Jiryu Rutschman-Byler
Soto Zen Buddhist priest and teacher in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki, serving as co-abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center and editor of Becoming Yourself, offering teachings on Zen practice and ethics.
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Dec 17, 2025 • 1h 17min
A Zen Handbook for Sanity in an Era of Uncertainty | Jiryu Rutschman-Byler
Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, a Soto Zen Buddhist priest and co-abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center, shares insights on the transformative teachings of the legendary Shunryu Suzuki. He emphasizes the beauty of accepting one's flaws and discusses how to cultivate awe in daily life. Jiryu offers practical tips for meditation, including the importance of breath and posture. He explores the concept of 'becoming one' with everything around us, and the synergy of softening the mind to engage more effectively with life's challenges.
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Jan 6, 2026 • 34min
Becoming Yourself | Jiryu Rutschman-Byler
Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, co-abbot at San Francisco Zen Center and teacher at Green Gulch, brings Suzuki Roshi’s teachings to life. He talks about posture and zazen as a chrysalis, the felt sense of being alive, thoughts as useful clutter, letting go, and precepts as natural intimacy rather than rules. Short, vivid images invite practicing presence and including everything in the present moment.
Dec 16, 2022 • 1h 55min
Simplicity Zen Podcast Episode 51 - An Interview with Jiryu Rutschman-Byler (The Zen Lamp Series)
Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, a Soto Zen priest who trained in the US and Japan and wrote Two Shores of Zen, shares stories of monastic practice, cross-cultural training, and teaching in prisons and Colombia. He talks about intense sesshin experiences, risks of seeking breakthroughs, integrating discipline with compassion, and how deep practice can happen in any life.
