Beyond McMindfulness, by David Loy and Ron Purser, Part 1
Meditations
…the rush to secularize and commodify mindfulness into a marketable technique may be leading to an unfortunate denaturing of this ancient practice. Suddenly mindfulness meditation has become mainstream, making its
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Teisho: Grief, Anger and Delusion: What are we doing when we sit?
“There is not a hair’s-breadth of difference between oneself and others in the limitless universe; heaven, earth and I are of the same root.” ~ Henry Shukman Description: Henry opens this compelling
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Buddhism in the West, by Maria Reis Habito, Part 3
Even though the development of Buddhism in the West followed different trajectories in different countries, there are certain common characteristics. One of them is the emphasis on an existential and
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Teisho: Case 28, Book of Equanimity: Gokoku’s “Three Disgraces” Part 1 of 2
“This whole being called me is just a hole.” Description: Case 28: Book of Equanimity: Gokoku’s “Three Disgraces” Part 1 of 2 A monk asked Gokoku, “How about when a crane
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Recovery of Our Shadow, by Ruben Habito, Part 4 of 4
That thou art. Click to read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of Recovery of our Shadow The practice of seated meditation in Zen, where we place ourselves fully
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Rediscovering the Breath, by Ruben Habito, Part 2 of 2
…familiarization with the breath is what we experience as we go on in our practice: the connection between our zazen and the rest of our daily life… Excerpted from Healing
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Teisho: Case 19 Book of Equanimity, Unmon’s Mt. Sumeru, Part 1 of 3
Description: In this teisho, Henry begins an exploration of the compact koan, Unmon’s Mt. Sumeru: A monk asked Unmon, “Not a single thought arises: is there any fault or not?” Unmon
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The Three Refuges: Part 1, The Buddha
Buddham saranam gacchami Dhammam saranam gacchami Sangham saranam gacchami Written By Ruben Habito Part I–The Buddha Refuge My task in the next three talks is to articulate what happens when
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Summer Sesshin Part 3 of 4: Case 17 Book of Equanimity: Hogen’s “Hairsbreadth”
Episode Description: This third teisho of the summer sesshin explores Case 17 in the Book of Equanimity. Hogen’s: “If there only is a hairsbreadth of difference, it is the distance between heaven
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