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Tag Archives: Dharma Talks
The Perfection of Wisdom
12/19/2021 – What is Wisdom? Please consider making a donation to OZS. Your support is appreciated, as we are exclusively funded by the generosity of our members.
The cypress tree in the garden
What are you? With help from the “Compass of Zen” Do you see, do you hear?
The second perfection, ethical conduct
The six perfections are the attributes of an awakened being. This morning’s talk starts with the second perfection, ethical conduct, and the precepts.
Relaxing Into What Is
Like the Lilies of the field. 12/02/2021- Tonight’s discussion centers around the question; “Is anger ever justified?”
The Long Dusty Road to Our Inheritance
Dharma talk- 11/14/2021 – We are much more than our limited view of self.
Mountains are mountains – Rivers are rivers
This week, Dharma Teacher Will Rauschenberger quotes from one of Dogen’s essays.
The Fourth Paramita: Diligence
Dharma Talk – 11/07/2021 In Sanskrit ‘paramita’ literally means ‘having reached the other shore.’ It also means ‘transcendence,’ or ‘perfection.’ If we exist on the shore of suffering, reaching the other shore would mean leaving suffering behind and becoming enlightened. Hence, transcendence means to become free from mental afflictions, (the causes of suffering) and from suffering itself. The true practice of the paramitas is to be free from self-attachment and self-cherishing.
Moutains and rivers are just so
Sharing a poem and its meaning. (https://ordinaryzensangha.org/mountains-rivers-are-just-so/) Dharma Talk, Oct. 17, 2021.