You are currently logged-out. You can log-in or create an account to see more talks, save favorites, and more. more info

No Abode Hermitage Talks

Showing 416 talks
 

- Reset Search

Title Speaker

The Womb of the Tathagata #5

Meeting a teacher, asking about the teaching and listening to the teaching. Bodies and minds sitting silently and conversing.

Lotus Sutra, Silence, Buddha Mind
Aug 11 2018
AM
No Abode Hermitage

The Womb of the Tathagata #4

Being supported in compassion; Uncle Mi and the rabbit;

Compassion, Buddha Nature, Perfect Wisdom, Attachment
Jul 14 2018
AM
No Abode Hermitage

The Womb of the Tathagata #4

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

Compassion, Compassion, Buddha, Time
Jul 14 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

The Womb of the Tathagata #3: Our Buddha Nature Precepts

Serial: RA-04437

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

 

Precepts, Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva Precepts, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Original...
Jun 09 2018
AM
No Abode Hermitage

The Womb of the Tathagata #3: Our Buddha Nature Precepts

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

Precepts, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Heart Sutra, Precepts, Bodhisattva,...
Jun 09 2018
AM
No Abode Hermitage

The Womb of the Tathagata #3: Our Buddha Nature Precepts

Serial: RA-04438

Verifying the truth of the teachings through words and phrases

 

Precepts, Original Nature, Bodhisattva Precepts, Precepts
Jun 09 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

The Womb of the Tathagata #3: Our Buddha Nature Precepts

Verifying the truth of the teachings through words and phrases

Precepts, Bodhisattva, Suffering, Consciousness
Jun 09 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

The Womb of the Tathagata #2: Introducing the Brahma's Net Sutra

Buddha Nature, Platform Sutra, Precepts, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Precepts,...
May 12 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

The Womb of the Tathagata #2: Introducing the Brahma's Net Sutra

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

Platform Sutra, Bodhisattva Precepts, Nirvana Sutra, Confession-and-Repentance, ...
May 12 2018
AM
No Abode Hermitage

The Womb of the Tathagata #2: Introducing the Brahma's Net Sutra

Platform Sutra, Bodhisattva Precepts, Nirvana Sutra, Confession-and-Repentance, ...
May 12 2018
AM
No Abode Hermitage

The Womb of the Tathagata #2: Introducing the Brahma's Net Sutra

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

Buddha Nature, Platform Sutra, Precepts, Buddha, Platform Sutra, Bodhisattva Precepts...
May 12 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

The Womb of the Tathagata #1

Flower Adornment Sutra, Koan, Book of Serenity, Wisdom, Love, Attachment
Apr 14 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

The Womb of the Tathagata #1

Case 67 of the Book of Serenity; there is not a single sentient being who does not fully possess the wisdom of the enlightened mind.

Flower Adornment Sutra, Koan, Book of Serenity, Book of Serenity, Forgiveness, Buddha...
Apr 14 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

The Womb of the Tathagata #1

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.

Tathagatagharba, Flower Adornment Sutra, Nirvana Sutra, Impermanence, Buddha Nature,...
Apr 14 2018
AM
No Abode Hermitage

The Womb of the Tathagata #1

Tathagatagharba, Flower Adornment Sutra, Nirvana Sutra, Buddhism, Delusion, Wisdom...
Apr 14 2018
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Bodhidharma Listening to the Cries of the World

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

Compassion, Suffering, Emptiness, Buddha, Suffering, Bodhisattva
Mar 03 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

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

Bodhidharma Listening To The Cries Of The World

Consciousness, Bodhidharma, Bodhisattva
Mar 03 2018
No Abode Hermitage

Bodhidharma Listening To The Cries Of The World

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

Everything is Calling for a Compassionate Response

Serial: RA-04415

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

 

Sangha, Community, Complete Perfect Enlightenment
Feb 03 2018
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Everything is Calling for a Compassionate Response

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

Sangha, Community, Complete Perfect Enlightenment
Feb 03 2018
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Guidance or Control

Control is antithetical to enlightenment; NASA control center and GPS guidance systems; granddaughter's pacifier

Birth-and-Death, difficulty, Transmission, American, Patience
Feb 03 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Guidance or Control

Serial: RA-04416

Control is antithetical to enlightenment; NASA control center and GPS guidance systems; granddaughter's pacifier

 

Karma, Freedom, Patience
Feb 03 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Buddha’s Zazen is Face-to-Face Transmission

The personal practice of paying attention to the posture of samadhi; mindfulness of breathing; remembering stillness as transmitted by the ancestors;

Transmission, Zazen, Sangha, Posture
Nov 11 2017
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Watch the Set-Up Carefully

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

Avalokiteshvara, Bodhidharma, Tassajara
Nov 11 2017
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Buddhas Turn the Wheel of Dharma in the Midst of Fierce Flames

Manjushri's 'the teaching of the Buddha is thus'; accepting suffering and pleasure; being gentle with your own body.

Suffering, Buddha, Manjushri
Oct 14 2017
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Buddhas Turn the Wheel of Dharma in the Midst of Fierce Flames

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.

Suffering, Practice, Observe
Oct 14 2017
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Buddhas Turn the Wheel of Dharma in the Midst of Fierce Flames

Serial: RA-04394

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.

...
Observe, Peace, Manjushri
Oct 14 2017
AM
No Abode Hermitage

The Teaching of the Buddha’s Whole Lifetime

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

Koan, Mindfulness, Delusion, Nirvana
Aug 05 2017
AM
No Abode Hermitage

The Teaching of the Buddha’s Whole Lifetime

Coming to Zen Center to receive training; extensive discussion and planting rice fields can both be appropriate response;

Perfect Wisdom, Faith, Politics
Aug 05 2017
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Prajna Paramita, the Lovely, the Holy

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...

Perfect Wisdom, Transmission, Concentration, Perfect Wisdom, Nirvana, Vow
Jul 08 2017
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Prajna Paramita, the Lovely, the Holy

Ungraspable nature of all phenomena; perfect wisdom understands dependent co-arising; non-abiding in any state.

Perfect Wisdom, Transmission, Compassion, Dependent Origination, Perfect Wisdom,...
Jul 08 2017
PM
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
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

Building A Sanctuary For Awakening

Buddha pointing to the earth, a good place for a sanctuary; masks and personas; freedom from self-consciousness.

Karmic Consciousness, Buddha Mind, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Karmic...
May 06 2017
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Zazen Is World Transformation

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

Enlightenment, Consciousness, Meditation, Conversation, Priest, Japan, Bell
Apr 01 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

Awakened Pathways Enlighten the World

Buddha, Practice, Buddhism
Mar 04 2017
No Abode Hermitage

Zen Meditation Is World Transformation

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

Community
Feb 04 2017
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Zen Meditation Is World Transformation

Talking about recent surgery; Buddha's 'a good place for a sanctuary'; the Buddha's work is face-to-face meeting; conversations within a family; opening the door to our original face...

Transmission, Sanctuary, Conversation, Transmission, Building, Ego
Feb 04 2017
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Awakening Lives In Silence And Stillness

In the midst of stillness there is the awakened activity of liberating beings; lovingkindness and politics; becoming Buddha by realizing causation; not being possessive of anything, even the dharma,...

Lovingkindness, Zazen, Cause-and-Effect, Liberation, causation, Lovingkindness, Fox...
Jan 02 2017
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Bodhisattva Practice Includes Everything

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;

Confession-and-Repentance, Buddha Mind, Transmission, Sanctuary, Confession-and-...
Jan 02 2017
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Listening to the Cries of the World

Compassion, Avalokiteshvara, Evil, Buddha Nature, Patience
Nov 12 2016
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Listening to the Cries of the World

Kind Speech, Compassion, Gratitude, Enemies, Perfect Wisdom, Gratitude
Nov 12 2016
PM
No Abode Hermitage

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

Buddhas And Bodhisattvas Are Intimate Communication

Serial: RA-04313

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

 

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

The Pivotal Activity of All the Buddhas

Compassion, Bodhisattva, Liberation, Bodhisattva, Practice, Buddha
Sep 17 2016
PM
No Abode Hermitage

The Pivotal Activity of All the Buddhas

Compassion, Practice Period, Practice, Compassion, Bodhisattva
Sep 17 2016
AM
No Abode Hermitage

The Unceasing Effort to Free All Beings

Compassion, Separation, Zazen, Nirvana
Aug 06 2016
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Pages