12/09/2020 – In this Wednesday’s Dharma Talk, Will continues with another reading from: The Sayings of Layman P’ang: A Zen Classic of China. – “The Message of the Diamond Sutra”. Our discussion is about “There is no I and there is no other” in this holiday season.
Podcasts: Note To Self
Podcasts of the Dharma Talks at Ordinary Zen Sangha.
The Promised Land – Buddha Realm
12/6/2020 – Today’s Dharma Talk centers around “The Sayings of Layman P’ang: A Zen Classic of China” – Translated by James Green.
What is Perfected Reality?
This Dharma talk reflects on a reading from the Lankavatara Sutra. “And what is perfected reality? This is the mode that is free from name or appearance or from projection. It is attained by buddha knowledge and is the realm where the personal realization of buddha knowledge takes place. This is perfected reality and the heart of the tathagata-garbha.”
Practicing the Paramitas
Practicing the Paramitas In Sanskrit ‘paramita’ literally means ‘having reached the other shore.’ It also means ‘transcendence,’ or ‘perfection.’ The true practice of the paramitas is to be free from self-attachment.
Perceptions are Projections
11/08/2020 -Dharma Talk with Reflections on the Election. What now?
Just like a dog chasing a bone – Attachment Mind
Dharma Talk – Sunday, November 1, 2020 the three types of mind
The Deep Ocean of Suchness Samadhi
Dharma Talk from Sunday 10/25/20. Facing our fears…
The Source of Dis-ease
Dharma Talk from Sunday 10/11/2020. What is the original source of our dis-ease?
Hauling the Shit Pail of Conceptional Thinking Away
Dharma Talk from Sunday, October 4, 2020. Will announces “Sunrise Siesta Beach Meditation” on Saturdays starting on October 24,2020.
Ignorance Is The Very Locus Of Enlightenment
Dharma Talk – Sunday 9/27/2020. “Wherever you lift and put down your feet is not separate from the site of enlightenment”