Eshu Martin interview
Completed on November 07, 2009 Eshu Martin has been the guiding force behind the Victoria Zen Centre since his arrival in Victoria in 1995. Ordained by Kyozan Joshu Sasaki Roshi in January 1999, Eshu...
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Kosen Eshu Martin, Osho (born 1972) has been the guiding force behind Zenwest since his arrival in Victoria in 1995. Ordained in the Rinzai Zen tradition in January 1999, Eshu was affirmed as Abbot by...
View ArticleThree Treasures by Eshu Martin
Today I want to talk a little bit about the three jewels or the three treasures as they are expressed in Buddhism. In particular, I want to talk about one of those treasures or refuges and it’s the one...
View ArticleBreathing the Dharma Activity
From the perspective of Zen practice we're not just looking at the activity of our breath. We are watching. We're observing. We are viscerally experiencing the activity of this universe. The post...
View ArticleZenwest Buddhist Society videos
The Zenwest Buddhist Society is a dynamic community and offers a sustainable environment for the practice of living Zen in our families and in our world. Zenwest offers: Training for many...
View ArticleWhat’s with all of this form?
It's almost as if the form of Zen practice was designed intentionally, on purpose, to grind us up against this fixation with self over, and over, and over, and over again. It drives people crazy! How...
View ArticleEshu Martin sits down with Monday Magazine to talk about Zen and technology
Here is the Article from Monday Magazine Body Mind and Spirit, written by Danielle Pope. Open publication – Free publishing – More wellness The post Eshu Martin sits down with Monday Magazine to talk...
View ArticleDo You Have a License For That Dharma? by Eshu Martin
Recently here on the Sweeping Zen website, there have been a couple of articles posted that discuss the practice of “Dharma Succession”, the first by Erik Storlie, and a response by Myoan Grace...
View ArticleA Sticky Lacquer Tray
In a recent interchange with another Zen teacher, it became clear to me that things are bound to move slowly in any kind of ethical reformation in Zen because there are many, many teachers who are...
View ArticleEpisode 1: Dharma transmission and succession (MP3)
Welcome to the first Sweeping Zen podcast. Our guests today are author Erik Storlie, Zen teacher and author Myoan Grace Schireson, and Abbot of the Victoria Zen Center, Eshu Martin. Today we will be...
View ArticleLiving Zen’s podcast
The Victoria Zen Centre is a federally registered charity in Canada that provides training and education in Zen Buddhism. If you enjoy this podcast, please rate it, review it, and share it with a...
View ArticleEpisode 5: Online Meditation Practice with the Victoria Zen Centre (MP3)
Episode 5: Online Meditation Practice, the Sweeping Zen Podcast In today’s episode we’re joined by Eshu Martin of the Victoria Zen Centre in British Columbia to discuss his ventures into the online...
View ArticleVideo: Online Orientation to Zen
The full Online Orientation to Zen program is available on the Victoria Zen Centre website. One of my primary motivators in developing the Victoria Zen Centre (VZC) has been an effort to make Zen...
View ArticleEverybody Knows – Kyozan Joshu Sasaki Roshi and Rinzai-ji
By Eshu Martin Joshu Sasaki Roshi, the founder and Abbot of Rinzai-ji is now 105 years old, and he has engaged in many forms of inappropriate sexual relationship with those who have come to him as...
View ArticleA Crack in Everything
Recently there have been some articles about Rinzai-ji and Joshu Sasaki Roshi posted here on Sweeping Zen, and some new documents that have been leaked and posted to sasakiarchive.com, that are cause...
View ArticleKosen Eshu Martin affirmed Osho in September
On September 28 of this past year, Kosen Eshu Martin of Zenwest Buddhist Society (formerly the Victoria Zen Centre) was affirmed as an Osho (full priest) and Zenji (Zen teacher) at his home temple in...
View ArticleWhy I resigned from the AZTA
I was accepted into the AZTA in October 2013. My first posts to the mail list were inquiring about how to get a copy of the governing documents, what the governance structure was, what kind of decision...
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