Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community

This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede-Roshi during one of our regular Sunday programs at the Windhorse Zen center. 

This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede-Roshi during one of our regular Sunday programs at the Windhorse Zen center. 

This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede-Roshi during our 2018 Rohatsu Sesshin, at the Windhorse Zen center. 

This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede-Roshi during the 2018 Rohatsu sesshin at the Windhorse Zen center.  

This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede-Roshi at one of our regular Sunday programs.

This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede-Roshi on day 7 of our seven day October, 2018 Sesshin. 

This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede-Roshi during our October 2018 Sesshin. 

This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede-Roshi during our October, 2018 Sesshin. 

This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede-Roshi during our October, 2018 Sesshin. 

This talk was given by Sunya-Roshi at one of our regular Sunday programs. 

This talk was given by Sunya-Roshi at one of our regular Sunday programs. 

This talk was given by Sonya-Roshi on the second day of a seven day sesshin. 

This talk was given by Sunya-Roshi at one of our regular Sunday programs. 

This talk was given by Sonya-Roshi at one of our regular Sunday programs. 

This talk was given by Sunya-Roshi at one of our regular Sunday programs.

This talk was given by Sunya-Roshi at one of our regular Sunday programs.

This talk was given by Sunya-Roshi on day seven of this seven day retreat.

This talk was given by Sunya-Roshi on day six of this seven day retreat.

This talk was given by Sunya-Roshi on day four of this seven day retreat.

This talk was given by Sunya-Roshi on the second day of this seven day retreat. 

This unedited Teisho was given by Sunya-Roshi at our regular Sunday sittings. In this talk Sunya goes into the story of Jizo Bodhisattva and sheds some light on one of Japan's most famous Zen figures.

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This unedited dharma talk (teisho) is the third of a three-part series on the life and poems of the 18th c. Japanese monk, Ryōkan Taigu. Sunya-roshi gave this talk during our Sunday program on April 8th, 2018; it includes more stories and poetry from Zen’s most famous ‘Great Fool.'

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This unedited dharma talk (teisho) is the second of a three-part series on the life and poems of the wonderful 18th c. Japanese monk, Ryōkan Taigu. Sunya-roshi gave this talk during our Sunday program on April Fool’s Day and Easter; it includes more stories and poetry from the Zen’s most famous ‘Great Fool.

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The Windhorse Zen Community has meditation open to the public, and a residential zen training program. To learn more, and to help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

This unedited dharma talk (teisho) is the first of a three-part series on the life and poems of the wonderful 18th c. Japanese monk, Ryōkan Taigu.

Sunya-roshi gave this talk during our Sunday program on March 25, 2018, from our zendo in the mountains of North Carolina near Asheville.

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This unedited dharma talk (teisho) is the first of a three-part series on the life and poems of the wonderful 18th c. Japanese monk, Ryōkan Taigu.

Sunya-roshi gave this talk during our Sunday program on March 25, 2018, from our zendo in the mountains of North Carolina near Asheville.

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37 "Not Just a Bag of Skin"   Today's teisho by Sunya Sensei is a talk given at our Sunday sitting on September 30th 2012 from our Zendo in the North Carolina Mountains. You can hear a phobe's song in the background! 

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36 The Tao and Zen, by Mitchell Doshin Cantor - Today's teisho is a talk by Mitchell Doshin Cantor Sensei, a guest speaker at the Windhorse Zen Community in July of 2012. Sensei Cantor discusses the Tao and Zen.  Doshin Cantor Sensei is a Zen Teacher and a member of the White Plum Sangha, a Dharma heir of Madeline Ko-i Bastis. Sensei Cantor currently leads the Southern Palm Group in Boca Raton, Florida. Sensei Cantor is a photographer as well. His works can be seen here http://listeningwiththeeye.squarespace.com/

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The Tao Te Ching, Teisho by Guy Leekley

Today's teisho is a talk by Guy Leekley, a guest speaker at the Windhorse Zen Community, who discusses how "we can all learn from the ageless spiritual teachings of the Chinese classic, the Tao Te Ching." His new translation of the Tao Te Ching can be ordered here:

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A Grain of Sand -  Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given during an all-day sitting in March 2009 at our zendo in the North Carolina Mountains. Thanks for your continued interest in these podcasts. Send us an email at our new email address [email protected].  Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening.  The Windhorse Zen Community has meditation open to the public, and has a residential zen training program. To learn more, and to help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

A Spirit of Inquiry, Don't Assume Anything!- Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given in March 2009 at our zendo in the North Carolina Mountains. Thanks for your continued interest in these podcasts. Send us an email at our new email address [email protected].  Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening.  The Windhorse Zen Community has meditation open to the public, and has a residential zen training program. To learn more, and to help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

A Day of Zazen, Fayan's Teachings - Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given in January 2009, during an all-day sitting at our zendo in the North Carolina Mountains. Sunya Sensei talks about Master Fayan (known as Hogen in Japanese). Thanks for your continued interest in these podcasts. Send us an email at [email protected] Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening. The Windhorse Zen Community has meditation open to the public, and has a residential zen training program. To learn more, and to help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

Learning Unlearning - Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given in September 2008 during the regular Sunday sitting. You can hear the Blue Jays and Carolina wrens that live in the woods near the zendo adding their commentary throughout. Thanks for your continued interest in these podcasts. Send us an email at [email protected] Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening. The Windhorse Zen Community has meditation open to the public, and has a residential zen training program. To learn more, and to help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

Darkness and Light - Today's teisho by  Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given in December of 2007 during the regular Sunday sitting, at the time of the winter solstice. Thanks for your continued interest in these podcasts. Send us an email at [email protected] Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening.  The Windhorse Zen Community has meditation open to the public, and has a residential zen training program. To learn more, and to help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

The Seventh Precept -  Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given in November of 2008 during the regular Sunday sitting. Thanks for your continued interest in these podcasts. Send us an email at [email protected] Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening.  The Windhorse Zen Community has meditation open to the public, and has a residential zen training program. To learn more, and to help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

The Power of Meditation - Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given at our regular Sunday sitting, in June of 2008. Thanks for your continued interest in these podcasts. Send us an email at [email protected] Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening. The Windhorse Zen Community has meditation open to the public, and has a residential zen training program. To learn more, and to help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

Nonviolence 

Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given at our regular Sunday sitting, on June 8th, 2008. 

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25 Lectern Free! Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given at sesshin in August of 2008. Thanks for your continued interest in these podcasts. Send us an email at [email protected] Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening. The Windhorse Zen Community has meditation open to the public, and has a residential zen training program. To learn more, and to help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

Chosha's Spring Walk- Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given May 4th, 2008. The koan discussed is Chosha goes for a Walk, case #36 in the book of koans, The Blue Cliff Record. There is a very helpful brief introduction to koans that we have copied out and used for the preceding podcast. We have had an excellent response to these podcasts. Please send an email to us at [email protected] . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening. The Windhorse Zen Community has meditation open to the public, and has a residential zen training program. To learn more, and to help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

Koans - A Brief Introduction, An introduction to koans- Sunya Sensei often discusses koans. This brief introduction to koans is taken from a longer teisho, Chosha's Spring Walk that will follow this podcast. Roshi Kapleau, our teacher's teacher, said in his book The Three Pillars of Zen, that a koan is "a formulation, in baffling language, pointing to ultimate truth."A well-known example is "what is the sound of one hand clapping?" Sunya sensei refers to the most widely used initial koan in our practice - Joshu's Mu. Zen teaches us that all things have Buddha nature. The koan goes, "A monk asked Joshu, Does a dog have Buddha Nature?" Joshu replies "Mu" , which means "no". The student is asked to demonstrate what is mu. Sunya Sensei refers to the dokusan room. Part of our practice is the formal private interview with the teacher, dokusan, during which the student is asked to demonstrate understanding of the koan. 

Memorial Day and Nonviolence - Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given on the Memorial Day weekend, May 25th 2008. How do we best honor our war dead? How do we deal with the violence within us? What does Buddhist practice tell us about self and other? Please send an email to us at [email protected] . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening. The Windhorse Zen Community has meditation open to the public, and has a residential zen training program. To learn more, and to help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

Nansen's Dreams and Waking, Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given in November of 2007. This is part two of a two part Teisho on the Koan "Nansen's It Is Like a Dream" We do not have part one due to a technical problem, but this teisho stands well on its own. When first posted, this podcast was incomplete. It is now the entire teisho. My apologies for the technical problems. Hopefully they are all solved. Your emails are important to us, so please send an email to us at [email protected] . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening and To help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org 

The New Flute, Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given on the fifth day of a seven day sesshin given in December of 2004  Please send an email to us at [email protected] . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening and To help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

There Is No Waiting, Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is entitled "There is no Waiting" as from a teisho given in May of 2005.  Please send your comments or questions to us at [email protected] and see our website, www.windhorsezen.org 

Put Down Your BucketsToday's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Senei is entitled "Put Down Your Buckets". It is from an all day sitting given in January 2007. We'd like to hear from our listeners! Please send an email to us at [email protected] . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening and To help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

Mind Like Water, Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sense is entitled "Mind Like Water". It is from an all-day sitting given in March of 2007. We'd like to hear from our listeners! Please send an email to us at [email protected] . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening and To help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

The Universe Will Not Abandon You, Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sense is entitled "The Universe Will Not Abandon You". It is from a sesshin, an intensive meditation retreat,  given in June 2005.  We'd like to hear from our listeners! Please send an email to us at [email protected] . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening and To help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

100% AffirmationToday's Teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is entitled 100% Affirmation.  It is from a sesshin given in October of 2004.We'd like to hear from our listeners! Please send an email to us at [email protected] . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening. To help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

The Mystery of FlowersToday's Teisho, The Mystery of Flowers, is from a Father's Day teisho given by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei. There are some problems with the audio in this podcast!We'd like to hear from our listeners! Please send an email to us at [email protected] . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening. To help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

Annie Dillard, What If?

Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given during sesshin, an intensive meditation retreat. We'd like to hear from our listeners! Please send an email to us at [email protected] . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening. To help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org 

Endless Dimension, Universal Mind, Today's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given during sesshin, an intensive meditation retreat. We'd like to hear from our listeners! Please send an email to us at [email protected] . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening. To help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org 

Engaged Practice: Keep Waking UpToday's teisho by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei is from a talk given May 16th, 2004. We'd like to hear from our listeners. Please send an email to us at [email protected] . Let us know who you are, ask questions, just let us know you're listening! To help support our podcasts and the work of the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

Mother's Day 2007, Sunya Kjolhede Sensei discusses Mother's Day. For questions about the Windhorse Zen Community, or to help support these podcasts, see our website, www.windhorsezen.org 

The Ten Fools   This teisho is from the last day of a seven day intensive meditation retreat given in August of 2004. For more information on the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website www.windhorsezen.org

Relationships, Sunya sensei discusses relationships in this teisho from April 11th, 2004. For more information on the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org.

The Dog Who Saved Cats Sunya sensei discusses animals, their relationship to humans, and what they have to teach us in this teisho given in July of 2006. For more information on the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org.

The Thousand Arms of KannonWho is Kannon, the bodhisattva of compassion?  Sunya sensei addresses Kannon and the place of compassion in the practice of zen in today's teisho, from a dharma talk given on July 23rd, 2006.  For more information on the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

Gratitude, Sunya Sensei discusses gratitude in a teisho given on November 30th, 2005, just after Thanksgiving Day.  For more information on the Windhorse Zen Community, see our website at www.windhorsezen.org

06 Why Are We Practicing?

Why do we do this practice of zen?  Taking Hakuin's Chant in Praise of Zazen as her text, Sunya Sensei addresses this issue in the last teisho of a five-day sesshin held in February of 2006.

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 Death and Dying, in today's teisho, Sunya Sensei discusses death and dying. 

War and Peace and Practice, A dharma talk by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei given on the anniversary of the third year of the war in Iraq. 

Questioning in Zen, Sunya Sensei discusses the questioning mind in zen practice in a talk given in the Sunday teisho on March 5th, 2006 at the Panther Branch residence of the Windhorse Zen Community. For more information see our website at www.windhorse.org 

The Fall of Icarus

A Dharma Talk given by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei on 9 April 2006 at Panther Branch, the residence of the Windhorse Zen Community.   In this podcast, Sunya Sensei refers to sesshin. Sesshin is an intensive meditation retreat.For more information, go to www.windhorsezen.org

Wabi Sabi

A Dharma Talk given by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei on 4 June 2006 at Panther Branch, the residence of the Windhorse Zen Community. For more information, go to www.windhorsezen.org