Dharmatalk: Koan Study: Why Bother?
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“… a glimpse of another order of things, in an experience of awakening from the “dream” of what we have taken our lives to be …” Description: This talk is about
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Family Matters: Welcoming the New Year 2019 by Ruben Habito
Dear Brothers and Sisters of our Sanbo Zen Community, Let me begin by citing from an inspiring sermon I heard at a Eucharistic celebration on the Feast of the Holy
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Dharmatalk: A Well That Has Not Been Dug
In a well that has not been dug, water is rippling from a spring that does not flow; There, someone with no shadow or form is drawing the water. Description: This
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Dharmatalk: Love is the Teaching
It is empty, nameless, all-embracing love Description: The Blue Cliff Record is a classic collection of koans compiled by Setcho (Xuedou) in 1028. Each koan has a corresponding verse composed
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Dharmatalk: Case 75, Book of Equanimity: Zuigan’s “Everlasting Truth” (Part 2)
Description: This talk continues the discussion of Case 75 and the wonder of practice. Zuigan has asked Ganto if there is an unchanging, everlasting reality. This can be taken as
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Dharmatalk: Case 75, Book of Equanimity: Zuigan’s “Everlasting Truth” (Part 1)
“… We’re facing, in all its magnitude and wonder, the fact of existing …” Description: To live in accord with the Dharma offers an alternative to the world of knowing-getting-having. In
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Dharmatalk: Why Practice
“… To be aware of breath means to be aware of being alive …” Description: This talk offers some reflections on a path of practice, and how it can help support
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Dharmatalk: Ruben Habito: The Oak Tree in the Garden – Guest Episode
“… it is here, right here and now, that the gateway to the infinite, … is found …” ~ Ruben Habito Description: Ruben Roshi likens koans to a GPS for
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