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Cosmopolitan Zen

Shining Bright Lotus Meditation Society

Bringing together the best from the many diverse forms of Zen, Theravada, Mahamudra, Developmental Psychology and Integral Theory, Cosmopolitan Zen offers a broad inclusive vision of 21st Century Zen Buddhism. Hosted By Ekai Joel Kreisberg.

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19:30

Looking at the Structure of Mondo Zen Facilitation -...

Cosmopolitan Zen ·

2026/03/07

This talk explains the structure and purpose of Mondo Zen facilitation as a living dialogue rather than a technique. Ekai describes how a facilitator uses precise, compassionate questioning to bring unconscious beliefs, emotional patterns, and fixed identities into direct awareness. The process relies on deep listening, embodied presence, and timing rather than interpretation or advice. Mondo Zen is framed as a way of helping students see through their own stories in real time, allowing insight to

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24:49

Receiving Love: The Key to the Spiritual Path - Ming...

Cosmopolitan Zen ·

2026/02/27

Receiving Love: The Key to the Spiritual Path - Ming Po Larry Matthews - January 17th, 2026 - WPP26Ming Po Larry Matthews teaches that spiritual awakening does not begin with effort, self-improvement, or performance, but with allowing ourselves to be loved as we are. Drawing on Makransky, Alan Watts, Rumi, Mary Oliver, and Zen teachers, he explores how giving love keeps us in control, while receiving love requires vulnerability, trust, and letting go of the belief that we are unworthy. Our mission

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22:48

Introduction to Mondo Zen Facilitation - Ekai Joel...

Cosmopolitan Zen ·

2026/02/21

Ekai Joel Kreisberg Roshi offers an introduction to the Mondo Zen Facilitation, through an intensive look at the Thirteen koans of Jun Po Roshi. After a discussion of the context and history of Mondo Zen Facilitation, Ekai Roshi leads a pointing out meditation for the First Koan of Mondo Zen - Is it possible to purely listen without an opinion?Our mission is to foster a diverse, inclusive community, dedicated to awakening through Buddhist teachings promoting personal and interpersonal healing with

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19:09

Atta Dipa and Prayer - Heisoku Maik Bain - WSP25

Cosmopolitan Zen ·

2026/02/14

Atta Dipa and Prayer - Heisoku Maik Bain - WSP25 - December 20th, 2025Heisoku gives a reflection on the Buddha’s teaching to be your own refuge: recognize the inner light of selfless awareness, let go of ego, beliefs, and emotions as they arise and pass, and live with meditative awareness, clear intention, wisdom, compassion, and skillful action. Our mission is to foster a diverse, inclusive community, dedicated to awakening through Buddhist teachings promoting personal and interpersonal healing

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43:02

Koan Seven - Emyo Darlene Tataryn

Cosmopolitan Zen ·

2026/02/08

Emyo Darlene offers her unique teachings on Jun Po Roshi's Mondo koans. She takes students all the way through the first seven koans in this teaching. Our mission is to foster a diverse, inclusive community, dedicated to awakening through Buddhist teachings promoting personal and interpersonal healing with ethical compassionate action. https://www.shiningbrightlotus.org/

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20:12

Zen and the Middle of Everything - Mingpo Larry...

Cosmopolitan Zen ·

2026/01/31

WSP26 - Zen and the Middle of Everything - Mingpo Larry Matthews - January 3rd, 2026Through humor, poetry, and lived examples, Ming Po reflects on non-duality, mindfulness, and the ordinary moments of daily life, inviting listeners to discover awakening not by escaping life, but by meeting it fully in the messy, vibrant middle of being human. Our mission is to foster a diverse, inclusive community, dedicated to awakening through Buddhist teachings promoting personal and interpersonal healing with

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17:55

Why there are no victims - Kenshin Cian Whalley - FPP25

Cosmopolitan Zen ·

2026/01/24

FPP25 - Why there are no victims - Kenshin Cian Whalley - November 15th, 2025Kenshin Cian reflects on a lifetime of examining the difference between real victimization and the identity of victimhood, sharing how early childhood trauma shaped his unconscious patterns in relationships. Through Mondo Zen practice, shadow work, and metacognitive awareness, he realized that while harm is real, the ongoing story of being a victim is a choice shaped by conditioned parts of the self. He describes catching

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25:29

Be the Best Form of Yourself - Jozen Jonathon Fielder

Cosmopolitan Zen ·

2026/01/17

A brief profile of Zen priest and martial arts teacher Jozen Jonathon Fielder, tracing his path from yoga and diverse Buddhist traditions to Rinzai Zen, Hollow Bones ordination, and the integration of Zen practice with martial arts through his teaching and the emerging Iron Mountain Zendo.Jozen Jonathon Fielder offers his teachings and his wisdom tireless through several sanghas. Having been ordained as a Hollow Bones Zen priest, he continues to lead a regular practice as part of the Virtual Zendo

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24:59

SPP25 - Seven Bodhisattvas - Shakyamuni - Emyo...

Cosmopolitan Zen ·

2026/01/07

SPP25 - Seven Bodhisattvas - Shakyamuni - Emyo Darlene Tataryn - April 5, 2025Faces of Compassion - Week 1 - We begin with an exploration of Shakyamuni as a Bodhisattva archetype. The journey from Prince Siddhartha to the Awakened One offers insights for all the bodhisattva archetypes. Join us for the opening session of the Spring Practice Period - Seven Bodhisattvas with a dharma talk by Emyo Darlene Tataryn. Our mission is to foster a diverse, inclusive community, dedicated to awakening through

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21:48

Can you choose enlightenment? - Kogen Keith...

Cosmopolitan Zen ·

2025/12/31

Keith Martin-Smith reflects on writing When the Buddha Needs Therapy as a way of distilling what he learned from his teacher Junpo, who passed soon after the book was finished, leaving Keith to continue his path without a direct guide. Over the past four and a half years, he found his way back into training through new teachers and by studying Hakuin, the Rinzai master who revitalized Zen by emphasizing embodied practice, rigorous discipline, and the integration of awakening into everyday life

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22:05

Non - Meditation - Ekai Joel Kreisberg - WSP25

Cosmopolitan Zen ·

2025/12/27

Dharma Reflection - Weekend Sangha Practice - January 25, 2025 Ekai delves into the difference between dharana, shamata or concentration practice and non-meditation, silent illumination or shikantaza, or just sitting, being with what arises. The distinction helps one recognize the value of both types of meditation.Our mission is to foster a diverse, inclusive community, dedicated to awakening through Buddhist teachings promoting personal and interpersonal healing with ethical compassionate

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26:08

Three Refuges - Nanda Nina Lynch - Dharma Reflection

Cosmopolitan Zen ·

2025/12/19

Three Refuges - Nanda Nina Lynch - Dharma Reflection - June 14th, 2025Nanda gives a Dharma Reflection and brief meditation on the Three Refuges. In Buddhism, the three refuges, also known as the Three Jewels or Triple Gem, are the Buddha, the Dharma (teachings), and the Sangha (community). They represent the foundational elements of Buddhist faith and practice, guiding practitioners towards enlightenment. Our mission is to foster a diverse, inclusive community, dedicated to awakening through

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27:14

When Does the Buddha Need Therapy? - Daiden Dan...

Cosmopolitan Zen ·

2025/12/13

Daiden Dan Pecaut’s talk centers on awakening as the process of seeing through the ego and returning to embodied wholeness. He describes the ego not as a fixed entity but as a shifting collection of stories, memories, and defenses. Zen, he says, doesn’t destroy this process but places it in proper perspective, allowing the deeper self — Buddha-nature — to lead.Daiden stresses that awakening isn’t about gaining anything new but realizing what’s already present. Yet, he acknowledges that modern

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33:20

Origins of our Practice - Roshi Ekai Joel Kreisberg

Cosmopolitan Zen ·

2025/12/05

Ekai gives a talk about the Origins of Our Practice at Gently Sitting Like a Stone 2025.Ekai Roshi Joel Kreisberg discusses the origins of our lineage and practice. Bridging ancient teachings with 21st-century understanding, translating traditional koans like “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” into accessible insight questions such as “Can you listen without an opinion?” Ekai explains how zazen, koan inquiry, and daily mindfulness form complementary “technologies” of awakening—ways of

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24:00

Can anyone make you angry? - Shunya Lynn Hyer - FPP25

Cosmopolitan Zen ·

2025/11/28

Shunya Lynn Hyer shares teachings inspired by Junpo Roshi, exploring the transformative nature of emotions, especially anger and fear, as gateways to awareness rather than reactions to avoid. She explains that beneath anger lies deep caring, and when met with mindfulness, anger becomes a compass pointing toward unmet needs and truths. Using tools like an “emotions wheel,” she encourages expanding emotional intelligence and viewing emotions as valuable information rather than moral judgments. Through

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27:58

Brahmavihara: Cultivating Virtue Through The Four...

Cosmopolitan Zen ·

2025/11/22

Brahmavihara: Cultivating Virtue Through The Four Immeasurables - Upekkha - April 6, 2025Emyo leads us on a guided meditation of the fourth of the Brahmaviharas, Upekkha also known as Equanimity. https://www.onewisdom.ca/ Our mission is to foster a diverse, inclusive community, dedicated to awakening through Buddhist teachings promoting personal and interpersonal healing with ethical compassionate action. https://www.shiningbrightlotus.org/

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29:10

You Can't Awaken What You Can't See - An interview...

Cosmopolitan Zen ·

2025/11/13

Kogen Keith Martin-Smith is the author of several books devoted to the life and dharma teaching of Jun Po Denis Kelly Roshi. Kogen was ordained by Jun Po Roshi in 2012. He continues to teach and to write. He offers an innovative podcast at The Integral Edge. Roshi Ekai Joel Kreisberg caught up with Kogen recently in anticipation of his joining the Fall Practice Period at Shining Bright Lotus. Our mission is to foster a diverse, inclusive community, dedicated to awakening through Buddhist

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19:58

Ethical Living and Spiritual Practice - Ming Po Larry...

Cosmopolitan Zen ·

2025/11/07

Ming Po gives a Dharma talk on Ethical Living and Spiritual Practice.The talk explores how the Three Pure Precepts—refraining from harm, doing good, and living for the benefit of all—interweave with the Zen Peacemaker Tenets of not knowing, bearing witness, and taking loving action. Ming Po emphasizes that these are not rigid rules but living vows inviting openness, compassion, and mindful responsiveness. By releasing fixed ideas, we create space for natural goodness and compassionate action to

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13:49

Celebrate Others - Ekai Joel Kreisberg

Cosmopolitan Zen ·

2025/11/03

Ekai gives a Dharma talk on the 7th precept, Celebrate Others - I vow to refrain from praising self at the expense of others. I rejoice in the good fortune of others. I do not, through my thoughts, words or actions, separate myself from others through coveting, envy or jealousy. Our mission is to foster a diverse, inclusive community, dedicated to awakening through Buddhist teachings promoting personal and interpersonal healing with ethical compassionate

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14:30

FPP25 - When The Buddha Needs Therapy - You Are What...

Cosmopolitan Zen ·

2025/10/24

Jozen Jonathon Fielder gives a talk titled “You Are What You Seek” Jozen defines consciousness as the ever-changing lens shaped by upbringing, biology, culture and ego—those personas and hot buttons we wear—then distinguishes that from awareness: the unchanging, ever-present ground that simply knows. He emphasizes that consciousness is always in relationship (to memories, God, others, desires), that identities are constructed and fluid, and that true spiritual work is noticing this rather than

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