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Three Types of Compassion

The first in-person meeting at No Abode since 2020

Great compassion, Suzuki Roshi, Emotions, difficulty, Vimalakirti
Jul 10 2021
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Rounding Out Three months of Lotus Sutra Study

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community

Lotus Sutra, Samadhi, Lotus Sutra, Samadhi, difficulty
Feb 05 2021
Zoom

February 5th, 2021, Serial No. 04551

Lotus Sutra, Samadhi, difficulty
Feb 05 2021

January 25th, 2021, Serial No. 04546

Lotus Sutra, Emptiness, difficulty
Jan 25 2021

Beyond Knowing: Zen's Attentional Path

Serial: RB-03064

Zen-Riffs

Bodhisattva, Practice, difficulty
Aug 12 2020
Johanneshof

Teachings for the Welfare of the World

In this summer series, teachings will be offered for those who aspire to embrace and sustain the great earth and all living beings in order to realize peace and freedom in our troubled world

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YRB-2019-Summer, Evil, Priest, Balance, American, Building, War, japanese, difficulty...
Jul 30 2019
6/7
The Yoga Room

Teachings for the Welfare of the World

In this summer series, teachings will be offered for those who aspire to embrace and sustain the great earth and all living beings in order to realize peace and freedom in our troubled world.
...

YRB-2019-Summer, Silence, Transmission, true dharma, Religion, Passions, Suzuki Roshi...
Jul 02 2019
2/7
The Yoga Room

Silent Sitting & Social Action

Zen students often ask how our practice of silence and stillness relates to injustice and our environmental crisis. In this class we explore this question and study the intimate interplay of...

YRB-2018-Fall, Silence, Attachment, Daily Life, Desire, Duality, Tassajara Zen...
Nov 27 2018
7 of 7
The Yoga Room

Silent Sitting & Social Action

Zen students often ask how our practice of silence and stillness relates to injustice and our environmental crisis. In this class we explore this question and study the intimate interplay of...

YRB-2018-Fall, Impermanence, Building, Passions, Funeral, Beginners, Duality, Doubt,...
Nov 06 2018
4 of 7
The Yoga Room

Silent Sitting & Social Action

Zen students often ask how our practice of silence and stillness relates to injustice and our environmental crisis. In this class we explore this question and study the intimate interplay of...

YRB-2018-Fall, Silence, Bodhisattva Vow, Ego, Priest, Breath, Letting Go, difficulty...
Oct 30 2018
3 of 7
The Yoga Room

Guidance or Control

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

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

November 8th, 2016, Serial No. 04328

Generosity, War, difficulty
Nov 08 2016

October 23rd, 2016, Serial No. 04317

resistance, difficulty, Emotions
Oct 23 2016

October 23rd, 2016, Serial No. 04319

resistance, difficulty, Emotions
Oct 23 2016

December 5th, 2014, Serial No. 04182

difficulty, Tassajara, Bodhisattva Way
Dec 05 2014

June 22nd, 2014, Serial No. 04138

Doubt, difficulty, Study
Jun 22 2014

Facing Change and Realizing Peace 

Commitment, Soto Zen, difficulty, Obstacles, Buddha Nature
Aug 09 2012
The Yoga Room

Facing Change and Realizing Peace 

Commitment, difficulty, Japan, Funeral
Aug 02 2012
The Yoga Room

December 11th, 2011, Serial No. 03916

Suzuki Roshi, Sesshin, difficulty
Dec 11 2011

The Bodhisattva's Creativity and Freedom 

Monkey Mind, Practice Period, Hindrances, difficulty, Bodhisattva Way
Dec 01 2011
The Yoga Room

Zen Stories 

Intimacy, Koan, Interview, difficulty, Zendo
Apr 28 2011
The Yoga Room

Embracing Lifes Zen Continuum

Duality, Emptiness, difficulty
Jan 12 2011

October 9th, 2010, Serial No. 03774

difficulty, Ego, Bodhidharma
Oct 09 2010

Training for the Selfless Heart 

Bodhidharma, Addiction, difficulty, Enthusiasm, Bodhisattva Way
Apr 15 2010
The Yoga Room

Cultivating Aliveness Through Zen Wisdom

Serial: RB-04010

Seminar_Minds_of-Zazen

Stillness, difficulty, Time
Jun 2009
Rastenberg

Zen Meditation as Bodhisattva Vow

During this course, we will study the bodhisattva vow, to see how the compassionate intentions of enlightening beings generate, work, and play with the mind of enlightenment to promote peace and...

Nirvana, Bodhisattva Vow, resistance, Faith, Buddha Nature, difficulty
Aug 14 2007
The Yoga Room

Enlightenment is the Silent Bond 

Discrimination, Religion, Desire, difficulty
Apr 01 2007
Green Gulch Farm

The Teachings of Chao Chou

Serial: SF-00927

Sunday Lecture: the stories of Chao Chou; Hsin Hsin Ming - koan("I alone am the World-Honored One"); mu - cutting through yes and no; not holding to preferences

Time, Discrimination, difficulty
Mar 11 2007
Green Gulch

2006.02.03-serial.00120

Anger, Happiness, Gratitude, Dragons, Attachment, Chanting, Greed, Enemies, Sangha,...
Feb 03 2006

Nirvana, The Waterfall

Serial: SF-03495

Sesshin 3 Day 2

Time, difficulty, Pain
Mar 24 2005
Tassajara

Giving and Receiving in Harmony

Practice, difficulty, Ceremony
Nov 22 2000
City Center

May 1999 talk, Serial No. 02918

Right Speech, japanese, difficulty
May 1999

Sunday Lecture

Time, Practice, difficulty
Jul 17 1988
Green Gulch

Sunday Lecture

Time, Breath, difficulty
Sep 27 1987
Green Gulch

On the Monks of the Last Days

Serial: NC-01111

"On the Monks of the Last Days", Chapter Talk

OSB Cam, Faith, difficulty, Peace
Feb 1984
New Clairvaux Abbey

Posture: Gravity and Spirit

Serial: BZ-00046A

Saturday Lecture

Zazen, Time, difficulty
Jan 15 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Fundraising for the New Zendo

Serial: BZ-00007B

What is Our Basis?, Sesshin Day 4

Fundraising, Zendo, Berkeley Zen Center, Sangha, Samadhi, difficulty, Zendo
May 22 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Eternal Wisdom in Impermanent Reality

Impermanence, Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, difficulty, Buddha Mind, Emotions, Buddha...
May 07 1982

Embracing Bodhisattva Challenges with Compassion

Lotus Sutra, Intimacy, Compassion, difficulty, Evil, Discrimination, Offering,...
Apr 23 1982

Enlightenment Paths: Bridging Complexity and Unity

Lotus Sutra, Evil, Mahayana, Buddha Nature, Sangha, Culture, Lay, difficulty...
Apr 09 1982

Enlightenment: Personal Realization, Communal Validation

training, Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Mind...
Mar 19 1982

Zen Balance in Body and Mind

Eight Awarenesses, Commitment, difficulty
Feb 26 1979

Keizan Zenji: Catalyst of Soto Zen

Soto Zen, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, realization, Lay, difficulty
Sep 11 1975

Zen Power Struggles at Ehe-ji

Transmission, Bell, Building, Soto Zen, Rinzai, difficulty, lecture, Bodhidharma...
Sep 10 1975

Embracing the Continuum of Existence

Separation, Gratitude, Zendo, Enemies, Transmission, Nirvana, Emotions, difficulty,...
Sep 1975

Birth and Death as Nirvana

Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Obstacles, Patience, difficulty, Attachment, Compassion,...
Dec 01 1972

Zen Koans: Paths to Imperturbability

Ego, Consciousness, training, lecture, Lotus Sutra, confusion, Manjushri, Beginners,...
Oct 17 1972

Interwoven Paths of Zen Actualization

Interdependence, difficulty, Teacher-and-Student, Dragons, Consciousness, Ego, Evil,...
Apr 1972

Nowness: Interconnectedness in Zen Practice

Building, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, confusion, difficulty, Community, training,...
Feb 1972

Beyond Thoughts: Zen's Path to Liberation

Pain, Beginners, Birth-and-Death, Hate, Commitment, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...
Dec 06 1971

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