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Teachings for the Welfare of the World

In this summer series, teachings will be offered for those who aspire to embrace and sustain the great earth and all living beings in order to realize peace and freedom in our troubled world

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YRB-2019-Summer, Evil, Priest, Balance, American, Building, War, japanese, difficulty...
Jul 30 2019
6/7
The Yoga Room

Guidance or Control

Control is antithetical to enlightenment; NASA control center and GPS guidance systems; granddaughter's pacifier

Birth-and-Death, difficulty, Describe, Transmission, Zendo, American, Patience...
Feb 03 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Zen Meditation as the Bodhisattva Precepts

Compassion, Wisdom, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Zazen, Sanctuary, Zendo, Observe...
Oct 11 2014
PM
No Abode Hermitage

The Room, the Seat, and the Robe 

The Room, the Seat and the Robe
No Abode 4/14/12

Lotus Sutra, Patience, Book of Serenity, Building, Interdependence, Buddha Mind,...
Apr 14 2012
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Xiang Yan hears the sound of stones striking bamboo 

Duality, Suzuki Roshi, Commitment, Separation, Mahayana, Tassajara, Transmission,...
Sep 10 2011
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

The Basic Practice of Stillness and Silence 

Silence, Impermanence, Attachment, Manjushri, lecture, Bodhidharma, American, Evil,...
Feb 12 2011
No Abode Hermitage

Training for the Selfless Heart 

Desire, Anger, Attachment, Karmic Consequences, Culture, American, Intimacy,...
Mar 25 2010
The Yoga Room

On Enlightenment and Delusion 

Intimacy, Politics, War, Silence, American, Birth-and-Death, Desire, Buddha Mind,...
Dec 17 2009
The Yoga Room

On Enlightenment and Delusion 

Birth-and-Death, resistance, Bodhisattva Precepts, Heart Sutra, American, Mahayana,...
Dec 10 2009
The Yoga Room

On Enlightenment and Delusion 

Bowing, American, Gratitude, Buddha Nature, Zazen, resistance, confusion, Desire,...
Dec 02 2009
The Yoga Room

For a Sentient Being to be a Sentient Being is just not to Move 

Silence, Impermanence, Mindfulness, Manjushri, American, Breath, Karmic Consciousness...
Nov 14 2009
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Faith that Allows Doubt and the Idea that All Ideas are Contingent and Empty 

War, American, Doubt, Faith, Bodhisattva Precepts, Letting Go, true dharma, Perfect...
Dec 13 2008
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Buddha Sitting as Us; Us Sitting as Buddha 

Birth-and-Death, Lotus Sutra, War, Mindfulness, American, Samsara, Practice Period,...
Oct 18 2008
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Entering and Embodying Truth 

Teacher-and-Student, War, Evil, Dependent Origination, American, Commitment, Nirvana...
Aug 12 2008
The Yoga Room

Entering and Embodying Truth 

Soto Zen, Japan, Perfect Wisdom, Bodhisattva Precepts, soto, japanese, Priest, Family...
Jul 29 2008
The Yoga Room

Bodhisattva Vows 

Bodhisattva Vow, resistance, zen meditation, Bodhisattva Way, Daily Life, Continuous...
Sep 08 2007
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

The Light of Buddha's Wisdom - Precepts of Compassion

Buddha sheds the light of wisdom on the true nature of suffering, liberation, and the human mind, on the teachings of compassion, moral causation, and the whole phenomenal universe. This retreat...

Evil, Darkness and Light, Light-and-Darkness, Anger, American, Desire, resistance,...
May 04 2007
Part 1
Mount Madonna Center

Gnosticism

American Buddhism as a gnostic practice; meaning of the word "tathagata"

Faith, Triple Treasure, American, Hindrances, Transmission, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen...
Feb 03 2007
PM
No Abode Hermitage