Dogen Zenji, Part 1 of 2
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“In spring hundreds of flowers, in autumn the clear moon, In summer a cool breeze, and in winter the white snow, if your mind is free of vanity, then every season is
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Teisho: Case 57, Book of Equanimity: Gon’yô’s One Thing
“… when you experience sight and sound with your whole body and mind, you are swallowed whole, so to speak. We are swallowed by the moment.” Description: The focus of this
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Retreat to the Mountains
A thousand clouds, ten thousand streams, Here I live, an idle man, Roaming green peaks by day, Back to sleep by cliffs at night. One by one, springs and
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Teisho: Shukman: Case 1, The Blue Cliff Record, Bodhidharma’s “Clear and Void”
“… Sitting is how we embody zen … It is “the complete continuation of the practice of Bodhidharma in his cave … it is one, unbroken fact.” Description: The focus
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Dogen: Every Step is Home
Treading along in this dreamlike, illusory realm, Without looking for the traces I may have left; A cuckoo’s song beckons me to return home, Hearing this, I tilt my head
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Teisho: Koans & Why We Study Them
“… the world that koans reveal grows evermore in wondrous beauty …” Description: This teisho centers on koans and why it is worthwhile to study them. Henry likens koan study to
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Dogen: Portrait
If you take this portrait of me to be real,
Then what am I, really?
But why hang it there,
If not to anticipate people getting to know me?
Looking
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Teisho: Case 46, The Gateless Gate: “Stepping Forward From the Top of a Pole”
“… Our whole body is all things. Our entire existence is one practice …” Description: This talk centers on the koan, “Stepping Forward From the Top of a Pole,” Case 46
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Photos from the Mountain Cloud Garden, July 2017
Enjoy these photos from our garden of earthly delights…
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Video: The Moment That Still IS …
I was given this greatest opportunity of all opportunities – to be a human being. ~ Henry Shukman Based on his own direct experience of dying without dying, Henry Shukman talks
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