This Big Mind Zen Media Archive is the culmination of a project started in the 1970's and finally digitized, catalogued, and presented here. It has taken thousands of hours of devoted and skillful efforts by generations of Zen students, and many thousands of dollars, to bring it to life.
The Archive consists of over 3,400 Audio and Video recordings of Zen Talks and Big Mind Zen sessions, including talks not only by Genpo Roshi but also his predecessors and successors — past, present and future — in the lineage. It provides a unique record of the history of the Kanzeon Sangha, and an invaluable resource for current and future Zen students.
Total access to the Archive is a benefit of being in one of our Membership programs. Your continued support via these programs ensure the continued availability and growth of this Archive in the future as we add new material.
Audio Dharma TalksTo Study the Self Video SeriesVolume 1 Big Mind Big Heart Revealed Volume 2 The Path of the Human Being Volume 3 Awakened by the 10,000 Dharmas Volume 4 From Student to Master Volume 5 Masculine & Feminine Energies Volume 6 The Teachings of Bodhidharma Interviews with Genpo RoshiMultiple Interviews of Genpo Roshi over the years. Featured Interviewers are: Iain McNay Kelly Carlin Peter Marshall Tom Amarque Janean Strong Michael Neill Hale Dwoskin Facilitator Training Recordings
Over 150 Facilitator Training Sessions recorded from 2015 to 2021.
Facilitator Training Retreat April 2023 These recordings are accessible only by Certified Big Mind Zen Facilitators for training purposes. For further information on our Big Mind Zen Facilitator Training Program click here.Tips for using the audio/video player.Finding a talk: You will see that the talks are arranged as either Audio or Video by Year. Many of the talks have been grouped together in the box called Special Collections. The talks are sorted by date as Year/Month/Day. Example: 20070321 was recorded on March 21,2007. There are a series of control icons along the bottom that will allow you to start/stop, expand the video to full screen, adjust the volume, and with the settings button ( the "hexagon with a circle inside" icon) adjust the playback speed or turn on subtitles. Search function: Each yearly or special collection has a search function for all the recordings in that specific collection. The search tool is very powerful and actually searches the entire transcript of each audio and video file as well as the titles and dates. Experiment with the Search function and see what you find! | Kanzeon Zen Center Video TalksOne-Year Big Mind Zen ProgramFour-Year Four Yana ProgramSunday Talk RecordingsAn Introduction to ZenSpecial CollectionsGenpo Roshi "How I Teach Sitting Meditation Now" (2021) Zen Talks on Koans by Multiple TeachersIntroduction to Zen by Multiple Teachers ZCLA 40th Anniversary Maezumi Roshi Tribute 1986 Genpo Roshi Fukanzazengi Series 1989 Genpo Roshi on Chogyam Trungpa's Books 2004 Ameland Great Sangha Gathering 2005 Ottmar Liebert 2 Benefit Concerts for Kanzeon 2005 The Path of the Human Being 2005 Ameland Great Sangha Gathering 2006 Ameland Great Sangha Gathering 2007 Ameland Great Sangha Gathering2007 Ameland "Life is Beautiful" Teacher Interviews 2008 Jung Platform presents Genpo Roshi and Big Mind 2008 Big Mind Month Long Retreat 2010 Ameland Great Sangha Gathering 2010 The Dusseldorf Workshop Sessions 2011 Spring Big Mind Conference 2015 Genpo Roshi in Germany: 2-Day Workshop 2017 Non-Zen Series with Genpo Roshi 2018 Identity of Relative & Absolute Retreat 2020 Quarantine Your Self with Genpo Roshi 2021 Mindfulness & Zen Workshop 2021 The Great Masters Workshop 2021 Big Mind & The Masters Workshop 2022 What Does Zen Have to Offer Me? 2022 The Eight Beliefs of Buddhism Workshop 2022 Self Power and Other Power Workshop 2022 Ekyo Maezumi Memorial Services |