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Protecting and Liberating All Beings

A residential weekend retreat at Mount Madonna.

#MtMadonna-2021-Fall, Compassion, Paramitas, Intimacy, Observe, Zazen, Bodhidharma,...
Nov 19 2021
Mount Madonna Center

Sangha Jewel

American, Building, Religion, Ordination, Dana
Jun 19 2021
Berkeley Zen Center

Alignment

Balance, Buddha Nature, Berkeley Zen Center, American, Yogachara
Apr 24 2021

Spiritual Formation

Continuous, Berkeley Zen Center, American, Dharma Transmission
Mar 20 2021

Women Ancestors Class 3

Blue Cliff Record, Gratitude, Soto Zen, soto, Lineage, Vows, Transmission, Culture,...
Dec 01 2020

Looking Back To Look Forward

Emotions, Blue Cliff Record, Diversity, Culture, Enemies, New Year, Dharma...
Nov 14 2020

All-Sangha Meeting

Practice Position, Conversation, Fundraising, Peace, Zoom, Impermanence, Bell,...
Sep 13 2020

Appropriate Action

Avalokiteshvara, Right Speech, Lotus Sutra, Book of Serenity, Describe, Diversity,...
Sep 12 2020

Humpty Dumpty

Repentance, Platform Sutra, Politics, Karma, Peace, Ordination, Teacher-and-Student,...
Sep 05 2020

Zazen Refresher

Posture, Instruction, Concentration, Beginners, Bowing, Chanting, American, Building...
Sep 04 2020

Thinking and Non-Thinking

Right Speech, training, Four Noble Truths, Interview, Instruction, American,...
Aug 22 2020

Virtual Skit Night

Offering, Zoom, Hate, Posture, American, Lay, Transmission, Discrimination,...
Jul 13 2020

Teaching Truth

War, Enemies, American, Ego, Evil, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Hate, Offering...
Jul 11 2020

Public Dokusan 3

Nirvana Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Commitment, Nirvana, American, Platform Sutra...
Jul 03 2020

Harmony Of Diversity

Big Mind, War, Diversity, Priest, Karma, Duality, American, Politics, Impermanence,...
Jun 20 2020

Everything Is Burning

training, American, Karma, Emotions, Greed, Politics, Bodhisattva Vow, Building,...
Jun 06 2020

Notes From The Abbot

Birth-and-Death, Discrimination, Intimacy, Continuous, American, Non-discrimination,...
Apr 18 2020

Buddha's Birthday

Birth-and-Death, Buddha's Birthday, Continuous, Instruction, Religion, American...
Apr 11 2020

Historical Context and the Evolution of Buddhist Understanding of Karma

Karma, causation, Mahayana, Religion, Greed, Tassajara, Vows, Culture, American, War...
Feb 15 2020

Joshu's Quotes: Preference, Non-Preference

Passions, American, Politics, Intuition, Duality, Culture, Doubt, War, Lay
Dec 04 2019

The Meaning of Shakymuni Buddha's Enlightenment, Part 2: Hsin Hsin Ming

Subject-and-Object, Aspects of Practice, confusion, Offering, Doubt, Peace, Duality,...
Dec 03 2019

Copenhagen Teachings

Conversation, Funeral, Intimacy, Equanimity, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, American,...
Sep 14 2019

Beloved Community

Serial: BZ-02697

Study Sesshin AM

 

American, Building, Diversity, War, soto, Repentance, Soto Zen, Priest, Non-violence...
Sep 07 2019

Beloved Community

Serial: BZ-02698

Study Sesshin PM

 

Enemies, Hate, Lotus Sutra, Evil, Bodhisattva Way, Vows, Oneness, Bodhisattva Vow,...
Sep 07 2019

The Blue Mountain and the White Cloud

American, Teacher-and-Student, Interdependence, Lotus Sutra, Culture, Priest, Big...
Jul 27 2019

Sojun Roshi's 90th Birthday Party

Building, Dharma Transmission, Lay, Teacher-and-Student, Tassajara, Fundraising,...
Jul 20 2019

Beat Zen Square Zen and Zen

Monastic Practice, Duality, Non-duality, Birth-and-Death, true dharma, American, Lay...
Jul 13 2019

About the Shuso

Serial: BZ-02688

Sesshin Day 5

 

Practice Period, Bell, Tassajara, Posture, Cultivation, Mindfulness, Precepts,...
Jun 23 2019

Negative Capability Sesshin

training, Bodhisattva Vow, Doubt, Aspects of Practice, Heart Sutra, Vows, American,...
Jan 12 2019

Compassion Flexibility the Victims of Paradise

Building, Global Warming, Right Speech, Offering, American, Happiness, Religion, Ego...
Nov 17 2018

Ending Racism

Mindfulness, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Current Events, American, Happiness, Observe,...
Aug 25 2018

Questions of Old Age

Practice Position, Emotions, Equanimity, Impermanence, Mindfulness, American,...
Aug 18 2018

State of the Union

Composure, Politics, American, Demons, Silence, Greed, Passions, Evil, Conversation,...
Jun 30 2018

Spring Rain

Big Mind, Platform Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Ordination, Buddha Nature, Lotus Sutra...
Apr 14 2018

Witness to the Rohingas

Religion, Greed, Liberation, Culture, American, Peace, Fox, Patience, resistance,...
Mar 31 2018

The Therigata

Right Speech, Right Effort, Ordination, Humility, Mahayana, Discrimination,...
Mar 03 2018

Guidance or Control

Control is antithetical to enlightenment; NASA control center and GPS guidance systems; granddaughter's pacifier

Birth-and-Death, difficulty, Describe, Transmission, Zendo, American, Patience...
Feb 03 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Hyakujo Sits on the Sublime Peak

Serial: BZ-02591

Sesshin

 

BCR-26, Separation, Monastic Practice, Lineage, Bodhidharma, Interview, Bowing,...
Jan 13 2018

Birth And Death

Birth-and-Death, Karma, Emotions, Death-and-Dying, Funeral, Continuous, Buddha Nature...
Dec 02 2017

Peter talks about Elsicia Easley visit

Bell, Separation, Instruction, American, Peace, Attachment
Oct 02 2017

Ordinary Mind is the Way

Ordinary Mind, Intuition, Conversation, Teacher-and-Student, Non-duality, Beginners,...
Jul 29 2017

Practice with Earth Day

Anger, true dharma, Attachment, Hate, Building, Avalokiteshvara, Buddha Nature,...
Apr 22 2017

Control

Conversation, American, Peace, Fox, Politics, Funeral, Impermanence, Observe,...
Mar 11 2017

Skillful Means and Anger

Anger, Greed, Four Noble Truths, Observe, Religion, Peace, Attachment, Diversity,...
Mar 05 2017

Seijiki: Calling Hungry Heart

Peace, Offering, Dragons, Interview, Observe, Passions, Describe, American, Priest...
Oct 29 2016

Watering Seeds of Wholesomeness

Anger, Happiness, training, Diversity, Patience, Culture, Precepts, American,...
Oct 15 2016

Yogacara Teaching and Suzuki Roshi

Culture, American, Interdependence, Heart Sutra, Emotions, Dependent Origination,...
Jul 16 2016

Effort: The Book of Serenity and Not Forcing Things

Book of Serenity, Right Effort, American, Gaining Mind, Duality, Posture, Harmonizing...
Jul 09 2016

The Way of Tenderness

Oneness, Diversity, Duality, Four Noble Truths, Non-duality, Anger, Dharma...
Apr 23 2016

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