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.”

Tozan’s Five Seasons: Two—Eternity in a Grain of Sand

As we let go of our usual pressing forward, our usual dominant mind, we see that something comes to meet us. Form and reflection behold each other. One of the practices of this season is to look, really look, and forget what we know.

Oct 8