Zen Talks: Kyo-On Dokuro Podcast

Dharma Talk: Rinzai-ji H?-On Zazenkai, Ky?-On Dokur? Osh?, July 26, 2020 from 2020-08-11T21:19:46

Commemorating Denky?-shitsu Ky?zan J?sh? R?shi, A talk given about "How did we get here?" and a call to all disciples and students of this particular lineage to come together to carry forward the w...

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Sh?mon Katt?sh? Case 24: "Not Entering Nirvana" Ky?-On Dokur? Osh?, July 25, 2020 from 2020-08-10T00:44:44

Teish? on Entangling Vines Case 24 given during the online H?-On Zazenkai in commeoration of Denky?-shitsu Ky?zan J?sh? R?shi.

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[Deutsch/German] Dharma Nachricht, 24.5.2020 from 2020-05-24T21:19:45

Ist Zen Buddhismus? Wie sieht es denn aus mit der Beziehung zwischen Zen und dem Buddha? Und eine Einladung zur Praxis...

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[Deutsch/German] Dharma Nachricht 2. April, 2020, Dokur? from 2020-04-03T03:42:30

Eine Dharma Nachricht für alle Zen-Praktizierenden, die Deutsch sprechen. A Dharma message in German to all Zen practitioners... regardless of language.

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Dharma Talk, April 1, 2020 (Ky?-On Dokur?, Osh?) from 2020-04-02T03:43:55

Thoughts on social distancing, pandemic, and Zen practice (without distorted final 30 seconds)

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Dharma Talk, March 4, 2020 (Ky?-On Dokur?, Osh?) from 2020-03-06T00:22:28

Metta and Zen? The Six Paramitas as Dokur? sees them as aspects of Zen practice.

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Dharma Talk, February 12, 2020 (Ky?-On Dokur?, Osh?) from 2020-02-14T22:30:14

Responsibility? Family treasure? What's that about?

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Dharma Talk, January 22, 2020 (Ky?-On Dokur?, Osh?) from 2020-01-24T03:20:56

How the message of the Buddha was different and how we can come to the same understanding by walking Siddhartha's path to awakening...

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Dharma Talk, November 20, 2019 (Ky?-On Dokur?, Osh?) from 2019-11-21T23:55:55

What would you say to a "beginner" who is asking what Zen is?

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Dharma Talk, October 30, 2019 (Ky?-On Dokur?, Osh?) from 2019-11-14T23:35:02

Dressing up as someone else at Halloween... how does it relate to Zen practice?

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Dharma Talk, October 2, 2019 (Ky?-On Dokur?, Osh?) from 2019-10-05T00:24:28

Autumn has come... how do we embody the Golden Wind ???

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Dharma Talk, September 18, 2019 from 2019-09-20T21:57:13

First Dharma Talk for the Fall 2019 Season at Charles River Zen.

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Entangling Vines, Case 17: Kemp?'s “Three Types of Sickness”, August 3, 2019 (Kyo-On Dokuro, Osho) from 2019-08-19T02:56:53

Day 5 teish? of????? ???? ???? Sh?mon Kattosh? Case 17, closing out the five day H?-On Sesshin for Ky?zan J?sh? R?shi, the founder of Rinzai-ji for his fifth anniversary of his departure.

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Entangling Vines, Case 16: "An Ox Goes Through a Lattice Window", August 2, 2019 from 2019-08-15T21:41:08

Day 4 of the H?-On Sesshin at Rinzai-ji Zen Center; Case 16
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Teish? by Ky?-On Dokur?, Osh?

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Entangling Vines, Case 15: "One Peak is not White", August 1, 2019 (Kyo-On Dokuro, Osho) from 2019-08-14T22:00:20

Teish? on ????? ???? ???? Sh?mon Kattush? Case 15, One Peak is not White, given at Rinzai-ji Zen Center on day 3 of the Ho-On Sesshin commemorating Ky?zan J?sh? R?shi's fifth anniversary.

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Entangling Vines, Case 14 (Part 2): "Chosho's Chaos", July 31, 2019 (Kyo-On Dokuro, Osho) from 2019-08-13T19:54:35

Second part of the teish? treating the Entangling Vines Case 14 given at Rinzai-ji Zen Center on day 2 of the Ho-On Sesshin for Joshu Roshi.

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Entangling Vines, Case 14 (Part 1): "Chosho's Chaos", July 30, 2019 (Kyo-On Dokuro, Osho) from 2019-08-12T22:58:27

Entangling Vines (?????) Case 14: Part 1 of a teish? by Ky?-On Dokur? given at Rinzai-ji Zen Center in Los Angeles during the H?-On Sesshin commemorating the fifth anniversary of the passing of Den...

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Dharma Talk, June 19, 2019 from 2019-06-21T19:58

?? The Great Matter... what is it? Listen to Dokuro's musings about it as an inspiration to investigate yourselves!

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Dharma Talk, May 8, 2019 from 2019-05-09T22:29:02

When looking at Zen practice not from a religious or cultural point of view there still remains the overall topic of maturation of human consciousness...

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Dharma Talk, April 17, 2019 from 2019-04-18T00:00

Musings on Buddha's Birthday and our being born human...

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Dharma Talk, March 20, 2019 from 2019-03-22T22:16:35

Winter to Spring, a whole lifetime in a single breath...

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Dharma Talk, February 20, 2019 (Kyo-On Dokuro, Osho) from 2019-02-24T16:29:31

A tradition that honors its past and points at what is right in front of us reflects our struggle of coming to an understanding of our human condition...

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Dharma Talk, January 26, 2019 (Kyo-On Dokuro, Osho) from 2019-02-10T20:37:15

Mahayana in the 21st Century - to the benefit of all beings.

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Dharma Talk, December 12, 2018 (Kyo-On Dokuro) from 2018-12-14T21:52:45

How Siddartha became the Buddha, and how awakening was a new beginning for him, as it can be a new beginning for us.

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Dharma Talk, November 21, 2018 (Kyo-On Dokuro, Osho) from 2018-11-23T00:00

Cold & Clarity, Thanksgiving and what Gratitude means to me as a Zen practitioner...

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Dharma Talk October 24, 2018 (Kyo-On Dokuro, Osho) from 2018-10-25T22:19:35

Urgency, stress, and musings about headspace...

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Dharma Talk, October 3, 2018 (Kyo-On Dokuro, Osho) from 2018-10-04T22:25:28

A few thoughts on the place of Rinzai Zen in the 21st century

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Dharma Talk, September 26, 2018 (Kyo-On Dokuro, Osho) from 2018-09-27T21:58:32

Duality and polarity as a means to make us aware of the limited nature of the cognitive aspects of the human consciousness...

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Dharma Talk, August 1, 2018 (Kyo-On Dokuro, Osho) from 2018-08-03T22:27:22

Individuality, freedom, liberation... a few musings about their role in spiritual practice.

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Dharma Talk, June 20, 2018 (Kyo-On Dokuro, Osho) from 2018-06-21T21:23:31

Zen, Science, and the Human Heart

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Dharma Talk, May 30, 2018 (Kyo-On Dokuro, Osho) from 2018-05-31T22:34:19

Why are Zen practice and similar spiritual paths so difficult?

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Dharma Talk, May 23, 2018 (Kyo-On Dokuro, Osho) from 2018-05-23T00:00

What does the American culture believe "Zen" is? A few musings about the commercialization, misinterpretations, and conflicts within a culture that holds individualism as one of its ideals...

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Dharma Talk, April 18, 2018 (Kyo-On Dokuro, Osho) from 2018-04-20T15:38:51

An introductory talk given for newcomers who joined the sitting for the first time. How would you introduce someone interested in this practice to what is means?

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Dharma Talk, February 21, 2018 (Kyo-On Dokuro, Osho) from 2018-02-22T23:43:40

Teachers... why teachings and teachers are needed, and how we can be grateful for their work despite our common imperfections.

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Dharma Talk, February 7, 2018 (Kyo-On Dokuro, Osho) from 2018-02-09T14:14:59

Dharma Talk, February 7, 2018 (Kyo-On Dokuro, Osho) by Dokuro Jaeckel Osho

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Dharma Talk January 24, 2018 (Kyo-On Dokuro) from 2018-01-25T21:14:50

All the harmful karma ever committed by me since of old...

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Dharma Talk, December 13, 2017 (Kyo-On Dokuro) from 2017-12-14T21:04:43

Darkness and Light - archetypical stories and the longing of humans to awaken, enlighten, and illuminate...

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Dharma Talk, November 29, 2017 (Kyo-On Dokuro) from 2017-11-30T20:59:05

Engi (??)Prat?tyasamutp?da - dependent origination is investigated in our Zen practice and inquiries. Looking deeply into the forces that make this cosmos appear and disappear...

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Dharma Talk, November 1, 2017 (Kyo-OnDokuro) from 2017-11-06T01:58:59

Violence and religion are a hot topic lately. A closer look at what Zen teaches us about the underlying causes...

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Dharma Talk September 20, 2017 (Kyo-On Dokuro) from 2017-09-22T21:47:16

A few musings on having to write about "How to Practice"...

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Dharma Talk, September 6, 2017 (Kyo-On Dokuro) from 2017-09-07T22:13:38

Opening a new season of sitting at Charles River Zen a few thoughts about taking refuge...

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Dharma Talk, July 19, 2017 (Kyo-On Dokuro) from 2017-07-20T22:48:04

Dokuro reads Sosan Ganchi Zenji's "On Believing in Mind", Shinjinmei and gives brief comments.

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Dharma Talk, June 21, 2017 (Kyo-On Dokuro) from 2017-06-22T21:47:56

Today's fast pace brings many of us to seek for something that gives us stillness and a break from this onslaught of events, information, stimuli...

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Dharma Talk, May 4, 2017 (Kyo-on Dokuro) from 2017-05-04T22:08:44

Racism, misogyny, sexism are not things in themselves - it is people's actions that create these ills of society...

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Kyo-on Dokuro Osho, Dharma Talk April 5, 2017 from 2017-04-09T16:06:38

Hanamatsuri - The Birth of the Buddha, April 8: a few thoughts on our inherent Buddhanature

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Kyo-on Dokuro Osho, Dharma Talk, March 22, 2017 from 2017-03-23T20:37:58

Breath - ?? koky? is fundamental to Zazen practice. Hear Dokuro's thoughts on breathing practice and its importance.

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Kyo-on Dokuro Osho, Dharma Talk, March 8, 2017 from 2017-03-09T23:34:21

The Great Matter - Life and Death.

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Kyo-on Dokuro Osho, Dharma Talk, February 15, 2017 from 2017-02-16T21:21:42

What about merit and reincarnation? What does Dokuro have to say about it? What is the true emancipation of the Zen practitioner?

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Kyo-on Dokuro Osho, Dharma Talk, February 8, 2017 from 2017-02-10T23:24:17

An introductory talk around how we as human beings address our feelings of being incomplete...

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Dharma Talk, Kyo-On Dokuro Osho, January 18, 2017 from 2017-01-19T23:48:30

As we encounter new challenges it is important to consider the nature of adversity and how we act not to re-act but to live up to the quality of our understanding of human mind, emotions, feelings...

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Dharma Talk, Kyo-on Dokuro Osho, December 21, 2016 from 2016-12-25T19:29:22

A talk to close off the year of 2016 - closing thoughts and a look at how Zen practice understands time...

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Dharma Talk, Kyo-on Dokuro Osho, November 16, 2016 from 2016-11-17T22:27:28

??? Shinjin-mei: On Believing in Mind
A Dharma talk connecting current events to the first sentence of the Shinjin-mei

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Dharma Talk, Kyo-on Dokuro Osho, November 2, 2016 from 2016-11-03T22:09:38

Walking the path of our spiritual ancestors, our departed teachers, the path the Buddha walked himself...

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Dharma Talk, Kyo-on Dokuro Osho, October 26, 2016 from 2016-10-27T22:26:46

A short talk on what we bring to Zen, and how Zen practice is not about yourself...

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Dharma Talk, Kyo-on Dokuro Osho, September 7, 2016 from 2016-09-09T20:38:02

Opening the Fall 2016 season - aspiration to and inspiration for ongoing practice...

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Dharma Talk, Kyo-on Dokuro Osho, August 31, 2016 from 2016-09-03T18:32:45

What is it that susokukan (???), breath meditation, can teach us and how does it relate to what commonly is called Buddhism?

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Dharma Talk, Kyo-on Dokuro Osho, August 17, 2016 from 2016-08-18T23:03:40

Formal practice - informal practice and what we can learn about assuming form, role, shape. How shapeshifting and Zen align.

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Dharma Talk, Kyo-on Dokuro Osho, August 3, 2016 from 2016-08-04T17:07:38

A talk about the interaction between the will-less activity of the cosmos and the willful activity of the I-am-self.

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Dharma Talk, Kyo-on Dokuro Osho, July 20, 2016 from 2016-07-21T21:07:52

Welcoming new participants

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Dharma Talk, Kyo-on Dokuro Osho, July 6, 2016 from 2016-07-07T16:30:43

A Dharma Talk addressing the lively nature of Zen as a tradition, its contemporary manifestation and the inherent challenges of being human.

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Dharma Talk, Kyo-on Dokuro Osho, June 22, 2016 from 2016-06-23T14:45:53

Some advice for life and practice, making relationship, practicing forbearance, and more...

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Dharma Talk, Kyo-on Dokuro Osho, June 8, 2016 from 2016-06-09T22:03:41

A Dharma Talk by Rinzai Zen teacher Kyo-on Dokuro, Osho about
deprivation, holding fast and letting go, and walking on the sharp edge of a sword...

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Dharma Talk, Kyo-on Dokuro Osho, May 11, 2016 from 2016-05-12T22:03:28

A Dharma talk by Kyo-on Dokuro Osho, a Rinzai Zen teacher.

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Dharma Talk, Kyoon Dokuro Osho, April 20, 2016 from 2016-04-21T18:23:15

A Dharma Talk by RInzai Zen teacher Kyoon Dokuro Osho.
Bodhicitta - Bodaishin

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Dharma Talk, Kyo-on Dokuro Osho, March 30, 2016 from 2016-04-01T19:31:50

A Dharma talk by Rinzai Zen teacher Kyoon Dokuro, Osho

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