by Roshi Genki | Oct 5, 2020 | Roshi Genki
The Hekigan-roku or Blue Cliff Record was composed by two of the greatest Zen ancestors, and they never knew one another, living in China 100 years apart. Hseueh-tou (Jp. Setcho, 980-1052), a successor in the Unmon School, gathered 100 brief excerpts from the...
by Sensei Zero | Sep 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Training in the Morningstar Process Huineng, the 6th Ancestor, delivered the The Dharma Jewel Platform Sutra from his “high seat” on an ordination platform, and is the only lecture, text or commentary in the 1500 years of Chinese Buddhism accorded the title, SUTRA,...
by Roshi Genmitsu | Aug 28, 2020 | Genmitsu
Roshi Monika Genmitsu Kahn is offering a free dokusan workshop to accompany the 14 video lectures on Roshi Genki’s “Introduction to the Zen Garland Way – The Ever Intimate of Zen Practice.” In 7, 90-minute, online sessions, we will walk through...
by Roshi Duncan Shoko Sings-Alone | Aug 28, 2020 | Online Course
Online lecture and discussion A workshop for super seniors, people with terminal illness and young folks interested in widening their awareness. With Grandfather Shoko Sings-Alone, Roshi, Founder of Zen Garland’s Red Path Zen Hermitage. Roshi Shoko offers a...
by Roshi Kisho | Jul 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Platform Sutra was composed sometime between the 8th and 13th centuries in China and includes stories and teachings attributed to the 6th Zen Patriarch, Huineng. Exploration of themes presented within this Sutra as well as the nature of Huineng and his role in...
by Roshi Kisho | Jul 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Join Roshis Paul Genki Kahn, Monika Genmitsu Kahn, Paul Kisho Stern, and Dharma Holder Trish Kojindo Johnson to learn Zen Focusing, a Core Practice of The Zen Garland Order. Each week this unique 6-week experience will include a video lecture you can download and...
by Roshi Genmitsu | Jun 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
A journey led by Langston Shodo Kahn to find the roots of patterns of internalized racism we hold in ourselves. Many are familiar with Black feminist poet Audre Lorde’s famous quote, “The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.” If one reads to the end...
by Roshi Genki | Jun 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
This on-demand course offers an introduction to some foundational practices to transform the field of horror into the field of benefaction. Zen as a way of being means transforming ourselves, our lives, our being in the world into a “field of benefaction.” This is not...
by Roshi Genki | Apr 11, 2020 | Online Course
The Evolution of Shunyata, Master Tozan’s Goi Koans And Roshi Genki’s Five Perspectives “Emptiness that can be deemed empty is not true emptiness. Form that can be deemed form is not true form. True form is without shape. True emptiness is without name.” –...
by Roshi Genki | Apr 8, 2020 | Online Course
The Zen Garland approach to spiritual development Ground your life and set your feet upon the path. Roshi Genki’s 14-part video Grand Tour on the foundations to a peaceful, meaningful, ethical and magical entrance to the nondual multiverse: Zen Garland & the...
by Susan Kijin Bruce | Mar 3, 2020 | Online Course
The Zen Garland Vows embody the ethics of Buddhism contained in the Vinaya of the Tripitaka and the 16 Bodhisattva Precepts. When a member of one of our centers takes The Zen Garland Vows, they are committing to the values of our community and to becoming a field of...
