The Context of Practice, Henry Shukman (Video)
Meditations
Henry reminds us that Zen training is our own work, effort, commitment and investment of time and energy. Yet the context of practice pulls us outside of ourselves, out of
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Dharmatalk: Bringing the Mind Home
“… mindfulness … is a practice of becoming okay with what we have …” “… We have to let be, to let go …” Description: Ongoing series on basic Buddhism. The
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Zen’s Middle Way, Talk 1 from October’s Original Love Retreat
How could we ever be anywhere but at square one? …. it’s always here – just like this – and we are always equipped to find it. Henry opens this
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Solitary and Poor, Dharma Talk by Valerie Forstman
Enjoy this dharma talk from our October 10-11 Introduction to Mediation Retreat. Valerie Forstman explains what a teisho is, explores some of the great benefits of sitting meditation and introduces
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Poetry by CM Brown
Mountain Cloud Zen Center Sitting on the ground. The howl of the coyotes. No thing. No sitting. Zazen At the Zen Center in Sante Fe sit in silence, eating our
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The Mysterious/Unsolvable Zen Koans: Henry interviewed by Kevin Rose
A koan is a riddle or puzzle that Zen Buddhists use during meditation to help them unravel greater truths about the world and about themselves. Zen masters have been testing
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Dharmatalk: Case 100, Book of Equanimity: Roya’s “Mountains and Rivers”
“Meditation is bound to fail if it is being done to fix a problem.” ~ Barry Magid Description: In Case 100, a monk asks Master Kaku a question and the master’s
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Dharmatalk: One Infinite Gratitude
“… Zen practice offers stillness and silence …” “…dissolving the great Gordian knot of self …” Description: Gratitude for Buddha, Dharma and Sangha unites all the divergent streams of Buddhism.
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Dharmatalk: Case 98, Book of Equanimity: Tozan’s “Intimate with It” (Part 1 of 2)
“… the single, infinite, empty fact that is always, powerfully, right here, now …” I am always most intimate with it. ~Tôzan Description: This talk begins by addressing the difference
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