Desert Rain Zen
készítő: Tenney Nathanson
Springs Mountain Sangha spring retreat, Benet Hill Monastery in the…
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Listen to dharma talks by our teacher Tenney Nathanson Roshi and other teachers in our tradition. Desert Rain Zen is part of Cloud Gate Zen, a branch of the Pacific Zen School founded by Joan Sutherland Roshi. Our practice centers on an innovative approach to koans and includes group koan conversations as well as individual koan work with Tenney.
Desert Rain Zen podcasts are free. If you'd like to support our podcasting and other activities, you can make a tax-deductible donation on our website at https://www.desertrainzen.org/donate.html
Most of Desert Rain Zen's activities take place on Zoom. For more information you can:
email us at [email protected]
find us at https://www.desertrainzen.org/
and on Facebook.
You can also find more teachings by Tenney at
https://tenneynathanson.com/ .
Other Cloud Gate Zen groups include Springs Mountain Sangha in Colorado Springs, led by Sarah Bender Roshi, and Crimson Gate Meditation Community in Oakland, CA, led by Megan Rundel Sensei. Desert Rain Zen podcasts will include talks by Sarah and Megan, including (but not limited to) when they are part of shared Cloud Gate Zen retreats and other activities.
Epizódok
A legújabb 20 a(z) 21 epizódból
- Springs Mountain Sangha spring retreat, Benet Hill Monastery in the Black Forest, Colorado, March 2026: 2nd night: Sarah · 1 óra 13 percSend us Fan Mail Sarah Bender Roshi gives her second talk for the Springs Mountain Sangha Retreat, on March 10. * About us: Desert Rain Zen is located in Tucson, Arizona. But…
- Springs Mountain Sangha spring retreat, Benet Hill Monastery in the Black Forest, Colorado, March 2026: 4th night: Sarah · 1 óra 24 percSend us Fan Mail Sarah Bender Roshi gives her fourth talk for the Springs Mountain Sangha Retreat, on March 12. * About us: Desert Rain Zen is located in Tucson, Arizona. But…
- Springs Mountain Sangha spring retreat, Benet Hill Monastery in the Black Forest, Colorado, March 2026: 3rd night: Sarah · 48 percSend us Fan Mail Sarah Bender Roshi gives her third talk for the Springs Mountain Sangha Retreat, on March 11. * About us: Desert Rain Zen is located in Tucson, Arizona. But…
- Springs Mountain Sangha spring retreat, Benet Hill Monastery in the Black Forest, Colorado, March 2026: 1st night: Sarah · 22 percSend us Fan Mail Sarah Bender Roshi gives her first talk on the opening night of the Springs Mountain Sangha Retreat, on March 9. * About us: Desert Rain Zen is located in…
- Desert Rain Zen Sunrise Retreat, March 2026: 4th night talks: Tenney & Megan · 52 percSend us Fan Mail In these talks from the last evening of retreat, Tenney returns to Zhaozhou's mondos and talks about how they show different ways of knowing, and subject-object…
- Desert Rain Zen Sunrise Retreat, March 2026: 3rd night talk: Megan · 47 percSend us Fan Mail Megan gives the third night talk at our spring retreat focusing on Zhaozhou. She explores the crucial ways in which Zhaozhou’s teaching not only emphasizes our…
- Desert Rain Zen Sunrise Retreat, March 2026: 2nd night talk: Tenney · 46 percSend us Fan Mail Tenney gives the second night talk at our spring retreat focusing on Zhaozhou. Bringing in several short Zhaozhou mondo, Tenney talks briefly about some of what…
- Desert Rain Zen Sunrise Retreat, March 2026: 1st night talks: Tenney & Megan · 29 percSend us Fan Mail Tenney and Megan give the opening night talks at our spring 2026 retreat, which focuses on the teachings of Chan teacher Zhaozhou. * About us: Desert Rain Zen is…
- Desert Rain Zen Desert Sunrise Retreat, March 2024: Refuge Retreat, 2nd night talk: Tenney · 57 percSend us Fan Mail Tenney gives the second night talk at our March 2024 Desert Rain Zen Desert Sunrise Refuge Retreat. “There is someone at peace, / walking in the Tao . . . “…
- Desert Rain Zen Desert Sunrise Retreat, March 2024: Refuge Retreat, 1st night talks: Tenney & Megan · 28 percSend us Fan Mail Tenney and Megan give the opening night talks at our March 2024 Desert Rain Zen Desert Sunrise Refuge Retreat, suggesting some ways we can let ourselves fall…
- Open Source Retreat, October 2025: “Golden Wind,” 2nd night talk: Tenney · 1 óra 1 percSend us Fan Mail Tenney gives the talk on the second night of our retreat. Beginning by exploring various translations of the “Golden Wind” koan and the different feel they give…
- Open Source Retreat, October 2025: “Golden Wind,” 4th night talk: Sarah · 1 óra 9 percSend us Fan Mail Sarah gives the talk on the fourth night of our retreat. A group conversation follows Sarah’s talk. (talk given October 16, 2025 at the Bodhi Manda Zen Center in…
- Open Source Retreat, October 2025: “Golden Wind,” 1st night talks: Tenney, Megan, and Sarah · 37 percSend us Fan Mail Tenney, Megan, and Sarah give brief talks on the opening night of our Fall 2025 Open Source “Golden Wind” retreat. A student asked Yunmen, “When the tree withers…
- Open Source Retreat, September-October 2024: “Sickness and Medicine,” 2nd night talk: Tenney · 41 percSend us Fan Mail Tenney gives the second night talk on “Sickness and Medicine,” discussing the Blue Cliff Record commentary on the case and bringing in a few anecdotes, from both…
- Open Source Retreat, September-October 2024: “Sickness and Medicine,” 4th night talk: Sarah · 1 óra 2 percSend us Fan Mail Sarah gives the fourth night talk on “Sickness and Medicine.” (check back soon for expanded notes on this episode!) * About us: Desert Rain Zen is located in…
- Open Source Retreat, September-October 2024: “Sickness and Medicine,” 3rd night talk: Megan · 1 óra 6 percSend us Fan Mail Megan gives the third night talk on “Sickness and Medicine,” focusing on sickness and suffering not as mistakes to be “fixed” but as inescapable aspects of our…
- Open Source Retreat, September-October 2024: “Sickness and Medicine,” 1st night talks: Tenney, Sarah, & Megan · 25 percSend us Fan Mail Open Source teachers Tenney Nathanson, Sarah Bender, and Megan Rundel each give introductory talks on the first night of our retreat. Our retreat takes its title…
- Desert Rain Zen Sunrise Retreat, March 2025: "The World of Dew," 4th night talks: Tenney & Megan · 49 percSend us Fan Mail Tenney and Megan each give talks on the final night of the retreat. Tenney brings in a collection of anecdotes to continue exploring the sustenance available…
- Desert Rain Zen Sunrise Retreat, March 2025: "The World of Dew," 3rd night talk: Megan · 1 óra 4 percSend us Fan Mail Megan gives the third night retreat talk, bringing in several Issa poems that focus on impermanence, loss, and grief, then offering an extended meditation on…
- Desert Rain Zen Sunrise Retreat, March 2025: "The World of Dew," 2nd night talk: Tenney · 40 percSend us Fan Mail Tenney gives the talk on the second evening of our retreat (the end of our first full day). Taking up three koans from The Blue Cliff Record that all concern the…







