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Dharma talks from Clouds In Water Zen Center

Clouds in Water Zen Center

Welcome to the Clouds in Water Zen Center Dharma Talks podcast! We post our Sunday dharma talks from various speakers, including talks from 202o to the present. Clouds in Water is a vibrant and inclusive community in the Soto Zen Buddhist tradition, with a mission to awaken the heart of great wisdom and compassion. Founded in 1994, we regularly offer meditation, classes, and retreats. We are located in the historic Rondo neighborhood of St. Paul, and everywhere via Zoom. We welcome people of all

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44:47

Block. Build. Be. by Myoshin Diane Benjamin

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2025/10/26

Date: 2025/10/26. Speaker: Myoshin Diane Benjamin. Location: Clouds in Water Zen Center.Myoshin is a lay Dharma teacher, a path that reflects her deep interest and engagement in the ways that Buddhist practice both permeates everyday work and family life, and supports engagement in social change. Myoshin began practicing Buddhism in 1996 and received Dharma transmission in 2022 from Sosan Flynn. She taught for over a decade in the children’s program at Clouds in Water, and has practiced at Hokyoji

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40:03

What Lay Practitioners Can Learn From The 20th...

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2025/10/19

Date: 2025/10/19. Speaker: Rev. Fukutoku Ann Morishita. Location: Clouds in Water Zen Center.Fukutoku is a Soto Zen priest in training with Rev. MyoOn as her teacher. She has practiced Soto Zen Buddhism for the past 18 years. In May of 2021, Fukutoku took home leaving vows, priest ordination, with Rev. Sojun Diane Martin of Udumbara Sangha in IL. She retired from hospice nursing in Dec., 2024. She is married to Ray and has a son, Kyle. Prior to becoming a Buddhist, Fukutoku was a member of the

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46:49

What is Buddhist Faith by Kikan Michael Howard

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2025/10/12

Date: 2025-10-12. Speaker: Rev. Kikan Michael Howard. At Clouds in Water Zen Center.Kikan Michael Howard started practicing at Clouds in Water Zen Center in the late 1990s and was ordained by Sosan in 2018. He is an associate member of the Teacher Ryo at Clouds. Kikan is an independent app developer, a licensed consultant in Dynamic Emotional Integration®, and he transcribes Katagiri Roshi’s dharma talks at the Katagiri Transcripts website, katagiritranscripts.net. He lives in Northfield, MN with

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27:47

Touching the Earth: connecting with ancestors,...

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2025/10/05

Date: 2025-10-05. Speaker: Rev. Sosan Theresa Flynn. Location: Clouds in Water Zen Center, Saint Paul, MNSosan has studied and practiced Soto Zen Buddhism since 1992, receiving Dharma transmission (full teaching authority) from Joen Snyder O’Neal in 2012. Sosan's areas of teaching include body awareness in Zen, loving-kindness practices, and the intersection of Buddhist practice and racial justice. Sosan was raised Catholic and practiced Catholicism for many years before embracing Buddhism as her

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23:40

Practicing Joy and Precepts: teachings from the...

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2025/09/28

Date: 2025-09-28. Speaker: Rev. Sosan Theresa Flynn. Location: Clouds in Water Zen Center.Sosan has studied and practiced Soto Zen Buddhism since 1992, receiving Dharma transmission (full teaching authority) from Joen Snyder O’Neal in 2012. Sosan's areas of teaching include body awareness in Zen, loving-kindness practices, and the intersection of Buddhist practice and racial justice. Sosan was raised Catholic and practiced Catholicism for many years before embracing Buddhism as her primary religion

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45:18

Cultivating Peace (2025-09-21)

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2025/09/25

This talk was given on September 21, 2025 by Rev. Taizan Alford at Clouds in Water Zen Center.Taizan was ordained as a Soto Zen priest by Sosan Flynn in 2016, and completed shuso in 2021. He received dharma transmission from Sosan in 2024 and has full authority to teach in the Soto Zen tradition. Taizan's journey with meditation began on the yogic path in the early 1980s after getting sober. He has been to India, studied Ayurveda, and taught yoga since 1998. Taizan spent three months as a resident

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42:39

Good Friends (2025-09-14)

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2025/09/25

This talk was given on September 14, 2025 by Rev. Myo On Susan Hagler at Clouds in Water Zen Center.Myo On Susan Hagler began her Zen practice in the autumn of 1980 at MZMC. She went there to find a place to meditate and hit the jackpot when encountering Katagiri-roshi and the MZMC sangha. From then to now Myo On has lived a life filled with the joys and sorrows one encounters on life’s journey. She has been married since 1986, has 3 adult children and 3 grandkids, who bring her great delight. She

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43:37

Gratitude: Third Annual Joint Service with Twin...

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2025/09/25

This talk was given on September 7, 2025 by Rev. Chiemi Renshin Onikura Bly and Rev. Sosan Theresa Flynn at Clouds in Water Zen Center.Raised in a Jodo Shinshu temple family in Fukuoka Japan, Chiemi graduated from a Jodo Shinshu high school and college. She moved to the United States in 2000. Chiemi has lived in Minnesota for 20 years. She is ordained in the Jodo Shinshu Nishi Hongwanji tradition in 2016. She is an Assistant Minister of the Buddhist Church of America, and serves at the Twin Cities

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44:46

Dharma Talk by Visiting Teacher rev. seigen johnson...

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2025/09/25

This talk was given on August 31, 2025 by rev. seigen johnson at Clouds in Water Zen Center.rev. seigen is a budding public theologian, Sōto Zen Buddhist priest, dialogue facilitator, and spiritual leadership consultant. She is most passionate about the growing interest in interfaith formation in higher education and finding opportunities to share insight from liberation and womanist theology with Buddhist practitioners. seigen has been practicing Sōto Zen Buddhism for more than 20 years. She lived

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47:54

What Does It Mean to Be A Priest? (2025-08-24)

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2025/09/25

This talk was given on August 24, 2025 by Rev. Jinzu Minna Jain and Rev. Keika Karin San Juan at Clouds in Water Zen Center.Rev. Jinzu Minna Jain (they/them) is an artist, writer, and racial & systemic equity educator. They identify as BIPOC, disabled, queer and trans/nonbinary. Jinzu has been practicing Sōtō Zen Buddhism for over twenty years and is a novice priest at Clouds in Water Zen Center. They are also the Director of Learning & Development with Real Transformation Today, a racial

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46:53

Breaking and Making

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2025/09/15

This talk was given on August 10, 2025 by guest teacher Marcus Young at Clouds in Water Zen Center.Marcus Young 楊墨 makes art in the unexpected, to show that art can be everything and anywhere. His work expands the range of everyday human awareness and expressive behavior. He is a behavioral artist making work within mindfulness and learning communities, as well as for the stage, museums, government agencies, and the public realm. His teaching focuses on individual and collective well-being, learning

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47:15

Katgiri Roshi's Zazen Instruction

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2025/09/15

This talk was given by Kikan Mike Howard on August 3, 2025 at Clouds in Water Zen Center.Kikan Michael Howard started practicing at Clouds in Water Zen Center in the late 1990s and was ordained by Sosan in 2018. He is an associate member of the Teacher Ryo at Clouds. Kikan is an independent app developer, a licensed consultant in Dynamic Emotional Integration®, and he transcribes Katagiri Roshi’s dharma talks at the Katagiri Transcripts website, katagiritranscripts.net. He lives in Northfield, MN

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37:20

Realizing Deep Peace and Relaxation

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2025/09/15

This talk was given on July 27, 2025 by Guiding Teacher Sosan Teresa Flynn.Sosan has studied and practiced Soto Zen Buddhism since 1992, receiving dharma transmission (full teaching authority) from Joen Snyder O’Neal in 2012. Sosan's areas of teaching include body awareness in Zen, loving-kindness practices, and the intersection of Buddhist practice and racial justice. She has officiated at many ceremonies (daily & special liturgies, weddings, baby namings, and memorial services), and offers

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35:41

Overcoming Hopelessness With Teachings from the...

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2025/09/15

This is a talk by Guiding Teacher Sosan Teresa Flynn given on July 20, 2025 at Clouds in Water Zen Center.Sosan has studied and practiced Soto Zen Buddhism since 1992, receiving dharma transmission (full teaching authority) from Joen Snyder O’Neal in 2012. Sosan's areas of teaching include body awareness in Zen, loving-kindness practices, and the intersection of Buddhist practice and racial justice. She has officiated at many ceremonies (daily & special liturgies, weddings, baby namings, and

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48:16

The Foundation of a Happy Life

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2025/09/08

This talk was given on July 6, 2025 by Taizan Alford at Clouds in Water Zen Center.Taizan (he/him) was ordained as a Soto Zen priest by Sosan Flynn in 2016, and completed shuso in 2021. He received dharma transmission from Sosan in 2024 and has full authority to teach in the Soto Zen tradition. Taizan's journey with meditation began on the yogic path in the early 1980s after getting sober. In 1995, he spent two months meditating in an ashram in India, studied Ayurveda in 2005 and has taught yoga

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35:41

Overcoming Hopelessness: Teachings From the Diamond...

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2025/09/08

This talk was given on July 20, 2025 at Clouds in Water Zen Center by guiding teacher, Sosan Teresa Flynn.Sosan (she/her) has studied and practiced Soto Zen Buddhism since 1992, receiving dharma transmission (full teaching authority) from Joen Snyder O’Neal in 2012. Sosan's areas of teaching include body awareness in Zen, loving-kindness practices, and the intersection of Buddhist practice and racial justice. She has officiated at many ceremonies (daily & special liturgies, weddings, baby

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42:50

The Four Bodhisattva Vows

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2025/09/08

This dharma talk was given on July 7, 2025 at Clouds in Water Zen Center by Myoshin Diane Benjamin.Myoshin Diane Benjamin (she/her) is a lay dharma teacher, a path that reflects her deep interest and engagement in the ways that Buddhist practice both permeates everyday work and family life, and supports engagement in social change. Myoshin began practicing Buddhism in 1996 and received dharma transmission in 2022 from Sosan Flynn. She taught for over a decade in the children’s program at Clouds in

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52:09

Embracing All As It Is

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2025/09/08

This dharma talk was given on June 29, 2025 at Clouds in Water Zen Center by Kyoku Tracy Walen.Kyoku Tracey Walen resides at Hokyoji Zen Practice Community in Eitzen, MN. Kyoku was ordained as a Soto Zen priest by Byakuren Judith Ragir in 2008 and received Dharma transmission from Byakuren in 2015. She trained for three years at Great Vow Zen Monastery and also with Thich Nhat Hanh in France. She worked as a business consultant and financial executive in corporate America until she discovered the

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44:04

DAIGO - Great Realization (Dogen Zenji)

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2025/09/04

This talk was given on June 15, 2025 by Flying Fish Barbara Murphy at Clouds in Water Zen Center.Flying Fish studied Zen at MZMC and was ordained by Diane Martin at Udumbara Zen Center in Evanston, IL in 2004 and received dharma transmission from Byakuren Judith Ragir.. She currently practices at Dharma Rain in Portland, but continues to be a beloved part of the Clouds in Water community. She was trained at Abbott Northwestern Hospital as a medical chaplain and has worked as a hospice chaplain with

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47:09

A Practice of Peacemaking

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2025/09/04

This talk was given on June 8, 2025 by Katto Laura Phillips at Clouds in Water Zen Center. Katto (she/her) started practicing Zen at Clouds in Water in 1997. After a few years, she stepped away to focus on her new family and explore other spiritual traditions. She eventually returned to Zen with renewed enthusiasm and became a member of Zen Bridge, a meditation community in Stillwater. She later re-engaged with Clouds, receiving jukai in 2014. In 2022 she was ordained as a priest by Sosan Theresa

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