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.

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

293 – Q&A: Veganism, Letting Thoughts Go, and Motivation for Action 02/07/2025

292 - Ten Fields of Zen, Field 9 – Bodhisattva Activity: Enacting Vows to Benefit All Beings 02/01/2025

291 - Keizan's Denkoroku Lead Chapter: Shakyamuni's "I and All Beings" 01/17/2025

290 - Ten Fields of Zen, Field 8 – Realization: Direct Experience of Reality-with-a-Capital-R 12/29/2024

289 - Ten Fields of Zen, Field 7 – Opening Your Heart: Self-Acceptance and Non-Separation (2 of 2) 12/19/2024

288 - 10 Fields of Zen, Field 7 – Opening Your Heart: Self-Acceptance and Non-Separation (1 of 2) 11/29/2024

287 - A Few Useful Teachings for Tumultuous Times 11/25/2024

286 – Ten Fields of Zen, Field Six – Ending Dukkha: Taking Care of this Precious Life (2 of 2) 11/16/2024

285 – Ten Fields of Zen, Field Six – Ending Dukkha: Taking Care of this Precious Life (1 of 2) 11/01/2024

284 - Reflections on Continuous Practice and Dogen's “Gyoji” (2 of 2) 10/24/2024

283 - Reflections on Continuous Practice and Dogen's “Gyoji” (1 of 2) 10/02/2024

282 – Cutting Moral Corners: Is Buddhism Compatible with 21st-Century Life? (2 of 2) 09/21/2024

281 – Cutting Moral Corners: Is Buddhism Compatible with 21st-Century Life? (1 of 2) 09/11/2024

280 - Stories of My Teachers - A Live Talk* 08/27/2024

279 - Talking about Politics as a Buddhist - A Live Talk* 08/22/2024

278 - Having a Zen Teacher - An Live Talk* 08/08/2024

277 - My Sesshin (2 of 2) 07/31/2024

276 - My Sesshin (1 of 2) 07/28/2024

275 - Ten Fields of Zen, Field Five – Precepts: Transcending Self-Attachment (3 of 3) 07/13/2024

274 - Ten Fields of Zen, Field Five – Precepts: Transcending Self-Attachment (2 of 3) 06/28/2024

273 - Ten Fields of Zen, Field Five – Precepts: Transcending Self-Attachment (1 of 3) 06/26/2024

272 - Keizan's Denkoroku Chapter 3: Ananda and the Flagpole 06/19/2024

271 - Ten Fields of Zen, Field Four - Dharma Study: Wrestling with the Teachings (2 of 2) 05/30/2024