Zen Community of Oregon Dharma Talks

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

Chozen Bays, Roshi

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

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...

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

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