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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, Wisdom,...
Jul 08 2017
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Watch the Set-Up Carefully

Listening to each others' stories; Scheherazade and the Thousand and One Nights; -
Avalokiteshvara, Bodhidharma, Tassajara
Nov 11 2017
PM
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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
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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
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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
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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 process,...
Mar 03 2018
AM
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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
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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 Nature...
Apr 14 2018
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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, Addiction...
Apr 14 2018
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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
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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, Buddha, Buddha...
May 12 2018
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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, Bodhisattva...
Jun 09 2018
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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
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The Womb of the Tathagata #4

Being supported in compassion; Uncle Mi and the rabbit; -
Compassion, Buddha Nature, Perfect Wisdom, Attachment
Jul 14 2018
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The Womb of the Tathagata #4

Opportunities for compassion - with friends and enemies; the story of the destitute son from the Lotus Sutra -
Compassion, Enemies, Buddha Nature, Lotus Sutra
Jul 14 2018
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The Womb of the Tathagata #5

Torei's vow; bowing in humility in the face of cruelty; meeting monsters with lovingkindness. -
Confession-and-Repentance, Lovingkindness, Repentance, Commitment, Precepts
Aug 11 2018
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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
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Contemplating Torei Zenji's Vow

Everything is manifesting the path of the ancient buddhas, abiding together in their respective dharma positions. Abiding in this moment and being free of it, even if we think it is obstruction or that we are stuck. -
Global Warming, Stillness, Global Warming, Instruction
Sep 15 2018
PM
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Compassion is a Conversation

A conversation is what we are doing together. Buddhas are sitting upright and still, in the midst of everything, having a conversation with silence. The story of his Nanchuan and his sickle. Meeting the person and the moment in... -
Compassion, Global Warming, Koan, Global Warming, Stillness, Ceremony
Sep 15 2018
AM
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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, Impermanence, Original Nature, Hate...
Oct 20 2018
AM
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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 of Mindfulness, Practice Period, Practice Period, Mindfulness,...
Oct 20 2018
PM
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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
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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, Stillness, Bell, Silence
Dec 15 2018
PM
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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
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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
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Buddha Activity

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Intimacy, Doubt, Faith, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Karmic Consciousness, Light-and-...
Mar 09 2019
AM
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Generating Energy

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Patience, Enthusiasm, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Emotions, Breath
Mar 09 2019
PM
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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
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Traveling Along, Singing a Song, Side by Side

If you’re a Buddha, do you know it? -
Equanimity
Apr 13 2019
PM
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A Conversation about Principle and Phenomena

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Heart Sutra, Perfect Wisdom, confusion, Letting Go, Don't Know Mind, Buddha Mind, Silence...
May 18 2019
AM
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The World-Honored One Ascends the Seat

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Manjushri, Book of Serenity, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Observe
May 18 2019
PM
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More Poverty And Nobility

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Discrimination, Lotus Sutra, Non-discrimination, Cultivation, Nirvana
Jun 08 2019
PM
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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, Compassion, Practice, Work
Jun 08 2019
AM
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Our Original Home

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

Human consciousness limits reality so that it can grasp "things". -
Torei, Consciousness, Book of Serenity, Enemies, Evil, Emotions
Jul 13 2019
PM
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Wandering Away from Our Original Home in Search of Our Original Home

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Obstacles, Don't Know Mind, Daily Life, Silence, Priest
Aug 10 2019
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Wandering Away from Our Original Home in Search of Our Original Home

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Buddha Nature, Greed, Lotus Sutra
Aug 10 2019
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Chapter Three, Shoveling Dung

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Desire, Demons, Transmission
Sep 14 2019
PM
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Chapter Three, Shoveling Dung

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Confession-and-Repentance, Breath, Repentance
Sep 14 2019
AM
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Reaching Home Again Without Realizing It

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Chanting, Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Priest, Japan, Faith, Impermanence, Lotus Sutra,...
Oct 19 2019
AM
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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
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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
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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
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Ten Vows, Ten Practices, and Ten Cakes

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Discrimination, Bowing, Japan, Bell, Attachment, Priest, Dragons, Doubt, Bodhidharma, Balance...
Mar 07 2020
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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
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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, Buddha, Precepts, Compassion
May 02 2020
Zoom

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