Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community
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Zen Talks from Windhorse Zen Community
A dharma talk given at the Windhorse Zen Community by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei. Sunya Sensei was sanctioned to teach by Roshi Philip Kapleau, founder of the Rochester Zen Center. These talks are straight to the heart of zen. For more information, see our website, www.windhorsezen.org
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Affirming Faith In Mind (I)
In this teisho from the March 2025 sesshin, Roshi Sunya Kjolhede begins a series on Affirming Faith in Mind (Xinxin Ming). This long chant is attribut...
The Heart Sutra After The Hurricane
September 27, 2025 marks the one year anniversary of Hurricane Helene ripping up the coast and decimating of Asheville and Western North Carolina. Win...
2024 Rohatsu (IV): How Do You Step From The Top of a 100' Pole?
This teisho is from the seventh day of Windhorse's 2024 Rohatsu Sesshin offered by Roshi Sunya Kjolhede. In it, she begins by discussing Case #46 of t...
2024 Rohatsu (III): A Huge Foolish Project
This teisho is from the fifth day of Windhorse's 2024 Rohatsu Sesshin offered by Roshi Sunya Kjolhede. To donate or learn more about Sunya-roshi and W...
2024 Rohatsu (II): Preaching Facing Oneness
Roshi Sunya Kjolhede discusses Case #14 of the Blue Cliff Record (Hekiganroku) on the third day of Windhorse's 2024 Rohatsu Sesshin. To donate or lear...
2024 Rohatsu Sesshin (I)
In this teisho, Roshi Sunya Kjolhede reflects on the spiritual, cultural, and historical context of the Buddha's awakening, emphasizing its relevance...
To Cherish All Life
In this teisho, Roshi Sunya Kjolhede discusses the importance of the animal kingdom, one of the six realms of existence in the Buddhist Wheel of Life....
Death Practice: On Suzuki Shōsan
In this teisho from November 2024, Roshi Sunya Kjolhede discusses the life and teachings of Suzuki Shōsan (1579-1655). Originally a samurai warrior, S...
The Life and Teachings of Master Dahui (Part Four)
Here, Roshi Sunya Kjolhede concludes her series on the life and teachings of Master Dahui (his Japanized name is Daie Zenji) from the October 2024 7-D...
The Life and Teachings of Master Dahui (Part Three)
Roshi Sunya Kjolhede continues her series on the life and teachings of Master Dahui (his Japanized name is Daie Zenji). He is one of the greatest Zen...
The Life and Teachings of Master Dahui (Part Two)
Roshi Sunya Kjolhede continues her series on the life and teachings of Master Dahui (his Japanized name is Daie Zenji). He is one of the greatest Zen...
The Life and Teachings of Master Dahui (Part One)
From this first teisho of the Fall 2024 sesshin, Roshi Sunya Kjolhede begins her series on the life and teachings of Master Dahui (his Japanized name...
Master Dahui's Vow For Enlightenment
In this teisho, Roshi Sunya Kjolhede unpacks "Master Dahui's Vow For Enlightenment," a chant often used at Windhorse. Dahui (Japanized: Daie Zenji) wa...
Clouds Cooking Rice
In this teisho, Roshi Sunya Kjolhede discusses the miscellaneous koan (localized for our Appalachian mountains): "On top of Mount Mitchell, a cloud is...
Under the Shadowless Tree
In this teisho from June of '24, Sunya-roshi discusses Tangen's verse to the Emperor in Case #18 "The National Teacher's Seamless Monument" of the Hek...
There Is No Waiting
In this deep dive into the teisho vault, Sunya-roshi (here just Sunya-sensei) gives a special talk from May 2005 on the immediacy of practice. Please...
Go Straight Ahead!
In this final teisho from the Summer '24 7-Day Sesshin, Roshi Sunya Kjolhede discusses Case #31 of The Gateless Gate (Mumonkan), "Joshu Sees Through T...
Zen Practice Is Like A Great Wind Sweeping Through Us
In this teisho offered on the fourth day of our 2024 Summer Sesshin, Sunya-roshi talks about waking up and giving ourselves fully to the practice. She...
You Can't Talk About Zen
In this teisho from the second day of the Summer 2024 sesshin, Sunya-roshi talks about how we ultimately cannot talk about Zen. Zen Practice needs to...
At the Bedside of Vimalakirti
In this teisho from June of 2024, Roshi Sunya Kjolhede discusses the Vimalakirti Sutra. She talks about how we work with suffering, illness and death....
Zen Practice: What's Love Got To Do With It?
In all the mystical traditions of various religions, love is oft discussed, but it is seldom mentioned in Zen Buddhism. In this recent teisho from ear...
A Living Practice In An Unravelling Time
In this recent and timely dharma talk from the end of February 2025, Roshi Sunya Kjolhede discusses the anxieties of our time and how despair is not a...
The Importance of Being Nobody
In this Dharma talk from May 2024, Roshi Sunya Kjolhede uses the Eight Worldly Winds teaching of the Buddha to show that Zen practice is a radical dep...
How to Take the Practice Home
In this talk given on April 28, 2024 at the Windhorse Zen Community outside of Asheville, NC, Roshi Sunya Kjolhede discusses tips on how to take Zen h...
Vimalakirti and the Power of Silence
Using Case #84 of the Blue Cliff Record (Hekiganroku), Roshi Sunya Kjolhede discusses the power and necessity of silence in our lives. This talk was g...
Rohatsu: The Buddha's Enlightenment
This talk was given by Roshi Sunya Kjolhede at Windhorse Zen Community near Asheville, NC on Sunday, November 26, 2023. To donate or learn more about...
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva
This teisho was given by Roshi Sunya Kjolhede at Windhorse Zen Community in 2016. For more information visit windhorsezen.org, and consider donating...
Master Hakuin Part 3
Part three in Sunya Roshi's series on Zen Master Hakuin, given in August of 2020. Windhorsezen.org
Master Hakuin Part 2
Part two in Sunya Roshi's series on Zen Master Hakuin, given in August 2020. Windhorsezen.org
Master Hakuin Part 1
Sunya Roshi gives the first in a series of talks about Zen Master Hakuin. This talk was given in August 2020 via Facebook Live while in lockdown due...
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Looking Into Mirrors- Teisho by Roshi Sunya Kjolhede
This talk was given by Roshi Sunya Kjolhede at Windhorse Zen Community on July 12, 2020.
Koan 36 in The Blue Cliff Record: Chosa Goes Picnicking
This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede Roshi at one of our regular Sunday programs on May 2, 2021. To find out more about all the things the Windhorse...
Introduction to the Ox-Herding Pictures
This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede Roshi at one of our regular Sunday program’s. To find out more about all the things the Windhorse Zen Center has...
December 2019 Sesshin-Last Day
This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede Roshi at the Windhorse Zen Community, located in the mountains outside of Asheville, North Carolina.
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December 2019 Sesshin-Day 4
This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede Roshi at the Windhorse Zen Community, located in the mountains outside of Asheville, North Carolina.
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December 2019 Sesshin
This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede Roshi at the Windhorse Zen Community, located in the mountains outside of Asheville, North Carolina.
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Beginning Anew and Maya Angelou
This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede Roshi at the Windhorse Zen Community, located in the mountains outside of Asheville, North Carolina.
October 2019 Sesshin (Day 7)
This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede Roshi at the Windhorse Zen Community, located in the mountains outside of Asheville, North Carolina.
October 2019 Sesshin (Day 6)
This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede Roshi at the Windhorse Zen Community, located in the mountains outside of Asheville, North Carolina.
October 2019 Sesshin (Day 4)
This talk was given by Sunya Kjolhede Roshi at the Windhorse Zen Community, located in the mountains outside of Asheville, North Carolina.