Simplicity Zen Podcast

David Chadwick began his Zen study under Shunryu Suzuki Roshi in 1966. Ordained as a Zen priest in 1971, he later wrote Suzuki's biography, “Crooked Cucumber”, as well as “Thank You and OK!: An Americ...

23 Sep 20222h 12min

Satya Vayu is a Zen monk originally ordained by Kobun Chino Roshi. He has practiced at the Tassajara and No Abode monasteries in California. He also has extensive practice experience at various Asian...

16 Sep 20222h 1min

Valerie Forstman is an Associate Zen Master of the Sanbo Zen lineage and Guiding Teacher at Mountain Cloud Zen Center. Her first teacher, with whom she continues to work, was Ruben Habito Roshi. Since...

9 Sep 20221h 20min

Dosho Port teaches with the Vine of Obstacles: Online support for Zen Training. He began practicing Zen in 1977 and has received Soto Zen transmission from Dainin Katagiri Roshi and Harada-Yasutani ko...

2 Sep 202247min

This is a recording of a guided meditation from an outdoor practice event at the historic Wakamatsu farm in El Dorado County, CA. This includes guided instructions for both classic Zen and loving ki...

27 Aug 202230min

Barry Magid, M.D. is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and Zen Teacher practicing and teaching in New York City. He is a dharma heir of Charlotte Joko Beck and the founding teacher of the The Ordinary Mi...

26 Aug 20221h

Rev. Daiho Matt Wagner Osho leads the Madison Rinzai Community in Wisconsin. After many years of both monastic and householder practice, in 2022 he was made an Osho by his teacher Meido Roshi Roshi of...

19 Aug 20221h 14min

Dan Myoen Birnbaum is the teacher of the Bay Zen Center in Oakland, CA. He is a lay teacher who received Dharma Transmission from Diane Eshin Rizzetto in 2019. He is a member of the Ordinary Mind Zen ...

12 Aug 20221h 13min