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Unconditioned Nirvana
The fashionable appropriation of Non-Duality and Mindfulness is just the froth and not the soup!
The Seeking Mind
Good to be back after a month off! Dharma Talk for 9-3-2023 All-day Silent Retreat At Myakka River State Park
Sunday Practice Session
I am happy to be back after a month off and looking forward to sitting together! Please join me this Sunday, 9-03-2023 at our Zendo or online for our practice session. After our practice session, I would like to invite sangha members to join me for an Indian buffet at the Royal Peacock Indian Kitchen. They are just up the road from our Sangha at 5445 Fruitville Rd (near Publix).
All-day Silent Retreat – Myakka River State Park
Saturday, November 9, 2024, 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. We are honored that Zen Master Chong An Sunim will join us for the retreat. The park setting, surrounded by nature’s beauty, will help us relax, reflect, and renew. We will start promptly at 9:30 a.m. (arrival time 9:00 a.m.). During the day, there will be several sitting and walking meditations, Dharma talks, and a vegetarian/vegan potluck lunch. Water and tea will be provided. The retreat will be over by 5:00 […]
Hui-neng leads us to water, but we must drink it.
Our study of the platform sutra only leads us to our own minds, nowhere else, no other Buddha. ‘Each of us must practice ourselves. No one else can do it for us. Nor can any text take our place‘ It isn’t that the teaching is direct or not, sudden or gradual. ‘The teaching is simply so. When we finally understand it, it appears direct because it is right in front of us. When we don’t understand it, it appears indirect […]
Platform Sutra Study- Part 4 – Sections 20-23
Dear Good Friends, We continue to explore the Platform Sutra of Hui-neng. If you are following along with me, I recommend that you go directly to the Platform Sutra and skip the introduction and the sections with commentary by Red Pine. Read sections (20-23) of the Platform Sutra, notice your reaction to this reading, sit with it, and comment below. I will respond to your comments (privately) as necessary. You may of course not follow my direction and not respond […]
Right Action – Taking Care Of Self
The Six Paramitas (Generosity, Morality, Patience, Diligence, Meditation, and Wisdom) are the actualization of Right Action.
Life Is Difficult?
What are the aspects of our practice that deal with difficulty? They are: Don’t Know, Don’t Make, and How can I help?
Our Meditation Practice
This Dharma Talk gets down to the basics of our practice, sitting on the cushion.