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.”

Tenzo Kyokun: Mushin on How to Cook Your Life

Guest teacher, Abby Mushin Terris, from Sangha Jewel Zen Center unfolds a number of salient passages from Dogen’s Tenzo Kyokun including...

Nov 11, 2022

Tenzo Kyokun: Kishin – Joyous Mind

Seido talks about the secret ingredient in the soup of practice of joy. While Dogen talks about finding joy in the service of others for...

Nov 8, 2022

Tenzo Kyokun: Roshin – Motherly Mind

Seido talks about Dogen’s advice to his cook to raise up “Roshin,” the mind of a loving parent that brings a affectionate care and...

Oct 31, 2022

Tenzo Kyokun: Equanimity with Heart

Seido continues with Uchiyama Roshi’s commentary on the Tenzo Kyokun where he says that Big Mind, or Daishin, this attitude of...

Oct 21, 2022

Tenzo Kyokun: Big Mind

Seido introduces Kosho Uchiyama’s commentary on Dogen’s Tenzo Kyokun calling attention to the “relentless devotion to zazen” that...

Oct 7, 2022

Tenzo Kyokun: The Importance of Hunger

Seido comments on the theme of hunger coming up as the sangha anticipates Sejiki and studies Dogen’s the instructions to the cook. During...

Sep 30, 2022

Tenzo Kyokun: How to Cook Your Life

Seido introduces Dogen Zenji’s “Instructions to the Cook” and how the Zen training of working in the kitchen expresses the wholehearted...

Sep 23, 2022