Zen Talks: Kyo-on Dokuro

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

The Great Matter - Life and Death.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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