Zen Center of Los Angeles Podcast
A podcast produced by the Zen Center of Los Angeles, containing Dharma Talks and other recordings from the teachers and students of ZCLA. Our podcast focuses on the study and practice of Zen Buddhism.
Zen Center of Los Angeles Podcast
Interview with Bill Earth-Mirror Corcoran
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Today we're inaugurating a new podcast series we're calling LA Zen: a series of conversations with Buddhist practitioners investigating the question(s) of how to live in these times (of poly-crisis) and in this place (of Los Angeles) without falling into despair on one side, or let's say self-satisfaction on the other.
Our first guest is Bill Earth-Mirror Corcoran. When Earth-Mirror received his English language dharma name from Roshi Egyoku Nakao around the turn of the century, the meaning could not have been clearer. Corcoran was already deep at work as an organizer and activist within the environmental movement, a space where he continues to be active, even after his "official" retirement in 2023.
Earth-Mirror is now a Dharma Holder in the White Plum Asanga, leading retreats and offering talks that merge his interests in ecology and spirituality, and seeing those as one common understanding.
In this conversation, he speaks with ZCLA Development Steward Hokyu JL Aronson about the balance of home life and sangha life, and how the collective organizational structure of the Zen Center helped inform his own leadership approach at the Sierra Club where he worked for 27 years.
We hope you enjoy.
Extras:
A transcript of a dharma talk by Earth-Mirror on the teacher-student relationship.
An essay by Earth-Mirror called "Embodying Ecodharma."
These talks are offered freely. If you feel moved to make a donation to the Zen Center, just click here.
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