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The Buddha's Practice Of Arranging Shoes

Non-attachment, Attachment, confusion, Nirvana, Subject-and-Object, Dragons,...
Dec 14 2019
No Abode Hermitage

The Non-Duality of Silence and Language

Silence, Transmission, Perfect Wisdom, Non-duality, Balance, Duality, Observe, Heart...
Nov 23 2019
AM
No Abode Hermitage

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, resistance, zen meditation, Describe, Observe, Fox, Gratitude, Dragons...
Nov 14 2019
7 of 7
The Yoga Room

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, Observe, Book of Serenity, Interview, Culture, Suzuki Roshi, Priest,...
Nov 07 2019
6/7
The Yoga Room

The World-Honored One Ascends the Seat

Darkness and Light, Precious Mirror, Book of Serenity, Manjushri, Branching Streams,...
May 18 2019
PM
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, Daily Life, Teacher-and-Student, Soto Zen, soto, Enemies, Observe,...
Mar 19 2019
3/7
The Yoga Room

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

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, Bodhisattva Vow, Ego, Priest, Breath, Letting Go, difficulty...
Oct 30 2018
3 of 7
The Yoga Room

Zen Meditation as the Bodhisattva Precepts

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

Fayen’s Good Friendship

Perfect Wisdom, Perfect Wisdom, Soto Zen, Daily Life, Bodhidharma, resistance, Heart...
Jun 07 2014
PM
No Abode Hermitage

The Work of Going Beyond Buddha

Realization in the body
Going Beyond Buddha
Sept 2013 PM No Abode

Observe, Big Mind, Mill Valley, Describe, Passions, Zazen, Priest, Japan
Sep 21 2013
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Observing the Breathing Body and the Mind of No Abode 

Perfect Wisdom, Breath, Observe, Mindfulness, Don't Know Mind, Buddha Mind,...
Aug 10 2013
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Observing the Breathing Body and the Mind of No Abode 

Breath, zen meditation, Heart Sutra, cognitive process, Observe, Desire, Patience,...
Aug 10 2013
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

I Have Long Heard of Dragon Pond 

I Have Long Heard of Dragon Pond
Tenshin Reb Anderson
No Abode
April 13, 2013 AM

Perfect Wisdom, Transmission, Dragons, Heart Sutra, Chanting, Observe, Blue Cliff...
Apr 13 2013
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Bodhisattva Precepts Guided by the Teaching of Mind Only 

Bodhisattva Precepts Guided by the Teaching of Mind Only
Tenshin Reb Anderson
No Abode 10/6/2012 PM

Observe, Karmic Consciousness, Confession-and-Repentance, Addiction, Triple Treasure...
Oct 06 2012
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Stimulating Bodhisattva's courage and entering reality 

Observe, Rinzai, Gratitude, Bodhisattva Vow, Enemies, Japan, Bodhidharma, Religion,...
Oct 15 2011
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

The Mind of Enlightenment 

Nirvana, Bodhisattva Vow, Balance, Attachment, Observe, Enthusiasm, Desire, Politics...
Jul 15 2010
The Yoga Room

Training for the Selfless Heart 

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

Deep Faith in Cause and Effect has now become Deep Faith in Being a Sentient Being 

New Year, Silence, Birth-and-Death, Priest, Gratitude, japanese, Observe, confusion,...
Dec 12 2009
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Causation within the Wondrous Dharma Flower 

Lotus Sutra, Karmic Consciousness, causation, Faith, Book of Serenity, Observe,...
Oct 17 2009
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Causation and Non-Self 

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

The Practice That Fills and Is Filled by the Entire Universe and the Bodhisattva Precept of Not Killing 

Bodhisattva Precepts, Birth-and-Death, Sangha, Observe
Nov 22 2008
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Embodying the Lotus Sutra 

Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Heart Sutra, Manjushri, Book of Serenity, Birth-and-Death...
Apr 24 2008
The Yoga Room

Embodying the Lotus Sutra 

Lotus Sutra, Intimacy, Buddha Nature, Heart Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Observe, Book of...
Apr 17 2008
The Yoga Room

Embodying the Lotus Sutra 

Intimacy, Separation, Desire, Bell, Bodhisattva Precepts, Letting Go, Manjushri,...
Apr 10 2008
The Yoga Room

Embodying the Lotus Sutra 

Lotus Sutra, Discrimination, Bell, Observe, Evil, Intimacy, Mahayana, difficulty,...
Apr 03 2008
The Yoga Room

Prajna Paramita

The "Perfection of Wisdom" is the bodhisattva's understanding of emptiness, which is available to those who are settled in the conventional world.

Discrimination, Lotus Sutra, Observe, practicing generosity, Breath, Buddha Nature,...
Jul 14 2007
Afternoon
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...

Right Speech, cognitive process, Observe, Triple Treasure, Sangha, Daily Life, Evil,...
May 05 2007
Part 3
Mount Madonna Center

Baizhang's Fox

Being clear about cause and effect, intention, karma.

cognitive process, Fox, causation, Hindrances, Skandas, Book of Serenity, Buddha...
May 27 2006
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Baizhang's Fox

Being clear about cause and effect, intention, karma.

causation, Fox, Skandas, Funeral, Obstacles, Samsara, Hindrances, Emotions, Observe,...
May 27 2006
PM
No Abode Hermitage