Being intimately familiar with all dharmas

All-day retreat at Myakka River State Park – Registration Form

Posted on October 11, 2022January 3, 2023 by Will Rauschenberger

Register here for the all-day retreat at Myakka River State Park on Saturday, January 7, 2023. We will start promptly at 9:00 am (arrive by 8:45 am). There will be several sitting and walking meditations during the day, Dharma Talks, and a vegetarian/vegan potluck lunch. The retreat will be over at 5:00 pm. The retreat will be limited to 40 participants. ( as of 01/01/2023 we are filling up, please rsvp) There is a park entrance fee of $6.00 per […]

Metta, Loving Kindness in Zen practice

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.

Posted on September 30, 2022September 30, 2022 by Will Rauschenberger

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, […]