Zen Community of Oregon

Zen Community of Oregon Dharma Talks

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New podcasts every Tues, Thurs and Sat. Here you can find talks from various teachers involved with the Zen Community of Oregon. We share talks from our retreats, as well as our different weekly offerings between Great Vow Zen Monastery and Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple. Zen Community of Oregon's purpose is to express and make accessible the wisdom and compassion of the Buddha’s teachings, as transmitted through an authentic, historical lineage. To support and maintain Zen Buddhist practice in order to realize and actualize our Buddha nature in everyday life. For more information, please visit ze...

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Memories of Roshi Philip Kapleau 28.05.2020 42:30

Hogen Bays, Roshi - 5/24/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery

Like Wind in the Trees: The Simple Beauty of Your Life 23.05.2020 55:11

Ancestors Sesshin (2020) Talk 1 Kisei Costenbader, Dharma Holder - 5/22/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery

The Effortlessness of Being 23.05.2020 59:37

Ancestors Sesshin (2020) Talk 3 Jogen Salzberg, Sensei - 5/21/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery

Together With All Beings 23.05.2020 52:49

Ancestors Sesshin (2020) Talk 2 Kisei Costenbader, Dharma Holder - 5/20/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery

The Venerable Practice of Don't Know Mind 23.05.2020 49:57

Ancestors Sesshin (2020) Talk 1 Chozen Bays, Roshi - 5/19/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery

Zen Reflections on the Four Noble Truths 17.05.2020 25:14

Returning to the basics, Jogen Sensei addresses the Buddha's core teaching of the four noble truths. As with all the Buddha's teachings, the four truths point to an active experiential investigation. This teaching is medicine; we have to learn how to administer it skillfully and appropriately. On one level, the practice of meditation is a direct, intimate disclosure of these four truths, with each...

Karma: The Law of Cause and Effect 07.05.2020 22:11

Karma in Sanskrit, or Kamma in Pali, is the traditional Buddhist term for cause and effect. Having some understanding of cause and effect is a necessary foundation for spiritual practice. Cause and effect operates on many levels, ranging from the explicit and linear to the subtle, complex, and nonlinear. Hogen Bays, Roshi - 5/3/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery

Eternal Wisdom - Chozen Bays Roshi, and Kisei Costenbader 30.04.2020 35:18

Chozen Bays, Roshi and Dharma Holder Kisei Costenbader - 2/23/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery

Pari-Nirvana Sesshin (2020)- Chozen Bays, Roshi - Talk 5 30.04.2020 50:37

Chozen Bays, Roshi - 2/22/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery

Pari-Nirvana Sesshin (2020)- Chozen Bays, Roshi - Talk 4 30.04.2020 53:28

Chozen Bays, Roshi - 2/21/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery

Pari-Nirvana Sesshin (2020)- Kisei Costenbader - Talk 3 30.04.2020 43:37

Dharma Holder Kisei Costenbader - 2/20/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery

Fasting from Busyness - Kisei Costenbader 14.04.2020 29:04

Lent, culminating on this Easter Sunday, is a time of fasting, releasing, letting go. It is a time of atonement and purification. The lenten practice of atonement is mirrored by our practice of sheltering in place. Our busyness stopped by the virus, we can open to the transformative process of renunciation. Our lives can become simpler, more attuned to the source. Kisei Costenbader, Dharma Holder...

Life in Quarantine - Chozen Bays, Roshi 07.04.2020 57:08

As the spread of COVID-19 continues, Chozen Roshi gives an update on activities at the monastery, showing how quarantined life connects us with the wider world. Reflecting on past episodes of crisis in human history, we are reminded that our current situation is not uncommon. This is a shared experience and an opportunity for spiritual practice. Also, this pandemic will not last forever, and it is...

Great Vow Choir: Shantideva's Way of the Bodhisattva 01.04.2020 3:44

This adaptation of Shantideva's classic 8th-century text is chanted after evening meditation each night at Great Vow Zen Monastery. It is offered here by members of the Great Vow Choir, Soten Lynch, Kōshō Ault, Maggie Medlin, and Eric Hertz - Recorded in the Fall of 2019

The Vows of Jizo Bodhisattva - Chozen Bays, Roshi 31.03.2020 52:55

Kshitigarbha Bodhisattva, or Jizo in Japanese, is the archetypal protector of all that comes from the Earth. Jizo represents enlightened qualities that we all naturally possess: benevolence, determination, fearlessness, and optimism. Jizo is also known for the vow to help all beings realize their true potential, including us. Our realization that we are supported, guided, and protected by Jizo ope...

COVID-19 and Fear of Death - Chozen Bays, Roshi 27.03.2020 36:20

Chozen Bays, Roshi - 3/22/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery

Pari-Nirvana Sesshin (2020)- Chozen Bays, Roshi - Talk 2 27.03.2020 40:57

Chozen Bays, Roshi - 2/20//20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery

Pari-Nirvana Sesshin (2020)- Kisei Costenbader - Talk 1 26.03.2020 47:37

Kisei Costenbader, Dharma Holder - 2/19/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery

COVID-19 Sesshin- Chozen Bays, Roshi - Talk 7 21.03.2020 45:13

Chozen Bays, Roshi - 3/21/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery

COVID-19 Sesshin- Chozen Bays, Roshi - Talk 4 20.03.2020 47:51

Chozen Bays, Roshi - 3/19/20 - Great Vow Zen Monastery

Guided Meditation: The Eye of an Eagle 17.03.2020 6:16

Chozen Bays, Roshi

Accceptance (March Beginner's Mind) 08.03.2020 34:10

This talk was given after our March Beginner's Mind retreat ★ Support this podcast ★

There Are No Zen Teachers 01.03.2020 46:17

Rev. Dr. Meredith Hotetsu Garmon is a dharma teacher with Boundless Way Zen, leads Boundless Way Zen Westchester ( https://www.bowzwestchester.org/ ) and is the minister of Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation in White Plains, NY. His spouse is Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner, wildlife avian veterinarian and conservationist, founder of One Earth Conservation ( https://www.oneearthconservation.org...

C.L.A.P. - Four Aspects of Practice 19.02.2020 27:13

Kisei Costenbader, Dharma Holder - 12/15/19 - Great Vow Zen Monastery

Walking the Ancient Way Sesshin (Talk 6) 14.02.2020 40:51

This talk was given during the 2019 Walking the Ancient Way sesshin ★ Support this podcast ★