Transmitting the Dharma. How many minds do you have?
Podcasts: Note To Self
Podcasts of the Dharma Talks at Ordinary Zen Sangha.
All Problems Can Be Solved When They Are Small
Interdependent origination: suffering globally and personally.
Bearing Witness Is Bodhi
The non-outflow of the six perfections. The Six Perfections (or Pāramitās) are the core practices of the bodhisattva path.
Tracks Of The Ox,
A willful nature is hard to tame. A tangle of thorny bushes: the faint murmur of running water. But here and there are footprints—is this the right path?
The Stone Lions Roar
The first Picture of the 10 Ox Herding Pictures and cultivating the way through the practice of meditation.
Jumping Out Of The Nest And Taking Flight
Taking flight in your Zazen practice.
Don’t Make
The simple, difficult teaching. Don’t make Zazen just sit.
A Zen Stick Crafted By Beavers
Interdependent Origination: Universal Sacredness.
Not two!
Hui-neng, the Sixth Patriarch says, “one day a shopkeeper ordered a load of firewood brought to his store. After he took the delivery and paid me, I walked toward the door and met a customer reciting the Diamond Sutra out loud. As soon as I heard the words, my mind felt clear and awake, and I asked the man, ‘Where did you get this scripture you’re reciting?” And so began the journey of one of Zen’s most revered teachers.