In December, Heather Scobie Roshi and Rebecca Ryan Roshi will share perspectives and exercises to help you cultivate the spirit of Nio, fierce guardians of wisdom.

In this series, the teachers of Chosei Zen will bring to life through their own experience the important texts in our lineage. In June, Gordon Greene Roshi will focus on a transcript from Tanouye Roshi on Sun Tzu’s Art of War, including addressing several misinterpretations and giving you a fresh way to consider the text.

In this series, the teachers of Chosei Zen will bring to life through their own experience the important texts in our lineage. In April, Ginny Whitelaw Roshi will focus on Surangama Sutra. Delve into the sutra that shows how we get everything backwards, how that backwards thinking gets us stuck, and the best practices for flipping it around and seeing clearly (i.e., enlightenment).

This is a Fresh Talk and also a discussion during our Connection: 49-Day Zen Training Period around theme of genuine relationship and Zen practice. This week, Gordon Greene Roshi will focus on kamae, which is a Japanese word frequently used in martial arts. It is sometimes translated as “psycho-physical posture,” but it is about your relationship to all that is around you.

In this series, the teachers of Chosei Zen will bring to life through their own experience the important texts in our lineage. In December, Scott Kiel Roshi will focus on the Diamond Sutra.

In this series, the teachers of Chosei Zen will bring to life through their own experience the important texts in our lineage. This month, Ken Kushner Roshi will focus on the doctrine of Upaya (“Expedient Means”) and draw on portions of the Vimalakirti and Lotus Sutras.

In this series, the teachers of Chosei Zen will bring to life through their own experience the important texts in our lineage. This month, Gordon Greene Roshi will present Manawa Zen: a form of Zen training born in Hawaii.

In this series, the teachers of Chosei Zen will bring to life through their own experience the important Zen and Buddhist texts in our lineage. This month, Andy Seizan Robins Roshi will present Teachings of Bodhidharma, part 2.

In this series, the teachers of Chosei Zen will bring to life through their own experience the important Zen and Buddhist texts in our lineage. This month, Rebecca Yakumei Ryan Roshi will present Fudochi Shimmyo Roku.

In this series, the teachers of Chosei Zen will bring to life through their own experience the important Zen and Buddhist texts in our lineage. This month, Andy Seizan Robins Roshi will present Teachings of Bodhidharma.

In this series, the teachers of Chosei Zen will bring to life through their own experience the important Zen and Buddhist texts in our lineage. This month, Heather Meikyo Scobie Roshi will present Lankavatara Sutra.