Abbot Will Rauschenberger talks with the January 2020 Retreat participants at the start of the retreat.
Podcasts: Note To Self
Podcasts of the Dharma Talks at Ordinary Zen Sangha.
This Resolution is Clear Like Space.
Our first Dharma Talk of 2020.
Understanding Why We Worry
The last Dharma Talk of 2019.
The Gift of Winter
Abbot Will Rauschenberger shares that the winter of our practice is the wonderful gift necessary for our growth and nurture.
Dependent Origination
Abbot Will Rauschenberger talks about Dependent origination and the following poem. Song of the Grass-Roof Hermitage Shih-t’ou (700-790) I’ve built a grass hut where there’s nothing of value. After eating, I relax and enjoy a nap. When it was completed, fresh weeds appeared. Now it’s been lived in – covered by weeds. The person in the hut lives here calmly, Not stuck to inside, outside, or in between. Places worldly people live, he doesn’t live. Realms worldly people love, he […]
Finding the Ox – staying out of the weeds
The Sunday after Thanksgiving practice session.
Permanence and Impermanence
Is the Buddha permanent or impermanent?