Cosmopolitan Zen

Metacognition, Finders and the Three Turnings - Ekai Joel Kreisberg

Metacognition, Finders and the Three Turnings - Ekai Joel Kreisberg - August 8th, 2026 Ekai Joel Kreisberg explains metacognition as “thinking about awareness” and conne

You have to be Somebody before you become Nobody - Hosho Don Koehler

You have to be Somebody before you become Nobody - Hosho Don Koehler - July 11th, 2026 - WSP26 Hosho Don Koehler explores the apparent tension between developing a healt

Metacognitive Monitoring: Pointing Out Instructions Versus Zen Koans - Ekai Joel Kreisberg Roshi

Metacognitive Monitoring: Pointing Out Instructions Versus Zen Koans - Ekai Joel Kreisberg - July 25th, 2026 In this talk, Ekai Joel Kreisberg explores metacognitive awa

There Is a Deeper Connection Through Zen - Zen Ko Ryan Harriott

The interview traces Zenko’s journey from early interests in martial arts, poetry, and meditation to a deep commitment to Zen practice. Through experiences with the Manki

Walking the Silver River - Ming Po Larry Matthews

Walking the Silver River - Ming Po Larry Matthews - June 27, 2026 - WSP26 Ming Po Larry Matthews explains that the spiritual path is not separate from ordinary life, it

How to Work with Emotional Koans - Part 2 - Ekai Joel Kreisberg

How to Work with Emotional Koans - Part 2 - Ekai Joel Kreisberg - WSP26 - May 30th, 2026 Ekai Joel Kreisberg explains that Junpo Roshi’s emotional koans (11–13) were des

Shuso Ceremony - Why Climb a Mountain - Zen Ko Ryan Harriott

Shuso Ceremony - Dharma Reflection - Why Climb a Mountain - Zen Ko Ryan Harriott - June 13th, 2026 Zen Ko Ryan Harriott compares Zen practice to climbing a mountain, tea

The Background Hum: Why More Insight Doesn't Produce More Freedom - Kenshin Cian Whalley

The Background Hum: Why More Insight Doesn't Produce More Freedom - Kenshin Cian Whalley - May 2nd, 2006 Kenshin talks about the “background hum” that is the constant me

Zen Master Bankei and the Unborn - Nanda Nina Lynch

Zen Master Bankei and the Unborn - Nanda Nina Lynch - April 18th, 2026 Nanda Nina Lynch gives a talk on Bankei Yōtaku and his realization of the “Unborn” shows that awar

Suffer Well: Insights from Buddha's Teachings - Ming Po Larry Matthews

Suffer Well: Insights from Buddha's Teachings - Ming Po Larry Matthews - April 4th, 2026 Ming Po gives a talk inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh teachings that true peace comes

Seven Bodhisattvas - Manjushri - Jozen Jonathon Fielder

Seven Bodhisattva Archetypes - Manjushri - Jozen Jonathon Fielder - April 12th, 2025 - SPP25 Faces of Compassion - Week 2 - Our next exploration is of Manjushri as a Bod

Remembering the Light - Awakening to What Is - Ekai Joel Kreisberg

This talk introduces Rohatsu—the traditional period honoring the Buddha’s awakening—and places it in the context of winter’s darkness and the symbolic “birth of the light

The Dignity and Disaster of My Ego - Emyo Darlene Tataryn

FPP25 - The Dignity and Disaster of My Ego - Emyo Darlene Tataryn Fall Practice Period - October 25th, 2025 Emyo gives a Dharma talk entitled, The Dignity and Disaster

Letting It Out: Extending the Love that We Receive - Nanda Nina Lynch

Letting It Out: Extending the Love that We Receive - Nanda Nina Lynch - January 31st, 2026 - WPP26 This talk by Nanda Nina Lynch explores the Buddhist teaching that true

Compassion as a Liberating Power: Bring Difficulties into Compassion - Jozen Jonathon Fielder

Compassion as a Liberating Power: Bring Difficulties into Compassion - Jozen Jonathon Fielder - February 7th, 2026 - WPP26 This talk marks the final week of a winter pra

What We Are Learning In Mondo Zen Facilitation - Ekai Joel Kreisberg

In this talk, originally made for Hollow Bones Zen, Ekai explains that Mondo Zen is not just a facilitation process but an ongoing path that blends genuine insight with e

Does This Come And Go? - Ekai Joel Kreisberg

Ekai Joel Kreisberg explains the Zen koan “Does this clear, deep heart-mind come and go?” and emphasizes that while awakened awareness (clear, deep heart-mind) is ever-pr

Spirituality and Spiritual Identity - Ekai Joel Kreisberg

Spirituality and Spiritual Identity - Ekai Joel Kreisberg - October 18th, 2025 The talk introduces a six-week Shining Bright Lotus series on Junpo Roshi and Keith Martin

How to Work with Emotional Koans - Ekai Joel Kreisberg

How to Work with Emotional Koans - Ekai Joel Kreisberg - February 21st, 2026 Ekai Joel Kreisberg explains that traditional Rinzai koan training, systematized by Hakuin E

What Makes A Good Listener - Ekai Joel Kreisberg and Emyo Darlene Tataryn

Ekai Joel Kreisberg and Emyo Darlene Tataryn introduce their four-month Foundations in Mondo Zen Facilitation program, describing it as a structured, relational, and embo