Calming and inspiring. I love this podcast.

Best listened while meditating!

I really love reading about zen, but a lot of what I read I feel is over my head or out of reach. It’s nice to be able to hear talks from the Rochester Zen Center community to help me better understand and make some of the ambiguous ideas or thoughts more concrete. It’s a practice after all. One I very much like reading and listen to. Thank you RZC!

i listen to the broadcast everyday! gets me going thru the day

I can’t thank you enough for putting these podcasts out, very grateful.

Roshi, I have listened to every one of your podcasts and cherrish every one of them. But I can not thank you enough for keeping these talks going through the pandemic. You are needed now more than ever. In Gassho, Frank

These podcasts keep me connected to the RZC and grounded in my practice. Inspires me to go to the cushion. I am very grateful. Very grateful

Too political. Good zen resource with insightful staff.

For several years, I lived on East Ave in Rochester, NY and sat regularly at RZC, and attended sesshin. These talks are (mostly) recordings of teisho delivered by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede after sitting on Sunday mornings. They are usually very helpful, and many inspire sober reflection and greater resolve in my practice. I moved away years ago, so I'm grateful to have access to these. That being said, I was unpleasantly surprised by the 7 July 2015 teisho. From about 1:30 to 3:00 in this particular talk, Roshi Kjolhede expresses a disturbing idea about compassion in relation to gender--I hesitate to call it sexist, since that is an oversimplification of the spirit of what he says. Nonetheless, it reveals a strong bias that he does not attempt to qualify, namely, that women are more naturally compassionate than men. Shortly after two minutes, he even invites those listening to "think of the men in your life, think of the women in your life--who is more likely to be there [...] when you need help?" I paused playback at that point, just to process what he'd said. I've met and spoken with Roshi Kjolhede, and received dokusan from him. And although he is (titles aside) a living man, feet on earth, married, etc., he does not usually intentionally lead people to hold opinions about things like this. I don't think I had ever heard him express such a strong gender bias until this. I listened to the rest of the talk, but this thought was very hard to dispel--the content of the talk was actually rendered even more relevant, but the voice delivering it was no longer neutral. Of course I disagree with the sentiment he expresses--in my life, men and women have apparently been equally capable of feeling compassion, and of behaving with compassion. But this is beside the point, which is that I don't think I can listen to Roshi Kjolhede anymore.

I'm really surprised that there are not alot more reviews for this podcast, it offers something unique. It primarily consists of the reading and discussion of zen texts. Now this might not seem that inspiring to some but I find it very interesting. It is very easy to read these texts on your own and believe you fully understand them, and that can be a great hinderance in the long run. Thank -you so much for offering these.

Never would the ancestors have ever imagined such an amazing way of spreading the dharma. Roshi Kjolhede's encouraging words are just what you need to get yourself on the mat and back to the practice.

This gem disappeared from iTunes a while back though I could download direct from their site. Excellent audio most of the time.

I hear, I do, and I am thank for for these skillful RZC talks. In gassho.

This podcast reflects genuine insight from serious and long-term practitioners of zazen. These teisho are rare, for any age. How fortunate it is for these teisho to be made available free of charge to those who practice zazen on a daily basis.

As a new member of the RZC, I am glad to have these as a way to "catch up" with Roshi's teishos and talks from others. As mentioned, the sound quality is first rate. The teishos are extremely practical, and not dense at all. A great resource even for beginners like me.

Great podcast.

Plenty here. Dig in. Excellent audio quality that is lacking in many other podcasts of this nature.

podcasts. Just stumbled into this one the other day.....not bad. I think to appreciate it, you have to have some background as well as interest.