Episodes
Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk inspired by poet laureate Amanda Gordon and the 2021 Inauguration, reflecting on the alchemy available in each moment as we stand in all the causes and conditions and fullness of our being and choosing to infuse our bodhisattva vow.
Published 01/30/21
Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a dharma talk on the Sandokai - a famous zen poem chanted daily throughout the world, and he offers an exploration of "the nourishing factors of our inter-being"
Published 12/12/20
Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a dharma talk on practising with the upside-down mind knowing it's the very mind of Buddha.
Published 10/25/20
Ryūshin Paul Haller gives insight into the inclination to reach beyond our limits. In Zen ceremonies, we vow discover a path to wider notion of wellbeing. Despite our karma, our stories, the challenges- we try to live in service of others. Navigating the paradox of existence gives vitality to each moment. This liberation and effort echoes far beyond what we can ever know.
Published 09/27/20
In this series, Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a six-week class on the six paramitas (perfections) - giving, discipline, patience, effort, continuous contact and wisdom. The perfections are a traditional list of the virtues and wholesome dispositions that arise with dedicated practice.
This class examines a variety of teachings on the paramitas from early Buddhism, Zen and contemporary commentaries to reveal in detail the qualities of mind and behaviour the paramitas promote and the afflictions...
Published 07/15/20
In this series, Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a six-week class on the six paramitas (perfections) - giving, discipline, patience, effort, continuous contact and wisdom. The perfections are a traditional list of the virtues and wholesome dispositions that arise with dedicated practice.
This class examines a variety of teachings on the paramitas from early Buddhism, Zen and contemporary commentaries to reveal in detail the qualities of mind and behaviour the paramitas promote and the afflictions...
Published 07/08/20
In this series, Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a six-week class on the six paramitas (perfections) - giving, discipline, patience, effort, continuous contact and wisdom. The perfections are a traditional list of the virtues and wholesome dispositions that arise with dedicated practice.
This class examines a variety of teachings on the paramitas from early Buddhism, Zen and contemporary commentaries to reveal in detail the qualities of mind and behaviour the paramitas promote and the afflictions...
Published 06/30/20
In this series, Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a six-week class on the six paramitas (perfections) - giving, discipline, patience, effort, continuous contact and wisdom. The perfections are a traditional list of the virtues and wholesome dispositions that arise with dedicated practice.
This class examines a variety of teachings on the paramitas from early Buddhism, Zen and contemporary commentaries to reveal in detail the qualities of mind and behaviour the paramitas promote and the afflictions...
Published 06/23/20
In this series, Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a six-week class on the six paramitas (perfections) - giving, discipline, patience, effort, continuous contact and wisdom. The perfections are a traditional list of the virtues and wholesome dispositions that arise with dedicated practice.
This class examines a variety of teachings on the paramitas from early Buddhism, Zen and contemporary commentaries to reveal in detail the qualities of mind and behaviour the paramitas promote and the afflictions...
Published 06/16/20
Ryūshin Paul Haller gives a talk from Tassajara Zen Center shortly after the George Floyd and Black Live Matter protests. A dharma response to these times: deep radical presence and acceptance.
Published 06/13/20
In this series, Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a six-week class on the six paramitas (perfections) - giving, discipline, patience, effort, continuous contact and wisdom. The perfections are a traditional list of the virtues and wholesome dispositions that arise with dedicated practice.
This class examines a variety of teachings on the paramitas from early Buddhism, Zen and contemporary commentaries to reveal in detail the qualities of mind and behaviour the paramitas promote and the afflictions...
Published 06/09/20
The first livestreamed talk to ever be broadcast from Tassajara Zen Mountain Center.
Published 04/15/20
Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk during the Winter practice period at Tassajara on all-inclusive awareness.
Published 02/03/20
Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk on the first day of sesshin during the Winter practice period at Tassajara Zen Center. This talk is about the Fukanzazengi - a famous zen essay describing and encouraging the practice of zazen.
Published 01/22/20
Ryūshin Paul Haller begins with a brief 10 min guided meditation and dharma talk on cultivating continuous contact with the present moment.
Published 10/24/19
Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk at Black Mountain Zen Center in Belfast, Northern Ireland on virtue and our judgments about others and ourselves.
Published 08/25/19
Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk at Black Mountain Zen Center, Belfast on entering the moment and what these moments can teach us.
Published 08/23/19