Living Zen Podcast
1) "Kōzen Daitō Kokushi Yuikai" - December 2, 2025 - Dharma Talk
In this episode, I explore one of the most treasured teachings in the Rinzai Zen tradition: Kōzen Daitō Kokushi Yuikai, the "Final Instruction" of National Teacher Daitō, founder of Daitoku-ji. This c...Show More
2) Tuning Practice - November 25, 2025 - Dharma Talk
In this talk, we explore one of the Buddha's most enduring teachings — the musician Sona and the image of practice as a stringed instrument. Too tight, the strings snap. Too loose, there's no sound. S...Show More
3) Zen Shout — November 18, 2025 — Dharma Talk
WARNING - Sudden loud sounds in this podcast. In this episode, we explore the heart of embodied practice — how a single moment of presence can cut through all the noise and return us to the immediacy ...Show More
4) Form and Responsibility - November 4, 2025 - Dharma Talk
5) Decolonize the Mind - October 21, 2025 - Dharma Talk
6) Remember the People You Came From — July 20, 2025 — Dharma Talk
In this episode of Living Zen, Eshū reflects on two guiding phrases: the Zen teaching “To study the self is to forget the self…” and the Gàidhlig seanfhacal “Cuimhnich air na daoine às an tàinig thu” ...Show More
7) On the De-Animation and Re-Animation of Zen — July 13, 2025
This week there’s no Dharma talk from the Zendo — UVic was cleaning the carpets on Sunday, so our usual sit was cancelled. But I didn’t want to leave the Sangha hungry. Instead, I’m sharing this refle...Show More
8) The Buddha's Buffet - July 6, 2025 — Dharma Talk
In this episode, we explore the long arc of practice — how insight and awakening might come suddenly, but true transformation takes slow, organic time. Like digestion or composting, it can’t be rushed...Show More
9) Miraculous Medicine - June 29, 2025 - Dharma Talk
In this talk, I explore how practice invites us to return again and again — to breath, posture, intention — dissolving fear and self-criticism, and opening to the quiet miracle of simply being here. W...Show More
10) The Breath of Solstice
“The Dharma is being preached in everything." This Dharma talk, offered just after summer solstice, reflects on the rhythms of breath, season, and spirit. It explores the natural arising and dissolvin...Show More