Episodes
Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
All Beings Are From The Very Beginning Buddhas - Nanda Nina Lynch
Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
Dharma Reflection of Weekend Sangha Practice - March 8, 2025
Nanda offers wisdom and practice based on Song of Zazen by Hakuin. Engo Michael Jackson opens with Song of Zazen, the traditional change for a dharma talk or teisho.
Saturday Feb 22, 2025
Commit to Sit: Cultivating Meditation - Ming Po Larry Matthews
Saturday Feb 22, 2025
Saturday Feb 22, 2025
Dharma Reflection of Weekend Sangha Practice - February 8, 2025
Ming Po Larry Matthews reminds us that our zazen practice is always available and that one must commit to daily practice. Pure Awareness is embodied. Ming Po Larry Matthews is a Associate Clergy member of SBLMS, a Certified Facilitator, an excellent meditation teacher.
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Awakening and Emotional Maturity - Ekai Joel Kreisberg
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Ekai Joel Kreisberg closes the Fall Practice Period with a discussion of how emotional koans work and Jun Po Roshi's belief that emotional maturity is an essential element in dharma practice. Ekai developed The Mondo Zen Facilitator Program for Hollow Bones Zen from 2019 - 2022.
Wednesday Jan 29, 2025
Cosmopolitan Zen - Ekai Joel Kreisberg
Wednesday Jan 29, 2025
Wednesday Jan 29, 2025
Cosmopolitan Zen is an inclusive approach to Zen that transcends cultural and institutional boundaries. Its name comes from the etymology of the word cosmopolitan, which means “citizen of the world.” Cosmopolitan Zen offers a dynamic practice not confined to monastic settings or rigid traditions. Instead, it is an adaptable approach capable of flourishing in diverse contemporary contexts.
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Monday Jan 27, 2025
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Fugen Roshi brings us through very practical approaches to Mondo Zen teachings and how to integrate these into our daily practice. Fugen Roshi's Dragon Heart Dharma is an open collaborative of sanghas devoted to the Rinzai dharma teachings of Jun Po Roshi.
Monday Jan 06, 2025
Expanding Consciousness - Hosho Don Koehler
Monday Jan 06, 2025
Monday Jan 06, 2025
It's the sitting practice that becomes more and more important. The psychedelic experiences become less and less significant because you're already experiencing that expanded consciousness and altered states from the practice itself.
https://www.shiningbrightlotus.org/sblms-blog/hoshodonkoehler
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
Emyo Darlene Tataryn offers and in depth look at jealousy and how it provides a challenge for deepening our work as Zen practitioners. She hosts here own sangha One Wisdom Zen in Selkirk, Manitoba. https://www.onewisdom.ca/
Monday Dec 23, 2024
Monday Dec 23, 2024
Daiden Dan Pecaut is a senior student of Jun Po Roshi. His sangha Siouxland Zen in Sioux City, IA is a thriving community of zen practitioners. He has published two books about his Zen experience and continues to teach the dharma to all who come.
Sunday Dec 08, 2024
Why Are You Here - Engo Michael Jackson - Dharma Talk - October 14, 2024
Sunday Dec 08, 2024
Sunday Dec 08, 2024
Engo Dohi Michael Jackson opens our Fall Practice Period with a discussion of non-duality. Engo was ordained by Jun Po Roshi and serves as a senior training faculty for programs at Shining Bright Lotus Meditation Society and Dragon Heart Dharma.
This podcast was originally offered as a dharma talk as part of The Heart of Zen - The Fall Practice Period 2024 at Shining Bright Lotus Meditation Society.
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Kogen Keith Martin-Smith offers his personal reflections about Jun Po Roshi's Koan Who Are You? Author of The Heart of Zen. Kogen share intimately some of his experience with Jun Po Roshi.
This podcast was originally offered as a dharma talk as part of The Heart of Zen - The Fall Practice Period 2024 at Shining Bright Lotus Meditation Society.

