Guest teacher Zoketsu Norman Fischer visits SIMS and offers a talk on Zen Master Dogen's text, "Bodhisattva's Four Methods of Guidance". Embedded with permission of the uploader. Website: http://seattleinsight.org/ Bodhisattva's Four Methods of Guidance from ... Continue Reading »
Many of you have seen these being shared all over Facebook. These were filmed by Jan Becker at http://www.bluetreeproductions.com (check out her website) Brad Warner is a Soto Zen teacher and author of several ... Continue Reading »
Below are three parts of a short documentary, entitled Zen Buddhism: Chop Wood, Carry Water. The documentary is from a series known as Quiet Mind: Meditation for Real Life. This is a very well ... Continue Reading »
Gudo Nishijima Roshi talking with Gustav Ericsson in Tokyo 2005. More info at http://www.anzenkai.com © Gustav Ericsson, 2005. Continue Reading »
Student Michael Millspaugh filmed a video when he participated in Antioch Education Abroad's 2006 Buddhist Studies in Japan program. This clip is from the Zen Monastic Training that students receive. More ... Continue Reading »
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center (www.sfzc.org) Director David Zimmerman is interviewed by Jack Hanson on Comcast "Newsmakers" on the one year anniversary of the 2008 Big Sur fire which threatened the oldest ... Continue Reading »
Thanks to John Braeley for permission to embed Empty Mind Films YouTube videos here at Sweeping Zen. On the web at: http://emptymindfilms.com/ Continue Reading »
A talk by Joan Amaral, a priest at the San Francisco Zen Center, at the Gay Buddhist Sangha on June 13, 2010, on the theme of "Is There a Place for ... Continue Reading »
The following short documentary is by Bill Scheffel. This 10-minute documentary features 2009 interviews with Jakusho Kwong-roshi, dharma heir of Shunryu Suzuki-roshi and founder of Sonoma Mountain Zen Center. In this film, Roshi ... Continue Reading »
"Joy" -- Dharma talk by Rev. Jana Drakka, Soto Zen priest, at the Gay Buddhist Sangha on November 23, 2008. For more info on Jana, visit her website at http://janadrakka.org For ... Continue Reading »
A talk by Soto Zen priest Jana Drakka on "not thinking" and koan practice (Jan. 30, 2009). Her website is http://janadrakka.com © Albert Kaba, KabaVideo Cinematography: www.kabavideo.com Continue Reading »
This untitled Dharma talk is from July 25th, 2010 and was given in Helsinki, Finland. Peter Rocca is a Dharma successor of Gudo Wafu Nishijima Roshi and a Dogen Sangha member. Permission was ... Continue Reading »
A talk by Rev. Jana Drakka, Soto Zen priest, at the Gay Buddhist Sangha on July 18, 2010. The talk was part of a month-long theme on "Celebrating Our Interdependence." For more information ... Continue Reading »
This video features Rev. Jana Drakka and her teacher, Blanche Hartman, former co-abbess at San Francisco Zen Center, sewing Jana's transmission robes. Two of Jana's students, Brett and Albert (the videographer), ... Continue Reading »
A lecture by Rev. Lisa Hoffman at the Gay Buddhist Sangha in San Francisco on November 14, 2010. The talk was part of an eight-week series on "Basic Buddhism for Everyday ... Continue Reading »
A lecture by Rev. Jana Drakka at the Gay Buddhist Sangha in San Francisco on October 24, 2010. The talk was part of an eight-week series on "Basic Buddhism for Everyday ... Continue Reading »
A talk by Cynthia Kear, priest at the San Francisco Zen Center, at the Gay Buddhist Sangha on June 20, 2010, on the theme of "Is There a Place for ... Continue Reading »
The apple seemingly falls far from the tree when you compare Shohaku Okumura, a Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and his 19 year old son Masaki, a 21st century boy who loves sci-fi shows, ... Continue Reading »
This is a short film Joe Famularo made for his Religion and Globalization class at the University of San Francisco. It examines two Buddhist temples in San Francisco and how they are ... Continue Reading »
Many of you have been hearing about a hard-to-find movie on Dogen that many Zen teachers have recommended. This is it! Critical Acclaim “Inspired…fearless…brilliant…an eloquent explanation of Dogen’s Zen.” – Japan Times The Film Zen is a ... Continue Reading »
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