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Host Domyo Burk is a Soto Zen priest and teacher. She records episodes specifically for podcast listeners on traditional Zen and Buddhist teachings, practices, and history.
This is a teisho – like a cross between a Dharma Talk and guided meditation. Teisho are sometimes called "encouragement talks," and they are...
In Part 2 of this episode, I continue giving my "2,500 years' worth of Buddhist texts in a nutshell," an overview of texts in my Zen lineage...
In Buddhism, we have three treasures: Buddha, teachers or our own awakened nature; Dharma, the teachings or the truth itself, and Sangha, th...
In Buddhism, we have three treasures: Buddha, teachers or our own awakened nature; Dharma, the teachings or the truth itself, and Sangha, th...
You may have discovered there are lots of Buddhist teachings and texts. Jews have their Torah, Christians their Bible, Muslims their Quran,...
In Buddhism, we are guided by the ideal of a Buddha, or awakened being. One of the characteristics of a Buddha is unconditional and selfless...
In koan #6 from the Blue Cliff Record, Yunmen says, "Every day is a good day." I explore this koan, including the way we sometimes imagine o...
Since the term arose in 1950's, "self-care" has referred to a number of different things. If we consider self-care to be things you do to re...
This a Q&A episode based on questions I've received from listeners: Does Zen have anything to say about human relationships? Can we learn an...
Viewed historically, Zen is a form of Mahayana Buddhism that evolved from the original forms Buddhism that were established in India after t...
Zen Buddhism exemplifies practice based in self-power, or jiriki . Pure Land Buddhism exemplifies practice based in other-power, or tariki ....
This is one of my unscripted Q&A episodes, where I answer questions submitted by listeners. If you have a question, go ahead and send it to...
Unlike Jesus, the Buddha didn't explicitly instruct us to "love our enemies." However, he did instruct us to extend goodwill, or Metta, to a...
In this episode I read and reflect on Chapter One of Keizan's Denkoroku: Record of the Transmission of Illumination. In it, Shakyamuni Buddh...
When should Buddhist communities take public stands on issues that could be seen as political? If politics is about how we make decisions in...
The form of meditation we do in Zen, unless we're working on a koan, is called shikantaza – nothing but sitting – or silent illumination. It...
How do you find comfort in the precepts? What is the relationship between anger, forgiveness and justice? What about anxiety due to abrupt i...
This is the third part of three of my episodes on "Learning the Self," one of my Ten Fields of Zen. In the first episode I discussed why we...
Part two of three of my series on "Learning the Self," one of my Ten Fields of Zen. Last episode I discussed why we "study the self" in Zen,...
Ultimately, if you want to experience Realization and have it transform your life, you need to commit yourself to Learning the Self. This me...
Since the Buddha's time, certain practitioners have chosen to leave the household life to dedicate themselves completely to formal Buddhist...
I discuss the oldest source of Buddhist teachings on Dana as a bodhisattva perfection – the Jataka tales, or stories about Shakyamuni Buddha...
In this episode I answer listener questions: How do you address the dharma and practice with young kids? If I'm trying to be mindful on work...
Dana, generosity or giving, is the first Mahayana Buddhist paramita. Generosity is where the journey to self-transcendence begins. In this f...
This is a teisho - kind of like a cross between a Dharma Talk and guided meditation. I hope my words will point you toward how the Great Mat...
Religions and spiritual paths are meant to give you strength and help you find meaning. Many people derive strength and meaning through fait...
In this episode I make the case for accommodations for people with physical challenges, even in sesshin, and then describe a number of tried...
People with extra physical challenges - disabilities, chronic illnesses, or advanced age - often find it impossible to participate fully in...
In this extemporaneous Q&A episode, I address these questions: What is the responsibility of Buddhists to stand for what is right? What is t...
This episode is a Teisho, an encouragement talk that's meant to be listened to while you are sitting quietly. Zen teachers give Teisho durin...
The teaching of the Trikaya, or Three Bodies of Buddha, is challenging. It may seem to be metaphysical speculation or surprisingly theistic...
In this extemporaneous question-and-answer episode I address a listener's comment on my answer in a recent Q&A episode about the relationshi...
Chances are, whether you're aware of it or not, you have a certain way of framing your Dharma practice. That is, you function using a concep...
Almost everyone who practices meditation or mindfulness encounters the phenomenon of the wandering mind – when, despite your conscious inten...
This is an extemporaneous question-and-answer episode. Do you know the difference between a parami and a paramita? Do I still like to think...
Equanimity is a powerful state of being that not only reduces our stress and suffering but also enables us to respond effectively. However,...
The tenth Field of Zen is Connecting with the Ineffable. Zen is not based on a belief in God in a theistic sense. However, at its core there...
In this episode I extemporaneously answer questions listeners have submitted by email, including: Why aren't Buddhist vegan if the first mor...
Bodhisattva Activity is enacting vows to free all beings as well as yourself. This is an acknowledgment that you are interdependent with all...
In Episode 272 , I discussed the third chapter of Zen Master Keizan's book The Denkoroku , or the Record of the Transmission of Illumination...
The eighth Field of Zen Practice is Realization, gaining a direct, personal experience of the truth. Realization helps you respond appropria...
This episode is the second half of the seventh chapter of my book-in-progress, The Ten Fields of Zen: A Primer for Practitioners . Listen to...
The seventh Field of Zen Practice is Opening Your Heart. Working explicitly to open your heart not only benefits other living beings, it put...
In a time of political divisiveness, many of us look to the three treasures of Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha for solace, strength, and guidance...
In the last episode, I offered seven points about the role of Dukkha in our life and practice and discussed the first five points. In this e...
While physical and emotional pain, discomfort, and longing are an inevitable part of human life, Dukkha is existential angst we add to such...
It's challenging to make our Dharma practice continuous – maintaining awareness and appropriate conduct each moment of our lives. In his ess...
Our goal in practice is to live in accord with the truth, or the Dharma - not only while sitting in meditation or studying Buddhism, but eve...
This is part two of my discussion "Cutting Moral Corners: Is Buddhism Compatible with 21st-Century Life?" In Part 1 I talked about the moral...
As long as we remain engaged in 21 st -century life, at least in any industrialized society, we are part of an infinitely complex web of kar...