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Silent Sitting and Social Action

Sitting in the world, we can't perceive the whole world; we sit in our dharma position, which changes all the time. Impermanence is Buddhism - this place is no abode..
Dharma Position, Impermanence, Compassion,
Oct 20 2018
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Silent Sitting and Social Action

All compounded phenomena are unworthy of confidence. Compassion to these unstable phenomena is our practice. Zen stories are about enacting awakening within social interactions. Attend to your body, posture, breath first, and...
Compassion, Four Foundations, Practice Period, Practice Period, Mindfulness, Observe...
Oct 20 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Introduction To The Four Afflictions Of Self

Discussing afflictions of the mind where the self appears, as an opportunity to explore consciousness. The ignorance of the view that the self is operating the situation.
Consciousness, Four Afflictions of Self,
Nov 10 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

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

The New Coffin

Summary of the unrecorded morning talk. The practice of just sitting. Remembering stillness, letting go of 'what next.' Training to ready for this moment, and for death.
Death-and-Dying,
Dec 15 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

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 unwholesome thoughts are dharma doors...
Compassion, Buddha Mind, Mill Valley, Gratitude, Repentance, Enemies, Nirvana,...
Feb 02 2019
PM
No Abode Hermitage

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 version of the story has the...
Vow, Eihei Koso Hotsuganmon, Buddha Mind, Intimacy, Book of Serenity, Buddha Mind,...
Feb 02 2019
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Buddha Activity

Intimacy, Doubt, Faith, true dharma, zen meditation, Complete Perfect Enlightenment,...
Mar 09 2019
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Generating Energy

resistance, Patience, practicing generosity, Enthusiasm, Tassajara, Emotions, Breath...
Mar 09 2019
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Just This Is: the Avatamsaka Sutra in the Zen Tradition

Perfect Wisdom, Discrimination, Buddha Mind, Practice Period, Karmic Consciousness,...
Apr 13 2019
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Traveling Along, Singing a Song, Side by Side

If you’re a Buddha, do you know it?
Equanimity
Apr 13 2019
PM
No Abode Hermitage

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

The World-Honored One Ascends the Seat

Manjushri, Book of Serenity, Precious Mirror, Observe
May 18 2019
PM
No Abode Hermitage

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 awakening. Enlightenment is always...
Buddha Nature, Koan, Enlightenment,
Jun 08 2019
AM
No Abode Hermitage

More Poverty And Nobility

Discrimination, Lotus Sutra, Non-discrimination, Cultivation, Nirvana
Jun 08 2019
PM
No Abode Hermitage

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
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Our Original Home

Attachment, War, Bodhisattva Way, Discrimination, Buddha Mind
Jul 13 2019
AM
No Abode Hermitage

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

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

Aug 10 2019
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Chapter Three, Shoveling Dung

Desire, Demons, Transmission
Sep 14 2019
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Chapter Three, Shoveling Dung

Confession and Repentance, Breath, resistance, Repentance
Sep 14 2019
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Reaching Home Again Without Realizing It

Chanting, Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Priest, japanese, Faith, Impermanence, Lotus...
Oct 19 2019
AM
No Abode Hermitage

The Non-Duality of Silence and Language

Silence, Transmission, Perfect Wisdom, Non-duality, Balance, Duality, Observe, Heart...
Nov 23 2019
AM
No Abode Hermitage

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
AM
No Abode Hermitage

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
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Ten Vows, Ten Practices, and Ten Cakes

Discrimination, Bowing, Japan, Bell, Attachment, Priest, Dragons, Doubt, Bodhidharma...
Mar 07 2020
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Ten Vows, Ten Practices, and Ten Cakes

Discrimination, Nirvana, Practice Period, Blue Cliff Record, Letting Go, Right Effort...
Mar 07 2020
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Caring for Everything as Awakening

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode Community via Zoom.
Zoom, Coronavirus,
May 02 2020
Zoom

No Abode Virtual Gathering

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode Community via Zoom.
Zoom,
May 16 2020
Zoom

Fifty Years of Priest Practice

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode Community.
Aug 08 2020
Zoom

Buddha Dharma Wants To Be Criticized

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode Community.
Sep 05 2020
Zoom

Gazing at a Tree for Ten Eons

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode Community.
Oct 17 2020
Zoom

No Abode Lay Disciples Gathering

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of lay-ordained disciples.
Nov 07 2020
Zoom

Being Soft, Flexible, Honest, and Upright

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community
Nov 21 2020
Zoom

In the Same Boat with All Sentient Beings

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode Community.
Dec 19 2020
Zoom

New Year's Conversations

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community
New Year,
Jan 03 2021
Zoom

Rounding Out Three months of Lotus Sutra Study

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community
Lotus Sutra,
Feb 05 2021
Zoom

Confession & Repentance in the Lotus Sutra

Confession-and-Repentance, Lotus Sutra,
Mar 06 2021
Zoom

No Abode Dharma Talk - April 3, 2021

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community
Apr 03 2021
Zoom

No Abode Dharma Talk - May 8th, 2021

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community
May 08 2021
Zoom

No Abode Dharma Talk - June 12th, 2021

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community
Jun 12 2021
Zoom

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
No Abode Hermitage

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
PM
No Abode Hermitage

No Abode Dharma Talk - July 31st, 2021

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community
Jul 31 2021
Zoom

Meditation on Great Compassion

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community
Intimacy, Right Speech, Separation, Hate
Aug 28 2021
Zoom

No Abode Dharma Talk - October 2nd, 2021

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community
confusion, Lotus Sutra, Letting Go, Sangha, practicing generosity
Oct 02 2021
Zoom

The Science of Compassion - November 13th, 2021

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community
Enlightenment, Compassion, Karmic Consciousness, Yangshan, Non-thinking, Four Afflictions of Self...
Nov 13 2021
Zoom

No Abode Dharma Talk - December 11th, 2021

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community
Dec 11 2021
Zoom

Settle Down Right Here: Direct Realization

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community
Feb 12 2022
Zoom

Serving All Buddhas with No Expectation of Gain

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community
Mar 12 2022
Zoom

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