Dharma Talks

Debra Seido Martin is Zen West's Guiding Teacher. She was transmitted in 2009 by Kyogen Carlson, late Abbott of Dharma Rain Zen Center. Seido is an organic farmer and psychotherapist devoted to the wild and giving space of practice and grace of the land. She carries forward her teacher’s directive to “ordain into your life.”

Heart Sutra: Fundamental Belonging

Seido talks about recent events that express the Heart Sutra. She recounts a story about a spiritual opening Buddhist Environmentalist...

Apr 22, 2022

Mark Unno on Boundless Compassion

Shin Buddhist Priest and U of O Professor of Religion Mark Unno speaks to Zen West about the Pure Land concept of the “foolish being” and...

Apr 15, 2022

Zen Essentials: What Does It Mean to Have a Practice?

In this talk, Seido offers ways to allow practice to seamlessly enter one’s life. It can be particularly challenging to keep the thread...

Apr 13, 2022

Heart Sutra: Where’s the Heart?

In this talk, Seido suggests the Heart Sutra can be viewed as a way of teaching us how best to love the world by seeing it clearly, not...

Apr 1, 2022

Heart Sutra: Follow Your No’s

Seido talks about the no’s of the Heart Sutra – the no eye, no ears, no nose, no tongue, body, mind and so forth. She suggests a daily...

Mar 30, 2022

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