Message from Henry: Setcho’s verse to Case 2 of the Blue Cliff Record, Part 2
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The Dharma of Deconstruction, by David Loy, Part 1 of 2
For Nagarjuna, the world as we commonly experience it is a linguistic construct. The fundamental insight of what is known as the “linguistic turn” in twentieth-century Western thought is that
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Teisho: A Love So Great
“… What is this activity? … the principle of ultimate compassion, of love …” The bodhisattva doesn’t control themselves, they’re controlled by the needs around them. Description: Henry references several koans
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Sangha Meeting Minutes: June 2, 2018
Thank you to all who attended our June 2 sangha meeting. Attendees are listed at the end of this report. We have three sangha meetings per year. We are
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Between the Human Animal and the Animate Earth (Part 2b of 6)
“… the sacredness of our human inter-being with the rest of nature …“ Description: This is the second in a three-part series of spontaneous conversations between Henry and David Abram. Henry and David
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What is Eco-dharma, by David Loy
…practicing in nature, clarifying the ecological implications of Buddhism, and using that understanding to engage in the eco-activism… Ecodharma is a relatively new word, and its meaning is by no
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Between the Human Animal and the Animate Earth (Part 2a of 6)
“… the sacredness of our human inter-being with the rest of nature …“ Description: This is the second in a three-part series of spontaneous conversations between Henry and David Abram. Henry and David
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Teisho: Case 67, Book of Equanimity: Wisdom in the Kegon Sutra
Koans are dark to the mind but radiant to the heart Description: This talk centers on Case 67, which is taken from the Kegon Sutra. The Buddha says, “Now I
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Fully Human
To be fully human – that’s the project. To do that, the key is dropping the self, being liberated from a constricted notion of self, forgetting self, seeing through self
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Earth as Witness: International Dharma Teacher’s Statement on Climate Change
We can use the climate crisis as a catalyst to acknowledge the consequences of our craving for more and more material wealth and the pursuit of power and realize we
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