Jon Joseph
Roshi and Director of San Mateo Zen
Opening Eve of Summer Sesshin 
Put Out the Fire – A Panel on Koan Practice & Pain 
Self and Ox Forgotten 
The Ox Follows: Ox-herding Pictures 4 & 5 
Spring Sesshin: Peach Blossoms & a Russian Boy 
Guided Meditation with Jon Joseph: Falling into a Well 
Starting With Nothing 
The Traveling Moon and the Cuckoo’s Call 
Tea with Tathagata 
The Importance of Leftovers with Jon Joseph Roshi 
Ordinary Mind, Extraordinary Times – NanShan’s Way 
Zen Speaking Guitar – Jordan McConnell & Jon Joseph 
Fall Sesshin 2020: The Koan Raft – Morning Talk with Jon Joseph 
An Invitation to Life – Deshan & His Bowls 
This Very Mind Is It 
Audio Excerpt: The Beautiful & Terrible Coexist in Our World 
Ascending the Heavens 
Welcome! Before the Names of Sages & Emperors 
Before There is Moonlight – First Rank of Dongshan’s Five Ranks 
Adamantine Sea – Dream Diving 
Covid Dreams 
Learning Speech & Silence 
Linji’s Was I at Fault or Not?? 
The Space Between Yes & No 
How is it that Sickness & Medicine Heal Each Other? 
The Coin Lost in the River is Found in the River Featured Koan: Zhaozhou's Great Way Is Not Difficult - Blue Cliff Record Case 2
Xiangyan was once asked by a monastic, "What is the Way?"
Xiangyan said, "A dragon singing in a withered tree."
The monastic asked Caoshan, "Who can hear this?"
Caoshan said, "In the whole world, there is no one who does not hear it."
—from Xuedou's verse commentary on Blue Cliff Record Case 2
Invitation to Walk to Wild Places Together