Dharma Talk by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin, Abiding Teacher of HZC.
Laura O'Loughlin: The Heart Wakes up to Impermanence
Laura O'Loughlin
Dharma Talk by Laura O’Loughlin, Zen teacher.
Laura O’Loughlin is a co-founder of Brooklyn Zen Center (BZC). She is a dharma teacher and Director for Ancestral Heart Zen Monastery. Laura received lay dharma entrustment from Teah Strozer in 2017 and had also formally studied with Darlene Cohen. She is a psychotherapist using mindfulness and trauma modalities to support healing and transformation. Before co-founding Brooklyn Zen Center, Laura trained residentially at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery, San Francisco Zen Center's City Center as well as Austin Zen Center, where she served as Director. Laura is interested in how Soto Zen, alongside other somatic and wisdom practices, can support practitioners and communities to transform racial, patriarchal and other social harms. Laura has co-facilitated the undoing whiteness group at BZC for several years and has led sacred feminine retreats.
Jitsudo Tom Biddle: Buddha Nature and Social Unrest
Dharma Talk on Dōgen Zenji by Jitsudo Tom Biddle, former member of the Board of Directors of HZC. Retired attorney and Naval officer.
Gayle Jika Klaybor: Love Death and Your Light
Dharma Talk by Gayle Jika Klaybor, co-Head of Practice of HZC.
Abbot Gaelyn Godwin: Movement and Stillness and Buddhas Parinirvana
Dharma Talk by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin, Abiding Teacher of HZC.
Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts Roshi: Compassionate Gaze, Gaze of Wisdom
Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts Roshi, Senior Dharma Teacher
Eijun Linda Cutts came to San Francisco Zen Center in 1971 and was ordained as a priest in 1975. She has lived at Tassajara and San Francisco City Center, and has resided at Green Gulch Farm since 1993. In 1996 Linda received dharma transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson. Having served as Abbess of San Francisco Zen Center from 2000 to 2007, she was appointed Abiding Abbess of Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in 2010, and Central Abbess of SFZC in 2014. She continues to teach and lead practice periods and retreats at Tassajara, Green Gulch, Mexico, Italy and elsewhere, and has been leading Yoga-Zen retreats and workshops for many years. Linda sits on the National Board of Interfaith Power and Light (IPL), an interfaith group dedicated to addressing climate change through faith-based education and skillful action. She is also on the Board of the Consciousness, Mindfulness and Compassion (CMandC) International Association.
Kōun Matt Brownlie: Intuition and One Practice Samadhi
Dharma Talk by Kōun Matt Brownlie, a senior member of HZC, parent and musician.
Rev. Korin Charlie Pokorny: What Is Your Inmost Request Your Ultimate Concern
Dharma Talk by Korin Charlie Pokorny, Zen Priest.
Korin Charlie Pokorny was ordained as a Zen priest by Reb Anderson in 1999. Charlie and his partner, Dojin Sarah Emerson, are head priests at Stone Creek Zen Center founded by Jisho Warner. He also teaches at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley.
Zengetsu Vicki Glenn: There Is Always More to See and Understand
Dharma talk by Zengetsu Vicki Glenn, Soto Zen Priest, and co-Tanto / Head of Practice of HZC.
Abbot Gaelyn Godwin Roshi: New Years Greeting You All Have a Light
Dharma Talk by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin, Abiding Teacher of HZC.