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Introduction to the Flower Adornment Scripture Meditations for Online Assemblies

Avatamsaka Sutra, Flower Adornment Sutra, Manjushri, Samantabhadra, Vairochana Buddha, Sanctuary...
Apr 27 2024
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Cherry Blossom Bodhisattvas

Japan, Avatamsaka Sutra, Flower Adornment Sutra, Precepts, Precepts, Daily Life,...
Apr 13 2024
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The Interplay of the Flower Adornment Scripture and the Book of Serenity

 

 

Suffering, Flower Adornment Sutra, Avatamsaka Sutra, Attachment, Attachment
Feb 10 2024
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Embracing and Sustaining All Beings in the Midst of Climate Crisis

 

 

Enthusiasm, Peace, Patience
Dec 02 2023
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Embracing and Sustaining All Beings in the Midst of Climate Crisis

A Dharma talk on the bodhisattva precept of not killing.

 

Bodhisattva Precepts, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Evil
Dec 02 2023
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Sitting in the Presence of Buddha

 

 

Lay Ordination, Avatamsaka Sutra, Flower Adornment Sutra, Samantabhadra, Samadhi, ...
Nov 04 2023
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Going Deeper into our Bodhisattva Samadhi

 

 

Avatamsaka Sutra, Flower Adornment Sutra, Samantabhadra, Samadhi, Jewel Mirror...
Oct 07 2023
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Giving and Receiving Dharma in Samadhi

 

 

Avatamsaka Sutra, Flower Adornment Sutra, Samantabhadra, Samadhi, Lotus Sutra, Buddha...
Oct 07 2023
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Continued Exploration of the Bodhisattva's Samadhi

Begins with a brief overview of Books One and Two.  

Samantabhadra, Samadhi, Avatamsaka Sutra, Flower Adornment Sutra, Zazen, Priest, Evil...
Sep 09 2023
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Entering the Samadhi of Buddha’s Radiance

Flower Adornment Sutra, Avatamsaka Sutra, Katagiri Roshi, Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara, Sokoji, Asanga,...
Aug 12 2023
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Another Few Little Steps Into The Flower Treasury Array Of Oceans Of Worlds

Enlightenment, Buddha, Avatamsaka Sutra, Flower Adornment Sutra, Evil, Lotus Sutra,...
Jul 15 2023
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Introducing Flower Adornment Book Two

Avatamsaka Sutra, Flower Adornment Sutra, Koun Ejô, Bodhisattva Way, Gratitude,...
Jul 15 2023
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A Commencement Ceremony for Exploring the Great Flower Adornment Scripture

A Dharma talk opening study of the Avatamsaka Sutra.  

Avatamsaka Sutra, Flower Adornment Sutra, City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, Hongzhi, Book of Serenity,...
Jun 24 2023
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Studying the Flower Adornment Scripture Together

Martin Luther King, Torei, Avatamsaka Sutra, Non-violence, Bowing, Anger, Religion,...
Jun 24 2023
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No Abode Meeting - Succession Plan - May 20th 2023

A meeting of the No Abode Board and community, to present and discuss the succession plan for No Abode. 

Sangha, Community, Culture, Money, Ceremony
May 20 2023
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Just Sitting

Suzuki Roshi, Suffering, Karma, Confession-and-Repentance, Karmic Consciousness,...
May 06 2023
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Just Sitting

Karma, Buddha, Emotions, Anger, confusion, Observe, Enemies
May 06 2023
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Liberation Through Intimacy

Ceremony, Afflictions, Hate, Attachment, Greed
Apr 01 2023
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Aspiration, Vow and Giving Up the Impulse to Control

What is most important? Aspirations and vows.  Karmic habits distract us from what is most important, from hearing the true dharma. Fundamentally we are the intimacy of all things. Intimacy is...

Aspiration, Vow, Karma, Eihei Koso Hotsuganmon, Gain-and-Loss, Confession-and-Repentance, One...
Feb 04 2023
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The Zazen of the Buddhas' Is Great Compassion

The zazen of the buddhas is great compassion.The most common type of compassion is compassion towards suffering as it appears to us. It sees living beings and their suffering as independently...

Compassion, Han, Pukkasati, Birth-and-Death, Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Intimacy...
Dec 10 2022
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What is a Zen Practitioner?

Enlightened Activity, Consciousness, War, Bodhisattva Precepts
Jul 09 2022
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Finding One's Place Is The Fundamental Point

Genjokoan, Karmic Consciousness, Consciousness, Buddha Nature, Bowing
May 14 2022
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Cultivating Compassionate Minds Through Zen

Consciousness, Compassion, Karmic Consciousness
Nov 13 2021
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Compassion Liberates Us From Hindrances

The first in-person gathering at No Abode since 2020

Eihei Koso Hotsuganmon, Torei, Hindrances, Obstacles, Confession-and-Repentance...
Jul 10 2021
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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
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Three Types of Compassion

Serial: RA-04564

The first in-person meeting at No Abode since 2020

 

Great compassion, Suzuki Roshi, Compassion, Pain, Emotions
Jul 10 2021
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Compassion Liberates Us From Hindrances

Serial: RA-04565

The first in-person gathering at No Abode since 2020

 

Compassion, Buddha, Practice
Jul 10 2021
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Ten Vows, Ten Practices, and Ten Cakes

Discrimination, Bowing, Japan, Bell, Attachment, Priest, Dragons, Doubt, Bodhidharma...
Mar 07 2020
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Ten Vows, Ten Practices, and Ten Cakes

Discrimination, Nirvana, Practice Period, Blue Cliff Record, Letting Go, Right Effort...
Mar 07 2020
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Buddha Has Reasons For Teaching Non-Self And Buddha Has Reasons For Teaching Self

Addiction, Discrimination, Anger, Practice Period, Dragons, Impermanence, Enthusiasm...
Feb 01 2020
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Buddha Has Reasons For Teaching Non-Self And Buddha Has Reasons For Teaching Self

Addiction, Nirvana Sutra, Giving
Feb 01 2020
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The Non-Duality of Silence and Language

Silence, Transmission, Perfect Wisdom, Non-duality, Balance, Duality, Observe, Heart...
Nov 23 2019
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Reaching Home Again Without Realizing It

Chanting, Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Priest, Japan, Faith, Impermanence, Lotus...
Oct 19 2019
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Chapter Three, Shoveling Dung

Desire, Demons, Transmission
Sep 14 2019
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Wandering Away from Our Original Home in Search of Our Original Home

Buddha Nature, Greed, Lotus Sutra
Aug 10 2019
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Our Original Home

Attachment, War, Bodhisattva Way, Discrimination, Buddha Mind
Jul 13 2019
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Our Original Home

Human consciousness limits reality so that it can grasp "things".

Torei, Consciousness, Book of Serenity, Enemies, Evil, Emotions
Jul 13 2019
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Our Original Home

Compassion, Practice, Suffering
Jul 13 2019
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Our Original Home

Serial: RA-04490

Human consciousness limits reality so that it can grasp "things".

 

Torei, Consciousness, Compassion, Buddha, Consciousness
Jul 13 2019
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After Generations Of Nobility, Temporarily Fallen Into Poverty

Buddha nature. Story about Uncle Mi and Dongshan discussing a rabbit crossing the road.Lotus Sutra story about the destitute child. Enlightenment and delusion. Human agency (or training) and...

Buddha Nature, Koan, Enlightenment, Compassion, Practice, Work
Jun 08 2019
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More Poverty And Nobility

Discrimination, Lotus Sutra, Non-discrimination, Cultivation, Nirvana
Jun 08 2019
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The World-Honored One Ascends the Seat

Manjushri, Book of Serenity, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Observe
May 18 2019
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Just This Is: the Avatamsaka Sutra in the Zen Tradition

Perfect Wisdom, Discrimination, Buddha Mind, Practice Period, Karmic Consciousness,...
Apr 13 2019
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Traveling Along, Singing a Song, Side by Side

If you’re a Buddha, do you know it?

Equanimity
Apr 13 2019
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What Is Most Important For You In This Life

We are all creating the space together for people to have profound experience in zazen. Kind and unkind thoughts are opportunities to express the Buddha mind. Compassion towards wholesome and...

Compassion, Buddha Mind, Mill Valley, Gratitude, Repentance, Enemies, Nirvana,...
Feb 02 2019
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What Is Most Important For You In This Life

Being clear about our ultimate concern. Remember, aspire, commit to, and train to realise this. The story of Tong-an and Liangshan: what is the business under the patched robe? Intimacy. Another...

Vow, Eihei Koso Hotsuganmon, Buddha Mind, Intimacy, Book of Serenity, Buddha Mind,...
Feb 02 2019
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What Is Most Important For You In This Life?

Serial: RA-04463

Being clear about our ultimate concern. Remember, aspire, commit to, and train to realise this. The story of Tong-an and Liangshan: what is the business under the patched robe...

Vow, Eihei Koso Hotsuganmon, Buddha Mind, Intimacy, Book of Serenity, Buddha Mind,...
Feb 02 2019
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What Is Most Important For You In This Life?

Serial: RA-04464

We are all creating the space together for people to have profound experience in zazen. Kind and unkind thoughts are opportunities to express the Buddha mind. Compassion...

Compassion, Buddha Mind, Buddha, Practice
Feb 02 2019
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The New Coffin

Summary 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
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The Hands And Eyes Of Avalokiteshvara

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, Transmission, Silence, Avalokitesvara, Perfect Wisdom,...
Nov 10 2018
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