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Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community

A dharma talk given at the Windhorse Zen Community by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei. Sunya Sensei was sanctioned to teach by Roshi Philip Kapleau, founder of the Rochester Zen Center. These talks are straight to the heart of zen. For more information, see our website, www.windhorsezen.org

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28:18

Zen Practice Is Like A Great Wind Sweeping Through Us

Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community ·

2025/04/09

In this teisho offered on the fourth day of our 2024 Summer Sesshin, Sunya-roshi talks about waking up and giving ourselves fully to the practice. She tells the story of one of the Buddha’s disciples who, while not very smart, awakened to his original nature by sweeping. And she speaks of Shitou Xiqian (Sekitō Kisen) and his first meeting with his teacher. To donate or learn more about Sunya-roshi and Windhorse's Dharma work in Western North Carolina, please go to windhosezen.org

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36:44

You Can't Talk About Zen

Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community ·

2025/04/02

In this teisho from the second day of the Summer 2024 sesshin, Sunya-roshi talks about how we ultimately cannot talk about Zen. Zen Practice needs to be embodied. To donate or learn more about Sunya-roshi and the dharma work here in Western North Carolina, please go to windhorsezen.org

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37:40

At the Bedside of Vimalakirti

Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community ·

2025/03/26

In this teisho from June of 2024, Roshi Sunya Kjolhede discusses the Vimalakirti Sutra. She talks about how we work with suffering, illness and death. To donate or learn more about Sunya-roshi and Windhorse's Dharma work in Western North Carolina, please go to windhosezen.org

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40:56

Zen Practice: What's Love Got To Do With It?

Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community ·

2025/03/18

In all the mystical traditions of various religions, love is oft discussed, but it is seldom mentioned in Zen Buddhism. In this recent teisho from early March of 2025, Roshi Sunya Kjolhede discusses how love can be a tricky word to define or experience—but also how wholehearted Zen practice helps dig up the concrete of views and judgements to rediscover the "living greeness" of our own depths right here. To donate or learn more about Sunya-roshi and Windhorse's Dharma work in Western North Carolina,

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34:00

A Living Practice In An Unravelling Time

Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community ·

2025/03/12

In this recent and timely dharma talk from the end of February 2025, Roshi Sunya Kjolhede discusses the anxieties of our time and how despair is not an option. It's only through deep practice with a radical love that we can open to the chaos and tumult around us.

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38:25

The Importance of Being Nobody

Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community ·

2025/03/05

In this Dharma talk from May 2024, Roshi Sunya Kjolhede uses the Eight Worldly Winds teaching of the Buddha to show that Zen practice is a radical departure from the whirlwind of our buy/sell society. She also discusses Case #26 of the Mumonkan, Two Monks Roll Up The Blinds. To donate or learn more about Sunya-roshi and Windhorse's Dharma work in Western North Carolina, please go to windhorsezen.org

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43:30

How to Take the Practice Home

Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community ·

2025/02/26

In this talk given on April 28, 2024 at the Windhorse Zen Community outside of Asheville, NC, Roshi Sunya Kjolhede discusses tips on how to take Zen home. She focuses on body practices such as the use of the eyes, centering your attention on your hara (lower belly), and chanting—among many others. To donate or learn more about Sunya-roshi and the dharma work here in Western North Carolina, please go to windhorsezen.org

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44:44

Vimalakirti and the Power of Silence

Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community ·

2025/02/19

Using Case #84 of the Blue Cliff Record (Hekiganroku), Roshi Sunya Kjolhede discusses the power and necessity of silence in our lives. This talk was given on January 14th, 2024 at Windhorse Zen Community near Asheville, NC. To donate or learn more about us and our dharma work, visit windhorsezen.org Case #84: Vimalakirti's Gate of Non-Duality Vimalakirti asked Manjusri, "What is the Bodhisattva's Dharma gate of non-duality?" Manjusri answered, "To my mind, in all dharmas there are no words, no

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42:00

Rohatsu: The Buddha's Enlightenment

Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community ·

2023/12/01

This talk was given by Roshi Sunya Kjolhede at Windhorse Zen Community near Asheville, NC on Sunday, November 26, 2023. To donate or learn more about us and our dharma work, visit windhorsezen.org

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51:58

Samantabhadra Bodhisattva

Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community ·

2023/11/15

This teisho was given by Roshi Sunya Kjolhede at Windhorse Zen Community in 2016. For more information visit windhorsezen.org, and consider donating to sustain our dharma work while you're there.

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39:17

Master Hakuin Part 3

Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community ·

2023/10/25

Part three in Sunya Roshi's series on Zen Master Hakuin, given in August of 2020. Windhorsezen.org

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35:55

Master Hakuin Part 2

Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community ·

2023/10/18

Part two in Sunya Roshi's series on Zen Master Hakuin, given in August 2020. Windhorsezen.org

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Master Hakuin Part 1

Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community ·

2023/10/11

Sunya Roshi gives the first in a series of talks about Zen Master Hakuin. This talk was given in August 2020 via Facebook Live while in lockdown due to Covid-19.

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47:27

Looking Into Mirrors- Teisho by Roshi Sunya Kjolhede

Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community ·

2023/03/04

This talk was given by Roshi Sunya Kjolhede at Windhorse Zen Community on July 12, 2020.

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38:27

Koan 36 in The Blue Cliff Record: Chosa Goes Picnicking

Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community ·

2023/02/10

This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede Roshi at one of our regular Sunday programs on May 2, 2021. To find out more about all the things the Windhorse Zen Center has to offer, please visit: windhorsezen.org Sunya is a sanctioned Dharma heir of the late, Philip Kapleau Roshi (author of the Three Pillars of Zen and former abbot of the Rochester Zen center). She has been practicing in the Zen tradition for over 40 years and is co-abbot (along with her husband, Lawson Sachter Roshi) of the Windhorse

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37:36

Introduction to the Ox-Herding Pictures

Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community ·

2020/03/04

This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede Roshi at one of our regular Sunday program’s. To find out more about all the things the Windhorse Zen Center has to offer, please visit: windhorsezen.org Sunya is a sanctioned Dharma heir of the late, Philip Kapleau Roshi (author of the Three Pillars of Zen and former abbot of the Rochester Zen center). She has been practicing in the Zen tradition for over 40 years and is currently the co-abbot (along with her husband, Lawson Sachter Roshi) of the Windhorse Zen

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30:45

December 2019 Sesshin-Last Day

Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community ·

2020/02/12

This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede Roshi at the Windhorse Zen Community, located in the mountains outside of Asheville, North Carolina. Sunya is a sanctioned Dharma heir of the late, Philip Kapleau Roshi (author of the Three Pillars of Zen and former abbot of the Rochester Zen center). She has been practicing in the Zen tradition for over 40 years and is currently the co-abbot (along with her husband, Lawson Sachter Roshi) of the Windhorse Zen center, located in the mountains outside of

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34:53

December 2019 Sesshin-Day 4

Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community ·

2020/02/05

This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede Roshi at the Windhorse Zen Community, located in the mountains outside of Asheville, North Carolina. Sunya is a sanctioned Dharma heir of the late, Philip Kapleau Roshi (author of the Three Pillars of Zen and former abbot of the Rochester Zen center). She has been practicing in the Zen tradition for over 40 years and is currently the co-abbot (along with her husband, Lawson Sachter Roshi) of the Windhorse Zen center, located in the mountains outside of

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34:53

December 2019 Sesshin

Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community ·

2020/01/22

This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede Roshi at the Windhorse Zen Community, located in the mountains outside of Asheville, North Carolina. Sunya is a sanctioned Dharma heir of the late, Philip Kapleau Roshi (author of the Three Pillars of Zen and former abbot of the Rochester Zen center). She has been practicing in the Zen tradition for over 40 years and is currently the co-abbot (along with her husband, Lawson Sachter Roshi) of the Windhorse Zen center, located in the mountains outside of

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36:46

Beginning Anew and Maya Angelou

Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community ·

2020/01/15

This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede Roshi at the Windhorse Zen Community, located in the mountains outside of Asheville, North Carolina.

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