Talks

The Four Great Vows with David Scheuneman

David Scheuneman speaks at the Zen Center on July 24, 2022 ...

Needing each other with Genko Blackman

Genko Blackman speaks at the Zen Center on July 17, 2022 ...

Koshin Cain on Interdependence

Koshin Cain speaks at the Zen Center on July 3, 2022 ...

Koshin Cain on Equality

Koshin Cain speaks at the Zen Center on June 26, 2022 ...

Seiho Morris on Juneteenth

Seiho Morris speaks at the Zen Center on June 19, 2022.   ...

June 2022 Sangha Meeting

Recording of the June 2022 sangha meeting, June 12, 2022. ...

Nine months in a Buddhist monastery with Seizan Stephen Black

Seizan Stephen Black speaks at the Zen Center on June 5, 2022. ...

Holding Everything with Koshin Chris Cain

Koshin Chris Cain speaks at the Zen Center on May 29, 2022 ...

Sanity and Love with Eshin John Godfrey

Eshin John Godfrey speaks at the Zen Center on May 22, 2022. ...

Buddha’s Birthday

Eko Jeff Kelley speaks about the Buddha's birthday on May 8, 2022. ...

Clouds and Cabbages by Shuko Johannessen

Shuko Sissel Johannessen speaks at the Zen Center on May 1, 2022.    ...

The Oak Tree in the Garden

Karin Ryuku Kempe of the Zen Center of Denver speaks at Puget Sound Zen Center via Zoom on April 24, 2022. ...

Mushin Abby Terris on Bodhidharma

Mushin Abby Terris speaks at the Zen Center on April 10, 2022. Part 5 in a 5 part series on Bodhidharma. ...

Eko Jeff Kelley on Bodhidharma

Eko Jeff Kelley speaks at the Zen Center on April 3, 2022. Part 4 of 5 of a dharma talk series on Bodhidharma.   ...

Genko Rainwater on Bodhidharma

Genko Rainwater speaks on March 27, 2022. Part 3 of a 5 part series on Bodhidharma.   ...

Two Entries and Four Practices – Guo Gu – 20 March 2022 (2nd of 5 part series on Bodhidharma)

Guo Gu is the founder of the Tallahassee Chan Center, the founder of the socially engaged intra-denominational Buddhist organization, Dharma Relief. He has been a...

Principles & Practice: the Teaching of Bodhidharma – Red Pine : Bill Porter – 13 March 2022 (1st of a 5 part series on Bodhidharma)

(Talk 1 of a 5-part series on Bodhidharma) Red Pine's translations have been honored with a number of awards, most recently, the 2018 Thornton Wilder...

Hyakuyo and a Fox – Wes Borden – 27 February 2022

a monk who asked, “Does an enlightened man fall under the law of cause and effect? The monk answered “No”, and his incorrect answer resulted...

The Vashon Community Food Bank – Emily Scott – 20 February 2022

The Refuge of Sangha – Genko Cathy Blackman – 13 February 2022

That’s Just Disgusting – Koshin Cain – 6 February 2022

A monk asked Yunmen,”What is Buddha?” Yunmen answered, “Dried shit.” According to a recent New York Times Magazine article, the impulse of disgust and strong aversion...

Moving on From Regret – Genko Cathy Blackman – 30 January 2022

Self Reflection and Zazen – Giko David Rubin – 23 January 2022

Sangha meeting – 9 January 2022

Memorial Service for Kaj Wyn Berry – from the new Zendo – 18 December 2021

Is this it? – Genko Cathy Blackman – 12 december 2021

Questions & Answers session with Koshin – 28 November 2021

Seeing All Sentient Beings as the Eye of Compassion – Seiho Jay Morris – 21 November 2021

Patience – Genko Cathy Blackman – 14 November 2021

The Mind of a Loving Parent – Koshin Cain – 7 November 2021

A Tour of the Oslo Sangha – Koshin Cain – 24 October 2021

PSZC Fall Retreat – Koshin Cain – 17 October 2021 morning

PSZC Fall Retreat – Genko Cathy Blackman – 16 October 2021 evening

PSZC Fall Retreat – Koshin Cain – 16 October 2021 morning

PSZC Fall Retreat – Genko Cathy Blackman – 15 October 2021 evening

PSZC Fall Retreat – Koshin Cain – 15 October 2021 morning

Dhamma for Daily Life – Ajan Ritthi

VASHON ZENDO DEDICATION outdoor ceremony – 3 October 2021

Right Effort – Gendo Allynn Field – 26 September 2021

Sun Faced Buddha, Moon Faced Buddha – Genko Cathy Blackman – 19 September 2021

Beyond the Suffering Mind – Eko Jeff Kelley – 12 September 2021

Working With Desire – Koshin Cain – 5 September 2021

Living and Dying Every Day – by Koshin Cain – 29 August 2021

Ordination of Lay Monks Myoshin and Seizan at Puget Sound Zen Center – 22 August 2021

Understanding Compassion through Artistic Imagery – Brian Lesage – 8 August 2021

A brief introduction to Jodo Shinshu a school of Pure Land Buddhism, by Reverend Katsuya Kusunoki and Leonora Clarke – 1 August 2021

What do we need? How do we know what is essential on the path? By Genko Cathy Blackman – 25 July 2021

Three Roshis who inspired my Zen practice – Philip Kapleau, Tangen Harada, and Taigen Shodo – by Wes Borden, 18 July 2021

Rise Again (Down Seven, Up Eight) – Kanshin Allison Tait – 11 July 2021

Meditation Science – Gerrit van Roekel – 4 July 2021

How does meditation work in our brain? Meditation may change the way your thoughts rule your life. You'll find calm, peace, balance and wellbeing for you and yours. Some...

No need wisdom! or… No need compassion! or… No need compasstionate wisdom! or… No need wisdom of wise compassion! but…becoming one – Zengetsu Myokyo – 27 June 2021

Myokyo is the abbess and founding teacher of the Enpuku-ji Rinzai Zen temple in Montreal, an affiliate of Rinzai-ji.  She trained with Joshu Sasaki Roshi...

Applied Zen – Koshin Cain – 20 June 2021

How do we take Zen principles and the fruits of our practice into our family, social, and civic lives?  With care and with vigor....

Zen Path According to Jikan (Leonard Cohen) – Singhen Jan Gaenslen – 12 June 2021

Shingen is an ordained priest in the Rinzai Zen tradition, and is the founding teacher at the Zen Gruppe Berlin-Karlshorst.  His teacher was Joshu Sasaki,...

Sangha meeting – 6 June 2021

What Will You Bring Into the World? Poetry, love, and feeling our way through the mystery of it all – Matty Weingast – May 30 2021

Matty Weingast’s books include The First Free Women and Awake at the Bedside. He is former editor of the Insight Journal and has over two...

Causes and Conditions (“goodness!”) – Genko Cathy Blackman – 23 May 2021

Eshin Godfrey – 16 May 2021

Eshin is the guiding teacher and Osho of the Zen Centre of Vancouver. ...

Buddha’s Birthday – Koshin Cain – 9 May 2021

celebrate Maya's birth of Siddhartha Gautama, some 2500 years ago, in the Lumbini Gardens of northern India. ...

Countable Breaths – Tim Taigen Tattu – 2 May 2021

Tim trained under Shodo Harada Roshi at the Tahoma Sogenji Zen Monastery on Whidbey Island. Subsequently he was a founding member and one of the first...

The Buddha holds up a flower – Koshin Cain – 25 April 2021

The flower wouldn’t have meant much unless the Buddha had held it up.  Silence isn’t golden unless it’s in the context of noise.  The two...

The Vimalakirti Sutra chapter 7 – Elizabeth Fitterer – 5 April 2021

How Bodhisattvas comfort and instruct other Bodhisattvas who are ill – Hogen Bays – 4 April 2021

Vimalakirti Sutra chapters 5 and 6 – Koshin Cain – 29 March 2021

Vimalakirti Ilness and other Lessons in Nonduality – Tetsuzen Jason Wirth – 28 March 2021

The Vimalakirti Sutra chapters 2 and 3

Flowers make no distinctions -Eko Jeff Kelley – 21 March 2021

The Vimalakirti Sutra in China – Elizabeth Fitterer – 15 March 2021

The Magic and Majesty of the Vimalakirti Sutra – Koshin Cain – 14 March 2021

Opening session of the 2021 intensive practice period...

Our Ethical Journey as a Sangha – Ethics Committee – 7 March 2021

Zen at the Movies – Giko David Rubin – 21 February 2021

What to watch while we watch and other insights from Giko...

The Contours of Suffering and Loss

Questions and Answers with Genko Cathy Blackman – 7 February 2021

Q&A between teacher Genko and the PSZC sangha...

Past and Future Cut Off – Jeff Kelley – 24 January 2021

Buddha Nature – Koshin Cain – 31 January 2021

Day Sit dharma talk – Genko Cathy Blackman – 23 January 2021

A second music – Koshin Cain – 17 January 2021

Equanimity and Resilience in the Age of Covid – Dr. Anthony Back – 27 December 2020

Anthony Back, MD is a professor of medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Dr. Back is...

Historical Patterns and Popular Misconceptions – Dr. Christopher Ives – 20 December 2020

Christopher Ives is Professor of Religious Studies at Stonehill College. In his scholarship he focuses on ethics in Zen Buddhism, and currently he is working...

Stillness Unborn / Movement Unceasing – Jeff Tipp – 13 December 2020

Enlightenment Lightening – Koshin Cain – 6 December 2020

As we understand the way things are, our load is lightened....

Gratitude – Eshin Godfrey – 29 November 2020

No Merit Attitude – Koshin Cain – 22 November 2020

Emperor Wu built temples and gave generously to sangha, but Bodhidharma tells him he gets no merit whatsoever for it.  Generosity is the first of...

Don’t Know Mind – Genko Kathy Blackman – 15 November 2020

Every Day is a Good Day – by Koshin Cain – 8 November 2020

We’ve all had bad days, so what is Zen Master Ummon saying when he says,  “Every day is a good day”?    ...

Impermanence – Seigaku Kigen Ekeson – 25 October 2020

Seigaku Kigen Ekeson, Osho, is the Abbot of the  Bodhidharma Zendo in Vienna. He began koan practice 1987. He studied with Joshu Sasaki Roshi at Rinzai-ji, and...

Fall Sesshin – Down the Mountain – Koshin Cain – 18 October 2020

Sunday morning dharma talk...

Fall Sesshin – Give Yourself Completely – Koshin Cain – 17 October 2020

Saturday evening dharma talk...