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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, Heart...
Nov 10 2018
AM
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,
Nov 10 2018
PM
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, Attachment...
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, Intimacy,...
Feb 02 2019
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Buddha Activity

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

Generating Energy

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resistance, Patience, Enthusiasm, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Emotions, Breath...
Mar 09 2019
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Just This Is: the Avatamsaka Sutra in the Zen Tradition

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Perfect Wisdom, Discrimination, Buddha Mind, Practice Period, Karmic Consciousness, Heart...
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

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Heart Sutra, Perfect Wisdom, resistance, confusion, Letting Go, Don't Know Mind, Buddha...
May 18 2019
AM
No Abode Hermitage

The World-Honored One Ascends the Seat

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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

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

Our Original Home

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Attachment, War, Bodhisattva Way, Discrimination, Buddha Mind
Jul 13 2019
AM
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

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

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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

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Aug 10 2019
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Chapter Three, Shoveling Dung

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

Chapter Three, Shoveling Dung

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

Reaching Home Again Without Realizing It

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

The Non-Duality of Silence and Language

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

Buddha Has Reasons For Teaching Non-Self And Buddha Has Reasons For Teaching Self

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Addiction, Discrimination, Anger, Practice Period, Dragons, Impermanence, Enthusiasm, Priest...
Feb 01 2020
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Buddha Has Reasons For Teaching Non-Self And Buddha Has Reasons For Teaching Self

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Addiction, Nirvana Sutra, Impermanence, Religion, Nirvana, Letting Go, Building, Mahayana,...
Feb 01 2020
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Ten Vows, Ten Practices, and Ten Cakes

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

Ten Vows, Ten Practices, and Ten Cakes

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Discrimination, Nirvana, Practice Period, Blue Cliff Record, Letting Go, Right Effort, Right...
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, Lotus Sutra,
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, Samadhi,
Feb 05 2021
Zoom

Confession And Repentance in the Lotus Sutra

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Confession-and-Repentance, Lotus Sutra, Samadhi, Brahma Net Sutra,
Mar 06 2021
Zoom

The Whole Universe is the One Buddha Vehicle

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community -
Lotus Sutra, Stillness, Respect, Silence, Freedom
Apr 03 2021
Zoom

Making Our Life A Gift

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community -
Generosity, Awakening, Wisdom, Enthusiasm, Lotus Sutra, Precepts
May 08 2021
Zoom

Sit Where We Are and Practice Generosity

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community -
Generosity, Face-To-Face Transmission, Evil, Consciousness, Repentance
Jun 12 2021
Zoom

Three Types of Compassion

The first in-person meeting at No Abode since 2020 -
Great compassion, Suzuki Roshi, Emotions, difficulty, Vimalakirti
Jul 10 2021
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Compassion Liberates Us From Hindrances

The first in-person gathering at No Abode since 2020 -
Eihei Koso Hotsuganmon, Torei Zenji, Hindrances, Obstacles, true dharma, Confession-and-...
Jul 10 2021
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Practicing Compassion with Beings in Suffering

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community The talk focuses on the concepts of great loving-kindness and great compassion, exploring the distinctions between immature and mature forms of these states. Immature loving-kindness and compassion see beings as separate, which...
Great compassion, Lovingkindness, Happiness, Patience, Fox
Jul 31 2021
Zoom

Meditation on Great Compassion

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community A virtual Dharma talk emphasizes the practice of great compassion, described as the ongoing process of protecting, respecting, caring for, and liberating all living beings. This compassion understands that self and other are the...
Great compassion, Right Speech, Paramitas, Intimacy, Separation, Hate
Aug 28 2021
Zoom

Confessing Our Ignorance To Practice Compassion

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community The talk emphasizes a continuous practice of compassion, self-examination, and the admission of ignorance. It suggests that realizing one’s ignorance can lead to deeper research and exploration of life and suffering. There is a...
Eihei Koso Hotsuganmon, Great compassion, Fayan, confusion, Lotus Sutra, Letting Go, Sangha...
Oct 02 2021
Zoom

The Science of Compassion

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community The talk explores the intricate relationship between compassion, consciousness, and karma in the context of Buddhist practice. It emphasizes the importance of studying one's own body and mind as an essential activity for...
Enlightenment, Compassion, Karmic Consciousness, Yangshan, Non-thinking, Consciousness, Karma...
Nov 13 2021
Zoom

Bodhisattva Awakening Is Metaphysical

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community -
Lotus Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Bodhisattva Way, Daily Life, Bodhisattva Way, Consciousness...
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 -
Lotus Sutra, Great compassion, Intensive, Intimacy, realization
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 The talk emphasizes the concept of serving all Buddhas without any expectation of gain. This principle is illustrated through several references from Buddhist texts, personal anecdotes, and analogies. Central references and...
Lotus Sutra, Jataka Stories, Avalokiteshvara, Duality, War
Mar 12 2022
Zoom

Freedom from Delusion through studying Delusion

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community The talk emphasizes the importance of understanding and observing one's karmic consciousness to achieve liberation and benefit all beings. The discussion is steeped in Buddhist teachings and draws heavily on the works of...
Eihei Koso Hotsuganmon, Karmic Consciousness, Suzuki Roshi, Ordination, Consciousness,...
Apr 09 2022
Zoom

Finding One's Place Is The Fundamental Point

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community The discussion centers on the practice of "finding one's place" in the present moment, which is envisioned as a way to realize and actualize the entire universe. This practice reflects the bodhisattva mind, which abides in...
Genjokoan, Karmic Consciousness, Consciousness, Buddha Nature, Bowing
May 14 2022
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