Foundational Teachings

An Introduction to Zen and sitting practice
The Challenges of Getting Started with Zen Practice
Progressing on the Path and Types of Zen Practice
Talks given during the 'Introduction to Zen' Course, Aug/Sept 2020

The Four Vows (Audio: MP3)
Bodhin Kjolhede Roshi, Rochester Zen Center

An Overview of the Precepts (Audio: MP3)
A teisho by Bodhin Kjolhede Roshi, November 2013

Working with Koans
An edited transcription of a teisho given by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede during the 1992 October sesshin.

Mumonkan No 1: The koan Mu – Working on a first Koan Pt.1
Mumonkan No 1: The koan Mu – Working on a first Koan Pt.2
Two talks discussing the process of working on a first koan

2024

Day 1 Working with a Teacher in Dokusan
Day 2 Dream Conversations: On Buddhism and Zen by Muso Kokushi
Day 3 Dream Conversations: On Buddhism and Zen by Muso Kokushi
Day 4 Dream Conversations: On Buddhism and Zen by Muso Kokushi
Day 5 Mumonkan no 25: Kyozan’s Dream Talk
Teishos given during the residential October sesshin

Mumonkan no: 14 ‘Nansen cuts the cat in two’
A teisho given on Sunday 25th August

Day 1 Throw Yourself into the House of Buddha: The Life and Zen Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi
Day 2 Throw Yourself into the House of Buddha: The Life and Zen Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi
Day 3 Throw Yourself into the House of Buddha: The Life and Zen Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi
Day 4 Throw Yourself into the House of Buddha: The Life and Zen Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi
Day 5 Mumonkan no 13: Ummon says, ‘You have missed it!’
Teishos given during the residential June sesshin

Vesak and Jukai – taking the Precepts
A teisho given on Saturday 18th May

Throw Yourself into the House of Buddha – Harada Tangen Roshi
A teisho given on Sunday May 12th

Day 1 Unborn: The Life and Teaching of Zen Master Bankei (Norman Waddell)
Day 2 Unborn: The Life and Teaching of Zen Master Bankei (Norman Waddell)
Day 3 Unborn: The Life and Teaching of Zen Master Bankei (Norman Waddell)
Day 4 Bankei Zen (Peter Haskel)
Day 5 Mumonkan no 13: ‘Tokusan carries his bowls’
Teishos given during the residential April sesshin

Five Reasons to Meditation: Pema Chodron
A teisho given on Sunday 3rd March

Day 1 ‘Zen Essence’ The teachings of Zen Master Linji
Day 2 ‘Zen Essence’ The teachings of Zen Master Linji
Day 3 Book of Serenity No 38: Linji’s ‘Person of no rank’
Teishos given during the February sesshin

Term Intensive Podcast Week 1
Term Intensive Podcast Week 2
Term Intensive Podcast Week 3
Talks given during the Term Intensive Jan/Feb 2023

Finding a way to sit every day
A teisho given on Sunday 20th January

2023

Day 1 Zen Essence: The science of freedom
Day 2 Zen Essence: The science of freedom
Teishos given during the December sesshin

How to work with emotions
Teisho given during 12th November Zazenkai

Day 1 Sesshin Practice ‘Awakening to Zen’ by Roshi Philip Kapleau
Day 2 Sesshin Practice ‘Awakening to Zen’ by Roshi Philip Kapleau
Day 3 Sesshin Practice ‘Awakening to Zen’ by Roshi Philip Kapleau
Day 4 Sesshin Practice ‘Awakening to Zen’ by Roshi Philip Kapleau
Day 5 Mumonkan 17: ‘The National Teacher Calls Three Times’
Teishos given during the residential October sesshin

Day 1 ‘Swampland Flowers’ The letters and lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui
Day 2 ‘Swampland Flowers’ The letters and lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui
Day 3 ‘Swampland Flowers’ The letters and lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui
Day 4 ‘Swampland Flowers’ The letters and lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui
Day 5 Mumonkan no 21: Yunmen’s ‘Dried Shit stick’
Teishos given during the residential June sesshin

Jukai and Buddhist Identity
A talk given during Vesak, May 2023

Day 1 ‘Ten Zen Questions’ Susan Blackmore
Day 2 ‘Ten Zen Questions’ Susan Blackmore
Day 3 Blue Cliff Record No 80: Joshu’s ‘A new born baby’
Teishos given during the April sesshin

Zen practice: Progress, change and no change
A teisho given on Thursday 23rd March

Day 1 ‘Not always so’ Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
Day 2 ‘Not always so’ Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
Day 3 Mumonkan No 7: Joshu says ‘Wash your bowls’
Teishos given during the February sesshin

Term Intensive Podcast Week 1
Term Intensive Podcast Week 2
Term Intensive Podcast Week 3
Talks given during the Term Intensive Jan/Feb 2023

Miscellaneous

The Zen Buddhist Rakasu - A short talk
A talk given for Interfaith Glasgow as part of 'Relgious Dress in the Flesh'

Words from the Zendo
A compilation of encouragement talks by Sensei Karl Kaliski

Lay Practice (Part One)
Lay Practice (Part Two)
An edited transcript of two Dharma talks given at Zengarden by Karl Sensei, May 2014

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