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The Daily Zen Teisho

Daily Zen

25 episodes

1 day ago

Daily Zen has been a contemplative haven for online visitors since 1998 offering a unique blend of Eastern quotes for each day of the year, Zen-inspired e-cards, and a meditation room where at any moment a visitor may be meditating with any one of our companion Wayfarers each day. The Journal, called On the Way, is published once a month and this podcast has been created to turn those Journals into an auditory experience allowing listeners to contemplate its ideas in another way.

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Daily Zen has been a contemplative haven for online visitors since 1998 offering a unique blend of Eastern quotes for each day of the year, Zen-inspired e-cards, and a meditation room where at any moment a visitor may be meditating with any one of our companion Wayfarers each day. The Journal, called On the Way, is published once a month and this podcast has been created to turn those Journals into an auditory experience allowing listeners to contemplate its ideas in another way.

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Religion & Spirituality,

Self-Improvement

Episodes (20/25)

The Daily Zen Teisho

Transmission of Mind -Questions from the Wan Ling Record – Part 10

The ability to stay focused on a train of thought, a task that takes days to complete, or a conversation that goes beyond things right in front of us is becoming a lost art in our times. Read the Journal while listening

4 days ago

11 minutes 10 seconds

The Daily Zen Teisho

Since I Became a Buddha – Part 2

The sheer beauty and simplicity of this piece speak for itself. Especially now when the times seem so extreme, and we are overstimulated to react, to be able to pause and remember to practice always returns us to center. Read the Journal while listening

2 weeks ago

11 minutes 35 seconds

The Daily Zen Teisho

West Mountain Evening Talk – Part 3

Depending on how long one has practiced, at some point, we all realize the dead end of intellectual understanding. That doesn’t mean there is no value in “words and letters.” What is criticized above is the substitution of meditation time with what can become the distraction of reading one more teacher’s instructions, one more sutra, and how about that new school of Zen? Read the Journal while listening

3 weeks ago

11 minutes 8 seconds

The Daily Zen Teisho

Most of us have read the story of the Buddha’s life and awakening, but few of us have read a first-person account like the one above. Read the Journal while listening

3 weeks ago

8 minutes 19 seconds

The Daily Zen Teisho

Since I Became a Buddha – Part 1

As with many other writings, there are always parts that stop us in our tracks. Is it the translation or my lack of understanding? Read the Journal while listening

1 month ago

10 minutes 38 seconds

The Daily Zen Teisho

Wake-up Sermon – Part 1

Listening to this sermon of Bodhidharma’s is similar to swallowing the ocean in one gulp, overwhelming in some places. As with floating on the water, rather than struggling to stay up, it’s best here just to relax and let the teachings flow under, over, and through us. Read the Journal while listening

1 month ago

11 minutes 58 seconds

The Daily Zen Teisho

Wake-up Sermon – Part 2

Not all Zen teaching is immediately easy to grasp. This is classic Zen delivered to us by the very famous patriarch of Zen, Bodhidharma. However, it is like riding through rapids down the River of No Return and holding on for dear life! Read the Journal while listening

1 month ago

11 minutes 52 seconds

The Daily Zen Teisho

Great Enlightenment – Part 3

Ah, the grand prize of enlightenment in its ultimate form is highlighted by Dogen in this talk. Who doesn’t begin practice without that goal-less goal of enlightenment? Read the Journal while listening

1 month ago

8 minutes 47 seconds

The Daily Zen Teisho

The Meditations of a Bodhisattva

The simplicity of this piece, the clarity of expression gives a kind of accessibility that is refreshing and brings a breath of fresh air to our journey. Who has not felt the balm of compassion? Read the Journal while listening

1 month ago

14 minutes 44 seconds

The Daily Zen Teisho

Guidelines for Studying the Way

I often marvel at how contemporary the ancient writings sound. You can see how students of all ages fell into the same pitfalls of practice we do. Teachers always seem to talk about students of “today” not having the same intensity or commitment to difficult practice. Read the Journal while listening

2 months ago

10 minutes 58 seconds

The Daily Zen Teisho

The Meditations of a Bodhisattva – Part 2

Sometimes we are given too much to know what to do with it…sometimes we are given so little, we sit bewildered if we are proceeding “correctly.” Read the Journal while listening

2 months ago

11 minutes 28 seconds

The Daily Zen Teisho

Ten Guidlines for the Ch’an School

The “worthies of former times” sacrificed to attain their true insights; it involved more than just hearing and parroting a teacher’s words. They turned their own inner light onto the great matter at hand. Read the Journal while listening

2 months ago

8 minutes 27 seconds

The Daily Zen Teisho

West Evening Mountain Talk – Part 4

Ah, to be able to sit and discourse with someone like Muso! Suddenly everything is crystal clear…the traps we set for ourselves, the spirited way we manage to fool ourselves, and the limited great insights we have. Read the Journal while listening

2 months ago

10 minutes 3 seconds

The Daily Zen Teisho

Treatise on Sitting Meditation – Part 2

The response is down-to-earth and understandable for any of us. To stay on track and not get overwhelmed by the illusions that surround us involves a lifetime of commitment. Read the Journal while listening

2 months ago

11 minutes 21 seconds

The Daily Zen Teisho

The True Form of the Ground of Original Nature

Waking up is a great phrase to illustrate realization. In the beginning of practice when we are first learning meditation, and in some schools, the other techniques that have been used over time, it is easy to feel like what we seek is far away from where we currently are. Read the Journal while listening

2 months ago

12 minutes 41 seconds

The Daily Zen Teisho

Sitting Meditation

Here we have several very different examples of Foyan’s skill as a teacher. The crystal clear teaching poem on sitting meditation juxtaposed with the conversational skill he has in communicating with his students. Read the Journal while listening

2 months ago

10 minutes 18 seconds

The Daily Zen Teisho

Reading this piece is like standing under a plum tree with blossoms falling all around you, the fragrance enveloping your senses, and feeling connected with much more. Remember the last time the fragrance wafted into your consciousness? Read the Journal while listening

3 months ago

8 minutes 44 seconds

The Daily Zen Teisho

Inner Constancy

This is a teaching vast in scope, covering the beginning, middle, and end of practice. Stunning to see the dates of the writing and to feel a deep connection with something so ancient/contemporary! Read the Journal while listening

3 months ago

8 minutes 9 seconds

The Daily Zen Teisho

Practice Instructions

While the tone of Hongzhi’s Practice Instructions is lyrical and evocative, surpassing the ordinary “instructions,” this is a voice rarely heard in a teaching hall and is immediately transporting. Read the Journal while listening

3 months ago

8 minutes 3 seconds

The Daily Zen Teisho

Secrets of Cultivating the Mind

This discussion between sudden enlightenment and gradual cultivation has gone on for centuries. So we are not alone in our own confusion about these principles. This is a very clear description of the need for both. Read the Journal while listening

3 months ago

8 minutes 49 seconds