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Zen Meditation on the Great Flower Adornment Scripture, Class 8

In this series of meetings, we will study and see how Zen is the key unlocking the innumerable meanings of this oceanic scripture. We will also explore how the sutra opens and illuminates our simple...

#YRB-2023-Fall, Samadhi, Silence, resistance
Nov 21 2023
8 of 8
The Yoga Room

The Whole Universe is the One Buddha Vehicle

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community

Lotus Sutra, Stillness, Respect, Silence, Freedom
Apr 03 2021
Zoom

Yoga Room Class - March 23rd, 2021

This recording is intended to be shared with class members only

#YRB-2021A, Lotus Sutra, Silence, Enthusiasm
Mar 23 2021
The Yoga Room

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

Wandering Away from Our Original Home in Search of Our Original Home

Obstacles, Don't Know Mind, Daily Life, Silence, Zendo, Priest
Aug 10 2019
PM
No Abode Hermitage

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, Money, Silence, Commitment, Humility
Aug 06 2019
7/7
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.

...
YRB-2019-Summer, Silence, Mindfulness, Addiction, japanese, zen meditation, Duality,...
Jul 23 2019
5/7
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.

...
YRB-2019-Summer, Silence, japanese, Don't Know Mind, Soto Zen
Jul 16 2019
4/7
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.
...

YRB-2019-Summer, Silence, Funeral, Emotions, Interview, Soto Zen, Practice Period,...
Jul 09 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.
...

YRB-2019-Summer, Silence, Transmission, true dharma, Religion, Passions, Suzuki Roshi...
Jul 02 2019
2/7
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.
...

YRB-2019-Summer, Letting Go, Karmic Consciousness, Silence, lecture, Enthusiasm,...
Jun 25 2019
1/7
The Yoga Room

A Conversation about Principle and Phenomena

Heart Sutra, Perfect Wisdom, resistance, confusion, Letting Go, Don't Know Mind...
May 18 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, Karmic Consciousness, Silence, Intimacy, Ego, Nirvana, Teacher-and-...
Apr 16 2019
7/7
The Yoga Room

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, cognitive process, Silence, Faith, Suzuki Roshi, unconscious process...
Apr 02 2019
5/7
The Yoga Room

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, Silence, Interdependence, Attachment, Mahayana
Mar 26 2019
4/7
The Yoga Room

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, Intimacy, Commitment, Buddha Mind, Separation, Duality, unconscious...
Mar 12 2019
2/7
The Yoga Room

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, zen meditation, Silence, Evil, Faith, Doubt, causation, Bell,...
Mar 05 2019
1/7
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, Attachment, Daily Life, Desire, Duality, Tassajara Zen...
Nov 27 2018
7 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, Intimacy, Silence, Doubt, Addiction, unconscious process, Attachment,...
Nov 20 2018
6 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, Bodhidharma, cognitive process, Observe, Fundraising, Lay,...
Nov 13 2018
5 of 7
The Yoga Room

The Hands And Eyes Of Avalokiteshvara

Compassion is the teaching of the Buddha. Stories of the different statues and scrolls at No Abode. Yunmen and Daowu, the thousand arms of Avalokiteshvara.

Compassion, Avalokiteshvara, Transmission, Silence, Avalokiteshvara, Perfect Wisdom,...
Nov 10 2018
AM
No Abode Hermitage

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

Bodhidharma Listening to the Cries of the World

Avalokiteshvara's eyes of compassion observing all sentient beings; Bodhidharma and Emperor Wu, facing the wall for nine years; the Sixth Ancestor's training;

Buddha Ancestors, Consciousness, Compassion, Bodhisattva, Bodhidharma, cognitive...
Mar 03 2018
AM
No Abode Hermitage

The Buddha Mind Seal Is Face-to-Face Conversation

Buddha mind is an intimate conversation; Dogen's meeting a master for the first time; conscious and unconscious mind.

Buddha Mind, Transmission, Conversation, Buddha Mind, Silence, unconscious process...
Jun 03 2017
AM
No Abode Hermitage

The One Vehicle Lives In Silence And Stillness

The desire for awakening for the welfare of all beings; social engagement and silence, both practices pervade all beings; practicing with the limitations of the body.

Mahayana, Compassion, Meditation, Silence, Conversation, Transmission, Hate
May 06 2017
PM
No Abode Hermitage

A Sanctuary Is Built Right Here, Right Now

Buddha's 'a good place to build a sanctuary'; buddha mind is intimately transmitted - Sandokai; undergoing surgery; baby developing a self;

Transmission, Buddha Nature, Sanctuary, Conversation, intimate communication,...
Apr 01 2017
AM
No Abode Hermitage

The Good Friendship of Shitou, Matsu and Yaoshan

Suzuki Roshi, Japan, Silence, Three Treasures, Bodhisattva Way
Feb 01 2014
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

The Work of Going Beyond Buddha

“Going Beyond Buddha” (partial) Sept 2013 No Abode

Right Speech, Conversation, Silence, Perfect Wisdom, Buddha Ancestors
Sep 21 2013
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Three Kinds of Compassion 

Three Kinds of Compassion
Tenshin Reb Anderson
No Abode
Nov 10. 2012 AM

Duality, Separation, Letting Go, Silence
Nov 11 2012
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Wisdom Verifies Wisdom

When Wisdom Verifies Wisdom
Tenshin Reb Anderson
No Abode August 11, 2012 Early afternoon

Letting Go, Avalokiteshvara, Addiction, Silence
Aug 11 2012
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

The Seeds and Fruits of True Awakening 

Lineage, Precepts, zen meditation, Silence, Paramitas
Apr 12 2012
The Yoga Room

The Boatman Does Not Use a Wooden Goose 

Transmission, Manjushri, Silence
Dec 17 2011
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Xiang Yan hears the sound of stones striking bamboo 

Letting Go, Silence
Sep 10 2011
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Embracing Enlightenment I 

Karmic Consciousness, Book of Serenity, Silence, Attachment
Jun 11 2011
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

The Sitting Meditation of this School 

Separation, Duality, Silence, Emptiness
May 21 2011
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Zen Stories 

Koan, Lineage, Silence, Zenki, Letting Go
Mar 10 2011
The Yoga Room

Zen Stories 

Silence, Intimacy, Karmic Consciousness, Discrimination, Separation
Mar 03 2011
The Yoga Room

The Basic Practice of Stillness and Silence 

Silence, Impermanence, Money, Rumi, Attachment
Feb 12 2011
No Abode Hermitage

The Mind of Enlightenment 

Silence, Lotus Sutra, Dogen, Bodhidharma
Aug 19 2010
The Yoga Room

New Year's Dharma Greeting 

Karmic Consciousness, resistance, Demons, Zenki, Silence
Jan 03 2010
No Abode Hermitage

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

Silence, Gratitude, Priest, New Year
Dec 12 2009
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

On Enlightenment and Delusion 

Silence, Posture, Karmic Consciousness, Mindfulness
Nov 19 2009
The Yoga Room

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

Silence, Manjushri, Dogen, Impermanence, Karmic Consciousness
Nov 14 2009
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

On Enlightenment and Delusion 

Silence, Ego, Funeral, Emptiness, Obstacles
Nov 12 2009
The Yoga Room

On Enlightenment and Delusion 

Silence, Karmic Consciousness, Daily Life, Nirvana, zen meditation
Nov 05 2009
The Yoga Room

Meditation on Pride 

Samdhinirmochana Sutra
Chapter Four, Afternoon
No Abode 8/15/09 PM

Doubt, Silence, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Suzuki...
Aug 08 2009
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Causation and Non-Self 

causation, Silence, Faith, Posture
Jul 21 2009
The Yoga Room