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01/19/2025 |
Imagination and MeditationFlying Fish explores the skillful use of imagination in the cultivation of our practice, and the importance of imagining a more expansive world view as a means to open our practice to wisdom. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Flying Fish Murphy | ||
01/12/2025 |
Knowing How Much Is EnoughIn his dharma talk, Sosetsu explores the second of Dogen’s Eight Awakenings of Great Beings. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Mark Sosetsu Stauffer | ||
01/05/2025 |
It’s Precepts SeasonWith precepts classes starting this week, and with Jukai sesshin in early March, it seems appropriate to make the first dharma talk of 2025 about precepts practice. In this talk we’ll explore together how the precepts can be an essential part of our Zen spiritual path and some ways we can all bring precepts practice into our lives over the next several months. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Mike Gyoshi Kaplan | ||
12/15/2024 |
Stone Woman Gets Up DancingSometimes life is vibrant and luminous. Sometimes it is…not Categories: Dharma Talks |
Sallie Jiko Tisdale | ||
12/08/2024 |
Right Now!At the conclusion of Rohatsu Sesshin, Kakumyo gives a dharma talk that draws from and comments upon the talks he gave during retreat. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde | ||
12/01/2024 |
Going to the RootOn the day that Rohatsu sesshin begins, amidst cold, dark, and rain, Genko explores the value of rest, going deep, nourishing the roots of the earth. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Genko Rainwater | ||
11/24/2024 |
An Acquired TasteKakumyo talks about one aspect of our oryoki form, its symbolism, and what it shows us about dealing with our karma skillfully. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde | ||
11/17/2024 |
Interconnectedness in Divisive TimesThe political climate in our country is causing strong emotions to arise on both sides of the political spectrum. Our practice can help us respond skillfully, with wisdom and compassion. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Shin’yu Vitells | ||
11/10/2024 |
Where the Bodhisattvas StandJyoshin explores the Wisdom Sutras in relation to where a bodhisattva stands in relation to this changing world of conditions. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Jyoshin Clay | ||
11/03/2024 |
RespectKakumyo explores the continuum of respect and reverence, and how this might feed or confuse our enthusiasm for practice. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde | ||
10/20/2024 |
The Sacred EmotionsThe virtuous states of mind known as the brahmaviharas are a foundation of Buddhist teaching. It’s easy to get caught in their subtle net. We explore why these “sacred emotions” can be so difficult. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Sallie Jiko Tisdale | ||
10/06/2024 |
BrightnessKakumyo explores some of the side effects of meditation and a mindful life and how these have been worked with over time. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde | ||
09/29/2024 |
A Zazen of the HeartHow many ways are there to work with what arises in the heart/mind of meditation? Thoughts and feelings may not be two, but they are not one either. It may be helpful to explore at least one approach to feelings that differs from that of thoughts. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Robert Reian Glass | ||
09/22/2024 |
The Teaching of the ArhatsThere are many models that we elevate to inspire and inform our practice. One model that we don’t talk about a whole lot is the arhats. This talk fixes that. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde | ||
09/15/2024 |
Vow and Practice in PrisonGenko describes how she came to prison work and shares some of what she’s learned in doing it for the last 16 or so years. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Genko Rainwater | ||
09/08/2024 |
WishingWe begin to practice because of a wish – an aspiration. In Buddhism, this takes the form of the vow. Shohaku Okumura calls this “a stupid way of life.” Jiko’s talk explores what this means. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Sallie Jiko Tisdale | ||
09/01/2024 |
Dharma Talk by JyoshinCategories: Dharma Talks |
Jyoshin Clay | ||
08/25/2024 |
Cutting Through Spiritual IdealismYincheng’s dharma talk explores practicing non-attainment with Yongjia. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Yincheng Shih | ||
08/18/2024 |
Spiritual BypassSpiritual 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. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Mike Gyoshi Kaplan | ||
08/11/2024 |
Most HarmoniousHarmony 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. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde | ||
08/04/2024 |
Belonging and IndifferenceCategories: Dharma Talks |
Mark Sosetsu Stauffer | ||
07/28/2024 |
Responding to the Cries of the WorldThere seems to be so much suffering in the world right now that it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. How can we respond appropriately? Categories: Dharma Talks |
Shin’yu Vitells | ||
07/21/2024 |
Fix MeWe 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. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Sallie Jiko Tisdale | ||
07/14/2024 |
Dharma Talk by Flying FishCategories: Dharma Talks |
Flying Fish Murphy | ||
07/07/2024 |
Dharma Talk by KakumyoCategories: Dharma Talks |
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde | ||
06/30/2024 |
Making SenseJyoshin tells three stories that illustrate some aspect of non-verbal ways to experience the world. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Jyoshin Clay | ||
06/16/2024 |
The Dharma Gate of Joyful Ease“All beings want to move toward a state of ease.” What is ease in the Buddhist sense? And how do we move towards it? Categories: Dharma Talks |
Todd Tsuho Sattersten | ||
06/09/2024 |
Identity and the SelfGenko explores the relationship between pride in an identity that has experienced oppression and attachment to a constructed self. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Genko Rainwater | ||
06/02/2024 |
Staying Sane and Compassionate in this Wired WorldFaced 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. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Mike Gyoshi Kaplan | ||
05/19/2024 |
Taking RefugeMost 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 Sangha can help in our work with the Three Poisons. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Zonnyo Riger | ||
05/12/2024 |
TempleJyoshin 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. Categories: Dharma Talks |
Jyoshin Clay | ||
05/05/2024 |
Talk by JikoCategories: Dharma Talks |
Sallie Jiko Tisdale | ||
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