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Silence Talks
Silence is the absence of ambient audible sound, the emission of sounds of such low intensity that they do not draw attention to themselves, or the state of having ceased to produce sounds; this latter sense can be extended to apply to the cessation or absence of any form of communication, whether through speech or other medium. Remaining mute can be a symptom of mental illness.
Sometimes speakers fall silent when they hesitate in searching for a word, or interrupt themselves before correcting themselves. Discourse analysis shows that people use brief silences to mark the boundaries of prosodic units, in turn-taking, or as reactive tokens, for example, as a sign of displeasure, disagreement, embarrassment, desire to think, confusion, and the like. Relatively prolonged intervals of silence can be used in rituals; in some religious disciplines, people maintain silence for protracted periods, or even for the rest of their lives, as an ascetic means of spiritual transformation.
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The Non-Duality of Silence and Language Silence, Transmission, Perfect Wisdom, Non-duality, Balance, Duality, Observe, Heart... |
Nov 23 2019 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Stories of EnlightenmentIn our class this fall we will contemplate and converse about several stories of Zen practice and enlightenment. Our contemplation and conversations will naturally bring up questions and concerns... YRB-2019-Fall, Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Commitment, Japan, Patience,... |
Oct 17 2019 3/7 The Yoga Room |
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Striding Off The Hundred-Foot Pole confusion, Culture, Hindrances, Passions, Peace, Silence, Vow, War |
Aug 17 2019 |
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Wandering Away from Our Original Home in Search of Our Original Home Daily Life, Don't Know Mind, Obstacles, Priest, Silence |
Aug 10 2019 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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Teachings for the Welfare of the WorldIn 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, Commitment, Humility, Money, Silence |
Aug 06 2019 7/7 The Yoga Room |
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Teachings for the Welfare of the WorldIn 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, Addiction, Bell, Duality, Interview, Japan, Mindfulness, Silence,... |
Jul 23 2019 5/7 The Yoga Room |
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Teachings for the Welfare of the WorldIn 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, Japan, Don't Know Mind, Soto Zen |
Jul 16 2019 4/7 The Yoga Room |
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Teachings for the Welfare of the WorldIn 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, Birth-and-Death, Breath, Emotions, Funeral, Interview, Practice... |
Jul 09 2019 3/7 The Yoga Room |
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Teachings for the Welfare of the WorldIn 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, Religion, Passions, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen,... |
Jul 02 2019 2/7 The Yoga Room |
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Teachings for the Welfare of the WorldSerial: RA-04487 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... YRB-2019-Summer, Stillness, Silence, Karma |
Jul 02 2019 2/7 The Yoga Room |
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Teachings for the Welfare of the WorldIn 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, Enthusiasm, Evil, Karmic Consciousness, Letting Go, Silence,... |
Jun 25 2019 1/7 The Yoga Room |
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Tosotsu's Three BarriersSerial: BZ-02684 Sesshin Day 1
Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Mind, Buddha Nature, Composure, Equanimity,... |
Jun 19 2019 |
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A Conversation about Principle and Phenomena Buddha Mind, confusion, Don't Know Mind, Harmonizing, Heart Sutra, Japan,... |
May 18 2019 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Buddha ActivityThe work of buddhas — buddha activity — is realizing intimacy and liberation in conversation together with all beings. In this series of meetings we will contemplate what it is to fully engage with... YRB-2019-Spring, Karmic Consciousness, Silence, Intimacy, Ego, Nirvana, Teacher-and-... |
Apr 16 2019 7/7 The Yoga Room |
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Buddha ActivityThe work of buddhas — buddha activity — is realizing intimacy and liberation in conversation together with all beings. In this series of meetings we will contemplate what it is to fully engage with... YRB-2019-Spring, Bodhidharma, cognitive process, Ego, Faith, Silence, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Apr 02 2019 5/7 The Yoga Room |
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Silent Awakening Through Interconnected Stillness Stillness, Silence, Bodhidharma |
Apr 02 2019 |
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Buddha ActivityThe work of buddhas — buddha activity — is realizing intimacy and liberation in conversation together with all beings. In this series of meetings we will contemplate what it is to fully engage with... YRB-2019-Spring, Silence, Interdependence, Attachment, Mahayana |
Mar 26 2019 4/7 The Yoga Room |
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Buddha ActivityThe work of buddhas — buddha activity — is realizing intimacy and liberation in conversation together with all beings. In this series of meetings we will contemplate what it is to fully engage with... YRB-2019-Spring, Buddha Mind, Commitment, Duality, Faith, Intimacy, Separation,... |
Mar 12 2019 2/7 The Yoga Room |
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Let the Mystery Be Building, Culture, Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Posture, Practice Period, Priest, Silence... |
Mar 09 2019 |
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Buddha ActivityThe work of buddhas — buddha activity — is realizing intimacy and liberation in conversation together with all beings. In this series of meetings we will contemplate what it is to fully engage with... YRB-2019-Spring, Balance, Bell, Causation, confusion, Doubt, Evil, Faith, Silence... |
Mar 05 2019 1/7 The Yoga Room |
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The Real MLK and Facing History of the Past 50 YearsSerial: TL-00580 ADZG Monday Night, Evil, Peace, Silence, Repentance |
Jan 21 2019 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate |
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ADZG Temple Tenth AnniversarySerial: TL-00578 ADZG Sunday Morning, Kinhin, Gratitude, New Year, Silence, Money |
Jan 20 2019 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate |
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The New CoffinSummary of the unrecorded morning talk. The practice of just sitting. Remembering stillness, letting go of 'what next.' Training to ready for this moment, and for death. Death-and-Dying, Stillness, Bell, Silence |
Dec 15 2018 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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Presence in the Face of Mortality Stillness, Bell, Silence |
Dec 15 2018 |
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This Sesshin was Wonderfully DoneSerial: BZ-02653 Rohatsu Day 6
Big Mind, Culture, Doubt, Ego, Lay, Offering, Priest, Silence, Vow |
Dec 07 2018 |
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Silent Sitting & Social ActionSerial: RA-04451 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... YRB-2018-Fall, Silence, Attachment, Daily Life, Desire, Duality, Tassajara, Passions... |
Nov 27 2018 7 of 7 The Yoga Room |
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Silent Sitting & Social ActionZen 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, Intimacy, Silence, Doubt, Addiction, Attachment, Mindfulness, Desire,... |
Nov 20 2018 6 of 7 The Yoga Room |
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Silent Sitting & Social ActionZen 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, Bodhidharma, cognitive process, Observe, Fundraising, Lay,... |
Nov 13 2018 5 of 7 The Yoga Room |
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The Hands And Eyes Of AvalokiteshvaraCompassion is the teaching of the Buddha. Stories of the different statues and scrolls at No Abode. Yunmen and Daowu, the thousand arms of Avalokiteshvara. Compassion, Avalokitesvara, Transmission, Silence, Avalokitesvara, Perfect Wisdom,... |
Nov 10 2018 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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The Hands And Eyes Of AvalokiteshvaraSerial: RA-04449 Compassion is the teaching of the Buddha. Stories of the different statues and scrolls at No Abode. Yunmen and Daowu, the thousand arms of Avalokiteshvara. ... Compassion, Avalokitesvara, Dharma Transmission, Silence, Stillness, Avalokitesvara... |
Nov 10 2018 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Silent Sitting & Social ActionZen 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, Breath, Building, difficulty, Ego, Letting Go, Lotus Sutra, Observe,... |
Oct 30 2018 3 of 7 The Yoga Room |
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Silent Sitting & Social ActionZen 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, Daily Life, Emotions |
Oct 23 2018 2 of 7 |
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Zen Beyond Silence: Interconnected Practice Compassion, Silence, Stillness |
Oct 21 2018 |
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Silent Sitting & Social ActionZen 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, Stillness, Silence, Global Warming |
Oct 16 2018 1 of 7 The Yoga Room |
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Book of Serenity Case 7: Yaoshan's LectureSerial: TL-00542 ADZG Monday Night, Silence, Book of Serenity, Vimalakirti, Money, Bell |
Oct 08 2018 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate |
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Zazen Posture and the Problem of Touch Posture, Big Mind, Conversation, Instruction, Silence, Manjushri, Passions, Culture... |
Sep 08 2018 |
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Eight Awarenesses of Great Beings (Study Sesshin Part 1)Serial: BZ-02632 Study Sesshin Part 1
Bodhisattva Precepts, Concentration, Greed, Mahayana, Mindfulness, Nirvana, Precepts... |
Sep 01 2018 |
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The Womb of the Tathagata #5Meeting a teacher, asking about the teaching and listening to the teaching. Bodies and minds sitting silently and conversing. Lotus Sutra, Silence, Buddha Mind |
Aug 11 2018 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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The Womb of the Tathagata #5Serial: RA-04444 Meeting a teacher, asking about the teaching and listening to the teaching. Bodies and minds sitting silently and conversing.
Lotus Sutra, Silence, Buddha Mind, Buddha, Compassion, Practice |
Aug 11 2018 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Book of Serenity Case 2: Bodhidharma's Nothing HolySerial: TL-00529 ADZG Sunday Morning, Bodhidharma, Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Dharma Transmission, Silence... |
Jul 08 2018 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate |
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Prodigal Daughter Gaining Mind, Repentance, Religion, Ego, Instruction, Gratitude, Silence, Hindrances... |
Jul 07 2018 |
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State of the Union Composure, Conversation, Demons, Evil, Greed, Hate, Passions, Politics, Silence... |
Jun 30 2018 |
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Practices for PP Opening Sesshin Practice Period, Gaining Mind, Monastic Practice, Subject-and-Object, Continuous... |
Apr 28 2018 |