

Koan Summer: Sesshin – Oh No! Oh Yes!
Seido reflects on the recent sesshin facing the challenges of thunder storms, fires, poor air quality, hornets, injuries and then some...
Sep 1, 2023


Koan Summer: Skin, Flesh, Bones, Marrow
Seido investigates the story where Bodhidharma tests four of his students about their understanding of the dharma and eventually gives...
Aug 18, 2023


Koan Summer: Blue Cliff Case on Blindness and Clarity
Seido unfolds a case from the Blue Cliff record, the middle collection of koans, that questions the nature of being “clear eyed” or free...
Aug 11, 2023


Koan Summer: Case 94 – Tozan is Ill
Seido talks about the context of this koan from the Book of Serenity that heralds the ending of the koan curriculum and the coming...
Aug 4, 2023


Koan Summer: A Person of Great Strength
Seido launches the summer group koan study with comments on Case 20 of the Mumonkan, “Sung-yuan’s Person of Great Strength.” Included in...
Jul 14, 2023
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