The Living Zen Podcast
Dharma talks exploring Zen practice, awakening, and how to bring clarity and compassion into daily life.
Episodes
38 episodes
Hand Me the Cushion
From Meditation as Refuge, an online evening with the Insight Community of the Desert, August 2026. A talk on Case 20 of the Blue Cliff Record.
A Thousand Buddhas Don’t Know
From the October 2022 Long Beach Meditation “Mountain Refuge Retreat”
Awareness is the Root Experience of All
The Blue Cliff Record, Case 40, from Insight Community of the Desert’s Tuesday Meditation As Refuge class.
As You Are. Here. Now.
Case 1 of the Gateless Gate: “Ordinary Mind is the Way” from Insight Community of the Desert’s Tuesday Meditation As Refuge class.
The Essential Practice of Just Sitting
Case 1 from the Book of Equanimity “The World Honored One Ascends the Platform” from the May 2025 sesshin at Yokoji Zen Mountain Center
Pointing to the Human Mind
From the September 2024 7-Day Sesshin at Yokoji Zen Mountain Center
The Heart of the Matter
From the Summer 2023 Beginner’s Mind Sesshin at Yokoji Zen Mountain Center
