Message from Henry: Unexpected Potential
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Mindful Awareness
All conditions and experiences are valid for practice. Buddha’s teaching on mindful awareness practice is broad: it covers a lot of bases. Be mindful of body posture, of short breath,
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Rohatsu Sesshin Talk 6 of 6: A Guide to the Museum Called “Me” (Part 3)
“… our life, our very existence becomes an ongoing service …” Description: This teisho is the sixth and final talk from the 2017 Rohatsu sesshin. Henry revisits the four levels of “the museum
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Rohatsu Sesshin Talk 5 of 6: A Guide to the Museum Called “Me” (Part 2)
“… the gate of ease and joy …” ~ Dogen Description: This teisho is the fifth talk from the 2017 Rohatsu sesshin. (The fourth talk was a “silent teisho.”) Henry recaps the
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Rohatsu Sesshin Talk 3 of 6: Case 69, Book of Equanimity: Nansen’s “Cats and Cows”
“… a state of stillness, peace and freedom …” Description: This teisho is the third talk from the 2017 Rohatsu sesshin. It begins with the various ways human beings have addressed the
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Photo from our 2018 Summer Sesshin
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Rohatsu Sesshin Talk 2 of 6: Humility Conquers All
Description: This teisho is the second talk from the 2017 Rohatsu sesshin. The central topic is humility. Henry begins with the story of Father Foucauld, a French monk living in Algeria in
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Rohatsu Sesshin Talk 1 of 6: A Guide to the Museum Called “Me” (Part 1)
Description: This teisho is the first talk from the 2017 Rohatsu sesshin. The objective is to outline a guide to two levels of “the museum called ‘me,’” beginning with an excerpt
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