Abbot Will Rauschenberger’s Dharma Talk – 7/25/2021 Morality, meditation, and wisdom as defined by Hui-neng in the Platform Sutra. Feature Image – “The Five Buddhas” oil painting by Robert Dika.
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Equanimity in Diversity
Guided by your original nature, your true face, everything is illuminated. With a reading from: ” The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng .” — Pine, Red.
Smoke on the Horizon, Summer Storms, Cardinal’s song
Dharma Talk from Sunday, July 11, 2021. Reaching beyond Labels, Form, and Perceptions.
Eat Cake
Dharma talk – Sunday, July 4, 2021. “Equanimity, and cake”
Linji’s Grandfatherly Advice
On this Fathers Day, 6/20/2021, Will reads from The Record of Linji (Linji Lu). Linji is the great grandfather of one of the schools of Zen (Chan) and has a message for us today. “Nowadays, he who studies buddhadharma must seek true insight. Gaining true insight, he is not affected by birth-and-death, but freely goes or stays. He needn’t seek the excellent— that which is excellent will come of itself.”
Imagined Reality
Don’t believe everything you think. Don’t believe what you are programmed to think. Imaged reality is created by projecting our habitual thinking.
Dependent Origination
This week we are birthing the Buddha, as we contemplate dependent origination and no-self.
Foundational Pillars of Zen
Great Faith, Great Courage, Great Question. Upcoming Buddha’s Birthday Retreat, what are we celebrating?
Perfection of Wisdom
Dharma Talk, May 2, 2021 – Parjna Paramita What are two aspects of consciousness? What is Perfect Wisdom?
The Dharma in plain sight
The Dharma is in plain sight, yet is nowhere to be found. How does a Bodhisattva save all sentient beings?