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 […]
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Right Action – Taking Care Of Self
The Six Paramitas (Generosity, Morality, Patience, Diligence, Meditation, and Wisdom) are the actualization of Right Action.
Calmness and Wisdom
Can you have different emotional states and be calm at the same time? Dharma Talk by Sangha member, Serena Olsen.
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.
Rabbit Guts and Maggots
Cognitive Resonance and Right Action…
What is Original Nature
The Bear Encounter…
Realization and Zen Practice
Realization happens when we do nothing!
The Awakened Heart-Mind
What is required to live an ethically good life?
Not Two, Just This!
Already you see, already you hear, before you think I see, I hear.