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Joan Sutherland

About Joan Sutherland

Joan Sutherland, Roshi, is a founder of the Pacific Zen School (a contemporary koan school), as well as the founding teacher of The Open Source, a network that includes sanghas in Colorado, Arizona, and the Bay Area. Now retired from working directly with students, her teachings continue through Cloud Dragon, an online source for her writings and talks. She is the author of Vimalakirti & the Awakened Heart and Acequias and Gates: Miscellaneous Writings on Miscellaneous Koans.

This Floating World

by Joan Sutherland| January 14, 2021

This Floating World

Zen teacher Joan Sutherland on life’s dreamlike nature and why it should be embraced.

Everything Is Enlightenment

by Joan Sutherland| November 18, 2020

Everything Is Enlightenment

Enlightenment is everywhere we look, says Joan Sutherland — we can choose to notice it, but at the same time, we can also trust that it will find us, wherever we are.

Koans for Troubled Times

by Joan Sutherland| November 2, 2020

Koans for Troubled Times

How do we as Buddhists meet the challenges of our time? Joan Sutherland says an answer lies in the teachings of two great Chan masters.

Here at the End of the World

by Joan Sutherland| April 7, 2020

Here at the End of the World

“Grief is how we love in the face of loss,” wrote Joan Sutherland in the Fall 2019 issue of Buddhadharma. Now, in this new time of so much loss, her teaching on coming to terms with grief feels especially relevant.

Is Buddhism a Religion?

by Charles Prebish, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche and Joan Sutherland| January 4, 2019

Is Buddhism a Religion?

Is Buddhism a religion, psychology, or way of life? Our three experts, Charles Prebish, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, and Joan Sutherland, join the debate.

Seasons of Awakening

by Joan Sutherland| May 1, 2018

Seasons of Awakening

Joan Sutherland shares why we must learn to trust the ebbs and flows of awakening — agreeing to all of its seasons and tides.

The Whole Way

by Joan Sutherland| September 14, 2017

The Whole Way

Is Buddhism a transcendent path to enlightenment or a practical aid to everyday life? The Way cannot be divided like that, Joan Sutherland tells us. LIke the water system of the high desert, it flows in every direction and is found wherever we decide to tap into it.

Through the Dharma Gate

by Joan Sutherland| February 21, 2017

Through the Dharma Gate
Dharma Gates, Joan Sutherland, Meditation, Shambhala Sun, Lion's Roar, BuddhismPhoto by David Gabriel Fischer.

The location of the gate — the forms of meditation — is fixed and known, but what will happen there can never be known ahead of time. Joan Sutherland on the place where form and formlessness meet.

Our Path Is Limitless and Vast

by Joan Sutherland| May 25, 2016

Our Path Is Limitless and Vast
Women in Buddhism Buddhadharma Joan SutherlandPhoto by Anne Arden MacDonald.

While women may feel constrained by Buddhist institutions, the dharma itself poses no such limitations, says Joan Sutherland.

Gaining Perspective on Habitual Patterns

by Joan Sutherland| April 27, 2016

Gaining Perspective on Habitual Patterns
Buddhadharma - Summer '11 Joan Sutherland Zen habits awarenessBuddha, 2007. by Noppadon Putipin

When you’re caught in your habitual patterns, says Joan Sutherland, try not to fixate on your reactions. Instead cultivate awareness of everything that is happening in the moment.

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