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Spark Your Bliss

Kathy Park

Religion & Spirituality

Health & Fitness

Education

Frequency: 1 episode/16d. Total Eps: 7

Deep conversations on the power of meditation, the great questions of life and death that bring insights, and Buddhist teachings that help to digest our experience.

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28/02/2026
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27/02/2026
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25/02/2026
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22/02/2026
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21/02/2026
#14
🇺🇸 USA - buddhism
26/12/2025
#98
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06/11/2025
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https://www.kwanumzenonline.org/
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https://prairyerthzen.org
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https://zenseoul.org/en/
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http://linkedin.com/in/kathy-park-26b1b0120
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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/world/asia/south-korea-space-out-competition.html
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From Midwest Prairies to Korean Mountains: Discovering Buddha Through God in Kansas

Episode 2

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 • Duration 34:17

Rebecca Otte is from Topeka, Kansas, in the United States. She grew up Christian in rural Kansas and began meditation in the Kwan Um Zen tradition in 1996. One of the founding members of the Prairieth Zen Center in Topeka, she practiced extensively for over two decades, including a ninety-day-long intensive retreat known as kyol che. She received inka (permission to teach Zen) in 2020 and became the guiding teacher of the Prairieth Zen Center. Rebecca has also worked as a nurse midwife delivering 2,000 babies over the years. She retired from nursing in 2017 and lives with her husband, Ken. They have 2 children and one grandchild. She is also trained as a classical pianist.

To connect more to her teachings:

https://prairyerthzen.org or

https://www.kwanumzenonline.org/

#RebeccaOtte #KwanUmZen #SpiritualTransformation #ZenRetreat #SparkYourBliss

Takeaways:

Rebecca Otte emphasizes the significance of life's big questions, particularly surrounding existence and consciousness, as pivotal in her spiritual journey.
Her extensive experience in Zen meditation, including a rigorous ninety-day retreat, profoundly shaped her understanding and teaching of the practice.
The connection between her nursing career and spiritual practice has enriched her perspective on compassion and the human experience.
Otte articulates that suffering can catalyze the development of greater love, wisdom, and compassion, serving as a foundation for personal growth.
Through her practice, she has cultivated a deep appreciation for the beauty in everyday life, including moments of joy and suffering alike.
Chanting, as a communal and individual practice, facilitates a deeper connection to one's true nature, enhancing the meditative experience.

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Zen in a Paper Dixie Cup: A Conversation with Tim Colohan on Why Good and Evil Have No Self-nature

Episode 4

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 • Duration 36:10

Tim Colohan

A Zen student of the late Korean Zen Master Seung Sahn in the Kwan Um Zen tradition since 1985, Tim attended two 90-day winter kyol che - traditional intensive Zen retreats in silence - at Hwa Gae Sah Temple and Shin Won Sah Temple in S. Korea in 1995 and 1997. In 2022, he received inka, permission to teach from Zen Master Soeng Hyang Barbara Rhodes in the Kwan Um Zen tradition. He has been on the Teachers Council of Long Beach Meditation since 2015. Tim also practices with the “Silver Lake Meditation Group” and a Pasadena interfaith group. He is a retired set decorator, currently teaching set decoration at Chapman University. Tim lives in Los Angeles with his husband Bernie and they enjoy being grandparents.

Tim Colohan, JDPSN (dharma master), practices and teaches at the Dharma Zen Center in Los Angeles, CA. He is also a teacher at Kwan Um Zen Online, the online community in the Kwan Um Zen tradition.

To join retreats, practice, or to connect with Tim:

https://www.dharmazen.com/

https://kwanumzenonline.org

P.S. A timely NYT article reminded us how hard, and weirdly competitive, it can be to just be. Check out the “Space-Out Competition” in Seoul, where people try to win… by doing nothing. I had the opportunity to add the Zen take on 'doing nothing' for this article. Please check it out: Read it here

#TimColohan #ZenArt #Mindfulness #MentalHealth #SparkYourBliss

Takeaways:

Tim Colohan has been a devoted Zen practitioner since 1985 under the guidance of esteemed Zen masters, significantly shaping his spiritual journey.
His experiences in the arts, particularly painting, played a pivotal role in his exploration and eventual embrace of Zen philosophy.

Turning Confusion into Wisdom

Episode 5

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 • Duration 25:50

Zen Master Soeng Hyang Barbara Rhodes

Barbara Rhodes (Zen Master Soeng Hyang), known as Bobby to her students, has almost five decades of Zen practice and teaching experience. She met the late Korean Zen master Seung Sahn in 1972, received inka (permission to teach) from him in 1977, and dharma transmission in 1992. She has been teaching and leading retreats since 1978, and has been the head Zen master of the global Kwan Um Zen tradition since her teacher’s death in 2004. A registered nurse since 1969, she worked as a nurse until 2014, with twenty-seven years spent as a hospice nurse. She lives with her wife, Mary.

She is an outstanding down-to-earth teacher, well respected in the Buddhist community, reflected by her inclusion in Meetings with Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America, Revised and Updated Edition, by Lenore Friedman (Shambhala, 2000), which also includes such influential teachers as Pema Chödrön, Charlotte Joko Beck, and Sharon Salzberg. She was also included in Zen Master Who? A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen (Wisdom Publications, 2006), by James Ishmael Ford. Bobby is also a contributor to Being Bodies: Buddhist Wisdom on the Paradox of Embodiment (Shambhala, 1997), edited by Lenore Friedman and Susan Moon; and The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women (Wisdom Publications, 2013), edited by Florence Caplow and Susan Moon.

Her teaching has been published in Composting Our Karma: Turning Confusion into Lessons for Awakening Our Innate Wisdom (Shambhala, 2024). She continues to lead retreats and teaches worldwide both in-person and online, establishing kwanumzenonline.org, the global Kwan Um Zen online sangha.

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