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Dharma Talk by Joy Tober. Joy is the administrator of the Auspicious Cloud Zen Retreat Center programs. Her dharma name is Tenshō Genan. Heavenly Blossoms, Profound Peace. She is also a traveller and a mom.

Joy Tober : The Art Of Zazen Download

Dharma Talk by Alberto Gomez de la Torre.

Alberto is a long-time member of Houston Zen Center. He received the Bodhisattva precepts in Quito, Ecuador in 1998, and was given the Dharma Name HoEi, Eternal Dharma. He received a second dharma name at Houston Zen Center: Creates True Humanity.

He co-leads Zen en Español. He began his practice in Quito, Ecuador with Padre Marco and studied with Ruben Habito in Dallas before arriving in Houston. He is the father of three beautiful children.

Before he moved to Houston he was the leader of the Centro de Desarrollo Integral in Quito (CDI) where Zen has been practiced since 1980. He is a permanent member of the advisory council of CDI.

Alberto Gomez de la Torre : Our True Ancestors Download

Dharma Talk by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin, Abiding Teacher of HZC.

Abbot Gaelyn Godwin : Mind Cannot Be Grasped Download

Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Talk 5 of 5 from the retreat Awakening to Light : Entering the Ocean of the Flower Adornment Sutra : Auspicious Cloud Zen Reteat Center, Chappell Hill, Texas

Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Awakening to Light : Talk 5 of 5 Download

Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Talk 4 of 5 from the retreat Awakening to Light : Entering the Ocean of the Flower Adornment Sutra : Auspicious Cloud Zen Reteat Center, Chappell Hill, Texas

Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Awakening to Light : Talk 4 of 5 Download

Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Talk 3 of 5 from the retreat Awakening to Light : Entering the Ocean of the Flower Adornment Sutra : Auspicious Cloud Zen Reteat Center, Chappell Hill, Texas

Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Awakening to Light : Talk 3 of 5 Download

Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Talk 2 of 5 from the retreat Awakening to Light : Entering the Ocean of the Flower Adornment Sutra : Auspicious Cloud Zen Reteat Center, Chappell Hill, Texas

Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Awakening to Light : Talk 2 of 5 Download

Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Talk 1 of 5 from the retreat Awakening to Light : Entering the Ocean of the Flower Adornment Sutra : Auspicious Cloud Zen Reteat Center, Chappell Hill, Texas

Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Awakening to Light : Talk 1 of 5 Download

Dharma Talk by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin, Abiding Teacher of HZC.

Abbot Gaelyn Godwin : Sesshin Talk 5 of 5 Download

Dharma Talk by Ryūshin Dave Smith.

Ryūshin is a the Shuso / Head Monk of the current practice period. He is a senior practitioner at HZC.

After a career in IT, Ryūshin now serves as a hospice volunteer as well as co-leading EPP.

Shuso Ryūshin Dave Smith Sesshin Talk 4 of 5 Download

Dharma Talk by Zen Priest Zenki Dillo.

Zenki Dillo Roshi is the Resident Teacher at Boulder Zen Center. He began his Zen practice in 1996 at the San Francisco Zen Center. For 20 years, he practiced monastically at the Crestone Mountain Zen Center. In 2013, he received dharma transmission from Zentatsu Baker Roshi.

Since then he has been Boulder Zen Center’s Guiding Teacher. In 2020, he moved to Boulder full-time, where he now lives with his wife, the light artist Sophia Dixon Dillo.

Rev. Zenki Dillo : Thusness and the Field of the Senses Download

Dharma talk by Rev. Gyōzan Royce Johnson, Vice-President of the Board of Directors, and assistant priest of Houston Zen Center.

Rev. Gyōzan Royce Johnson : Continuous Practice : Part 2

Dharma Talk by Leo Kagen Golub. Leo’s Dharma Name is Kagen Ryotan Fire Regarder, Complete Abundance. Leo is a senior member of HZC, and the chair of the Finance Committee.

Leo Kagen Golub : Continuous Practice : Part 1 Download

Dharma Talk by Yuhō Wade Maggert, long time HZC member, Psychotherapist, and facilitator of HZC’s Queer Dharma Group.,

Yuhō Wade Maggert : The Radiant Light Download

Dharma Talk by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin, Abiding Teacher of HZC.

Abbot Gaelyn Godwin : Sky Flowers and the Ideological Brain Download

Dharma Talk by Jika Gayle Klaybor, co-Tanto / co-Head of Practice of Houston Zen Center, and Lay Dharma Teacher.

Jika Gayle Klaybor : Ocean Seal Samadhi Download

Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, an assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center. He is the co-leader of Entering the Path of Practice and the leader of HZC’s prison outreach program.

Seirin Tim Schorre : EPP Program Conclusion Download

Dharma talk by Assistant Teacher of HZC Shinji Mary Carol Edwards. Mary Carol is a landscape designer, wetlands restoration expert, and owner/founder of Green Star Wetland Plant Farm.

Shinji Mary Carol Edwards ; The Point of Zazen and Birds Download

Dharma Talk by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin, Abiding Teacher of HZC.

Abbot Gaelyn Godwin : Sesshin Talk 3 of 5 Download

Dharma Talk by Ryūshin Dave Smith.

Ryūshin is a the Shuso / Head Monk of the current practice period. He is a senior practitioner at HZC.

After a career in IT, Ryūshin now serves as a hospice volunteer as well as co-leading EPP.

Shuso Ryūshin Dave Smith Sesshin Talk 2 of 5 Download

Dharma Talk by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin, Abiding Teacher of HZC.

Abbot Gaelyn Godwin : Sesshin Talk 1 of 5 Download

Dharma talk by Assistant Teacher of HZC Shinji Mary Carol Edwards. Mary Carol is a landscape designer, wetlands restoration expert, and owner/founder of Green Star Wetland Plant Farm.

Shinji Mary Carol Edwards : The Moon Download

Dharma Talk by Ryūshin Dave Smith.

Ryūshin is a the Shuso / Head Monk of the current practice period. He is a senior practitioner at HZC.

After a career in IT, Ryūshin now serves as a hospice volunteer as well as co-leading EPP

Dharma Talk by Shuso Ryūshin Dave Smith : Way Seeking Mind : Prediction Download

Dharma talk by Kōkai Kent Rutter. Kent is a long-time member of Houston Zen Center. His Dharma Name means Luminous Ocean. He is the leader of the 16 Bodhisattva Precepts series of classes. He is also an attorney.

Kent Kōkai Rutter : The Old Mirror Download

Dharma Talk by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin, Abiding Teacher of HZC.

Abbot Gaelyn Godwin : The Bodhisattva of Great Compassion : NOTE Partial Talk Download

Dharma Talk by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin, Abiding Teacher of HZC.

Abbot Gaelyn Godwin : Go Toward the Cold and Heat Download

Dharma Talk by Zen priest Choro Antonaccio.

Choro Antonaccio : Buddha's Arhat Disciples Download

Choro is the Abiding Teacher of Austin Zen Center. She began formal Zen practice in 1999 at Chapel Hill Zen Center, where she was lay and priest ordained by Josho Pat Phelan Roshi. Choro also trained at Tassajara, Green Gulch Farm, and City Center. She is a Dharma Heir of Abbot Gaelyn.

Kokyo Roshi is a dharma heir of Tenshin Zenki Roshi, and a longtime friend of Houston Zen Center.
Kokyo Henkel Roshi’s teaching during this visit will focus on the important Zen teaching: The Whole Works.

• PART1:

  June 14: 6-8 pm - Class at Houston Zen Center. Everyone welcome. Donations to Henkel Roshi are welcome.

Kokyo Roshi recently founded Bright Window Hermitage, a retreat place in the Santa Lucia Mountains of California, along with his wife Rev. Shōhō Kuebast

He has trained in Japan at Bukkokuji, as well as many years at Tassajara and San Francisco Zen Center. He served as the Abiding Teacher of Santa Cruz Zen Center as well as the Tanto/Head of Practice of Green Gulch Farm Zen Center.

Kokyo Henkel, Roshi : The Whole Works : Part 1 Download

Kokyo Roshi is a dharma heir of Tenshin Zenki Roshi, and a longtime friend of Houston Zen Center.
Kokyo Henkel Roshi’s teaching during this visit will focus on the important Zen teaching: The Whole Works.

• PART 2 : June 15: 9:45 am - Sunday dharma talk. Everyone welcome. Donations to Henkel Roshi are welcome.

Kokyo Roshi recently founded Bright Window Hermitage, a retreat place in the Santa Lucia Mountains of California, along with his wife Rev. Shōhō Kuebast.

He has trained in Japan at Bukkokuji, as well as many years at Tassajara and San Francisco Zen Center. He served as the Abiding Teacher of Santa Cruz Zen Center as well as the Tanto/Head of Practice of Green Gulch Farm Zen Center.

Kokyo Henkel, Roshi : The Whole Works : Part 2 Download

Kokyo Roshi is a dharma heir of Tenshin Zenki Roshi, and a longtime friend of Houston Zen Center.
Kokyo Henkel Roshi’s teaching during this visit will focus on the important Zen teaching: The Whole Works.

PART 3: June 16: 6:30-8:30 pm - Class at Houston Zen Center.

Kokyo Roshi recently founded Bright Window Hermitage, a retreat place in the Santa Lucia Mountains of California, along with his wife Rev. Shōhō Kuebast.

He has trained in Japan at Bukkokuji, as well as many years at Tassajara and San Francisco Zen Center. He served as the Abiding Teacher of Santa Cruz Zen Center as well as the Tanto/Head of Practice of Green Gulch Farm Zen Center.

Kokyo Henkel, Roshi : The Whole Works : Part 3 Download

Dharma Talk by Kenkai Brandon Lamson. Brandon is a senior member of HZC. He is a poet and professor of creative writing at UT Austin.

Kenkai Brandon Lamson : Exprssing the Dream Within the Dream Download

Dharma talk by Hōgetsu Rick Mitchell, long-time senior member of HZC. The talk will be on Dogen’s Shobogenzo 26: Going Beyond Buddha.

Rick served as Shuso, head monk, for the 2016 practice period. Rick is a writer, with a popular national radio show on jazz. He now lives in Portland, OR with his family, and practices with Dharma Rain Zen Center.

Rick Mitchell, Dharma Moon : Going Beyond Buddha Download

Dharma Talk by Musō Constance Braden. Constance is the founder and primary teacher of Houston Iyengar Yoga Studio.

Musō Constance Braden : Sound of the Stream, Form of the Mountain Download

Dharma Talk by KoUn Matthew Brownlie

KoUn / Radiant Cloud Matthew Brownlie is a senior member of HZC. He is also a musician and parent. He served as the Shuso / Head Student of the 2024 Spring Practice Period:

KoUn Matthew Brownlie : One Mind Transmits the Teaching of the Buddhas Download

Dharma Talk by Karen DeCotis, Abiding Teacher of San Antonio Zen Center. Karen received priest ordination in the Soto Lineage in 2016 from Sojun Mel Weitsman; transmission in 2019. She practiced at the Berkeley Zen Center and San Francisco Zen Center beginning in 1986. She practiced with and taught the Bozeman Zen Group for 20 years. Devoted to service and engaged learning, Karen brings knowledge of and experience with the Buddhist traditions along with a clear-eyed view of human life, suffering and transformation. She is known for her humor and warmth, bringing her intelligence, wit and humility to every teaching opportunity

Karen DeCotis : Expressing the Truth Download

Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, an assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center. He is the co-leader of Entering the Path of Practice and the leader of HZC’s prison outreach program.

Seirin Tim Schorre : Transmitting the Robe Download

Dharma Talk by Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, a Soto Zen priest and the Abiding Abbot of Green Gulch Farm Jiryu is a Soto Zen teacher in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, with dharma transmission from Sojun Mel Weitsman. Jiryu has trained residentially in Zen temples since 1996, and currently serves as a co-Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center through his role as Abiding Abbot of Green Gulch Farm Zen Center.

Jiryu is the co-editor of a new collection of talks by Suzuki Roshi, Becoming Yourself, forthcoming in July 2025. He is also the author of the book Two Shores of Zen, about his experiences in 2002 to 2004 as an American-trained monk practicing in Japanese Zen monasteries, and his writing has appeared in Buddhist periodicals in print and online.

Jiryu is a mentor and preceptor to the Montaña de Silencio Sangha in Medellín, Colombia, and for many years served as the head teacher of the Buddhadharma Sangha of San Quentin State Prison. He holds a master's degree in Asian Studies from UC Berkeley (2014), where he worked under the mentorship of the Group in Buddhist Studies on Buddhist texts in classical Chinese and modern Japanese, and completed thesis research on the development of Soto Zen in Japan during the Meiji Period (1868-1912).

Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler : Becoming Yourself/ Do No Evil Download

Dharma Talk by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin, Abiding Teacher of HZC.

Abbot Gaelyn Godwin : The Mountains and Watersof Your Life Download

Dharma Talk by Keisen Lynn Snow, PhD. Lynn is a lay-entrusted dharma teacher and a senior member of Houston Zen Center. She leads a group of meditators in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where she is also a professor of psychology, specializing in geriatric psychology.

Lynn Snow, Keisen/Joyful River : Thusness, Part 2 Download

Dharma Talk by Keisen Lynn Snow, PhD. Lynn is a lay-entrusted dharma teacher and a senior member of Houston Zen Center. She leads a group of meditators in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where she is also a professor of psychology, specializing in geriatric psychology.

Lynn Snow, Keisen/Joyful River : Thusness, Part 1 Download

Dharma Talk by Kristin Diggs. Kristin Diggs is a Soto Zen priest in the Suzuki Roshi lineage. She was the Head Monk/Shuso at Tassajara for the Spring Ango 2025, and currently serves on Senior Staff at Tassajara. She trained residentially for eight and a half years at Green Gulch, Tassajara, and the San Francisco City Center, beginning in 2014. She was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 2017 and priest ordained by Eijun Linda Cutts in 2021.

Kristin Diggs : Receiving the Marrow By Bowing Download

Dharma talk by Sanran Maite Leal. Maite is a senior member of HZC. She is the recent Shuso / Head Monk, of the 2023 Practice Period of Every Day Life. She is an art protector and restorer at MFAH. Her Dharma Names means Orchid of the Mountains.

Sanran Maite Leal : Miracles Download

Dharma Talk by Senior Dharma Teacher Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi. This is talk 6 of 6, dated February 22, from the 5 day retreat at Auspicious Cloud Zen Retreat Center, February 17-22, 2026

Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : The Teaching of Thusness: Voyaging in the Ocean of Dharma : Talk 6/6 Download

Dharma Talk by Senior Dharma Teacher Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi. This is talk 4 of 6, dated February 20, from the 5 day retreat at Auspicious Cloud Zen Retreat Center, February 17-22, 2026

Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : The Teaching of Thusness: Voyaging in the Ocean of Dharma : Talk 4/6 Download

Kokyo Roshi is a dharma heir of Tenshin Zenki Roshi, and a longtime friend of Houston Zen Center.
Kokyo Henkel Roshi’s teaching during this visit will focus on the important Zen teaching: Face to Face Transmission.

• January 9-11: 3-day retreat at Auspicious Cloud Zen Retreat Center led by Kokyo Roshi. The retreat is a special “Genzo-e”, a teaching retreat with several dharma talks and lectures throughout the weekend.

Kokyo Henkel, Roshi : Face to Face Transmission : Talk 3 of 4 Download

Kokyo Roshi is a dharma heir of Tenshin Zenki Roshi, and a longtime friend of Houston Zen Center.
Kokyo Henkel Roshi’s teaching during this visit will focus on the important Zen teaching: Face to Face Transmission.

• January 11: 9:45 am - Sunday dharma talk.

Kokyo Henkel, Roshi : Face to Face Transmission : Talk 4 of 4 Download

Kokyo Roshi is a dharma heir of Tenshin Zenki Roshi, and a longtime friend of Houston Zen Center.
Kokyo Henkel Roshi’s teaching during this visit will focus on the important Zen teaching: Face to Face Transmission.

• January 9-11: 3-day retreat at Auspicious Cloud Zen Retreat Center led by Kokyo Roshi. The retreat is a special “Genzo-e”, a teaching retreat with several dharma talks and lectures throughout the weekend.

Kokyo Henkel, Roshi : Face to Face Transmission : Talk 2 of 4 Download

Kokyo Roshi is a dharma heir of Tenshin Zenki Roshi, and a longtime friend of Houston Zen Center.
His teaching during this visit will focus on the important Zen teaching: Face to Face Transmission.

• January 8: 6-8 pm - Class at Houston Zen Center. This class is the first part of the “Genzo-e”, an intensive teaching retreat on Face to Face Transmission. Everyone welcome, and it is especially meant for those who will continue with the weekend retreat.

Kokyo Henkel, Roshi : Face to Face Transmission : Talk 1 of 5 Download

Dharma Talk by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin, Abiding Teacher of HZC.

Abbot Gaelyn Godwin : Washing the Face Download

Dharma Talk by Zen teacher Zenshin Greg Fain Roshi. Zenshin is a dharma heir of Sojun Mel Weitsman. He has lived and trained at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center for many years. He served as the Tanto/Head of Practice for many years as well as the Treasurer of the Monastery.

Rev. Zenshin Greg Fain, Roshi : Dharani Download