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No Abode Dharma Talk - March 9th, 2024

A talk given to the No Abode Community on March 9th, 2024.

 

Mar 09 2024
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No Abode Dharma Talk - March 9th, 2024

A talk given to the No Abode Community on March 9th, 2024.

 

Mar 09 2024
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No Abode Dharma Talk - February 10th, 2024

A talk given to the No Abode Community on February 10th, 2024.

 

Feb 10 2024
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Embracing and Sustaining All Beings in the Midst of Climate Crisis, Morning

A Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for a gathering of the No Abode community.

 

Dec 02 2023
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Embracing and Sustaining All Beings in the Midst of Climate Crisis, Afternoon

A Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for a gathering of the No Abode community on the bodhisattva precept of not killing .

 

Bodhisattva Precept of Not Killing,
Dec 02 2023
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Sitting in the Presence of Buddha, Afternoon

A Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for a gathering of the No Abode community.

 

Death
Nov 04 2023
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Sitting in the Presence of Buddha, Morning

A Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for a gathering of the No Abode community.

 

Ceremony, War, Confession and Repentance, Bowing, Repentance
Nov 04 2023
AM
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Going Deeper into our Bodhisattva Samadhi

A talk given to the No Abode Community on October 7th, 2023

 

Bodhisattva Vow, Precious Mirror, Passions, Mindfulness, Posture
Oct 07 2023
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Giving and Receiving Dharma in Samadhi

A talk given to the No Abode Community on October 7th, 2023

 

Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature
Oct 07 2023
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No Abode Dharma Talk - September 9th, 2023

A talk given to the No Abode Community on September 9th, 2023. Begins with a brief overview of Books One and Two.  In Book Three, 

Avatamsaka Sutra Book Three, Samantabhadra, Bodhisattva Universally Good, Samadhi, ...
Sep 09 2023
AM
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Entering the Samadhi of Buddha’s Radiance

A talk by Tenshin Roshi for a gathering of the No Abode community

Flower Adornment Scripture, Avatamsaka Sutra, the interpenetration of principle and phenomena,...
Aug 12 2023
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Another Few Little Steps Into The Flower Treasury Array Of Oceans Of Worlds

A Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for a gathering of the No Abode community

Evil, Lotus Sutra, Precious Mirror, Enlightenment, Buddha Mind
Jul 15 2023
AM
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Introducing Flower Adornment Book Two

A Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for a gathering of the No Abode community

Bodhisattva Way, Gratitude, Darkness and Light, Instruction, japanese
Jul 15 2023
PM
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A Commencement Ceremony for Exploring the Great Flower Adornment Scripture

A Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for a gathering of the No Abode community opening study of the Avatamsaka Sutra.  

Avatamsaka Sutra, Flower Adornment Scripture, City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, Hongzhi Zengjue, Book...
Jun 24 2023
AM
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Studying the Flower Adornment Scripture Together

A Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for a gathering of the No Abode community

Martin Luther King, Torei Zenji's Vow, Avatamsaka Sutra, Bowing, Anger, Religion...
Jun 24 2023
PM
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No Abode Meeting - Succession Plan - May 20th 2023

A meeting of the No Abode Board and community, to present and discuss the succession plan for No Abode. 

Sangha, Community, Culture, Money, Ceremony
May 20 2023
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Just Sitting

A Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for a gathering of the No Abode community

Confession and Repentance, Karmic Consciousness, Repentance, Faith, Tassajara...
May 06 2023
AM
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Just Sitting

A Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for a gathering of the No Abode community

Anger, confusion, Observe, Emotions, Enemies
May 06 2023
PM
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No Abode Dharma Talk - April 1st, 2023

A Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for a gathering of the No Abode community

Bodhisattva Vow, Hate, Attachment, Greed, Ceremony
Apr 01 2023
AM
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Nobody's Perfect, and There Is Perfection

Nobody's perfect but there is perfection. "The Way is perfect and all-pervading" It pervades everywhere including suffering. It is the Non-duality of peace, ease and suffering. Luis...

Luis Gomez, Manjushri, Fayan, Suzuki Roshi, self-improvement, Faith, Breath, Zendo,...
Mar 04 2023
AM
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Compassion with the Controlling Impulse - February 4th, 2023, Afternoon

Emphasizing compassion and de-emphasizing trying to control. Compassion with the impulse to try to control. Being careful without trying to control. Impartiality towards the outcome; for example,...

Compassion, control, impartiality, non-grasping, loving-kindness, Bodhidharma, Avalokiteshvara,...
Feb 04 2023
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Aspiration, Vow and Giving Up the Impulse to Control - February 4th, 2023, Morning

What is most important? Aspirations and vows.  Karmic habits distract us from what is most important, from hearing the true dharma. Fundamentally we are the intimacy of all things. Intimacy is...

Aspiration, Vow, Karma, Karmic Formations, Karmic Acts, Gain and Loss, Confession and Repentance,...
Feb 04 2023
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The Zazen of the Buddhas' Is Great Compassion

The zazen of the buddhas is great compassion.The most common type of compassion is compassion towards suffering as it appears to us. It sees living beings and their suffering as independently...

Great compassion, Inscription on the Han, Story of Pukkasati meeting the Buddha, ...
Dec 10 2022
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What is a Zen Practitioner?

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

Jul 09 2022
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No Abode Dharma Talk - May 14th, 2022

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

May 14 2022
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No Abode Dharma Talk - July 10th, 2021, Morning

The first in-person meeting at No Abode since 2020

Emotions, Suzuki Roshi, difficulty, Vimalakirti
Jul 10 2021
AM
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No Abode Dharma Talk - July 10th, 2021, Afternoon

The first in-person gathering at No Abode since 2020

Hindrances, Obstacles, true dharma, Confession and Repentance, Bodhisattva Vow...
Jul 10 2021
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Ten Vows, Ten Practices, and Ten Cakes

Discrimination, Bowing, Japan, Bell, Attachment, Priest, Dragons, Doubt, Bodhidharma...
Mar 07 2020
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Ten Vows, Ten Practices, and Ten Cakes

Discrimination, Nirvana, Practice Period, Blue Cliff Record, Letting Go, Right Effort...
Mar 07 2020
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Buddha Has Reasons For Teaching Non-Self And Buddha Has Reasons For Teaching Self

Addiction, Nirvana Sutra, Impermanence, Religion, Nirvana, Letting Go, practicing...
Feb 01 2020
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Buddha Has Reasons For Teaching Non-Self And Buddha Has Reasons For Teaching Self

Addiction, Discrimination, Anger, Practice Period, Dragons, Impermanence, Enthusiasm...
Feb 01 2020
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The Buddha's Practice Of Arranging Shoes

Non-attachment, Attachment, confusion, Nirvana, Subject-and-Object, Dragons,...
Dec 14 2019
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The Non-Duality of Silence and Language

Silence, Transmission, Perfect Wisdom, Non-duality, Balance, Duality, Observe, Heart...
Nov 23 2019
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Reaching Home Again Without Realizing It

Chanting, Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Priest, japanese, Faith, Impermanence, Lotus...
Oct 19 2019
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Chapter Three, Shoveling Dung

Desire, Demons, Transmission
Sep 14 2019
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Chapter Three, Shoveling Dung

Confession and Repentance, Breath, resistance, Repentance
Sep 14 2019
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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
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Wandering Away from Our Original Home in Search of Our Original Home

Aug 10 2019
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Our Original Home

Human consciousness limits reality so that it can grasp "things".

Torei Zenji, Consciousness, Book of Serenity, Enemies, Evil, Emotions
Jul 13 2019
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Our Original Home

Attachment, War, Bodhisattva Way, Discrimination, Buddha Mind
Jul 13 2019
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After Generations Of Nobility, Temporarily Fallen Into Poverty

Buddha nature. Story about Uncle Mi and Dongshan discussing a rabbit crossing the road.Lotus Sutra story about the destitute child. Enlightenment and delusion. Human agency (or training) and...

Buddha Nature, Koan, Enlightenment,
Jun 08 2019
AM
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More Poverty And Nobility

Discrimination, Lotus Sutra, Non-discrimination, Cultivation, Nirvana
Jun 08 2019
PM
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A Conversation about Principle and Phenomena

Heart Sutra, Perfect Wisdom, resistance, confusion, Letting Go, Don't Know Mind...
May 18 2019
AM
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The World-Honored One Ascends the Seat

Manjushri, Book of Serenity, Precious Mirror, Observe
May 18 2019
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Just This Is: the Avatamsaka Sutra in the Zen Tradition

Perfect Wisdom, Discrimination, Buddha Mind, Practice Period, Karmic Consciousness,...
Apr 13 2019
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Traveling Along, Singing a Song, Side by Side

If you’re a Buddha, do you know it?

Equanimity
Apr 13 2019
PM
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Buddha Activity

Intimacy, Doubt, Faith, true dharma, zen meditation, Complete Perfect Enlightenment,...
Mar 09 2019
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Generating Energy

resistance, Patience, practicing generosity, Enthusiasm, Tassajara, Emotions, Breath...
Mar 09 2019
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What Is Most Important For You In This Life

We are all creating the space together for people to have profound experience in zazen. Kind and unkind thoughts are opportunities to express the Buddha mind. Compassion towards wholesome and...

Compassion, Buddha Mind, Mill Valley, Gratitude, Repentance, Enemies, Nirvana,...
Feb 02 2019
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What Is Most Important For You In This Life

Being clear about our ultimate concern. Remember, aspire, commit to, and train to realise this. The story of Tong-an and Liangshan: what is the business under the patched robe? Intimacy. Another...

Vow, Eihei Koso Hotsuganmon, Buddha Mind, Intimacy, Book of Serenity, Buddha Mind,...
Feb 02 2019
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