Zencare Podcast

Zencare Podcast


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Unearthing Beauty | Chodo Campbell
February 05, 2025

when you practice and practice in this way and there is agreement between thoughts and words, it will truly be like intimate friends meeting, or self nodding to self. Keizan Zenji Even in th

Enter the City of Reality | Koshin Paley Ellison
January 30, 2025

Even if we encounter hardships and difficulties we should always be united with the one mind and be willing to walk hand and hand through it all.- Keizan Jokin Zenji With whom are you willing to

Auspicious Day | Koshin Paley Ellison
January 23, 2025

How do we trust what is actually fresh and coming from a soft, unknowing place? This is the whole reason to practice. Koshin Sensei Each moment is an opportunity to notice from where our though

The Resilience of a Daffodil | Chodo Robert Campbell
January 19, 2025

This sangha, here and on Zoom, represents 88 generations of practitionershow incredible to be part of this living lineage. Ourupcoming Commit to Sit is starting this week and so we share one fin

Seeing This Whole Body | Koshin Paley Ellison
January 16, 2025

The world will always need compassion and wisdom. In our lifetime and after our lifetime. Koshin The interconnectedness of everything is not an idea or a belief. No separation is a truth to expe

The Great Challenge of Sangha | Koshin Paley Ellison
January 11, 2025

Taking refuge in sangha is taking refuge in diversitydiversity inside and diversity in the world. We share this profound and tender opening dharma talk from our recent Summer Commit to Sit in hon

Boundlessness Not Perfection | Koshin Paley Ellison
January 09, 2025

There is not a moment when you cant practice. Koshin Many of us are busy. We often share with one another just how busy our lives feel. Can we slow down, pause, and experience each moment? Kosh

Untangling the Mind: A New Year’s Invitation | Koshin Paley Ellison
January 02, 2025

What do you need to set aside? How often do we get stuck on rightness and wrongness? These judgements separate us from actually experiencing our lives moment by moment. Keizan Jokin invites u

Zazen as an Attitude for Life | Koshin Paley Ellison
December 25, 2024

Zazen is an attitude for how you live. For many of us, showing others who we really are is rare. But why? What causes and conditions; stories and identities do you drape around yourself? Keizan Jo

Turning the Wheels of Practice and Dharma | Koshin Paley Ellison
December 18, 2024

Artwork by Contemplative Medicine Fellow, Prash Gunasekera Like a plum blossom blooming in the winter, possibilities can emerge even when new life seems inconceivable. Koshin Sensei encourages us to