Teisho Today Archives
Welcome to the Teisho Today archives, where we present our most recent Daily Zen Journals as audio files for your enjoyment. Over time, we aim to have the entire library of journals available in this format; however, this is a work in progress, as the first journal was released in 1998, and this is now 2026!
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Skeletons – Part 2
One night, I came to a lonely little temple, looking for a place to rest. I was far off the main road, at the base of a mountain, seemingly lost in a vast Plain of Repose.
Skeletons
These thin lines of India ink reveal all truth. Students, sit earnestly in zazen, and you will realize that everything born in this world is ultimately empty, including oneself and the original face of existence. All things indeed emerge out of emptiness.
Zazen
Zazen sitting is the way of perfect tranquility: inwardly not a shadow of perception, outwardly not a shade of difference between phenomena.
Practice of Meditation
Ultimately, all true learning is done on one’s own
