

Remembering Kyogen on Founder’s Day
Seido shares some memories of her teacher and our center’s founder, Kyogen Carlson Roshi, who died suddenly in 2014 at the age of 66. The...
Sep 16, 2022


Atonement: Becoming a Fair Witness
Seido introduces the traditional Fusatsu ceremony and talks about the importance of being at peace with oneself when taking up...
Sep 9, 2022


Ango Opening: What’s Your Story?
Seido talks about the Dharma Cloud practice of telling one’s life story to open the fall practice period. It’s through the release of...
Sep 2, 2022


Blue Cliff Case 78: 16 Bodhisattvas Enter the Bath
Seido reflects on this koan and its relationship to what unfolded during a recent sesshin at Empty Field Zendo for 17 practitioners. In...
Aug 26, 2022


Blue Cliff Case 43: Dongshan’s Heat and Cold
Seido talks about our propensity to avoid discomfort and the invitation from this koan to become intimate with life that says “yes”...
Jul 29, 2022
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