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Fathers and the Three NaturesSerial: RA-00421 The talk explores understanding phenomena and the complex nature of fatherhood, utilizing a teaching that all phenomena possess three distinct natures: conceptual, dependently co-arisen, and thoroughly established. These concepts... causation, Japan, Intimacy, Suzuki Roshi, Funeral |
Jun 15 2003 |
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Transcending Dualities Through Zen FreedomSerial: RA-03111 The central thesis of the talk explores the understanding of the rootlessness of phenomena, emphasizing that both good and evil do not have inherent substance, and this understanding can lead to non-attachment and true freedom.... Meditation, Evil, Wisdom |
Jun 2003 |
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Zen and the Illusion of SelfSerial: RA-03121 The central thesis of this talk explores the concept of personality in the context of Zen philosophy, highlighting the distinction between a dependent psychophysical personality and an independent self, as viewed through the lens... Delusion, Practice, Evil |
Jun 2003 |
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Interconnected Awakening Through Mindful PracticeSerial: RA-03113 The talk delves into the significance of a teaching that promotes an impartial and non-possessive attitude towards others, emphasizing the interconnectedness and impermanence of people, which should prevent excessive attachment... Practice, Suffering, Buddha |
Jun 2003 |
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Unveiling Reality: Emptiness Through MeditationSerial: RA-03112 The talk delves into the nature of meditation, discussing the distinction between tranquility and insight practices. It emphasizes the Buddhist teachings on the nature of phenomena, specifically focusing on the ideas of non-self... Compassion, Wisdom, Practice |
Jun 2003 |
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Awakening Through Interconnected OriginsSerial: RA-03114 The talk explores the concept of dependent co-arising (pratītyasamutpāda) as presented in Buddhism, emphasizing how experiences arise based on the interaction of various conditions, rather than independently. The discussion... Mindfulness, Meditation, Breath |
Jun 2003 |
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Interconnectedness: The Path to EnlightenmentSerial: RA-03115 The talk delves into the Buddhist concept of "dependent co-arising" and its implications for understanding suffering, enlightenment, and personal transformation. It emphasizes that knowledge is not "other-dependent," meaning true... Compassion, Meditation, Ego |
Jun 2003 |
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Awakening Through Interconnected MoralitySerial: RA-03119 The talk explores the intersection of authentic moral action and spiritual enlightenment within the context of Zen Buddhism's theme of dependent co-arising. It discusses how enlightenment naturally leads to spontaneous moral... Bowing, Meditation, Enemies |
Jun 2003 |
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Pathways to a Zen AwakeningSerial: RA-03118 In this talk, the central theme explores the practice of confession and repentance within Zen Buddhism, particularly within the Soto Zen tradition, as informed by Dogen's teachings. The discussion emphasizes the coexistence of... Delusion, Repentance, Karma |
Jun 2003 |
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Interconnected Wholeness: Beyond Personal GraspingSerial: RA-03116 The discussion explores the contrast between conventional human concerns and the profound, impersonal nature of existence as understood through wisdom teachings, particularly focusing on the principle of "dependent co-arising."... Letting Go, Pain, Freedom |
Jun 2003 |
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Tranquility Meets Insight: Zen HarmonySerial: RA-03117 The main thesis of the talk examines the relationship between tranquility and insight meditation practices, exploring how they contribute to compassion and wisdom in Zen Buddhism. The discourse draws heavily from the Samdhi... Meditation, Instruction, Compassion |
Jun 2003 |
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Path to Enlightenment Through WisdomSerial: RA-03120 This talk explores the process of developing wisdom through progressive stages of understanding, emphasizing the importance of integrating wisdom teachings into meditation practice. It highlights the three levels of wisdom: from... Wisdom, Samadhi, Study |
Jun 2003 |
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Chanting Beyond Words: Embracing EmptinessSerial: RA-03122 The discussion centers around the practice and significance of chanting in various languages within Buddhist traditions, particularly with the Heart Sutra. It explores the merits of chanting in foreign languages as a devotional... Soto Zen, japanese, Pain |
Jun 2003 |
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Ego's Illusion: Zen's Dependent DanceSerial: RA-03123 The talk addresses the theme of "inmost request" or deepest desire in Zen practice, exemplified by the vow of Eihei Dogen in "Eihei Koso Hotsugamon." The discourse examines the concept of spontaneity and action without an agent,... Commitment, Bell, Vow |
Jun 2003 |
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Cultivating the Way-Seeking HeartSerial: RA-01836 The talk explores the concept of "Way-Seeking Mind" translated from the Chinese "Daoshin," illustrating the interplay between enlightenment’s intention and personal desire for awakening. The speaker narrates personal stories to... Time, Enlightenment, Buddha |
May 24 2003 |
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Balanced Love through DisenchantmentSerial: RA-00434 This talk explores the dynamic of enchantment inherent in the mother-child relationship and its implications for balanced and authentic interactions. It discusses the necessity of mutual delight during early development and the... Dragons, Balance, causation, Impermanence, Daily Life |
May 11 2003 |
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SamadhiSerial: RA-03110 The discourse explores the Buddha's teachings on the nature of phenomena, emphasizing three characteristics: the imaginary or imputational character, the other-dependent character, and the thoroughly established character. This... Practice, Buddha, Wisdom |
May 04 2003 Minnesota Zen Center |
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SamadhiSerial: RA-03109 The talk explores the complexity of Zen practice with an emphasis on samadhi, particularly focusing on Zen stories involving National Teacher Huizhong, the Avatamsaka Sutra, and discussions between historical figures like Guishan... Practice, Samadhi, Buddha |
May 03 2003 2 Minnesota Zen Center |
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SamadhiSerial: RA-03106 The talk explores the concept of samadhi in relation to insight meditation and the understanding of selflessness, describing a progressive attainment of non-duality where the duality of subject and object is gradually attenuated... Samadhi, Buddha, Practice |
May 02 2003 1 Minnesota Zen Center |
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SamadhiSerial: RA-03105 The talk explores the integration of ethical discipline, concentration, and wisdom in Buddhist practice, emphasizing relaxation as the key to entering samadhi. The discussion highlights the importance of approaching precepts with... Practice, Precepts, Samadhi |
May 01 2003 Minnesota Zen Center |
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Embracing Balance Through InterconnectednessSerial: RA-02248 The discussion centers on the Buddha's teaching of the Middle Way, which involves avoiding the extremes of existence and non-existence by recognizing the dependent co-arising of phenomena. This foundational teaching evolves into... Meditation, Emptiness, Love |
Apr 24 2003 |
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Beyond Labels: Embracing Direct ExperienceSerial: RA-00035 The talk explores the concept of direct perception of impermanent phenomena and discusses how grasping and labeling distort the experience of life's interconnectedness. Emphasizing the importance of recognizing and working with... Darkness-and-Light, Observe, Doubt |
Apr 13 2003 |
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Beyond Illusion: Embracing Direct PerceptionSerial: RA-00023 The talk explores the concept of direct perception, emphasizing the impermanent nature of phenomena and the living beings' interactions with these dependent phenomena. It discusses the process of imputation as a barrier to... Darkness-and-Light, Observe, Doubt, Zazen |
Apr 13 2003 |
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Transcending Illusions Through Direct PerceptionSerial: RA-00432 The talk explores the concept of direct perception as a mechanical but blissful experience of impermanent and dependent phenomena. It contrasts the unconscious participation in this organic interconnectedness with conscious... Darkness-and-Light, Observe, Doubt, Zazen |
Apr 13 2003 |
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Path to Wisdom: Compassionate InterdependenceSerial: RA-00433 The discussion explores the path to wisdom through understanding the three kinds of wisdom: those arising from hearing, reflection, and calm meditation. Emphasis is placed on studying the "other-dependent" nature of things,... Buddha Nature, Interdependence, Right Speech, Impermanence |
Apr 13 2003 |
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Cultivating Wisdom through Interdependent InsightSerial: RA-00019 The talk explores the Buddhist concept of wisdom through the lens of "Dependent Origination," outlining three phases: the wisdom from hearing, reflection, and meditation. The emphasis is on engaging with these teachings in a... Happiness, Buddha Nature, Right Speech, Emotions, Daily Life |
Apr 13 2003 |
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Pathways to Zen WisdomSerial: RA-00022 The talk delves into the stages of wisdom within Zen philosophy, emphasizing three phases taught in certain sutras: wisdom from hearing and studying teachings, wisdom from reflection and analysis, and wisdom from meditation in... Happiness, Emotions, Conversation, Impermanence, Buddha Nature |
Apr 13 2003 |
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Embracing Non-Thinking Through ZazenSerial: RA-00415 The talk explores the complexity of Zen meditation, emphasizing the distinction between "non-thinking" and "not thinking." It discusses the meditation techniques recommended by Dogen and the Buddha, focusing on non-thinking as a... Zazen, Dragons, Intimacy, Lay |
Apr 12 2003 |
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Beyond Thoughts: Embracing Zen AwarenessSerial: RA-00006 This talk explores the distinction between "non-thinking" and "not-thinking" in Zen meditation, as elucidated by Dogen and earlier Buddhist teachings. It introduces the concept of "non-thinking," not as the absence of thought,... Zazen, Dragons, Buddha Ancestors, Soto Zen |
Apr 12 2003 |
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Seeing Beyond: Non-Thinking and AwarenessSerial: RA-00020 The talk delineates the meditation practice on "non-thinking" versus "not thinking," focusing on developing wisdom through non-grasping awareness of phenomena where non-thinking is beyond conventional thoughts. The discourse... Zazen, Dragons, Soto Zen, Lay |
Apr 12 2003 |
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Beyond Thought: Zen's Interconnected RealitySerial: RA-00005 The talk discusses the concept of 'non-thinking,' a central tenet in Zen meditation practice, specifically through meditation on the 'other dependent character' of phenomena, which refers to the interconnected, non-self-sustained... Dragons, Anger, Letting Go, Daily Life, Zoom |
Apr 11 2003 |
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Embracing Dragons: Zen Beyond ThoughtSerial: RA-00444 The talk primarily discusses the meditation on the other-dependent character of phenomena as essential to understanding Zen's non-thinking meditation practice. This meditation transcends intellectual categories of existence and... Dragons, Anger, Letting Go, Daily Life, Zoom |
Apr 11 2003 |
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Beyond Thinking: Embracing Zen RealitySerial: RA-00021 The talk focuses on the meditation practice described as non-thinking, which aligns with the Zen concept of dependent co-arising, a fundamental aspect of Zazen. This meditation goes beyond conventional thought, reflecting on... Dragons, Anger, Letting Go, Daily Life |
Apr 11 2003 |
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Awakening Beyond Self-ProjectionSerial: RA-00310 The talk examines the concept of dependent co-arising, the role of consciousness and perception, and the projection of self-essence in experiences. It discusses how interactions between Manas and laya consciousness influence... Enthusiasm, Lay |
Apr 10 2003 |
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Embracing Tranquility Through EmptinessSerial: RA-00036 The talk discusses the Zen practice of tranquility alongside the exploration of conceptual grasping and emptiness, focusing on the relationship between dependently co-arisen phenomena and imputation within Soto Zen and the Samya-... confusion, Separation |
Apr 10 2003 |
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Grasping Emptiness Through Conventional DesignationSerial: RA-00414 The talk explores the interrelation between conventional designation and dependent co-arising, specifically through the lens of Soto Zen and the Samadhi Nirmachana Sutra. The discussion focuses on how things exist in a... confusion, cognitive process, Soto Zen |
Apr 10 2003 |
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Sitting Buddha: Unveiling Emptiness InsightSerial: RA-00004 This talk focuses on the relationship between tranquility practice and wisdom teachings in Zen, with an emphasis on integrating the Samyukta Nirmalachana Sutra's insights on names, signs, and conceptual grasping into the Soto Zen... confusion, Soto Zen, Separation |
Apr 10 2003 |
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Three Characteristics and Grasping the Mark of SittingSerial: RA-00026 All entries with this date are the same talk
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Letting Go, Separation, Attachment |
Apr 09 2003 Green Gulch Farm |
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Separation, Attachment |
Apr 09 2003 Green Gulch Farm |
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Three Characteristics and Grasping the Mark of SittingSerial: RA-00418 All entries with this date are the same talk
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Letting Go, Separation, Attachment |
Apr 09 2003 Green Gulch Farm |
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Wisdom's Path to Compassionate LiberationSerial: RA-00413 The talk delves into the nature of wisdom and compassion as understood through the chapter titled "Questions of Gunakara" from the Samadhi Nirmacana Sutra. The discussion focuses on the nature of phenomena, how Bodhisattvas are... Emotions, Happiness, Heart Sutra, Silence, Dependent Origination |
Apr 08 2003 |
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Wisdom's Path: Unveiling Phenomena's NatureSerial: RA-00027 The talk explores how Bodhisattvas develop wisdom through understanding the three characters of phenomena described in the "Samadhi Nirmacana Sutra": the imputational character, the other dependent character, and the thoroughly... Emotions, Happiness, Heart Sutra, Silence, Karma |
Apr 08 2003 |
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Understanding Phenomena Through Threefold WisdomSerial: RA-00002 The talk focuses on the "Questions of Gunakata" chapter from the Samja Nirmacana Sutra, examining Bodhisattvas' wisdom with respect to the character of phenomena. The discussion elaborates on the threefold nature of phenomena—... Emotions, Happiness, Heart Sutra, Silence, Karma |
Apr 08 2003 |
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Sesshin #1Serial: RA-00001 Sesshin #1
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Bodhisattva Precepts, Suzuki Roshi, Letting Go, Zazen |
Apr 07 2003 Green Gulch Farm |
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Awakening Through Wisdom and CompassionSerial: RA-00387 The talk emphasizes harmonizing wisdom and compassion within Zen practice, highlighting the recitation of Ehe Koso Hotsugamon, which inspires a vow to realize Buddha's wisdom and compassion. Emphasizes the importance of both... Bodhisattva Precepts, Suzuki Roshi, Vow, Letting Go |
Apr 07 2003 |
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Compassionate Wisdom Through Non-ThinkingSerial: RA-00028 The talk emphasizes the practice of Zen meditative techniques, particularly the concept of "non-thinking," a central tenet of Zazen. It explores the compassionate and wisdom aspects of Buddhist practice, underlining the... Non-thinking, Letting Go, Zazen |
Apr 07 2003 |
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Middle Way: Path to InterdependenceSerial: RA-02249 The talk explores the concept of the Middle Way in Buddhism, emphasizing its avoidance of extremes and its role in ending suffering. It discusses the Middle Way through the teachings of dependent co-arising and the Eightfold Path... Meditation, Delusion, Evil |
Apr 03 2003 |
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Meditating Beyond Self-Produced IllusionsSerial: RA-03104 This talk delves into meditating on the "other dependent character of phenomena," a teaching revealed in Buddhist sutras which denotes that phenomena lack inherent self-production. It emphasizes the importance of honoring this... Meditation, Happiness, Time |
Apr 02 2003 |
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Dependent Arising Through Mindful LivingSerial: RA-02245 The talk explores the Buddhist concept of the middle way, emphasizing dependent co-arising as a core teaching of the Buddha. It discusses how everything has an "other dependent character" and encourages meditation on this... Meditation, Bell, Impermanence |
Mar 27 2003 |
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Dependent Dreams: Zen's Illusory NatureSerial: RA-03103 The discussion focuses on the concept of "other-dependent character," central in understanding phenomena's nature in Zen philosophy. Examining discursive thought, the lack of self-production, and the dependency of phenomena help... Meditation, Impermanence, Study |
Mar 26 2003 |