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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 |
Jyoshin Clay, Carrie Schulz | ||
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 |
Jyoshin Clay, Carrie Schulz | ||
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 |
Jyoshin Clay, Carrie Schulz | ||
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 |
Jyoshin Clay, Carrie Schulz | ||
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 | ||
10/16/2019 |
Foundational Teachings #6Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde, Shin’yu Vitells | ||
10/13/2019 |
Practice is PluralThis Sunday, Kakumyo will talk about the trade offs between practices which tend to be subtle but thorough, and practices that tend to be easier, but only go so far or leave some kind of residue. We need some of both, and there’s an art to the assessing of our level of awareness and choice of an appropriate method. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde | ||
10/09/2019 |
Foundational Teachings #5Dependent origination Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde, Shin’yu Vitells | ||
10/06/2019 |
On Founders DayThis is a recorded talk from Kyogen Carlson Categories: Dharma Talks |
Kyogen Carlson | ||
10/02/2019 |
Foundational Teachings #4The fourth Class in a series of ten. Skandhas and Abhidharma Categories: Wednesday Classes |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde, Shin’yu Vitells | ||
09/29/2019 |
Two Ancestors MemorialWith the Two Ancestors Memorial taking the place of morning service this Sunday, Jyoshin will speak on the importance of inspiration in spiritual practice. From lineage ancestors to modern day muses, what/who is the source of your inspiration? Categories: Dharma Talks |
Jyoshin Clay | ||
09/25/2019 |
Foundational Teachings #3There was no recording of this class. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Jyoshin Clay | ||
09/22/2019 |
Right Effort No EffortBetween what, you may well ask? Perhaps between two extremes. Perhaps between one season and the next, or what happens in the middle of a transition from one state, or one life, to another. Perhaps it’s a moment between thoughts on the cushion. It may be another way of saying the Middle Way. Genko explores some of these ways of looking at the theme of this weekend’s retreat. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Sallie Jiko Tisdale | ||
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