Join Koshin Chris Cain and guests as they discuss connections between spirituality and everyday living. We hope you’ll be inspired by these engaging conversations on how to live life with meaning. Conversations will include a variety of spiritual perspectives, including the Zen perspective of our host.

Koshin is an ordained teacher, or Osho, in the Rinzai Zen tradition. He is the Abbot of the Puget Sound Zen Center on Vashon Island, Washington, and he also teaches at the Oslo Zen Center in Norway. He trained at Mount Baldy Zen Center in California before founding Puget Sound Zen Center with his wife in 2003.  He grew up in London and North Carolina before moving to the west coast to be a monk. He and his wife have two children.

• Zen Crossing ~ Faith and Politics ~ Mike Ivaska

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• Zen Crossing ~ Mindful Use of Technology ~ David Levy

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• Zen Crossing ~ Mindfulness and Veterans ~ Chris Fortin

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• Zen Crossing ~ Women, Poetry and Zen ~ Beata Grant

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• Zen Crossing ~ Work That Matters ~ Maia Duerr

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• Zen Crossing ~ Healthy Honor, Healthy Shame ~Thanissaro Bhikku

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• Zen Crossing ~ Evolutionary Psychology & Buddhism ~ Robert Wright

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• Zen Crossing ~ Seeing Clearly ~ Brian Lesage

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• Zen Crossing ~ The Heart of Monastic Training ~ Chon Mun Sunim

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• Zen Crossing ~ Zen Street Retreats ~ Joshin Brian Byrnes

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• Zen Crossing ~ Being a Buddhist Christian ~ Peter Ilgenfritz

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• Zen Crossing ~ Buddhism and the Activist Life ~ Polly Trout

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• Zen Crossing ~ Teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh ~ Peggy Rowe & Larry Ward

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• Zen Crossing ~ Roots and Branches ~ Anita Feng

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• Zen Crossing ~ Improv And Zen ~ Michael Barker

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• Zen Crossing ~ Kindness ~ Eko Jeff Kelley

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• Zen Crossing ~ Chaplaincy and the Zen Path ~ Gendo Allyn Field

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• Zen Crossing ~ Living with Cancer on the Spiritual Path ~ Kathy Blackman

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• Zen Crossing ~ The Power of Ritual ~ Nomon Tim Burnett

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• Zen Crossing ~ Chanting ~ Erin Durrett

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• Zen Crossing ~ Path Of The Artist ~ Bruce Morser

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• Zen Crossing ~ Life Changing Injury ~ Stephen Black

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• Zen Crossing ~ Radical Hospitality ~ Carolyn Dougherty

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• Zen Crossing ~ Interfaith Work ~ Darryn Hewson

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• Zen Crossing ~ Categization ~ Serena Maurer

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• Zen Crossing ~ Monastic Life ~ Father Tryphon

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• Zen Crossing ~ Sangha ~ Hyunmun Sunim

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• Zen Crossing ~ Breathing ~ Robert Litman

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• Zen Crossing ~ Death ~ Carol Spangler

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• Zen Crossing ~ Friendship ~ Giko David Rubin

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