls the stories of Fuzan Hoen (and his role in our lineage) as well as of Kumarata and Gayashata to remind us that Reality is the same on either side of the door we're on. Recorded on April 17, 2021 during a two-day sesshin via Zoom Zendo ----- The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate in our offerings and program...

Colin speaks about our interconnectedness and the practice we take up to care for each other. Recorded on February 6, 2021 via Zoom Zendo ----- The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate in our offerings and programs regardless of income. Please consider making a donation to SAZC on our site sanantoniozen.org or by visiting...

The first dharma talk after reopening SAZC 15 months since the start of the pandemic, Colin talks about rediscovering our relationship to the Center, the zendo, and our practice. Recorded on June 12, 2021 ----- The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate in our offerings and programs regardless of income. Please consider maki...

Colin speaks about the legacy of the late Sojun Mel Weitsman Roshi and the relationship between student and teacher. ----- The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate in our offerings and programs regardless of income. Please consider making a donation to SAZC on our site sanantoniozen.org or by visiting PayPal.me/sanantonioz...

Colin speaks about Sejiki, a ceremony to comfort the ancestral spirits, and an important ceremony in the Sōtō Zen School. This ceremony is performed as a way of making offerings to the family ancestors, to one’s parents, relatives, and spirits of other people we are connected with, as well as for spirits that are no longer connected to any living person, also known as Hungry Ghosts. Recorded on Oc...

Myogan Djinn Gallagher is the resident priest and teacher at Black Mountain Zen Centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Born in Dublin, Ireland, Djinn started practicing in 1993, meeting her teacher Ryushin Paul Haller in 2003. Her intention to train as a priest led her to residential practice at San Francisco Zen Centre where she lived from 2007 until 2016, first in the monastery, Tassajara, and the...

Colin speaks about the importance of returning to the breath.  Via the Zoom Zendo on September 26, 2020. ----- The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate in our offerings and programs regardless of income. Please consider making a donation to SAZC on our site sanantoniozen.org or by visiting PayPal.me/sanantoniozen

In this talk, given during her online sesshin, Not Knowing Is Most Intimate, Cuca Montecel Sensei speaks about the unknowable nature of life, the futility of attempting to control it, and the intimacy that not knowing brings. ----- The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate in our offerings and programs regardless of income....

Colin discusses dānapāramitā, its importance, and the various ways one can practice generosity. ----- The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate in our offerings and programs regardless of income. Please consider making a donation to SAZC on our site sanantoniozen.org or by visiting PayPal.me/sanantoniozen.

Heather Martin discusses the importance of following one’s breath in practice and life. ----- The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate in our offerings and programs regardless of income. Please consider making a donation to SAZC on our site sanantoniozen.org or by visiting PayPal.me/sanantoniozen

Myrna Toohey, a longtime practitioner at the San Antonio Zen Center gives a talk on Mindfulness and Loving Kindness. She is currently enrolled in the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (MMTCP) and is studying under Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.  -----  The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate i...

Colin discusses a case from Mumonkan, or The Gateless Gate. ----- The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate in our offerings and programs regardless of income. Please consider making a donation to SAZC on our site sanantoniozen.org or by visiting PayPal.me/sanantoniozen

Dokan Rick Wadsworth discusses his experiences with racism and how to combat it through the lens of Zen practice. ----- The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate in our offerings and programs regardless of income. Please consider making a donation to SAZC on our site sanantoniozen.org or by visiting PayPal.me/sanantoniozen

Colin discusses Right Action, how it connects to the Bodhisattva Precepts, other facets of the Eightfold Path, and the role that conduct plays in our lives and relationships with others. ----- The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate in our offerings and programs regardless of income. Please consider making a donation to S...

Jisan Tova Green has been in residence at San Francisco Zen Center for over twenty years. She was ordained as a Zen priest and received Dharma Transmission from Eijun Linda Cutts. She is currently the Liaison for the Branching Streams Zen Centers and sitting groups -- over 70 in the U.S. and nine in other countries. Tova co-founded the SFZC Queer Dharma Group in 2009 and the group Unpacking Whiten...

Colin Gipson references Chapters 2-3 of the Diamond Sutra to frame the mindfulness of embarking on the Bodhisattva path. ----- The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate in our offerings and programs regardless of income. Please consider making a donation to SAZC on our site sanantoniozen.org or by visiting PayPal.me/sananto...

Myoshin Laurie Haley discusses the concept of fear. ----- The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate in our offerings and programs regardless of income. Please consider making a donation to SAZC on our site sanantoniozen.org or by visiting PayPal.me/sanantoniozen

Colin speaks about the power of loving-kindness, one of the Brahmaviharas, or heavenly abodes, and the merit of cultivating it. ----- The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate in our offerings and programs regardless of income. Please consider making a donation to SAZC on our site sanantoniozen.org or by visiting PayPal.me/...

Tim Kroll, director of the Austin Zen Center, speaks about the practice of Zazen. ----- The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate in our offerings and programs regardless of income. Please consider making a donation to SAZC on our site sanantoniozen.org or by visiting PayPal.me/sanantoniozen

Colin speaks about Right Intention, how it connects to the Bodhisattva Precepts, other facets of the Eightfold Path, and the role intention plays in our lives and relationships with others. ----- The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate in our offerings and programs regardless of income. Please consider making a donation t...

On the day of David’s Jukai Ceremony, Colin reminds us about loving and supporting our sangha. ----- The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate in our offerings and programs regardless of income. Please consider making a donation to SAZC on our site sanantoniozen.org or by visiting PayPal.me/sanantoniozen

Shinji Mary Carol Edwards begins with a story from the Lotus Sutra (Chapter 20), about the Buddha’s previous life as Bodhisattva Never-Disparaging to encourage us to remember the buddha-nature of all sentient beings. ----- The San Antonio Zen Center is supported solely by Dana (the paramita of generosity) so that everyone can participate in our offerings and programs regardless of income. Please c...