# Joko Beck
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Charlotte joko beck (March 27, 1917 – June 15, 2011) was an American Zen teacher and the author of the books Everyday Zen: Love and Work and Nothing Special: Living Zen.
== Biography ==
Born in New Jersey, Beck studied music at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and worked for some time as a pianist and piano teacher. She married and raised a family of four children, then separated from her husband and worked as a teacher, secretary, and assistant in a university department.
Case 94, Book of Serenity, by Andrew Sono Tootell
When Joko Beck broke away from the White Plum Asanga to form her own sangha which she named the Ordinary Mind Zen School, she also stopped wearing a robe and also dropped the Koan curriculum and the Jukai ceremony. Barry Magid reintroduced the Jukai ceremony (minus the Buddhist names) and also rei…
Meditation: Being Just This Moment, by Andrew Sono Tootell
“Each moment, as it is, is complete and full in itself. Seeing this no matter what arises in each moment, we can let it be.” – Joko Beck.
In this guided meditation, Sono invites us to trust our body and our breath to allow each moment to be exactly as it is.
Simplicity Zen Podcast Ep. 93 - Zen Inquiry with the Bodhisattva Precepts (Dharma Talk)
In this talk we explore how to work with the Zen Bodhisattva Precepts using an inquiry approach.
Speaker Bio: Gambo Kyogan Berry Crawford first started practicing Zen meditation in 1992. He lived at the Sonoma Mountain Zen Center and practiced as a resident in the mid 1990s. Afterwards, he practi…
Ep. 95 - "Showing Up" (Zen Dharma Talk)
This a recorded Simplicity Zen Dharma talk by Gambo Kyogan Berry Crawford on the topic of "Showing Up".
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Commentary on Joko Beck’s “Everyday Zen”
March 2026 Sesshin, Day 6 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Ep. 98 - Desire vs Craving in Buddhism (Zen Dharma Talk)
In this dharma talk we explore the differences between desire vs craving in Buddhism.
Gambo Kyogan Berry Crawford first started practicing Zen meditation in 1992. He lived at the Sonoma Mountain Zen Center and practiced as a resident in the mid 1990s. Afterwards, he practiced with Diane “Eshin” Ri…
2026-06-07 | Dharma Talk | Effortless Effort | Nate Smalley
For the last two Sundays, we investigated the ditches of comfort and striving. This week, we turn to what’s between them, what some describe as effortless effort.
Joko Beck describes this as pure activity:
Pure activity is very rare. There's nearly always a shadow, a film over it. We may not be…
Ep. 99 - The Critical Importance of Attention in Zen Practice (Zen Dharma Talk)
In this dharma talk we look at the critical importance of attention in Zen Buddhist practice.
Gambo Kyogan Berry Crawford first started practicing Zen meditation in 1992. He lived at the Sonoma Mountain Zen Center and practiced as a resident in the mid 1990s. Afterwards, he practiced with Diane “…
Caught in the Self-Centered Dream
In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Koshin Flint Sparks takes up an old question posed to the Buddha’s disciple Mahakaccana: what drives our conflicts? Mahakaccana answers that conflict arises from our attachment, adherence, fixation, addiction, obsession, and holding firm to our personal views an…
Ep. 110 - "Zen and Oneness" (Zen Dharma Talk)
In this dharma talk by Berry Crawford we will examine these lines from the XinXin Ming:
In oneness and equality, Confusion vanishes of itself. Stop activity and return to stillness, And that stillness will be even more active. Merely stagnating in duality, How can you recognize oneness?
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