Yokoji Zen Dharma Talks
Talk
Monthly Dharma talks by Tenshin Fletcher Roshi at Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center. Yokoji is a year-round Zen Buddhist Training Center in the Southern Californian mountains.
Location:
Mountain Center, CA
Description:
Monthly Dharma talks by Tenshin Fletcher Roshi at Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center. Yokoji is a year-round Zen Buddhist Training Center in the Southern Californian mountains.
Language:
English
Website:
http://www.zmc.org/
Email:
califazen@gmail.com
Episodes
Cause and Effect
4/28/2024
Tenshin Roshi talks about Case 2 of the Gateless Gate, "Hyakujo's Fox."
Duration:01:05:12
Basic Practice and Tying Up Loose Ends
3/23/2024
Duration:01:10:10
Fukanzazengi Part 2
2/26/2024
Duration:01:03:52
Fukan Zazengi Part 1
1/26/2024
Tenshin Roshi talks about Master Dogen's writing, Fukan Zazengi, or Universal Promotion of Zazen.
Duration:01:11:57
Buddhas Are Not Elsewhere, You Are You
12/29/2023
Tenshin Roshi talks about case seven of the Blue Cliff Record, "Asking about Buddha."
Duration:01:02:50
Halloween / Obon / Día de los Muertos
11/28/2023
Tenshin Roshi talks about the Buddhist festival of Obon, which, at Yokoji we link to Halloween and Día de los Muertos. The text referenced is "The Five Buddha Families," from The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
Duration:01:05:05
What is Your Light?
10/31/2023
Duration:01:00:00
Faith Plus
9/29/2023
Tenshin Roshi continues talking on the Record of Rinzai.
Duration:01:04:05
Faith
8/31/2023
Tenshin Roshi talks about Master Rinzai and shares readings from the Record of Rinzai.
Duration:01:06:29
Standing On Your Own Feet
7/28/2023
Tenshin Roshi talks on case 12 of the Gateless Gate, "Zuigan Calls Himself 'Master.'"
Duration:01:05:25
The Supreme Way is Without Difficulty
6/30/2023
Tenshin Roshi talks on Case 2 of the Blue Cliff Record, "The Supreme Way is Without Difficulty."
Duration:01:02:44
What Remains?
5/29/2023
Tenshin Roshi discusses case 30 of The Book of Equanimity, Daizui's Kalpa Fire.
Duration:01:04:53
Mistake
4/28/2023
Tenshin Roshi talks about case 98 of the Blue Cliff Record, "Two Mistakes."
Duration:01:08:33
Wholehearted Effort and Transmission
3/28/2023
Tenshin Roshi talks about the start of the training period and the importance of transmission in the Zen tradition. Roshi opens the talk with Mumon's verse from case 41 of the Gateless Gate, "Coming from the West and pointing directly to it – all the trouble comes from the transmission; The one who disturbs the monasteries is originally you."
Duration:01:02:55
Sit Like a Kid
2/24/2023
Tenshin Roshi talks about Case 21 of the Book of Equanimity, "Ungan Sweeps the Ground".
Duration:01:03:40
The Plain Food of Daily Living
1/29/2023
Tenshin Roshi talks on Case 78 of the Book of Equanimity, "Ummon's Farm Rice Cake".
Duration:00:56:26
A Lifetime Strategy
12/29/2022
Tenshin Roshi talks about case 14 of the Book of Equanimity, "Attendant Kaku Serves Tea".
Duration:01:02:19
Practice as Daily Life
11/26/2022
Tenshin Roshi talks on Case 52 of the Book of Equanimity, "Sozan's Dharmakaya".
Duration:01:00:10
The Closest Thing
10/27/2022
Tenshin Roshi talks on case 1 of the Blue Cliff Record, "The Highest Meaning of the Holy Truths".
Duration:01:00:10
The Forge of Training Period
9/28/2022
Tenshin Roshi talks on "Baso's Illness", case 36 of the Book of Equanimity.
Duration:00:51:08