On Meeting a Giant at Absolute Bagels
We live in a world with giants, and they will be around much longer than we’ll be.
Koshin Paley Ellison
Koshin Paley Ellison is a Soto Zen Teacher, Co-Guiding Teacher of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, and author of Wholehearted: Slow Down, Help Out, Wake Up.
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Good Enough
A brief teaching from a Soto Zen teacher
A Practice for Going Beyond Our Own Stories
Before we can be free, we often need to be able to imagine ourselves free.
Personal Reflections Eightfold Path
Cultivating Healthy Embarrassment
In a recent episode of Tricycle Talks, Zen teacher Koshin Paley Ellison lays out the distinction between toxic shame and healthy embarrassment.
Chanting in the Time of COVID-19
Rinzai monk Kanho Yakushiji—who once went viral with his rendition of the Heart Sutra—has no problem combining music and monastic life.
The Spectrum of Grief
Zen teacher Koshin Paley Ellison shares advice on how to mourn and find peace in our new normal.
Personal Reflections Meditation Month 2020
No Longer Alone
A Zen teacher discusses the fear of community, and provides instructions in zazen.
Practicing in a Pandemic
Six new teachings on how to find compassion and equanimity in a time of great uncertainty.
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
Being Content with What We Have
The next thing you buy won’t make you happy, but a different attitude may.
Podcasts
Getting Untangled
In this episode of Tricycle Talks, Zen teacher Koshin Paley Ellison discusses how the eightfold path can free us from our destructive patterns and help us access true pleasure in our everyday lives.
Listen Now on Tricycle | iTunes | SoundCloud
Length: 47:28
Waking Up from Zombieland
Koshin Paley Ellison is a Zen chaplain and teacher and co-founder of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. Here, Koshin sits down with Tricycle’s Editor and Publisher James Shaheen to discuss his journey from “lone wolf” to Zen chaplain and how being with people who are dying has taught him to live a more meaningful life.
Listen Now on Tricycle | iTunes | SoundCloud
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