Zencare Podcast

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Zencare Podcast

GROUNDED IN THE DHARMA. DEVOTED TO CONTEMPLATIVE CARE.

  1. FEB 5

    Unearthing Beauty | Chodo Campbell

    “…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 the darkest of days, a faint light may be shimmering in the distance. Sometimes the dharma emerges as […]

    15 min

  2. JAN 30

    Entering the City of Reality | Koshin Paley Ellison

    “Completing the ordinary things we do every day, one by one, with all of our heart—this is enlightenment itself.”     At the end of January, 120 members of the NYZC sangha gathered for a five-day retreat, together cultivating an ever-deepening sense of community practice, responsiveness, and connection.   This remarkable sesshin concluded with a […]

    37 min

  3. JAN 23

    Auspicious Day | Koshin Paley Ellison

    “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 thoughts, feelings, and actions come. Do we live out of our discursive mind and entrenched reactions, or are we […]

    17 min

  4. JAN 19

    The Resilience of a Daffodil | Chodo Robert Campbell

    “This sangha, here and on Zoom, represents 88 generations of practitioners—how incredible to be part of this living lineage.”   Our upcoming Commit to Sit is starting this week and so we share one final dharma talk from last summer’s Commit to Sit with you.   In this moving talk, Chodo Sensei weaves personal stories with […]

    31 min

  5. JAN 16

    Seeing This Whole Body | Koshin Paley Ellison

    “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 experience. How can we allow the thorough, inherent relatedness of all things to inform how we think, feel, and act […]

    26 min

  6. JAN 11

    The Great Challenge of Sangha | Koshin Paley Ellison

    “Taking refuge in sangha is taking refuge in diversity—diversity inside and diversity in the world.”   We share this profound and tender opening dharma talk from our recent Summer Commit to Sit in honor of our upcoming Commit to Sit starting January 22nd.   In it, Koshin Sensei opens the 90-day practice period by weaving timeless teachings […]

    39 min

  7. JAN 9

    Boundlessness Not Perfection | Koshin Paley Ellison

    “There is not a moment when you can’t 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? Koshin Sensei reminds us that “Zazen teaches us how to find a stillpoint in the midst of […]

    28 min

  8. JAN 2

    Untangling the Mind: A New Year’s Invitation | Koshin Paley Ellison

    “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 us to free ourselves from such considerations and rest comfortably in our true nature for the sake of all beings. In this […]

    26 min
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GROUNDED IN THE DHARMA. DEVOTED TO CONTEMPLATIVE CARE.

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  • Creator
    Zen
  • Years Active
    2010 - 2025
  • Episodes
    191
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