Thousand Harbours Zen

 Our temple, Sensouji, has received official recognition as a temple by the Soto Zen School in Japan. Here, a talk about what it means for us to belong to something else: a sect, a school, a tradition, a lineage. (Koun Franz; June 4, 2024)    You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbour...

 When we sit in zazen, we’re waiting for the bell; when we notice that feeling, we notice we’re always waiting for something. What if we weren’t? (Koun Franz; May 21, 2024)    You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen podcast.    Post-production by Tod Nyokai.

 Case 93 of Dogen's Mana Shobogenzo (Koun Franz; May 7, 2024):    Shenshan was sewing when Dongshan said, “What are you doing?”  Shenshan said, “I am sewing.”  Dongshan said, “What is sewing?”  Shenshan said, “Each stitch follows the other.”  Dongshan said, “If my companion of twenty years says so, I guess there is a point.”  Shenshan said, “What would you say, Elder?”  Dongshan said, “Each stitch...

Case 76 of Dogen's Mana Shobogenzo (Koun Franz; April 16, 2024):    Dagui was once asked by a monastic, “What is the Way?”  Dagui said, “No-mind is the Way.”  The monastic said, “I don’t understand it.”  Dagui said, “It’s good to understand not-understanding.”  The monastic said, “What is not-understanding?”  Dagui said, “It’s just that you are not anyone else.”    —from The True Dharma Eye: Zen M...

 Following the death of a member of our community, a talk on how we measure, and what that might mean in terms of the middle way (Koun Franz; April 6, 2024).    You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube channel.    Post-production by Tod Nyokai.

Case 73 of Dogen's Mana Shobogenzo (Koun Franz; April 2, 2024): You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com ; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube channel.   Post-production by Tod Nyokai.

Kosho Uchiyama-roshi instructed, “Sit immovably in the place where being superior or inferior to others doesn’t matter." (Koun Franz; March 19, 2024)   You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube channel.   Post-production by Tod Nyokai.

Case 77 of Dogen's Mana Shobogenzo (Koun Franz; March 5, 2024): You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com ; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube channel.   Post-production by Tod Nyokai.

Case 70 of Dogen's Mana Shobogenzo (Koun Franz; February 20, 2024): You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com ; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube channel.   Post-production by Tod Nyokai.

Case 67 of Dogen's Mana Shobogenzo (Koun Franz; January 31, 2024): You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com ; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube channel.   Post-production by Tod Nyokai.

A talk on practicing stillness. (Koun Franz; January 16, 2024) You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com ; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube Channel.   Post-production by Tod Nyokai.

To start the year, a talk about dana, generosity, and the mutuality of practice (Koun Franz; January 2, 2024). You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube Channel. Post-production by Tod Nyokai.

Dogen's Mana Shobogenzo, Case 59 (Koun Franz; December 5, 2023).   You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com ; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube Channel   Post-production by Tod Nyokai.

It's easy to see that when we do zazen, we're doing a yoga pose. But we may not be clear about which one it is (Koun Franz; November 21, 2023).   You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com ; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen podcast.   Post-production by Tod Nyokai.

On the realm of atarimae: "of course." What do we already know? (Koun Franz; Nov. 7, 2023)   You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com ; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube Channel.   Post-production by Tod Nyokai.

 On the comfort of speaking the same language as someone else--and how we're doing it all the time (Koun Franz; October 17, 2023).   You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com ; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube Channel.   Post-production by Tod Nyokai.

To mark Bodhidharma Day (October 5), a look at how the character of Bodhidharma appears--again and again--in the koans compiled by Dogen (Koun Franz; October 3, 2023).   You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com ; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube Channel.   Post-production by Tod Nyokai.

Dogen's Mana Shobogenzo, Case 47 (Koun Franz; September 19, 2023): You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com ; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube Channel.  Post-production by Tod Nyokai.

A talk by Koun Franz on the power of stopping. (September 5, 2023) Follows podcast #259 You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube Channel.   Post-production by Tod Nyokai.

From Dogen's Mana Shobogenzo, Case 37 (Koun Franz; August 1, 2023): You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube Channel. Post-production by Tod Nyokai.

Days before the official opening of our temple, Sensouji (千湊寺), some thoughts on the temple and what we really do offer. (Koun Franz; July 4, 2023)  Case 56 of Dogen's Mana Shobogenzo: “It’s just that the gift belongs to everyone.” The giver, receiver, and the gift are the same.    You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks...

Zen form takes many forms. But there are basic principles to which we can refer, whether we're at a temple, or online, or out in the world. (Koun Franz; August 29, 2023) You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube Channel. Post-production by Nyokai Todd Cornett.

THZ 258 - I Have Already Exhausted Myself for You

THZ 257 - What Tools Do We Gain from Zen

A talk on Case 12 of Dogen's Mana Shobogenzo Koun Franz; Jan. 17, 2023