Spark Zen
Rev. Shōren HeatherSpark Zen is for introspective, iconoclastic thinkers interested in Zen/Buddhism; hosted by a Zen priest who lived at a monastery for 10 years.
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The True Self of You, Me, and Everyone Else
Jizō Bodhisattva (known as Kṣitigarbha in Sanskrit) is one of the most deeply revered figures in Mahayana Buddhism. This is a much beloved and adorned statue at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. Known as the compassionate savior of souls in th...
"To Speak Without Speaking"
In this episode of the Spark Zen podcast, I’m delighted to be in conversation with Professor Steven Heine, who is a leading scholar of Zen Buddhist history and thought, particularly the life and teachings of Eihei Dōgen. We discuss Steven’s...
Zen in Ten: "We Cannot Exchange Even a Fart with Another"
This sumi-e portrait of Kodo Sawaki Roshi (1880-1965) is by Michael Hofmann.
Kodo Sawaki Roshi (1880-1965) was one of the most important Soto Zen Buddhist masters of twentieth-century Japan. “He became abbot of Antaiji in 1949, when the te...
Meeting the Myriad Things: Moments of Everyday Liberation
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On this episode, Rev. Shōren Heather Iarusso interviews Rev. Kokai Shinshu Roberts, co-founder and guiding teacher of Ocean Gate Zen Center in Capitola, CA, about her second book, Meeting the Myriad Things: A Practitioner’s G...
Zen in Ten: Beginner's Mind
Dear Spark Zen Readers, I hope you’re doing well today—all things considered. I snapped this photograph near Union Square in NYC about 15 years ago. “No Idea” is the name of a bar that I randomly walked past. It brings to mind Shunryu Suzuk...
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Zen Priestess. Writer. Adventurer. I lived for 9 years in the wild, wonder-filled wilderness of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
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