45 min
Talk
Fuketsu and the Dharma Seal
A teisho on case 38 of the Hekiganroku, on what cannot be handed over and is handed over anyway.
About the teacher
Philip Kapleau
American Zen teacher (1912–2004) who went to Japan as a court reporter at the Tokyo war crimes trials, stayed to train for thirteen years in the Harada-Yasutani tradition, and came back with The Three Pillars of Zen, the book through which a generation of Westerners first met the practice. He founded the Rochester Zen Center, and the teachers in his line now work on four continents.
Talks & videos
Watch.
Short introductions and longer conversations, to hear this teacher in their own words.
42 min
Talk
You Are Echo
A teisho on case 7 of the Blue Cliff Record, where a monk asks who the Buddha is and is told his own name.
52 min
Talk
A Buffalo Goes Through a Window
A teisho on case 38 of the Mumonkan, recorded at the centre he founded.
Path
The wider context.
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Zazen & everyday awareness
Zen
Direct meditative practice, zazen and everyday awareness in traditions rooted in Chinese Chan and its later forms.
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