Podcast: Seattle Soto Zen

As the physical zendo home of Seattle Soto Zen is packed up this weekend, Kanshin speaks on the topic of home and leaving home. This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1204

Using Norman Fischer’s book What is Zen? as a jumping off point, this week Kanshin starts with Chapter 1: What’s the Point?

Amazon link to What is Zen? This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1202

This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1199

Online references for today’s dharma talk:

Stages of Monastic Life

Hilarious World of Depression

  This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1186

Dharma talk for 5/31/2020 Sunday service. This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1183

Dharma talk given during a one-day sesshin on May 30, 2020. This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1182

May 17, 2020 – Guest speaker Norman Fischer uses the story of Zhaozhou’s Dog to speak on the quandary of our imperfection in perfectly-created world. This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1177

May 10, 2020 – Kanshin speaks on the story of Mahapajapati, maternal aunt to the Buddha. This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1176

April 26, 2020 – This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1175

April 12, 2020 – Kanshin returns to case 83 from The Book of Serenity: who are the sick, and who are the not-sick? This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1174