Teachings
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Teisho: Yamada Ryoun Roshi: Isan’s Karma-Consciousness, Case 37, Shoyoroku, Book of Equanimity (Part 2 of 4)
June 9, 20161 min read
Case 37: Isan asked Kyôzan, “Suppose a man asks you, saying, 'All living beings are tossed in a vast karma-consciousness. Does this karma-consciousness have any origin from which it arises?' How would you check him?” Kyôzan said, “If such a monk appears, I call out to him, 'Mr. So-and-so!' When he turns his head, instantly I say, 'What is this?' If he hesitates, then I say to him, 'Not only is there a vast karma-consciousness,...
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Healing Ecology: Discovering Our Collective Place in the World, by David R Loy, Part 1 of 3
June 6, 20164 min read
In the article below, Buddhist scholar David Loy explores the parallels between our individual and collective journey to understand who and what we are, the traps that we fall into the the path to belonging. Originally Published in One Earth Sangha, we are publishing the article in three installments. As a complex religious tradition, or group of traditions, Buddhism has a lot to say about the natural world. Passages in many Buddhist texts reveal sensitivity to...
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Flowers Fall, from Genjokoan
June 3, 20161 min read
When all things are the Buddha Dharma, there is illusion and enlightenment, practice, birth death, Buddhas and sentient beings. When all things are without self, there is no illusion or enlightenment, no birth or death, no Buddhas or sentient beings. The Buddha way is originally beyond any fullness and lack, and for that reason, there is birth and death, illusion and enlightenment, sentient beings, and Buddhas. Yet for all that, flowers fall amid our regret and yearning, and hated...
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Teisho: Yamada Ryoun Roshi: Joshu’s Dog (Part 1 of 4)
June 2, 20161 min read
Description: Yamada Ryoun Roshi, Abbot of the Sanbo Zen lineage from Kamakura, Japan, gives his first teisho of the North American Sanbo Zen (NASZ) sesshin for 2016, on Joshu’s Dog. In his introduction, Roshi stresses the primary purpose for practicing Zen. Settling the mind and many other fruits of practice are not the primary purpose. They are byproducts of Zen, while discovering our true nature, and then living up to it, is the real purpose. Listen...
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Photos from the May 5th Re-dedication Ceremony
May 27, 20161 min read
Photos from our recent re-dedication ceremony with Ryoun Yamada Roshi. The zendo and grounds were filled with sangha friends from near and far. Thank you to all who made it a splendid afternoon. Roshi opens the eyes of our new Buddha A fine spread of food thanks to Sandy Anderson and volunteers Photos courtesy of Cherie Manifest Deep Gassho Cherie
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Teisho: Yamada Ryoun Roshi: Mountain Cloud Rededication
May 26, 20161 min read
Description: Abbot of Sanbo Zen, Yamada Ryoun Roshi from Kamakura, Japan, gives this talk to an overflowing zendo in honor of Mountain Cloud’s rededication ceremony. With over a hundred people somehow crowded into the zendo and the lobby, the Roshi recognizes Mountain Cloud founder Philip Kapleau, and expresses his personal aspiration, as Abbot of the Sanbo Zen lineage, for Mountain Cloud to become the North American center for Sanbo Zen activities. He believes that North America...
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Five Blossoms
May 23, 20161 min read
I originally came to China to transmit the teaching and save deluded beings. One flower opens five petals, and the fruit ripens itself. - Bodhidharma, according to Huineng If evil flowers bloom in the mind-ground, Five blossoms flower from the stem. Together they will create the karma of ignorance; Now the mind-ground is blown by the winds of karma. If correct flowers bloom in the mind-ground, Five blossoms flower from the stem. Together practice the prajna wisdom; In the future this will be the enlightenment of the...
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Teisho: Love and the Three Treasures
May 19, 20161 min read
“Love is the opposite of separation.” Description: In this short Valentines Day, Sunday morning talk, Henry explores love: our love for the practice and the abiding love practice has for us. In this latter love, we are gently led to intrinsic, non-separate true nature. Henry shows how the nature of love is embedded in the three treasures: “Buddha discovered no separation. Dharma points to no separation. Sangha manifests no separation.” Post Image Credit: Flora by AliceKeyStudio, CC0 Public...
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