San Antonio Zen Center Dharma Talks
By San Antonio Zen Center
San Antonio Zen Center Dharma TalksApr 29, 2017
Colin Gipson - Purification of the Buddhafield
Recorded on January 7, 2023 at SAZC
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Colin Gipson - The Greens are All Right
Recorded on December 3, 2022 at SAZC
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Myoshin Laurie Haley - Equanimity
Recorded on November 19, 2022 at SAZC
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Colin Gipson - Mindfulness
Recorded on November 12, 2022 at SAZC
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Sanko Enrique Valdivia - Beginning the Path with Recovery
Recorded on October 29, 2022 at SAZC
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Colin Gipson - Suffering
Recorded on October 8. 2022 at SAZC
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Myoshin Laurie Haley - Happiness
Recorded on September 24, 2022 at SAZC
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Sanko Enrique Valdivia - Sanctuary
Recorded on August 20, 2022 at SAZC.
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Colin Gipson - Zen Forms
Recorded on August 6, 2022 at SAZC.
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Gaelyn Godwin Roshi - Peace
Gaelyn Godwin Roshi, Abbot of Houston Zen Center gave a visiting teacher dharma talk on July 23, 2022.
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Dokan Rick Wadsworth - Delusion
Recorded on July 16, 2022 at SAZC.
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Colin Gipson - Repentance and Refuges
Recorded on July 9, 2022 at SAZC.
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Colin Gipson - Thoughts on Uvalde
Recorded on May 28, 2022, at SAZC
Myoshin Laurie Haley - Faith
Recorded on May 21, 2022 at SAZC
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Daiki Sarah P. - Forgiveness
Recorded on May 14, 2022 at SAZC
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Sanko Enrique Valdivia - Sandōkai
Recorded May 7, 2022 at SAZC
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Keigetsu Heather Martin - Skillful Means
Recorded on April 23, 2022 at SAZC prior to Keigetsu Heather Martin's dharma entrustment ceremony.
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Dokan Rick Wadsworth - Returning to the Buddha Way
Recorded on April 16, 2022 at SAZC
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Myoshin Laurie Haley - Doubt
Recorded on March 5, 2022 at SAZC
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Colin Gipson - The Hinderances
Recorded on February 12, 2022
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Colin Gipson - Thich Nhat Hanh
Recorded on January 22, 2022
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Dokan Rick Wadsworth - Balance In Practice
Recorded on January 15, 2022 at SAZC.
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Choro Antonaccio - Vow
Recorded on January 8, 2022 at SAZC.
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Kokyo Henkel - Ordinary Mind
Recorded on December 18, 2021
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Myoshin Laurie Haley - Principle/Phenomena
Recorded on November 20, 2021
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Colin Gipson - Renunciation
Recorded on November 13, 2021 at SAZC.
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Cuca Montecel - The Radical Poke of Endless Possibilities and No Self
Recorded on October 23, 2021 at SAZC
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Dokan Rick Wadsworth - Nirvana
Recorded on October 16, 2021 via SAZC.
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Keigetsu Heather Martin - Pain
Recorded on October 2, 2021 via Zoom Zendo.
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Gaelyn Godwin - Six Paramitas
Recorded on August 21, 2021 via Zoom Zendo.
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Dokan Rick Wadsworth - Realizing The Fundamental Point
Recorded on August 14, 2021 via Zoom Zendo
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Myoshin Laurie Haley - The Buddha's Robes
Recorded July 31, 2021.
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Colin Gipson - Merit
Recorded on July 17, 2021.
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Colin Gipson - Refraining from Hate
Colin speaks about the nuances of hate and how to instead practice non-hate.
Recorded on May 8, 2021 via Zoom Zendo
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Colin Gipson - Opening the door to Reality
Colin recalls the stories of Fuzan Hoen (and his role in our lineage) as well as of Kumarata and Gayashata to remind us that Reality is the same on either side of the door we're on.
Recorded on April 17, 2021 during a two-day sesshin via Zoom Zendo
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Colin Gipson - For the Benefit of All
Colin speaks about our interconnectedness and the practice we take up to care for each other.
Recorded on February 6, 2021 via Zoom Zendo
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Colin Gipson - Returning to the Zendo
The first dharma talk after reopening SAZC 15 months since the start of the pandemic, Colin talks about rediscovering our relationship to the Center, the zendo, and our practice.
Recorded on June 12, 2021
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Colin Gipson - Sojun Mel Weitsman
Colin speaks about the legacy of the late Sojun Mel Weitsman Roshi and the relationship between student and teacher.
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Colin Gipson - Sejiki
Colin speaks about Sejiki, a ceremony to comfort the ancestral spirits, and an important ceremony in the Sōtō Zen School. This ceremony is performed as a way of making offerings to the family ancestors, to one’s parents, relatives, and spirits of other people we are connected with, as well as for spirits that are no longer connected to any living person, also known as Hungry Ghosts.
Recorded on October 31, 2020 via Zoom Zendo
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Myogan Djinn Gallagher - Not Knowing Is Most Intimate
Myogan Djinn Gallagher is the resident priest and teacher at Black Mountain Zen Centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Djinn started practicing in 1993, meeting her teacher Ryushin Paul Haller in 2003. Her intention to train as a priest led her to residential practice at San Francisco Zen Centre where she lived from 2007 until 2016, first in the monastery, Tassajara, and then in the urban temple in San Francisco. Ordained as a priest by Ryushin in 2013, she completed her training with a three-month practice period as “shuso” (head monk) in Tassajara in the autumn of 2015. She returned to Ireland in late 2016 and has been practicing at Black Mountain Zen Centre since January 2017. She joined our Zoom Zendo one morning (evening in Belfast, Northern Ireland) and graciously gave a dharma talk.
Recorded on October 24, 2020 via Zoom Zendo
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Colin Gipson - Returning to the Breath
Colin speaks about the importance of returning to the breath.
Via the Zoom Zendo on September 26, 2020.
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Cuca Montecel Sensei - Not Knowing Is Most Intimate
In this talk, given during her online sesshin, Not Knowing Is Most Intimate, Cuca Montecel Sensei speaks about the unknowable nature of life, the futility of attempting to control it, and the intimacy that not knowing brings.
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Colin Gipson - Dānapāramitā
Colin discusses dānapāramitā, its importance, and the various ways one can practice generosity.
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Heather Martin - Following the Breath
Heather Martin discusses the importance of following one’s breath in practice and life.
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Myrna Toohey - Mindfulness and Metta
Myrna Toohey, a longtime practitioner at the San Antonio Zen Center gives a talk on Mindfulness and Loving Kindness. She is currently enrolled in the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (MMTCP) and is studying under Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.
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Colin Gipson - A Buffalo Passes the Window
Colin discusses a case from Mumonkan, or The Gateless Gate.
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Dokan Rick Wadsworth - Zen and the Art of Anti-Racism
Dokan Rick Wadsworth discusses his experiences with racism and how to combat it through the lens of Zen practice.
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Colin Gipson - Right Action
Colin discusses Right Action, how it connects to the Bodhisattva Precepts, other facets of the Eightfold Path, and the role that conduct plays in our lives and relationships with others.
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Jisan Tova Green - On Belonging
Jisan Tova Green has been in residence at San Francisco Zen Center for over twenty years. She was ordained as a Zen priest and received Dharma Transmission from Eijun Linda Cutts. She is currently the Liaison for the Branching Streams Zen Centers and sitting groups -- over 70 in the U.S. and nine in other countries. Tova co-founded the SFZC Queer Dharma Group in 2009 and the group Unpacking Whiteness – Reflection and Action in 2017. Tova has worked as a hospice social worker, plays the cello, and writes poetry.
On March 7, she visited us at the San Antonio Zen Center to give a dharma talk on belonging and the importance of creating spaces where people can feel welcomed and themselves.
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Colin Gipson - February 8
Colin Gipson references Chapters 2-3 of the Diamond Sutra to frame the mindfulness of embarking on the Bodhisattva path.
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