
Bright Way Zen is a Zen community in Portland OR, USA, and worldwide via our "Cloud Zendo" (Zoom). This podcast includes talks and classes by our teacher, Rev. Domyo Burk, (Zen Studies Podcast) and by Sangha members and visiting teachers. If you like this, please consider joining us at brightwayzen.org!
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 67 | Founded | 8 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | BuddhismEducationReligion & SpiritualitySelf-Improvement | |||

As the Sangha bridges between our summer study series and our Sangha Voices Series, Domyo leads a Zen Practice "Ask Me Anything" inviting Sangha members to bring forward any questions they have about Zen or their practice.
By sharing personal stories from her life, senior student Jinryu illustrates how she has gained insight into her own Karmic journey. Through her openness and heartfelt willingness to share, she provides an inspiring example.
In this class discussion Sangha member Kyugen leads a class discussion on the role that the idea of Time plays in our Zen practice and literature.
In this ceremony, Sangha member Yuka completes her year of service as Shuso, or "Chief Junior", at Bright Way Zen.
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The episodes center on traditional Zen ceremonies, precepts, and lay ordination within a modern multi-location sangha. Topics frequently cover vows, ritual confession, and the moral precepts, often through a community lens that blends in-person participation with a cloud-based audience. Recurring threads include the reverent yet accessible framing of ancient practices for contemporary practitioners, personal anecdotes about spiritual paths, and pragmatic discussions on ethics, care for others, and ecological or social concerns. Notable are the explicit precept recitations, explanations of Dharma names and lineage, and the balance between lay life and ordained responsibilities, all delivered with warmth, humility, and a strong emphasis on co... more
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