| Date | Title & Details | Speaker | Listen | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/20/2020 |
Commitment and VigorKakumyo speaks about the difficulty of staying available for practice. How do we continue to show up for difficult, transformative work over time? Categories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde | ||
| 09/13/2020 |
Transitions and TransformationOne of the ways suffering occurs is when permanence is sought where there is no permanence. Ease occurs when the realization that we are grasping at concepts arises and the mind reorients. In other words, things change – even if we don’t want them to. Things change – often in ways we hadn’t expected or imagined them to. This Sunday, Jyoshin will talk about transitions and transformation and how they ripple out into the world. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Jyoshin Clay | ||
| 09/09/2020 |
Foundational Teachings Class 1Class 1 Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Sallie Jiko Tisdale | ||
| 09/06/2020 |
Ending the Pursuit of HappinessLinda Hoka Bebernes will show how ending the pursuit of happiness has enabled her practice to unfold, while sharing some insights from the edge of her practice now. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Linda Hoka Bebernes | ||
| 08/30/2020 |
Sangha Speaks Sharing the Experience of Covid-19This Sunday Kakumyo gave a talk in which he opened the floor for everyone to talk about how their world view has changed during this pandemic. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde | ||
| 08/23/2020 |
Climate of MindSeido will speak to our collective fears about the impact of a changing climate and how Buddhism liberates us from the two extremes of apathy and despair. This talk emerged after a January joint sangha sesshin in Corvallis focused on our intimate relationship to the natural world, the experience of deep time, our capacity to face the profound losses and still care for the vibrant life within which we are always embedded. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Debra Seido Martin | ||
| 08/16/2020 |
Do Buddhists Pray?Buddhism is not a theology, but it is a religion. Many Buddhists have a deep relationship to a spiritual mystery. How do feelings like devotion and prayerful urges work in Buddhism and Zen? What does it mean to surrender in our practice? Categories: Dharma Talks |
Sallie Jiko Tisdale | ||
| 08/09/2020 |
Tranquility and DiscernmentThe process of perception is a rich topic of investigation in Buddhism. So much of who we are and the world we inhabitat is mediated by our own filters. This talk will explore how the capacities for tranquility and discernment nourish each other. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde | ||
| 08/02/2020 |
Chimyo AtkinsonChimyo Atkinson was ordained in 2007 and received Dharma transmission under Rev. Teijo Munnich in 2015. She completed her monastic training in Japan and the US. Until recently, she served as Head of Practice at Great Tree Zen Women’s Temple in Alexander, North Carolina Categories: Dharma Talks |
Chimyo Atkinson | ||
| 07/26/2020 |
Race, Tribe, and SelfDid you know that the Buddha addressed racism explicitly in his teachings? He was dealing with the caste system, and expressed clear views on it. If we are all one people, why and how did we get to this mess of perceiving different races, and treating people differently based on it. Why is it so hard to change it? Genko attempts to untangle a few of these threads, and suggests some ways forward. (Hint: they all are based on Buddhist practice.) Categories: Dharma Talks |
Genko Rainwater | ||
| 07/19/2020 |
Responsibility and AbundanceThis Sunday, Kakumyo will talk about the process of discerning whether some discordance in our life is ours to transform or not. If it is, what do we need to help this transformation along? If it’s not, how do we relate to it? Categories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde | ||
| 07/12/2020 |
Dwelling on Past MistakesOne of our Precepts says “Do Not Dwell on Past Mistakes.” We usually study this Precept as it applies to us personally, as we dwell either on our own or others’ mistakes. We’re in a place now nationally where many of our society’s past mistakes are coming home to roost, and we’re being asked to study and acknowledge past failures. Typical responses to this can be guilt, paralysis, defensiveness, anger, defiance, and confusion. What does it mean to “dwell” on past mistakes, and how do we move forward constructively from this place? Genko doesn’t have all the answers, but explores some of these questions in Sunday’s Dharma Talk. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Genko Rainwater | ||
| 07/05/2020 |
Taking off the Training WheelsSo. You’ve been practicing for a few years; gotten comfortable with meditation. All of a sudden something unexpected happens and…WHAM!…there’s a sense of distress and discomfort. What happened? Where did those years of zen training go? Is it all useless? This Sunday, Jyoshin, talks about life, stress, practice, and liberation. And, no, it’s not useless. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Jyoshin Clay | ||
| 06/28/2020 |
Sweat the Small StuffKakumyo will be talking about some of the common misunderstandings and pitfalls in bringing more light and freedom to unwholesome karmic patterns. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde | ||
| 06/21/2020 |
Try Something New but not Too NewBukkai retired from the Dharma Rain teaching group three years ago but returns to talk about summer ango and how we can relax a little while keeping our intention. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Jill Bukkai Washburn | ||
| 06/14/2020 |
Solid Karma“Solid Karma” – the Sanskrit word klesha refers to states of mind that cloud our way to enlightenment. It refers to deeply embedded, hardened kinds of karma. How do we recognize and work with these in ourselves, as well as our communities? Categories: Dharma Talks |
Sallie Jiko Tisdale | ||
| 06/07/2020 |
Appreciate the View Part TwoThis week Kakumyo will continue some themes from his last Dharma talk: Aliveness and interdependence; separation and solidarity; humility and clarity. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde | ||
| 05/31/2020 |
Discipleship and BeyondMany transitions are being marked this Sunday. It is the end of spring Ango, and so we will have a Term Closing ceremony. It is the end of the Dharma School year, and there will be a matriculation ceremony for those young adults just entering the adult sangha. And four new Lay Disciples will have just been ordained the night before with their teachers. Genko is inviting each new disciple to introduce themselves and to speak about what this means to them. Kyogen used to talk often about being ordained into your life. How does each of us do this? What does practice and transition look like for each of us? Categories: Dharma Talks |
Genko Rainwater | ||
| 05/24/2020 |
Turning the Question AroundThere are many kinds of currency in today’s world: money, information, affection, prestige. We chase after them thinking they will satisfy a lack, a need. Often, we find they are not nearly as fulfilling as we had hoped and crave more. How will we find contentment and satisfaction? This Sunday Jyoshin talks about discerning what is wholesome versus unwholesome about this process, and learning what is enough. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Jyoshin Clay | ||
| 05/17/2020 |
InconveniencesOur lives of late have occasional moments of deep fear, and many hours of mild irritation. What does it mean to be annoyed? How do we practice with the minor inconveniences of life? In fact, these small obstacles are one of the most effective ways to deep wisdom. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Sallie Jiko Tisdale | ||
| 05/10/2020 |
Appreciate the ViewThere are many urgent, complex problems in the world, and at times we all get caught by them, and information and analysis doesn’t actually free us. But there is something to notice that does help. The benefit is apparent on both a personal and a much larger level. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde | ||
| 05/03/2020 |
WesakThis Sunday we celebrate the Buddha’s birth; an event that has many stories associated with it. This Sunday Jyoshin will circle around stories and storytelling in our tradition. Bring your tea and a comfortable seat up to your device to zoom in to listen to the talk. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Jyoshin Clay | ||
| 04/26/2020 |
The Self in Times of ChangeWhen circumstances take a sudden shift from what we have come to think of as normal, it can shake our sense of who we are. Almost all of us have had to deal with massive changes recently that may seem catastrophic. In addition, we can be confused by the curious juxtaposition of the sense of staying physically separate from each other as much as possible, and a paradoxically strong sense of connection. Genko speaks to these conditions and others in this Sunday’s Dharma Talk. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Genko Rainwater | ||
| 04/19/2020 |
Your Buddhahood Has Been Predicted2,500 years ago, Shakyamuni Buddha himself predicted that all of us would realize Buddhahood. Buddhist scripture is replete with this assurance. But if our Buddhahood is assured, why do we struggle so with self-doubt? How do we balance the Buddha’s unbridled optimism with the frustration that inevitably arises in our practice? Categories: Dharma Talks |
Thomas Koshin Bruner | ||
| 04/12/2020 |
Spring Sangha ForumThis Sunday will be a sangha forum. The Dharma Council will be speaking on ways the teachings are being presented. Of course we are in a special time right now, and it is important to hear from everyone as to how we are communicating, and if your needs are being met. Please take the time to listen and bring any suggestions you may have. Categories: Sangha Forum |
No Dharma Talk | ||
| 04/05/2020 |
What is Real?In exploring Buddhist teachings and trying to incorporate them into our life, questions like “What is real?” move from being vague or frivolous ideas to concrete practices that shape our day. In this talk Kakumyo will see how this question shapes how we relate to Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Genko Rainwater | ||
| 03/22/2020 |
Passing Through the NetThis Sunday Kakumyo will talk about getting caught and unstuck and what a meditation practice can bring to bear on our current situation. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde | ||
| 03/15/2020 |
Bodhisattva VowsWe don’t have a lot of exposure to the Bodhisattva Vows at Dharma Rain. In this talk we’ll investigate these challenging and powerful vows. We’ll explore some of the rather different formulations of them and the koan nature of these vows. We’ll also investigate the power of wise aspiration in our practice. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Mike Gyoshi Kaplan | ||
| 03/08/2020 |
Developing DiscernmentWe live our lives having to make so many decisions. How do we see what is right for us to do? What is the role of the mind and how do we develop our own wisdom to guide us. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Anthony Fujaku Stevens | ||
| 03/04/2020 |
Paramitas #2There was no recording of this class. Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde, Mark Sosetsu Stauffer | ||
| 03/01/2020 |
The Scope of EquanimityIt might be easy and comfortable to think about practice in terms of how it affects our mind state. This cause and effect is fairly simple and relatively observable. If the effect of practice spreads farther, what does that challenge? How would that impact our practice? Categories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde | ||
| 02/26/2020 |
Paramitas #1Class 1 of 7 Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde, Mark Sosetsu Stauffer | ||
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