The ups and downs of the seesaw of karma.
Podcasts: Note To Self
Podcasts of the Dharma Talks at Ordinary Zen Sangha.
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.
Dharma and Karma, What’s In Your Backpack?
In this podcast, visiting Zen Master Chong An Sunim joins Abbot Will (Hea An) Rauschenberger at our Sunday Session on May 4th, 2025. The talk includes chanting the Heart Sutra in the beginning (you may skip it around 4 minutes in).
The Precepts, Actuality and Flowering of Being
Strip away who we think we are and we can experience the actuality of who we are.
This Mind Alone is Buddha
Zen is solving the problem of Birth and Death.
Why do we practice Zazen, doing no-thing?
If we already have Buddha Nature, why do we meditate?
This Mind Alone, There Is No Other Mind
Taking responsibility for your life and liberation are not different.
Repose and Bliss
“Bodhisattva Samadhi” is Repose and Bliss.
The message of Zen, overcoming stupidity
How ordinary stupid people cause great suffering.
Life’s Trauma And Liberation
Zen is not mental replacement therapy for your self image.