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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 | ||
02/16/2020 |
Cultivating JoyWhat is Joy? Is it the same as happiness? How does it relate to Suffering? Is it okay for a Buddhist to feel happy? In fact, Joy is one of the Four Immeasurables, as well as being one of the Seven Factors of Enlightenment. Genko explores Buddhism’s relationship to Joy, and gives some tips for cultivating it in our own lives. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Genko Rainwater | ||
02/12/2020 |
Precepts #6Class 6 of 6 Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Carrie Schulz, Jyoshin Clay | ||
02/09/2020 |
The Dharma of Straight NailsTrying to avoid judgmental or reactive patterns, we might forego our authentic recognition of what fits. If we aim for clarity we might end up feeling disconnected. There’s a sweet spot in navigating life that allows for both wise discernment and nonattachment. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde | ||
02/05/2020 |
Precepts #5Class 5 of 6 Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Carrie Schulz, Jyoshin Clay | ||
02/02/2020 |
Buddha No BuddhaWe celebrate the Festival of Nehan this week, and the historical Buddha’s passge out of this world. But perhaps there never was a Buddha. What if the Buddha never really existed? What happens to our practice then? Categories: Dharma Talks |
Sallie Jiko Tisdale | ||
01/29/2020 |
Precepts #4Class 4 of 6 Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Carrie Schulz, Jyoshin Clay | ||
01/26/2020 |
Strong EmotionsWhoa! What was that!? Sometimes we aim for equanimity and find ourselves surprised by reactive strong emotions. This Sunday Jyoshin will talk about selves–from–the–past appearing in the Present and ways zen practice can be used to examine habit patterns around strong emotions and reactivity. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Jyoshin Clay | ||
01/22/2020 |
Precepts #3Class 3 of 6 Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Jyoshin Clay | ||
01/19/2020 |
Precepts as Path, Vow and KoanThis Sunday Genko weighs in on the ongoing study of the Bodhisattva Precepts we are doing on Wednesday nights, led by Jyoshin and Carrie. How do we hold, keep, and commit to the Precepts? More than a set of rules, they point us to a path in a particular direction. We work with them as vows, as koans, and this raises its own questions. What does it mean to make a commitment, a vow, and to do it publicly? Categories: Dharma Talks |
Genko Rainwater | ||
01/15/2020 |
Precepts #2The second Class of six. Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Jyoshin Clay | ||
01/12/2020 |
Koan of CommunityThe question of how to undertake a meditation practice in the midst of a practice community is one that has been asked since the time of the Buddha. What tools are we given to skillfully attend to our own personal growth, while also supporting others in a way that provides space for their transformation as well? What are our social obligations to each other in community that test our ability to embody the dharma teachings we have encountered? What happens when we take these views out into the world? Categories: Dharma Talks |
Jyoshin Clay | ||
01/08/2020 |
PreceptsThis is the first of Six Classes. Taught by Jyoshin and Carrie Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Carrie Schulz, Jyoshin Clay | ||
01/05/2020 |
Effort and Lack of EffortCategories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde | ||
12/15/2019 |
What do I do with this Pain?Sometimes we see the state of the world and despair. Our experience with the suffering of all beings is hard to hold at times. How does our practice help us to navigate when it seems there is nothing to be done? Is there room for despair in the Dharma? Categories: Dharma Talks |
Sallie Jiko Tisdale | ||
12/01/2019 |
Alone, TogetherAs we begin Rohatsu, our longest and most solemn sesshin of the year, Genko looks at sesshin practice and the intimacy it fosters in the midst of deepening silence. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Genko Rainwater | ||
11/24/2019 |
Equanimity as practice and resultThis week Kakumyo discussed the most subtle and difficult of the brahma viharas or divine abidings. Equanimity is a key factor in creating the relational context that we function in. Given Zen’s emphasis on the interdependence of life, practice and enlightenment, this relational content becomes important. Holidays are approaching, get your equanimity booster while you can. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde | ||
11/20/2019 |
Foundational Teachings #10Number 10 of 10. On Bodhisattvas Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde, Shin’yu Vitells | ||
11/17/2019 |
“being armed with the great armor”In the Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Lines, bodhisattvas are described as “being armed with the great armor.” This week, Jyoshin will look at what this armor might be, how we tend to think about armoring, and how we may be able to shift towards utilizing spiritual armor instead of defensive armoring. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Jyoshin Clay | ||
11/13/2019 |
Foundational Teachings #9The ninth class in a series of 10 Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Shin’yu Vitells | ||
11/10/2019 |
Buddha and Buddha
In Taking Our Places: The Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up, Norman Fischer quotes Dogen as saying: “Only a Buddha and a Buddha can understand it.” Fischer goes on to say: “Even a Buddha by himself can’t understand it. Only a Buddha AND a Buddha can. Only through profound relationship, deep encounter, ineffable meeting, can we ever hope to appreciate the immense dimensions of our human life.” Categories: Dharma Talks |
Genko Rainwater | ||
11/06/2019 |
Foundational Teachings #8This class is on the Brahmaviharas Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde, Shin’yu Vitells | ||
11/03/2019 |
The Fixed SelfThese are familiar words to any Zen student. But what does it really mean to forget the self? What is body and mind falling away? It is both nearer and more precious than we think. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Sallie Jiko Tisdale | ||
10/30/2019 |
Foundational Teachings #7This class failed to record. Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde, Shin’yu Vitells | ||
10/27/2019 |
SejikiThis Sundays’ dharma talk was replaced by the Sejiki Festival. Categories: Dharma Talks |
No Dharma Talk | ||
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