Lisa Gakyo and Geoff Shoun talk with Bonnie Myotai Treace about her Zen practice and teaching, what calls us to meditation practice, the nature of spiritual sobriety, patriarchal aspects of the tradition and dedication to including women's voices, and how to balance equanimity with a sense of urgency in responding to the world's suffering.
Paul Gyodo Sensei and Charlie Jodo discuss what drew them each to Zen Buddhism, how we experience validation, clarity, and understanding, practicing with uncertainty, and the many shifts and changes that can unfold on the path of practice. Jodo also shares his experiences living at the abbey in a Zen Center and ordaining as a monk, then returning lay practice and life as a householder.
Paul Gyodo Sensei and Amy Jonin Newell-Large discuss sangha, hospitality, and belonging in both Buddhist and Christian communities and seeking and serving Buddha Nature in all beings.
Eon Zen / One Body Sangha Dharma Holder and Zen Peacemakers Executive Director Geoff Shōun talks with Roshi Michel Engu Dobbs about how they both came to practice Zen, the Order of Disorder, the practice of being vulnerable, and being free in (instead of free from) difficult emotions.
Paul Gyodo Sensei talks with Lisa Gakyo Schaewe about meditation as a practice of "reality checking," how fear and mental constructs get in the way of our aliveness, and the role of creativity and imagination in Zen practice.
Paul Gyodo Sensei talks with Practice Leader Sam Sokyo Randall about the practice of pilgrimage, the koan of karma, and experiences of not-knowing, healing, intimacy, and freedom on the spiritual path.
Paul Gyodo Sensei talks with Dharma Holder and Zen Peacemakers Executive Director Geoff Shoun O'Keeffe about what brought them to practice Zen meditation and how practice can help us to meet our own emotional conditions and our current tumultuous times more skillfully, without turning away.