Living Zen

About Living Zen

Spontaneous Zen talks given in the Rinzai tradition by Ven. Eshu Martin, abbot of the Victoria Zen Centre in Victoria, BC, Canada. www.zenwest.ca If you enjoy this podcast, rate it,review it, and share it with your friends on Twitter, Facebook and face to face. www.zenwest.ca Check out the Living Zen Podcast app on the iTunes app store!

Publisher

Teàrlach Eshū Kilgour

Category

health & fitness · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Nov 2009

Latest episode

28 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

29 of 469 episodes have a transcript.

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   28 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Under the Heavens and on the Earth — April 7, 2026 — Dharma Talk

   Zenwest Buddhist Society's Dharma Talk explores the Buddha's birth declaration as a recognition of our shared fundamental nature, not individual specialness.

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   21 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Holding Your Seat — March 17, 2026 — Dharma Talk

   Host [Host Name] explores the practice of "holding your seat" amidst life's flow, revealing how mindful awareness cultivates spaciousness and enables genuine change.

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   14 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Third Treasure — March 10, 2026 — Dharma Talk

   Host Michael Bernard explores the Three Treasures—Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha—as principles for living, offering insights into awakening, transmission, and community.

Inside a recent episode

Under the Heavens and on the Earth — April 7, 2026 — Dharma Talk

Published 28 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Today is the 7th of April. So in the Zen tradition, tomorrow, Hana Matsuri is the traditional day that we celebrate the Buddha's birthday. And there's quite a beautiful story about the circumstances around the birth of the Buddha. But because I only have a few minutes, I can't tell the whole thing. But suffice to say that the story is that after the Buddha was born, he stood up and he took seven steps. So maybe like a lamb, he can walk right away. He took seven steps and he pointed one hand up. to the sky and he pointed one hand down to the earth and said, under the heavens and on the earth, I alone and the world honored one. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

124 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

92

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

67