March 8, 2020
Preparing Ourselves for the Coronovirus for the Sake of Others
A Mahayana take: it’s not just about “me” and “my.” Also, some words about worry, stress, and anxiety. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.
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February 29, 2020
“Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away” #4
February 2020 Sesshin, Day 4
Commentary on Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away: Teachings on Impermanence and the End of Suffering by Ajahn Chan (trans. by Paul Breiter) Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn.
February 28, 2020
“Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away#3
February 2020 Sesshin, Day 3
Commentary on Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away: Teachings on Impermanence and the End of Suffering by Ajahn Chan (trans. by Paul Breiter) Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn.
February 27, 2020
“Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away” #2
February 2020 Sesshin, Day 2
Commentary on Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away: Teachings on Impermanence and the End of Suffering by Ajahn Chan (trans. by Paul Breiter) Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn.
February 26, 2020
“Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away” #1
February 2020 Sesshin, Day 1
Commentary on Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away: Teachings on Impermanence and the End of Suffering by Ajahn Chan (trans. by Paul Breiter) Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn.
February 23, 2020
Solitude Misused: So Near, Yet So Far Away
The amazing case of the 21st-century “Hermit of Maine (The Stranger in the Woods, by Michael Finkel),” whose 27 years of complete seclusion, in which he survived through burglaries, is not remotely like the solitary meditation of practitioners in Zen and other traditions. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.
February 14, 2020
A Small Syllable of Great Power
When we have made the decision to pick up Mu, calling out Mu and listening to Mu, there’s no use getting entangled in questions “about” Mu.
February 14, 2020
Cancer Koans: A Frozen Tree Blossoms
A new member reflects on his harrowing cancer treatments and the possibility of imminent death
February 9, 2020
Coming to the Path Talk by Dené Redding
A Sunday talk about coming to the Dharma and to the Center. Coming to the Path Talk by Dené Redding.
January 26, 2020
The Dharma of Driving
Everyday driving as a practice field for mindfulness and a test of non-reactivity and other Buddhist values. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.