Teisho: Case 56, Book of Equanimity: “Misshi and the White Rabbit”
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“… “Just this” is waiting in the middle of our lives, of our existence …” Description: The focus of this talk is the koan, “Misshi and the White Rabbit,” Case 56
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Koan: Seizei the Poor
A monk, Seizei, asked Master Sôzan in all earnestness… Seizei is alone and poor. I beg you, Master, please help me to become prosperous. San said, Venerable Zei! Yes, Master!
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Teisho: Sutra: “On Opening the Dharma”
Description: This talk focuses on the sutra, “On Opening the Dharma,” which reads: The Dharma, incomparably profound and minutely subtle, Is rarely encountered Even in hundreds of thousands of millions of ages;
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Henry Shukman: Shinku and Shunyata
“Being here is not what we take it to be.” Henry Shukman shares his thoughts on shinku and shunyata, true vast emptiness, as defined and encoutered in Zen and Buddhist
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Two Poems from a Mountain Retreat, Dogen
In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection. The moon Beyond the peak Is not my companion on this hill, For it
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Dogen: Zazen Practice
The moon mirrored By a mind free Of all distractions; Even the waves, breaking, Are reflecting its light. ~ Zen Master Dogen ~~~ Text from the Zen Poetry of Dogen:
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In Search of the Sacred, by David Loy, Part 4 of 4
Enlightenment, we might well say, is the means by which the self-organizing cosmos wakes up. Read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of this series by David Loy. The
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Teisho: Sesshin Day 5, Case 14 of The Book of Equanimity
“Coming to what has grown up in the nursery of the mighty tree of Buddha’s awakening…to a refuge of practice…we are being taught how to live as helpful humans.” Description: This
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In Search of the Sacred, by David Loy, Part 3 of 4
What if we try to understand the physical universe according to a biological model—that is, as alive? Read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. For the Protestant reformers, secular
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Teisho: Sesshin Day 4, Case 13 of The Gateless Gate
“All we really have to do is get out of the way and the beautiful energy of the practice will just take over.” “… we learn to let go and
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