The Zen Studies Podcast

Host Domyo Burk is a Soto Zen priest and teacher. She records episodes specifically for podcast listeners on traditional Zen and Buddhist teachings, practices, and history.

323 – Zazen As Defiant Self-Care 01/30/2026

322 – Q&A: Relationships, Cultural “Zen,” No-Self, and Confession 01/13/2026

321 - How Buddhist is Zen? The Buddha's Teachings Compared to Radical Nondualism 01/01/2026

320 – Two Ends of the Spiritual Practice Tunnel: Self-Power Versus Other-Power 12/02/2025

319 – Q&A: Universal Life, the Bodhisattva Vow and Monasticism, and Other Traditions 11/21/2025

318 – Loving Your Enemies: Extending Metta Does Not Mean Capitulation 11/16/2025

317 – Keizan’s Denkoroku Chapter 1: Mahakashyapa's Smile 10/31/2025

316 – Buddhist Communities and Public Political Stands: A Moral Quandary 10/20/2025

315 - Bad Zazen: Not Just an Oxymoron 09/30/2025

314 – Q&A: Comfort in the Precepts, Anger at Injustice, and Accidental Kensho 09/24/2025

313 – Ten Fields of Zen, Field 7 – Learning the Self: This Very Body Is Buddha (3 of 3) 09/14/2025

312 – Ten Fields of Zen, Field 7 – Learning the Self: This Very Body Is Buddha (2 of 3) 08/31/2025

311 – Ten Fields of Zen, Field 7 – Learning the Self: This Very Body Is Buddha (1 of 3) 08/25/2025

310 - Three Paths: The Value of Monastics, Clergy, and Lay Practitioners in Western Zen 08/16/2025

309 - Dana, the Paramita of Generosity: Buddhist Teachings on Giving (2 of 4) 07/31/2025

308 – Q&A: Sharing the Dharma with Children, Mindfulness, and a Posture Mistake 07/16/2025

307 - Dana, the Paramita of Generosity: Buddhist Teachings on Giving (1 of 3) 07/08/2025

306 – Teisho: Ordinary Mind Is the Way, Never Apart from This Very Place 07/01/2025

305 - Dharma Foundations: Truths to Rely on No Matter What 06/19/2025

304 - Supporting the Zen Practice of People with Physical Challenges (2 of 2) 06/01/2025

303 - Supporting the Zen Practice of People with Physical Challenges (1 of 2) 05/25/2025

302 – Q&A: Standing Up for What’s Right, and Zazen Versus Dissociation and Trance 05/16/2025

301 – Teisho: You Have to See Your Nature 05/01/2025

300 - One Reality, Many Descriptions Part 6: Trikaya, the Three Bodies of Buddha 04/21/2025

299 – Q&A: Revisiting Veganism and Moral Choices, and Questions about Shikantaza 04/11/2025

298 – Framing Your Dharma Practice in a Helpful Way 03/31/2025

297 – Investigating the Wandering Mind 03/15/2025

296 – Q&A: Paramis, Mindfulness, Karma, and Enjoyment 03/07/2025

295 - The Power of Equanimity 02/28/2025

294 - Ten Fields of Zen, Field 10 - Connecting with the Ineffable, or What Is Most True 02/18/2025