Greetings my dear Sangha friends, There will be no Practice Session on Sunday, September 8, 2024, or Wednesday, September 11, 2024. Please visit our YouTube channel or enjoy one of our audio podcasts…
Tag Archives: Dharma Study
Inquiry, what is this, who am I?
“Thinking is just thinking, it is not who I am”.
Forest Bathing
Exploring Nature is exploring our nature. Benevolence is fearlessness.
Ordinary Zen Practice
Getting to know ourselves.
Chewing Without Chewing Anything
Leap directly to the Tathagata’s realm. Chew without chewing anything, walk without walking anywhere.
The Gateless Gate Of Your Own Mind
The path of enlightenment…
What Are We Doing?
In today’s Dharma Talk, we ask the question “What is it we are doing?”
Huangbo’s Transmission of Mind – Parts 1 to 9
For there is nowhere that is outside the Buddha-Mind I invite you to join me in reading and reflecting on the teachings of Haungbo. This series will use either ” Zen Roots – The First Thousand Years “ by Red Pine or ” The Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission of Mind “ translated by John Blofeld. If you are using the John Blofeld translation you will notice his use of the word ” Void ” as in ” it is […]
Huangbo -Transmission Of The Mind – Intro
Dear Friends, Welcome to the New Year and our study series on the Teachings of Huangbo. The text we will be exploring is a record of a series of talks given by Huangbo in the fall of 842. The talks were recorded by an official named Pei Xiu. There are two translations that you may use for our study series. The first is The Zen Teaching Of Huang Po On The Transmission Of Mind by John Blofeld. The second can be […]
Leting go is freedom
Letting go is walking in the footsteps of Buddha. Let it be what it is, letting go is letting go of a diluted view.