TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Master Tong'an Changcha's Ten Talks of Unfathomable Depth (7)

We continue our series based on master Tong'an Changcha's 'Ten Talks of Unfathomable Depth', and this month we tackle poem number eight, called The Revolving Function. Th

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Master Tong'an Changcha's Ten Talks of Unfathomable Depth (6)

We continue our series based on master Tong'an Changcha's 'Ten Talks of Unfathomable Depth', and this month we tackle two more of the talks, the sixth and seventh, called

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Master Tong'an Changcha's Ten Talks of Unfathomable Depth (5)

We continue our series based on master Tong'an Changcha's 'Ten Talks of Unfathomable Depth', and this month we tackle the fifth of the talks, called Bukkyo, or Buddhist t

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Master Tong'an Changcha's Ten Talks of Unfathomable Depth (4)

This is part four of our examination of the ten unfathomable talks by master Tong'an Changcha, moving on to the one called The Transcendent within Dust and Dirt. The text

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Master Tong'an Changcha's Ten Talks of Unfathomable Depth (3)

We continue our examination of the ten unfathomable talks by master Tong'an Changcha, moving on to number three, The Unfathomable Function. The text says: "You cannot re

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Master Tong'an Changcha's Ten Talks of Unfathomable Depth (2)

We continue our Treeleaf Zendo Podcast with a new episode from the series based on master Tong'an Changcha's little-known "Ten Talks of Unfathomable Depth". Sekkei Harada

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Master Tong'an Changcha's Ten Talks of Unfathomable Depth (1)

This episode of the Treeleaf Zendo Podcast marks the beginning of a new series, based on master Tong'an Changcha's little-known "Ten Talks of Unfathomable Depth". Sekkei

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Eko Echoes

To welcome and celebrate an auspicious new year, we will look through the beautiful and meaningful words of our 'Dedication of Merit', or Eko, as it is called in Japanese

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Master Bodhidharma’s Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices

In this month's episode, we look into what is probably the earliest Ch'an writing, attributed with a certain amount of confidence, directly to master Bodhidharma. This is

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - The Eight Realizations of a Great Person (Part 2)

This month, we continue with more of Master Dogen's advice on living wisely and well in this day-to-day life, from Hachi Dainin Gaku 八大人覺 'The Eight Realizations of the G

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - The Eight Realizations of a Great Person (Part 1)

We commence our Jukai (Undertaking the Precepts) preparations and Ango (Peaceful Abiding) season, with a writing by Master Dogen on living wisely and well in this day-to-

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Master Menzan's Kinhinki

Today we Walk with Master Menzan's Kinhinki ( 經行軌 ) The Way of Walking Zen. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: August 2025

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Ocean Mudra Samadhi, The Living Sea

We return to port one last time, after a long sail with Master Dogen's “Ocean Mudra Samādhi” 海印三昧... but these waters of life flow on forever Further reading and discuss

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Diving the Ocean Mudra Samadhi

This month, we will do the backstroke through Master Dogen's Ocean Mudra Samādhi (Kai’in Zanmai 海印三昧). His wild wordplay is a powerful expression of who we are in the uni

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Swimming the Ocean Mudra Samadhi

We will do the backstroke through Master Dogen's Ocean Mudra Samādhi (Kai’in Zanmai 海印三昧). His wild wordplay is a powerful expression of who we are in the universe, time,

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Other Fukanzazengi (The Lost Tracks)

In today's episode, we look at an earlier and less popular version of master Dogen's Fukanzazengi, which has quite some differences from the popular version we all know.

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Dogen, Fullness and Sacred Ordinary Life

Today we dance with an insightful scholar's paper on Dogen Zenji's unique and profound ideas regarding fullness, universal liberation, the sacred as "immanent in space an

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Koans from the Blue Cliff Record (III)

Happy New Year to you all! We continue our study of the koans from the Blue Cliff Record, with a new batch of them today, beginning with case 13. Further reading and dis

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Winter Work, Spring Planting, Summer Harvest

However you feel about the results of the American election, and wherever you live in the world, we do not stop working for good. This is Master Dogen's lesson of "Ongoin

Treeleaf Zendo Podcast - Koans from the Blue Cliff Record (II)

In this episode, we continue to look at koans from the Blue Cliff Record, specifically cases 7 to 12. We do that through the Soto Zen lens, extracting the practical essen