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The Daily Zen Teisho

Daily Zen has been a contemplative haven for online visitors since 1998 offering a unique blend of Eastern quotes for each day of the year, Zen-inspired e-cards, and a meditation room where at any moment a visitor may be meditating with any one of our companion Wayfarers each day. The Journal, called On the Way, is published once a month and this podcast has been created to turn those Journals into an auditory experience allowing listeners to contemplate its ideas in another way.

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8:20

The Wise Ones of Old

The Daily Zen Teisho ·

2026/10/05

To say too much about Taoism can interfere with another’s own direct experience of intuitive understanding. Having read this piece many times in the past, I see how often it takes multiple readings to reveal deeper insights.Read the Journal while listening

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10:47

Five Points in Buddhist Practice

The Daily Zen Teisho ·

2026/10/01

Shosan was born into a warrior family in 1579 and lived through one of the most war-torn times of Japanese history. At age 12, he was adopted by a member of a seventy-man horse troop and thus began his life as a samurai.Read the Journal while listening

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10:15

The World of Intensive Practice

The Daily Zen Teisho ·

2026/09/29

Reading this piece reminds me of listening to a piece of classical music. Each movement transitions so skillfully into the next that we are barely aware that we have just entered a new room filled with new tempos and phrasing, all skillfully balanced around the theme of zazen as the bedrock of our lives.Read the Journal while listening

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12:00

Sermons – Part 2

The Daily Zen Teisho ·

2026/09/24

Some pieces are overwhelming as we try to absorb the depth communicated. Ma-tsu is delivering a sermon to monks who, just like us, have been practicing for various numbers of years. Read the Journal while listening

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10:21

Sermons – Part 2

The Daily Zen Teisho ·

2026/09/19

There are numerous sutras, teachings of the Masters, and enlightenment stories in the history of Buddhism and Zen. There are times when we read these writings and feel a million miles away from enlightenment, Nirvana, or equanimity.Read the Journal while listening

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8:34

The Wayseeker

The Daily Zen Teisho ·

2026/09/14

Dropping gaining mind in practice is a huge step; in the beginning, we are all awonder at these marvelous “results” of meditation and when they might appear. Read the Journal while listening

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14:09

Readings from Sun Face Buddha

The Daily Zen Teisho ·

2026/09/02

I’ve built a grass hut where there’s nothing of value.After eating, I relax and enjoy a nap. When the hut was completed, fresh weeds appeared. Now it’s been lived in-covered by weeds. The person in the hut lives here calmly, Not stuck to inside, outside, or in-between. Read the Journal while listening

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10:56

The Ryumon-ji Sermons – The Unborn Part 3

The Daily Zen Teisho ·

2026/08/26

For those of us who have read the stories of Zen masters’ lives, Bankei’s enlightenment story is among the more powerful ones. His dedication is inspiring, and his insights shared from that ground give us a rich perspective on his deceptively simple-sounding teaching.Read the Journal while listening

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10:51

The Fundamental Expedient Teachings

The Daily Zen Teisho ·

2026/08/20

This translation comes from the Tun-huang documents discovered in Cave 17 sometime around 1900. While we don’t usually explore where these translations actually come from, this story deserves some attention.Read the Journal while listening

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10:32

Illusion = Satori

The Daily Zen Teisho ·

2026/08/14

At times we feel like we are “successfully” walking with a foot in both worlds where illusion and reality seem balanced. Similar to walking a balance beam, we adjust our heart/mind and respond to what is happening within and without with a sense of naturalness.Read the Journal while listening

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00:13:03

King of Samadhis

The Daily Zen Teisho ·

2026/08/09

Most of what we have read or heard about sitting meditation has come from contemporary vehicles for Buddhism. This lovely piece, King of Samadhis, helps communicate the direct teaching of sitting meditation expounded hundreds of years ago to monks in Dogen’s assembly.Read the Journal while listening

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00:14:39

The Platform Sutra

The Daily Zen Teisho ·

2026/08/07

Many of us are familiar with the first part of the Platform Sutra, recounting the story of Huineng’s life and how he obtained the robe and bowl after arriving at the monastery as a commoner.Read the Journal while listening

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00:15:16

To Live is Just to Live

The Daily Zen Teisho ·

2026/07/29

All of us have been known to complicate our lives and our practice at times. We overthink problems, over-dwell on emotional states from time to time, and try to quantify where we are in practice. To simply sit without the complications, the trappings of practice, even something this simple, can be challenging for us.Read the Journal while listening

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00:09:13

Shikantaza

The Daily Zen Teisho ·

2026/07/22

Time to return to the beginning with Spring/Fall around the corner. Many of you have asked for more instruction on beginning meditation.Read the Journal while listening

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00:09:06

Informal Talks

The Daily Zen Teisho ·

2026/07/17

Dogen speaks clearly about the mind that seeks the way and how to maintain the intensity of practice over time. We couldn’t ask for a world of more distraction than the one we currently inhabit. Read the Journal while listening

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00:08:46

What is the Way?

The Daily Zen Teisho ·

2026/07/13

There are always layers of understanding and misunderstanding in practice. It is similar to a snake shedding its skin; at one stage that is the only protection it has; then, at some point it is time to expand and let go of that empty skin that no longer serves. Read the Journal while listening

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00:09:39

Divine Light

The Daily Zen Teisho ·

2026/07/09

In the beginning, I was seeking that one essential point to connect with, to focus on, which would allow me a foundation that didn’t clutter up the mind with too many concepts or formulas, or rules. Read the Journal while listening

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00:09:41

Zazen

The Daily Zen Teisho ·

2026/06/26

There’s room in practice for many kinds of students; at some stage in practice, we have been them all. Everything is in a constant state of change, including us, and anything we think we understand about zazen is to be discarded to make room for even vaster insights. Read the Journal while listening

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00:08:15

Skeletons

The Daily Zen Teisho ·

2026/06/19

Death, the great equalizer, has a way of bringing life into a different kind of focus. Ikkyu’s skeletons share teachings from their point of view, which is accessible to those of us who remember we too will be those skeletons, and in fact carry them with us daily.Read the Journal while listening

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00:07:21

Kuan-shin lun – Contemplation of Mind

The Daily Zen Teisho ·

2026/06/15

Sometimes less is more. There is no technique discussed other than contemplating the mind. We might translate this into turning the light of awareness inward, or leave it open to experience and discovery.Read the Journal while listening

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