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Silent Sitting & Social Action

Zen students often ask how our practice of silence and stillness relates to injustice and our environmental crisis. In this class we explore this question and study the intimate interplay of...

YRB-2018-Fall, Silence, Bodhidharma, cognitive process, Observe, Fundraising, Lay,...
Nov 13 2018
5 of 7
The Yoga Room

Honoring Legacy Through Zen Farewell

Ceremony, Lay, Priest
Apr 22 2017

Since You Cannot Waste Time, Don’t

Wisdom, Karmic Consequences, Consciousness, Rumi, Karmic Consequences, cognitive...
Oct 08 2016
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Buddhas And Bodhisattvas Are Intimate Communication

Bodhisattvas vow to teach. Lay bodhisatta and priest bodhisattvas are both students and teachers of the dharma. 

Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Buddha, Teacher-and-Student, Samadhi, Lay, Bell,...
Oct 08 2016
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Walking the Bodhisattva Path Together

Bodhisattva, Lay, Practice
Sep 15 2016

The Virtue of the Bodhisattva's Delayed Gratification 

Lay, New Year, Lotus Sutra, Non-attachment
Dec 15 2012
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

The Virtue of the Bodhisattva's Delayed Gratification 

Lay, Lotus Sutra
Dec 15 2012
Morning

The Seeds and Fruits of True Awakening 

The Seeds and Fruits of True Awakening
March 29, 2012 at The Yoga Room
Part three of a seven part series based on the Six Paramitas

Daily Life, Precepts, Lay, Addiction
Mar 29 2012
#3
The Yoga Room

A Family Style for Realizing the Oneness of All Families 

Precepts, Lay, Mindfulness
Mar 10 2012
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

A Family Style for Realizing the Oneness of All Families 

Precepts, Lay
Mar 10 2012
Morning

Wholehearted Sitting: Bridging Lay and Monastic Paths

Ceremony, Bodhisattva, Lay
Jan 24 2012

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

Rinzai, Precepts, Lay, Soto Zen
Jan 02 2012
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

The Bodhisattva's Creativity and Freedom 

Balance, Addiction, Obstacles, Daily Life, Lay
Nov 10 2011
The Yoga Room

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

Priest, Japan, Lay, Lotus Sutra, Vimalakirti
Nov 14 2009
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Wholeheartedness 

Three Treasures, Lay, Priest, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Community
Oct 20 2007
No Abode Hermitage

Pathways to Insightful Tranquility

Separation, Lovingkindness, Continuous Practice, Silence, Lay
Jan 16 2006

Renunciation Embraced, Liberation Unfolds

Renunciation, Commitment, Priest, Lay
Nov 27 2005

Zen Commitments: Balancing Renunciation and Freedom

Serial: RA-00521

08-20-05 #00270 Roshi Tenshin

Sesshin 6

Commitment and Renunciation - Receiving Precepts

1st Pure Precept - Restraint, Contraint, Boundaries

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Renunciation, Commitment, Priest, Lay
Aug 20 2005

Commitment and Renunciation - Receiving Precepts

Serial: RA-00270

08-20-05 #00270 Roshi Tenshin

Sesshin 6

Commitment and Renunciation - Receiving Precepts

1st Pure Precept - Restraint, Contraint, Boundaries

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Renunciation, Commitment, Priest, Bodhisattva Precepts, Confession-and-Repentance, Priest-and-Lay,...
Aug 20 2005

Removing Signs Class 7 Part 1

Serial: RA-00280

Tenshin Roshi 1-18-05 - Removing Signs Class 7 Part 1- Serial # 00280

Green Gulch Farm

Jan. P. P.

Removing Signs

General and specifir...

Practice Period, Soto Zen, Politics, Diversity, Separation, Lay, Enemies, Faith, Soto...
Jan 18 2005
Class 7 Part 1
Green Gulch Farm

Unraveling Self in Zen Consciousness

Enthusiasm, Lay
Jan 17 2005

Deeper Into Conciousness

Karmic Consequences, Mindfulness, Karma, Lay, causation
Jan 12 2005
Class 4 Part 1
Green Gulch Farm

Deeper Into Conciousness

Serial: RA-00401

1/12/05 Tenshin Roshi Class 4

Deeper into Conciousness

Samjna: Grasping Sign of an object

Review of evolution of concept of Alaya

We live in a world...

Karmic Consequences, Mindfulness, Lay, Subject-and-Object, American, Nirvana, causation, Culture,...
Jan 12 2005
Class 4 Part 1
Green Gulch Farm

Three Turnings of the Dharma Wheel

Serial: RA-00381

Three Turnings of the Dharma Wheel
Tenshin Reb Anderson Roshi
Green Gulch Farm Sunday Talk, January 9, 2005

Japan, Suzuki Roshi, Study Period, Four Noble Truths, confusion, Dependent Origination, Desire,...
Jan 09 2005
Green Gulch Farm

Three Turnings of the Dharma Wheel

Serial: RA-00255

Three Turnings of the Dharma Wheel
Tenshin Reb Anderson Roshi
Green Gulch Farm Sunday Talk, January 9, 2005

3 Turnings of the Dharma Wheel

-Children...

Japan, Study Period, Suzuki Roshi, Four Noble Truths, Birth-and-Death, confusion, Dependent...
Jan 09 2005
Green Gulch Farm

Alaya and the Eight Conciousnesses

Serial: RA-00357

1/7/05 Tenshin Roshi Class 2 Part 1

Alaya and the Eight Conciousnesses

Ch.5 of S.N. Sutra + Asanga

Citta/Adana/Alaya Manas, Vijmama

2 Aspects of...

Attachment, Karma, Lay, Passions, Patience
Jan 07 2005
Class 2 Part 1

Zen Ceremonies

Ceremony, Attachment, Lay, Karma, Lineage
Aug 24 2003
Green Gulch Farm

Embracing Non-Thinking Through Zazen

Zazen, Dragons, Intimacy, Lay
Apr 12 2003

Seeing Beyond: Non-Thinking and Awareness

Zazen, Dragons, Soto Zen, Lay
Apr 12 2003

Awakening Beyond Self-Projection

Enthusiasm, Lay
Apr 10 2003

Awakening Peace Through Zen Meditation

Breath, War, Zazen, Commitment, Lay
Mar 22 2003

2003.03.22-GGF

Breath, Zazen, War, Commitment, Lay
Mar 22 2003

Zen: From Knowledge to Experience

Bell, Culture, Lay, Building
Apr 30 2001

Zen Dynamics in Human Connection

Precepts, Balance, Lay
Aug 11 1998

Walking the Path Beyond Duality

Right Speech, Karma, Renunciation, Lay, Buddha Ancestors
Dec 13 1996

Vasubandhu's Thirty Verses - Class 8

Discrimination, Skandas, Separation, Lay
Nov 14 1994
Tassajara

Sesshin Day 5 Dharma Talk

Vasubandhu, Beginners, Lay, Buddha Ancestors, Doubt
Nov 03 1994
Tassajara

Vasubandhu's Thirty Verses - Class 7

Ego, Samsara, Lay, Lineage, confusion
Oct 29 1994
Tassajara

Vasubandhu's Thirty Verses - Class 6

Samadhi, Karma, Current Events, Breath, Lay
Oct 27 1994
Tassajara

Vasubandhu's Thirty Verses - Class 5

Anger, Samsara, Attachment, Buddha Mind, Daily Life, confusion, causation,...
Oct 24 1994
Tassajara

Alaya Unveiled: Breaking Samsara Illusions

Silence, Wisdom, Lay
May 04 1994

Embracing Oneness Through Zazen Practice

Oneness, Zazen, Evil, Lay
Mar 31 1993

Living Zen: Compassionate Presence Unfolded

Serial: RA-00606

What the primary intention was. Intention to be free Reb's primary intention to learn the way of the Buddha, to study the Buddha Way, to study the self. to let the self be...

Intention, Liberation, Vow, Zazen, Bowing, Lay
May 14 1992
Tassajara

Harmony Through Selfless Sitting Practice

Practice Period, Japan, Silence, Lay, Lineage
Jan 15 1989

Zen Transformations in Life's Cauldron

Oneness, Mahayana, Balance, Perfect Wisdom, Lay
Apr 01 1988

Boundless Form: The Zen Journey

Bell, confusion, Japan, Lay, Manjushri
Dartington Hall