Living Zen

A monthly podcast from Zen teacher, Jokai Blackwell Sensei.

Trust Your Heart

Return to What is Most Vital

04-23
41:08

The Heart of the Matter

From the Summer 2023 Beginner’s Mind Sesshin at Yokoji Zen Mountain Center

09-02
00:46

This Mysterious Life

From Beginner’s Mind Sesshin, January 2023

04-08
00:34

The One Behind the Name

You have to break through to this.

12-11
00:44

The Three Essentials

Great faith, great doubt, and great determination are considered to be three essentials for Zen practice. If any of these essentials are absent, we may not accomplish our aim.

09-25
48:40

Call and Response

Yes!

01-16
33:30

The Meaning Finds You

How can it be understood?

07-25
49:28

How to do Nothing

Doing nothing can be surprisingly difficult.

01-17
44:00

Feeling the Heat

The Practice of Active Acceptance.

09-23
45:42

Searching for the Mind

Exploring the island.

05-16
40:27

The Exploration of Self Nature

Leaping Clear of the Many and the One.

12-31
42:34

The Role of a Lifetime

Are we really who we think we are?

11-30
57:49

The Oak Tree

What is the Essential meaning?

10-31
44:56

Who Is That One?

Who is taking care of who?

09-29
44:55

The Great Silence

The non-dual principle.

08-30
40:52

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