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Stories of Enlightenment

In our class this fall we will contemplate and converse about several stories of Zen practice and enlightenment. Our contemplation and conversations will naturally bring up questions and concerns...

YRB-2019-Fall, Blue Cliff Record, Japan, true dharma, Book of Serenity, Patience,...
Oct 17 2019
3/7
The Yoga Room

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, Silence, Commitment, Humility, Lay, Separation
Aug 06 2019
7/7
The Yoga Room

Our Original Home

Attachment, War, Buddha Mind, Discrimination, Passions, Birth-and-Death, Silence,...
Jul 13 2019
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Buddha Activity

The work of buddhas — buddha activity — is realizing intimacy and liberation in conversation together with all beings. In this series of meetings we will contemplate what it is to fully engage with...

YRB-2019-Spring, practicing generosity, Intimacy, Commitment, Buddha Mind, Separation...
Mar 12 2019
2/7
The Yoga Room

Melting the Root of Transgression

Confession-and-Repentance, Buddha Ancestors, Compassion, Confession-and-Repentance,...
Apr 09 2016
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Listening, Training, Hearing and Liberation

Heart Sutra, Confession-and-Repentance, true dharma, Heart Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Anger...
Aug 09 2014
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Honoring Student-Teacher Relationship (Flower Adornment Scripture)

Compassion, Consciousness, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Transmission, Lay,...
Jan 04 2014
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

The Four Aspects of Practicing the Threefold Ethics of Bodhisattvas 

Bodhisattva Precepts, Breath, Enthusiasm, Mahayana, Commitment, confusion, Patience,...
Feb 04 2012
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Householder Bodhisattvas, What is Your Aspiration for this New Year? 

New Year, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Perfect Wisdom, Priest, Patience, Lay,...
Jan 02 2012
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Householder Bodhisattvas, What is Your Aspiration for this New Year? 

Rinzai, Teacher-and-Student, Bodhisattva Precepts, Practice Period, Evil, Commitment...
Jan 02 2012
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

The Bodhisattva's Perfection of Being Ordinary 

Birth-and-Death, Aspects of Practice, true dharma, Interview, Commitment, Enthusiasm...
Nov 12 2011
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Entry into the nature of the knowable 

Birth-and-Death, Transmission, Perfect Wisdom, Mahayana, Faith, Manjushri, Gratitude...
Oct 01 2011
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Entry into the nature of the knowable 

Obstacles, Duality, Lovingkindness, confusion, Discrimination, Commitment, Separation...
Oct 01 2011
Afternoon
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

Study of delusion is the Buddha Way 

Anger, Commitment, Bell, Funeral, cognitive process, Don't Know Mind, zen...
Aug 13 2011
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Embracing Enlightenment I 

Book of Serenity, Karmic Consciousness, Silence, Teacher-and-Student, japanese,...
Jun 11 2011
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Whole-Hearted Commitment for the New Year 

Commitment, Bodhisattva Precepts, Buddha Mind, Triple Treasure, Emotions, difficulty...
Jan 02 2011
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Intimacy with Birth and Death: The 39th Yearly Memorial for Suzuki Roshi 

Buddha's Birthday, Commitment, Tassajara, Suzuki Roshi, Intimacy, Priest, Japan...
Dec 04 2010
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Paying Respect to the Great Teacher 

Daily Life, Enemies, Birth-and-Death, Greed, Tassajara, Doubt, Commitment, confusion...
Nov 06 2010
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

The Definitive Instructions on the Deeds of the Enlightened, Part I 

Tenshin Reb Anderson
Samdhinirmonchana Sutra (Part XIV),
Chapter Ten, Afternoon Dharma Talk
No Abode Saturday October 15, 2010, P.M.

Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Manjushri, Book of Serenity, Bodhisattva Vow, Sanctuary,...
Oct 16 2010
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

On the Eve of Going for Refuge in the Triple Treasure 

Confession-and-Repentance, Commitment, Repentance, Nirvana, Separation, Complete...
Apr 17 2010
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

On the Eve of Going for Refuge in the Triple Treasure 

Bodhisattva Precepts, Triple Treasure, Evil, Commitment, Mahayana, Sangha, War, Soto...
Apr 17 2010
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Training for the Selfless Heart 

Patience, Addiction, Bodhidharma, difficulty, Enthusiasm, Don't Know Mind,...
Apr 15 2010
The Yoga Room

Training for the Selfless Heart 

Perfect Wisdom, Intimacy, Bodhisattva Vow, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Patience, Letting Go...
Mar 11 2010
The Yoga Room

Is the Bodhisattva Path Exclusive? 

Intimacy, Priest, Teacher-and-Student, Commitment, Soto Zen, Interview, soto,...
Mar 06 2010
No Abode Hermitage

New Year's Dharma Greeting 

Karmic Consciousness, resistance, New Year, Silence, Book of Serenity, Priest, Demons...
Jan 03 2010
No Abode Hermitage

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

Priest, New Year, japanese, Don't Know Mind, Lotus Sutra, Practice Period,...
Nov 14 2009
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Leaving Home and Receiving the Precepts 

Renunciation, Faith, Bodhisattva Precepts, Lotus Sutra, Attachment, causation, Priest...
Sep 26 2009
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Leaving Home and Receiving the Precepts 

Bodhisattva Precepts, Lotus Sutra, Commitment, Karmic Consciousness, Priest, Bell,...
Sep 26 2009
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

The Ultimate Transcends All Argumentation

Samdhinirmochana Mahayana Sutra Chapter 2

Chapter Two, Morning
No Abode 5/23/09 AM
Trans: Karen Mueller

Non-violence, Nirvana, Bodhisattva Way, Doubt, Anger, Desire, War, Hindrances,...
May 23 2009
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Causation and Non-Self 

causation, Faith, Attachment, Evil, Commitment, Non-attachment, Continuous, Religion...
Apr 02 2009
The Yoga Room

Causation and Non-Self 

causation, resistance, Faith, Attachment, zen meditation, Bodhisattva Precepts,...
Mar 12 2009
The Yoga Room

Buddha Sitting as Us; Us Sitting as Buddha 

Funeral, Mindfulness, confusion, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Mind, Bodhisattva Precepts,...
Oct 18 2008
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Current Heightened Awareness of Fear 

Samsara, Greed, Fox, Mindfulness, Nirvana, War, Attachment, Commitment, Desire,...
Sep 20 2008
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

The Buddha Way is Ongoing Crisis 

Bodhisattva Precepts, Letting Go, Don't Know Mind, Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Mind...
Aug 16 2008
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Entering and Embodying Truth 

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

2008.05.01-MZMC-pm

true dharma, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen, Bodhisattva Precepts, Desire, Commitment,...
May 01 2008
Minnesota Zen Center

Embodying the Lotus Sutra 

Lotus Sutra, true dharma, Triple Treasure, Buddha Nature, Bowing, Separation, Sangha...
Mar 20 2008
The Yoga Room

Zen Meditation as Bodhisattva Vow

During this course, we will study the bodhisattva vow, to see how the compassionate intentions of enlightening beings generate, work, and play with the mind of enlightenment to promote peace and...

Bodhisattva Vow, Patience, Desire, zen meditation, Teacher-and-Student, Confession-...
Jul 24 2007
The Yoga Room

The Bodhisattva and the Mahayana

"Enlightening beings" are committed to living for the benefit of all beings; they practice in the "universal vehicle" which includes everyone.

Mahayana, practicing generosity, Enemies, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Heart Sutra...
Jul 14 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...

Commitment, Letting Go, practicing generosity, Suzuki Roshi, resistance, japanese,...
May 05 2007
Part 5
Mount Madonna Center