A Look at Dongshan's Five Ranks
/Daikan John Green shares a few thoughts about what could be considered a true teaching, and what might be conveyed or created by something else in the past.
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Perspectives on Zen Practice in North America from Rev. Gyokei Yokohama
/Guest monk, Rev. Gyokei Yokohama, ponders what stays the same, what gets lost in translation, and what influences are shared back and forth between the way people practice in North America and the way people practice in Japan.
Celebrating Being an Elder
/Jakushin Todd Slobogean tames the relentless meandering of his neuro-diverse mind to bring us thoughts on the Kalama Sutra and the Island Sutra (the Attadiipaa Sutta - The Buddha’s Last Teaching).
Way Seeking Mind Talk - Hotei Denis Fafard
/Hotei Denis Fafard explores how being a boddhisatva is fundamentally an audacious act of imagination.
Opening the Hand of Thought (Chapter 4)
/Continuing the dharma seminar on Kosho Uchiyama's writing, Kakuko Kaye Simard describes intensive practice, shikantaza, and how sesshin is an opportunity to sink firmly and nobly into our bones.
The Journey to Lay Entrustment and Beyond
/Jikai Vicki Turay shares anecdotes and insights from her path and practice leading to lay entrustment.
Opening the Hand of Thought (Chapter 3)
/Dai-i Flo Rublee continues our dharma seminar on Uchiyama Roshi's wonderful book. Chapter three is an exploration of how to wake-up to zazen and see our thoughts, desires, and delusions as the scenery of life.
Zoketsu Norman Fischer 2024 retreat - 2/2
/On the second day of our weekend retreat, Zoketsu Norman Fischer tells stories from the Denkoroku, which presents transmission stories of the lineage of Soto Zen ancestors.
