No Abode Hermitage Talks

Torei's vow; bowing in humility in the face of cruelty; meeting monsters with lovingkindness.

Opportunities for compassion - with friends and enemies; the story of the destitute son from the Lotus Sutra

Origins of the Bodhisattva precepts; development and commentaries; the reasons for Buddhas appearing in this world.

Introducing the Brahma's Net Sutra: https://www.tinyurl.com/Brahma-Net

Origin of the tathagathagharba teachings; the Huayen school in China; three marks of existence and four inverted views; skillful means of milk medicine described in the Nirvana Sutra.

Avalokiteshvara clearly seeing the emptiness of five skandhas; listening to the cries of the world, the suffering of beings.

Buddha's sitting - who do you think you are; ; Buddha, dharma and sangha are all-pervading; Yunmen's appropriate response.

Listening to each others' stories; Scheherazade and the Thousand and One Nights;

How to be with the fire that surrounds us; Buddha sitting upright, clearly observing, accepting all suffering; watching our fears about not being able to control things.

Yunmen's appropriate response; being Buddha right where you are: Master Ma being ready to die;

Not abiding in anything, including wisdom; helping without the idea of helping; practicing the paramitas without holding on to them; Buddha twirling a flower, Manjushri smiling is transmission in...

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

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.

Koans, using consciousness to go beyond consciousness; the path which can be spoken is not the true path.

Our practice includes everyone's else practice; other people's fulfillment is our fulfillment.

Buddha's 'a good place for a sanctuary'; karma is a place to build a sanctuary; extending out practice outside the zendo; expressing from a place before you were born;

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