Recording Category: Dharma Talks

Spiritual bypass can be defined as the use of spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds, and unfinished developmental tasks. However, it also provides a unique perspective through which we can view many aspects of our practice. Gyoshi explores some of these.

Harmony is one of those underrated states. It seems like a good idea but doesn’t tend to be a critical priority, and may be a bit of an acquired taste in practice. Kakumyo talks about some of our tools for increasing, maintaining, and protecting interpersonal harmony.

There seems to be so much suffering in the world right now that it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. How can we respond appropriately?

We all come to practice with an expectation of what practice will give us. In our not-so-secret hearts, we are hoping to get fixed. Jiko discusses.

Jyoshin tells three stories that illustrate some aspect of non-verbal ways to experience the world.

“All beings want to move toward a state of ease.” What is ease in the Buddhist sense? And how do we move towards it?

Genko explores the relationship between pride in an identity that has experienced oppression and attachment to a constructed self.

Faced with the ongoing barrage of emotionally-hooked news of all that’s wrong in the world, we may experience reactivity. How can we lighten up on our reactivity, and find ways to meet global dukkha with wisdom, compassion, and non-separation? Gyoshi explores these challenges in his dharma talk.

Most of us can identify one (or more) of the Three Poisons of greed, hatred and delusion that most closely matches our karmic patterns. This sometimes results in shame, which makes it difficult to progress in practice. In her student talk this Sunday, Zonnyo explores how taking refuge in the Three Treasures of Buddha, Dharma and… Read more »

Jyoshin asks “What is a temple?” and goes on to explore different ways of viewing that. She talks about Nagarjuna’s The Precious Garland of Advice for a King, which contains myriad Buddhist Teachings, with a concise summary at the end.

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