Eko Jeff Kelley speaks about the Buddha's birthday on May 8, 2022. ...
Shuko Sissel Johannessen speaks at the Zen Center on May 1, 2022. ...
Karin Ryuku Kempe of the Zen Center of Denver speaks at Puget Sound Zen Center via Zoom on April 24, 2022. ...
Mushin Abby Terris speaks at the Zen Center on April 10, 2022. Part 5 in a 5 part series 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 speaks on March 27, 2022. Part 3 of a 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...
(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...
The 2022 Preceptors, after a year’s course of study, will receive the precepts and make their vows front of the sangha and their families and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
How do we take Zen principles and the fruits of our practice into our family, social, and civic lives? With care and with vigor....
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,...
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...
Eshin is the guiding teacher and Osho of the Zen Centre of Vancouver. ...
celebrate Maya's birth of Siddhartha Gautama, some 2500 years ago, in the Lumbini Gardens of northern India. ...
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 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...
Opening session of the 2021 intensive practice period...
What to watch while we watch and other insights from Giko...
Q&A between teacher Genko and the PSZC sangha...
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...
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...
As we understand the way things are, our load is lightened....
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...
We’ve all had bad days, so what is Zen Master Ummon saying when he says, “Every day is a good day”? ...
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...
Sunday morning dharma talk...
Saturday evening dharma talk...
Saturday morning talk...
Fall Sesshin Friday morning...
Impermanence is an obvious fact of life. But is it important? Why do we single it out in Buddhism? We practice with impermanence because a...
Bill Porter (literary name Red Pine) is one of the world’s leading translators and scholars of Chinese literary and religious texts, including sutras and poems....
Puget Sound Zen Center's first ever ordination ceremony led by Koshin Cain...
Learning to lose oneself in zazen meditation is a humbling experience. Learning to rely on no-self instills a quiet confidence - not the confidence of...
During tumultuous times equanimity is a quality that helps us remain centered, see more clearly, and act more wisely. Buddhism values this kind of composure...
Joe Marino is a lecturer at University of Washington. He will discuss metaphors and similes in early Buddhist sūtras, and their role in teaching Buddhist concepts....
