Mind of the Way Part 1 is the first talk from May Sesshin, 2017. In the talk, Dosho introduces Dogen's Extensive Record, #200, and explores awareness of impermanence in the context of wholehearted practice ..read more

Recorded 09 November 2014 Tetsugan discusses the ninth of Dogen's Guidelines for Studying the way: You Should Practice Throughout the Way ..read more

Dharma Talk By Dosho Port Roshi given in 2016 regarding The fisrt fascicle in Dogen Zenji's Shobogenzo entitled Genjokoan ..read more

"The Record of Empty Hall?" is from Sunday, February 7, 2021, with Boundless Way Zen. In this talk, Dosho Roshi gives some introductory information on this recently published koan collection and reads Cases 38 Baoying Immediately Entering Hell, and 54 Danxia's Lucky Guy and it Sucks to be You. A lively dharma dialogue ensues, including Boundless Way teachers Melissa Blacker Roshi and David Rynick Roshi ..read more

"What is the True Moon?" from Sunday, September 13, 2020, with the North Carolina Zen Center. In this talk, Dosho Roshi comments on "Going Through the Mystery's 100 Questions," #74: What is the True Moon?, including the importance of first enlightenments and continuing practice to fully enter the dark. The finger-pointing-at-the-moon dignified forms and teachings of the Zen school are emphasized ..read more

"The Process of Awakening" is Dosho's talk from the first night of the November sesshin, 2018. In the talk, Dosho comments on Torei Zenji's discussion of how awakening (kensho) begins with samadhi and opens up when we wholeheartedly don't straddle the gate ..read more

"The Truth of the Self Through the Generations of Our Lineage:" Dōshō's second talk for the September Sesshin 2018. In the talk, Dōshō offers the comments on the following sutra passage by a half-dozen Sōtō and Rinzai teachers: "When a single person returns to the source by awakening to the truth of the self, the great void in all ten directions disappears without a trace ..read more

"Sesshin: Gathering the Heart-Mind" from Sunday Open Zen, August 12, 2018. Tetsugan begins this talk by describing the meaning and the process of sesshin - the word used in Zen for intensive meditation retreats - which plays a critical part in deepening one's practice. She goes on to highlight how this deepening manifests when practitioners shift from being focused on personal gain to serving others and life itself ..read more

"Nánquán Sells His Body and Cheap Is How I Feel" is Dosho's talk for Open Zen on July 8, 2018. In the talk, Dosho comments on the Record of Empty Hall, Case 13: "Nánquán publicly presented: 'If a sovereign teacher were to sell his body would there be someone to purchase him?'” The kōan raises provocative questions: What are you selling your body for? How can we best offer the dharma ..read more

"How Would You Scale the Peak of Wonder?" Thursday, December 12, the third talk of Rohatsu Sesshin 2019, Tetsugan Zummach Osho. Based on Going Through the Mystery's One Hundred Questions, "Question 15 ..read more