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Abbot Gaelyn Godwin : One Hundred and Eight Gateways to the Illumination of the Dharma
Dharma Talk by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin, Abiding Teacher of HZC.
- 1 weeks ago
Shōjin Vicki Glenn : The Merit of the Kāsāya
Dharma talk by Shōjin Vicki Glenn, Soto Zen Priest, and co-Tanto / Head of Practice of HZC.
- 2 weeks ago
Seirin Tim Schorre : The Bhiksu of the Fourth Dhyana
Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, and a senior teacher at Houston Zen Center. He is the co-leader of Establishing the Path of Practice and the leader of HZC’s prison outreach program.
- 3 weeks ago
Dōjin Sarah Emerson : The Eight Understandings of the Great Person
Dharma Talk by Dōjin Sarah Emerson. Sarah Dōjin Emerson’s formal practice in Soto Zen began in 1996. She lived and trained at Tassajara Zen Mountain center and other sites of the San Francisco Zen Center from 1997-2007. She received Dharma Transmission from Abbot Konjin Gaelyn Godwin of the Houston Zen Center in 2015. She has a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies, and has worked in the fields of mental health and pastoral care with children and adults. She experiences Bodhisattva Zen practice as deeply supportive to inquiring into, challenging and transforming systems of oppression, particularly racial inequities and the harm they cause within convert Buddhist sanghas, and in U.S. society generally. Sarah has also worked for many years in grief support- clinically, ritually and in community- specializing in child loss. She lives with her partner, Charlie Pokorny (who is also a Soto Zen Buddhist priest), their children (who are her most profound and constant teachers) and numerous pets in Brooklyn, NY.
- 3 weeks ago
Akiba Gengo Roshi : No Cold or Heat
Dharma talk by Akiba Gengo Roshi, Sokan/Bishop of Soto Zen North America. This talk, or "Honsoku Gyocha" (Fundamental Words) was given during the formal tea ceremony preceding the Ceremony of Dharma Inquiry (Shuso Ceremony) for Hondo Dave Rutschman. These dharma words were on the koan "No Cold or Heat" from the Blue Cliff Record, which Shuso Hondo faced during the ceremony. Translation by Ejo McMullen, abbot of Buddha Eye Temple in Eugene, Oregon.
- 4 weeks ago
Abbot Gaelyn Godwin : Karma of the Three Times
Dharma Talk by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin, Abiding Teacher of HZC.
- Oct 4, 2026
Kyoshin Anna Gonzalez : As It Is
Dharma Talk by Kyoshin Anna Gonzalez. Anna's dharma name is Kyoshin, Bridge of Truth. She is on the Board of Directors of HZC, and is a long-time student of Zen.
- Sep 27, 2026
Kōsen Mitko Badov : Four Horses
Dharma talk by Mitko Badov. This will be a “way-seeking mind” talk, the first talk by HZC member Mitko. Mitko received the Bodhisattva Precepts in February 2022, and the Dharma name, Kōsen Shikaku / River of Light, Deep Awakening. Mitko is a physician, practicing in Florida.
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