Joy Tober : Right Effort

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

Taigen Leighton : Joy in Zazen

Dharma Talk by Taigen Leighton. The Poetic Vision Hong Zhi, a great Soto Zen ancestor who was active a century before Dogen Zenji. Dogen was profoundly influenced by Hong Zhi.
Taigen Roshi is the author of Cultivating the Empty Field, Just This is It: Dongshan and the Practice Muchness, and the translator of Dogen’s Extensive Record.

Taigen Roshi is the guiding dharma teacher at Ancient Dragon Zen Gate Temple in Chicago.

Choro Antonaccio : Zazen is Good For Nothing

Dharma Talk by Austin Zen Center Abiding Teacher Choro Antonaccio. Zazen is Good for Nothing. - Sawaki Kodo

Choro Roshi is a fully-ordained Zen Priest and the Abiding Teacher of Austin Zen Center.
Choro Roshi began formal Zen practice in 1999 at Chapel Hill Zen Center, where she was lay and priest ordained by Josho Pat Phelan Roshi. She also trained at Tassajara, Green Gulch Farm, and City Center. She moved Austin Zen Center in 2021.