After the hurricane.
Brightness And Darkness
The Dharma talk from Sunday 10/2/2022, 4 days after Hurricane Ian. It included a reading from A Bird in Flight Leaves No Trace: The Zen Teaching of Huangbo. Unobstructed Wisdom [A monk] asked, “Did the Buddha bring an end to ignorance or not?” The master replied, “Ignorance is the very site where all buddhas attain the Way.” Master Subul, Seon. A Bird in Flight Leaves No Trace: The Zen Teaching of Huangbo with a Modern Commentary
Ian has moved on and we are still cleaning up.
The session for Sunday, Oct. 2 has not been confirmed. As of this writing, power has not been restored at our home. We do have a generator and are fine otherwise. Like a lot of us around Sarasota, there is debris to clean up. We are being patient as things get back to something more normal. I have not decided whether we will have a practice session this Sunday. I would like to hear from those who would, or could, […]
Don’t Know
Don’t Know is ever-present.
The effect of our choices
What is the correct choice? How do you know?
Aspects Of Zen Buddhist Practice
The compassionate response to Karma. Breaking precepts and vows, killing the ants.
Already You See
No doer and no doing, correct understanding and correct action.
Humanities Crisis
The crisis of humanity, exclusiveness or inclusiveness. Duality, and Non-Duality. Hungry Ghosts and Abundance.
Direct Experience Versus Thinking
Mindfulness is a direct experience of your original nature.
What Is It Like To Be On Retreat?
Fran Kaplan shares her retreat experience at the Springwater Center for Meditative Inquiry in upstate New York. All Day Retreat in Nature, Saturday, November 19, 2022! Join Ordinary Zen Sangha for our all-day retreat at Myakka River State Park. Mark your calendars!