King's Messengers Quartet - Face to Face with Christ my Savior

11/30/2024, Sozan Michael McCord, dharma talk at City Center.
Sozan Michael McCord discusses where the concept of work practice came from in the Zen Buddhist tradition and how the principles found in the monastic setting can be used in any modern work context.

Zen at Work: Using Zen Principles in the Modern Work Day

Today we are diving deep tuning up our energy centers releasing discord and conflict and surfing harmony again.

Surfing the Discord and Harmonious Waves

12/14/2024, Zenki Mary Mocine, dharma talk at City Center. Zenki Mary Mocine asks: How should we practice with dis-ease, fear and even anger? Remember your connection with and compassion for all beings, including yourself.

In This Dark Time, Cherish All Beings, Including Yourself

01/18/2025, Jisan Tova Green, dharma talk at City Center.
This talk by Jisan Tova Green weaves together themes from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s sermons, teachings of Zen ancestor Eihei Dogen and the late Hozan Alan Senauke, and stories from Tova's life.

Embracing Our Connectedness

Sometimes we are super sensitive, picking up all sorts of energy, and today we surf a technique to keep our energy moving even though we want to be frozen still.

Surfing the Secure Waves

02/19/2025, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center. Anshi Zachary Smith asks “How can we study and engage with memory and mind processes in such a way that it allows for skillful, discerning activity?”

Mind, Memory and the Fire

03/29/2025, Abbot Dōshin Mako Voelkel, dharma talk at City Center.
Abiding Abbot Dōshin Mako Voelkel explores how the spirit of Dogen’s “Tenzo Kyokun” extends beyond sesshin, inviting us to discover how zazen mind manifests in our homes and workplaces.

Nothing in the Entire Universe Is Hidden

03/09/2025, Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler explores the practice of seeing the present moment, just as it is, as “the mystic peak” of spiritual fulfillment, with reference to Suzuki Roshi’s comments on case #23 of the Blue Cliff Record.

Here is the Mystic Peak

05/14/2025, Tatsudo Nicole Baden, dharma talk at City Center. Tatsudo Nicole Baden explores two foundational Buddhist perspectives: that everything changes (impermanence) and that everything is interconnected (interdependence).

King's Messengers Quartet - Face to Face with Christ my Savior

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