Podcasts by Seattle Soto Zen

01-10-2021 Sunday Morning Dharma Talk (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1318

01-09-2021 Zaizenkai Dharma Talk (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1319

The Range of Our intimate Activity (Eko Jeff Kelley) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

What are the boundaries of intimacy?  As Dogen tells us, a fish or bird inhabits the whole sea and sky at one time when moving through their elements.  The field of intimacy is infinite.  There is ...

Sunday Morning Dharma Talk (Jundo Steve Given) from 2021-01-17T00:00

This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1329

Sunday Morning Dharma Talk (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2021-01-10T00:00

This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1318

The Samadhi of Receiving and Using the Self (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2021-01-09T00:00

This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1319

A Bodhisattva's Four Methods of Guidance (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2021-01-03T00:00

Like Water (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-12-27T00:00

This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1311

Enlightenment (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-12-20T00:00

12-13-2020 Dharma Talk (Ben Connelly) from 2020-12-13T00:00

Not Always So (Jeff Bickner) from 2020-12-13T00:00

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Prajña Paramita (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-11-15T00:00

This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1272

Zazenkai Dharma Talk (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-11-14T00:00

Kanshin's dharma talk for the 11-14-2020 Zazenkai all-day sit. This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1280

Dana Paramita (Shud? Chris Burkhart) from 2020-10-11T02:00

For the fall practice period, this week's dharma talk was given by guest teacher  Shud? Chris Burkhart from Red Cedar Zen Community. The talk will discusses the first paramita, the Perfection of Ge...

Shud? Chris Burkhart - Opening Fall Practice Period (Shud? Chris Burkhart) from 2020-09-27T02:00

Guest teacher Shud? Chris Burkhart shares a dharma talk to open the 2020 fall practice period. This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1266

Saving Sentient Beings (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-09-20T00:00

Closing up the book What is Zen?, Kanshin speaks this morning about the vow of saving sentient beings. This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1249

Everyday Life and Everyday Relationships (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-09-13T00:00

Continuing with chapter 12 of What is Zen?, Kanshin discusses the affect that Zen practice has on our family, work, and other relationships. This talk is also presented in video here: https://seatt...

Sangha - The Buddhist Community (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-09-06T00:00

Continuing with the book What is Zen?, Kanshin speaks this week about sangha, the Buddhist community. This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1237

Stages of Practice (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-08-30T00:00

This week Kanshin covers two chapters from the book What is Zen? by Norman Fischer and Sue Moon: chapter 8 "Stages of Practice" and chapter 9 "Over the Long Haul". This talk is also presented in vi...

Zen Teachers (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-08-23T00:00

Continuing with chapter 8 of Norman Fischer and Sue Moon's books What is Zen?, Kanshin discusses Zen teachers. This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkI...

Zen Teachings (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-08-16T00:00

08-16-2020 Dharma talk. Picking up with chapter seven of the book What is Zen?: Zen teachings. This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1231

Zen History and Lineage (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-08-02T00:00

Working from chapter 4 of Norman Fischer and Sue Moon's book "What is Zen?", Kanshin talks on the subject of Zen history and the lineages of teachers. This talk is also presented in video here: htt...

Awakening (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-07-26T00:00

Continuing with chapter four of Norman Fischer's book What is Zen?, Kanshin discusses the concept of awakening. This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/Talk...

Introduction to Form and Ritual at SSZ (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-07-19T00:00

Using chapter three of Norman Fischer's book What is Zen? as a jumping off point, Kanshin discusses form and ritual at Seattle Soto Zen. This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattleso...

What is Zazen and How Do You Do It? (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-07-18T00:00

The dharma talk from the July sesshin. Using chapter 2 of Norman Fischer's book What is Zen?, Kanshin delves into the details of zazen.

Home and Home Leaving (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-07-12T00:00

As the physical zendo home of Seattle Soto Zen is packed up this weekend, Kanshin speaks on the topic of home and leaving home. This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org...

What is the Point of Zen? (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-07-05T00:00

Using Norman Fischer's book What is Zen? as a jumping off point, this week Kanshin starts with Chapter 1: What's the Point?

Amazon link to What is Zen? This talk is also presented in video...

Father's Day (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-06-28T00:00

This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1199

Liberation and the Bodhisattva Vow (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-06-21T00:00

Book: Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation through Anger This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1197

Zen is Communication (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-06-14T00:00

Online references for today's dharma talk:

Stages of Monastic Life

Hilarious World of Depression

  This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/T...

Good, Bad, and Complicated (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-05-31T00:00

Dharma talk for 5/31/2020 Sunday service. This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1183

Connected in Grief (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-05-30T00:00

Dharma talk given during a one-day sesshin on May 30, 2020. This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1182

Suffering in a Perfect World (Zoketsu Norman Fischer) from 2020-05-17T00:00

May 17, 2020 - Guest speaker Norman Fischer uses the story of Zhaozhou's Dog to speak on the quandary of our imperfection in perfectly-created world. This talk is also presented in video here: http...

Mother's Day and Mahapajapati (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-05-10T00:00

May 10, 2020 - Kanshin speaks on the story of Mahapajapati, maternal aunt to the Buddha. This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1176

Belated Birthday Wishes (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-04-26T00:00

April 26, 2020 - This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/1175

Who Is Sick? (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-04-12T00:00

April 12, 2020 - Kanshin returns to case 83 from The Book of Serenity: who are the sick, and who are the not-sick? This talk is also presented in video here: https://seattlesotozen.org/Talks/Talk/T...

Zazenshin (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2020-01-11T00:00

One day sitting dharma talk on Dogen Zenji’s essay “The Acupuncture Needle of Zazen”. Why would we spend an entire Saturday just sitting?

The 8th day of the 12th month (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2019-12-15T00:00

Every December, we celebrate Rohatsu, which commemorates the day of Buddha's enlightenment.

Allison retells the story of Buddha's path to freedom.

Right now, with the full support of the universe (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2019-12-01T00:00

It's a perfect time to say thank you, I love you.  It's gratitude that makes you happy.

Brahmin Varajna weaves a tangled web (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2019-11-24T00:00

2600 years ago, Brahmin Barajva approached the Buddha and asked "This generation is tangled within a tangle.  Who can untangle this tangle?"

Conditioner having not yet been invented, the B...

Roman stoics vs Italian monkeys (Michael Gillespie) from 2019-11-17T00:00

How do we respond to the pain of the world?  How do we respond to things we can't control?  The ancient Stoics had the answer: indifference.  Just chill and it will all go away.

Tell that ...

The cat came back (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2019-11-10T00:00

Life is full of stuff we don't like, but well, here it is.  Sort of like a pet you inherited from a family member who recently passed away.  You didn't ask for this, you don't want it, but now you ...

American Sutra: Turning the destiny of a nation (John Nomura) from 2019-10-13T00:00

John concludes his two part talk about American Sutra.

American Sutra: Hero of the legendary trout (John Nomura) from 2019-10-06T00:00

Our own John Nomura was born in the Japanese Internment Camps during WWII, so it's no wonder he was greatly moved by American Sutra, a history of Buddhism in the Internment Camps.

What was...

Black cat Buddha for you! (Edward Cadman) from 2019-09-29T00:00

Ed Cadman reminisces about his teacher Genki Takabayashi, the late Rinzai teacher and his pithy phrases of compassion.

Everything OK! Just now!

Ed realizes this is a great practic...

This birth and death is the life of Buddha (Eko Jeff Kelley) from 2019-09-17T00:00

Jishan gets his bell rung by Siuan Zi and figures it all out.

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Zen poetry slam: The world champion (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2019-09-16T00:00

In what is likely the highest stakes poetry slam in history, fifth ancestor Hongren announced a lightning round smackdown, the winner of which would inherit his temple and carry the name of sixth a...

My name is Buddha Nature (Eko Jeff Kelley) from 2019-09-15T00:00

When asked his name in the street as a young boy, Huineng replied, "My name is Buddha Nature."

Later, Dogen reframed this as impermance itself is Buddha Nature.  This pulls the rug out of ...

Zen poetry slam: The runner up (Kanshin Allison Tait) from 2019-09-14T00:00

In what is likely the highest stakes poetry slam in history, fifth ancestor Hongren announced a lightning round smackdown, the winner of which would inherit his temple and carry the name of sixth a...

Is your treasure house opening? (Edward Espe Brown) from 2019-09-10T00:00

Dogen ends the Shobogenzo with: "The treasure house opens and you will spend freely."

Who opens the treasure house? Can you open it?  Or is it that you are present for the opening?  Is the...

We are always walking this path together (Eko Jeff Kelley) from 2019-09-08T00:00

Jeff offers us some final thoughts at the teacher transition ceremony where we formally passed the role of resident teacher from Eko Jeff to Kanshin Allison.

While at times with a voice cr...

Angulimala: more than redemption (Ninen Susan Elbe) from 2019-09-01T00:00

In the ancient Pali Canon of early Buddhists Angulimala is one bad dude.  The legend tells us he was sent to collect 1000 fingers, which he harvested as trophies from his murder victims.  His renuc...