Taking June 2024 Off for a Personal Retreat

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Last year, I took a month off in August for a personal retreat. This year, I will take a month off in June. There will be no practice sessions in June 2024. I will be in Budapest, Hungary from Thursday, June 6th through Sunday, June 9th for an advanced meditation retreat at the Original Light Zen Temple that will be led by Zen Master Chong An Sunim. I will also be traveling with Chong An Sunim and his family after […]

Getting unstuck and non-duality

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I am about to head up to North Carolina for a few days and while I am gone, I thought you might enjoy this blast from the past. I gave this Dharma Talk from North Carolina, 3 years ago on Aug 23, 2020. It was during COVID, please forgive the quality of the video, it was from my Chromebook on Zoom… We will resume our regular practice sessions on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Deep Bow, Will Rauschenberger

Causality

Accepting causality and letting go of the discriminating mind.

April 20th – All-day Meditation Workshop CANCELED

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The meditation workshop on Saturday, April 20, 2024, has been canceled. Often the obstacles that prevent us from experiencing our lives fully are self-imposed by our limited views. Our meditation practice, by its very nature, is liberating. Several times a year we offer all-day meditation workshops. This is a unique opportunity to move beyond the constructs that falsely define our lives for us. OZS provides a supportive environment to dive deeper into our practice and share our experiences, thereby learning […]