Dharma Talks

Welcome to the Two Rivers Zen Center’s online library of dharma talks. The talks were given at TRZC as part of our public program of practice and study. Included below are listings and links for both written and audio talks.

The teachings are offered freely. If you appreciate our online offerings, please contribute. Your donation will help to expand our public offerings at Two Rivers Zen Center as well as support the growth and development of this library.

For donations of any amount:

Mailing Address: TRZC, 3 hilltop Road, P.O. Box 35, Tyler Hill, PA, 18469 Paypal to: tworiverszenc@gmail.com

Mailing Address for Seiso Roshi, our guiding teacher is P.O.Box 58, Barre, VT. 05641, venmo, zelle, or Paypal: chugai108@gmail.com   

Audio

New: 

9/18/22: “The Way cannot be realized with mind or with no mind” with Seiso Sensei Link

7/6/2021: “Thinking’s Bad Rap” with Seiso Sensei Link

1/13/2021: “Living Samadhi” Talk 1 with Seiso Sensei Link

1/27/2021: “Living Samadhi” Talk 2 with Seiso Sensei Link

2/3/2021 “Living Samadhi” Talk 3 with Seiso Sensei Link

2/10/2021 “Living Samadhi” Talk 4 with Seiso Sensei Link 

2/17/2021 “Living Samadhi” Talk 5 with Seiso Sensei Link

2/24/2021 “Living Samadhi” Talk 6 with Seiso Sensei Link

3/3/2021 “Living Samadhi” Talk 7 with Seiso Sensei Link

12/13/2020: “Basic Fact of Sitting” with Seiso Sensei Link

12/12/2020: “One Mind, Two Truths” with Kagayaki Karen Morris  Link

11/1/2020: “Tracing Back the Radiance” with Kagayaki Karen Morris      Link

Dogen’s Bendowa: “Wholehearted Practice of the Way” with Seiso Sensei

9/9/20: Bendowa-1 “This Wondrous Dharma“ Link

9/16/20: Bendowa-2 “Disporting Freely” Link

9/23/20: Bendowa-3 “Continuous Dwelling”  Link

9/30/20: Bendowa-4 “Subtle Method” Link

10/7/20: Bendowa-5 “Wagging the Tongue” Link

10/14/20: Bendowa-6 “Yellow Leaves”Link

10/28/20: Bendowa-7 “Authenticity” Link

11/4/20: Bendowa-8: “Wholeheartedness” Link

11/11/20: Bendowa-9: “Zazen Only” Link

August 30, 2020: “Word Games: What is Zazen?” with Seiso Sensei Link

“Zen’s Simple Elegance: Just Noticing” with Seiso Sensei  Link

“When There’s No One Else to Take My Selfie”  with Kagayaki Karen Morris – Link

New Series:

August 5, 2020: Muchu Setsumu, “Expounding a Dream Within a Dream” – Talk 9 Link

July 29, 2020: Muchu Setsumu, “Expounding a Dream Within a Dream” – Talk 8 Link

July 22, 2020: Muchu Setsumu, “Expounding a Dream Within a Dream” – Talk 7 Link

June 24, 2020: Muchu Setsumu, “Expounding a Dream Within a Dream” – Talk 4  Link

June 17, 2020: Muchu Setsumu, “Expounding a Dream Within a Dream” – Talk 3 Link

June 10, 2020: Muchu Setsumu, “Expounding a Dream Within a Dream” – Talk 2 Link

June 3, 2020: Muchu Setsumu, “Expounding a Dream Within a Dream” – Talk 1 Link

Dharma Talks:

New! Concluding Comments on Ikka Myoju, One Bright Pearl Link

“Thinking Not Thinking: Clouds and Mind” Link

“Sitting Still, Still Running: Bodhidharma Faces the Wall” Link

“Just Keep Practicing No Matter What!” Dogen’s Bendowa: Link

“The Golden Fish Enters the Boat” Dogen’s One Bright Pearl: Link

“Don’t Get Conned by Enlightenment” Link

“Mushotoku Zen Prescription” Link

 “Right View & Zen Practice” Link

“Zen’s Two Silences”  Link

9/6/20: “The Bodhisattva Path  & Engaged Action“, with Myoki Marcia Nehemiah