Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
Rochester Zen Center
4.5from 113 ratings
- 429
- Episodes
- 26
- Transcribed
- 113
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
Dharma talks by senior teachers, including Sensei John Pulleyn, Sensei Donna Kowal, and Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. The Rochester Zen Center was founded in 1966 by Roshi Philip Kapleau, author of 20th century Zen classic, The Three Pillars of Zen.
- Publisher
- Rochester Zen Center
- Category
- religion & spirituality · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 28 Jun 2020
- Latest episode
- 25 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
26 of 429 episodes have a transcript.
25 Oct 2026
Grist for the Mill
18 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Zen Practice and Failure
4 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Dark Side of Mindfulness
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Zen Practice and Failure
Published 18 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Losing our job. And not getting in the school or university we wanted to get into. Failing a course. I mean, it can go on and on and on. Hopefully that doesn't happen all to the same person. But I know all of us have had some big or smaller failures in life. And so how do we work with that? Yeah, so it goes without saying that the greatest antidote for that is just our continual practice. Through the Zazen, we let go. Mature practice can really help us cushion the blow. It doesn't mean we don't feel it. It doesn't mean we're not disappointed. Of course we are, but practice can help. So the bottom line is, when it comes to failure, the fundamental problem is our self-identification with the failure. […]
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- Trueman Taylor
- Dhara Kowal
- John Pulleyn
- Bodhin Kjolhede
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- 4.4 / 5
- 76 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 37 ratings
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- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 95
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