Listening to the Voices of the Great Wide Earth, Part 2 of 3
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How may I live my life realizing that the wounded world is my own true self, I am that, crying out in pain? Click to read Listening to the Voices
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The Ecological Crisis: Can Buddhism Help? Reflection by David Loy
“We are here to overcome the illusion of our separation.” — Thich Nhat Hanh “I came to realize Weed seed puff clearly that mind is nothing other than mountains
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Listening to the Voices of the Great Wide Earth, Part 1 of 3
“I came to realize clearly that the mind is not other than mountains, rivers, the great wide earth, sun, moon, stars”. -Dogen This is a passage from thirteenth century Zen
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Spring Sesshin Part 1 of 2, Mu Koan
Episode Description: This talk, the first during our spring sesshin, introduces the Koan Mu and addresses the challenges that arise during a first sesshin. Henry compares zen practice to musical instrument
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The Dharma of Alienation: Part 2 of 2
In response to the delusion of separation and alienation, Buddhist teachings emphasize interconnectedness. Overcoming Alienation All the above (click to read Dharma of Alienation Part 1) is an effort to
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The Dharma of Alienation: Part 1 of 2
New media technologies sometimes encourage a kind of “hyper-individualism” because we spend less and less time meeting and interacting with other people – often not even with members of our
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Enter…the Bodhisattva, Part 2 of 2
Is there something specific within the Buddhist tradition that can bring these two types of transformation together in a new model of activism connecting inner and outer practice? Enter…the bodhisattva.
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Toward a New Buddhist Story: Part 3 of 3
We who have language assume we are superior to animals. In fact, our linguistic representations of the world are superior to the world itself, since they can control it. Ironically,
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The Unfamiliar Familiar: Part 4 of 6
The scriptures do not merely speak about the deconstruction of preconception; they enact it. Click to read The Unfamiliar Familiar Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. In the early
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Sanbo (Three Treasures) Zen: Part 3 of 3
Joan Rieck presented this piece at an international conference held at Tiantong Monastery in China in the Fall of 2014 – the very temple where Dogen had his great enlightenment
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