How would you like to be involved without being involved? Rising above the din. Dharma Talks at the Ordinary Zen Sangha, a Zen Meditation Practice Center located in Sarasota, Florida. Please help us if you can. Our programs and events are only made possible by donations from our supporting members. Donations Link…
The Tathagatas Jewel of Wisdom
The Boddhisattva path. Dharma Talks at the Ordinary Zen Sangha, a Zen Meditation Practice Center located in Sarasota, Florida. Please help us if you can. Our programs and events are only made possible by donations from our supporting members. Donations Link…
Dharma Talk Videos
Dharma Talk videos on YouTube are from our practice sessions.
Rise Above, Just Be
How to handle the apparent distinctions and differences that divide us, from the Zen perspective.
Let the Lotus Bloom Naturely
Dan Gulliford introduces us to the influence of Zen Master Hakuin. Dan Gulliford and Will Rauschenberger co-host this talk from Sarasota, FL, and Asheville, NC.
Dogan and the Buddha Way
Dan Gulliford and Will Rauschenberger co-host this talk from Sarasota, FL, and Asheville, NC.
Genjokoan and the four noble truths
I have some favorite writings that I return to over and over again. One of them is by Dogen, the founder of Soto Zen in Japan, who is known for his great prose and his flowing, inspirational expressions of the Dharma. Genjokoan’s first four lines remind me of the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths. GENJŌKŌAN (1) When all dharmas are the Buddha Dharma, there is delusion and realization, practice, life and death, buddhas and living beings. (2) When the ten thousand […]
Don’t Ignore It!
Ignoring, denying, or pushing away anything we consider uncomfortable is why we are uncomfortable!
Just Be, No Great Shakes, Everything Just As It Is
The ups and downs of the seesaw of karma.
Sudden and Gradual Schools of Zen
Chong An Sunim joins Abbot Will Rauschenberger in discussing Kongan practice, Linages, and the Lotus Sutra Parable of the Burning House.