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Public Dharma Talk: “Brief Flashings in the Phenomenal World” Katie Arnold Apr 24, 2024
In this Dharma talk, Katie Arnold shares her experiences and insights on the intersections of Zen, running, and life. Katie describes a severe river accident that led her to Zen as a pathway for healing both mentally and physically. Katie discusses her book "Running...
Public Dharma Talk: “Dharma and Ecology” With Sensei Wendy Johnson – April 10, 2024
Two days after the skies darkened from the solar eclipse, Sensei Wendy Johnson reminds us that “in dark times, the eye begins to see.” With her characteristic spirit and tenderness, Wendy encourages us to let in the difficult truths of our times and practice stillness...
Spring Practice Period: Sesshin Dharma Talk with Sensei Shinzan – Apr 3, 2024
In this Dharma talk, Sensei Shinzan shares his personal journey towards understanding Zen, a quest that led him away from a planned career in engineering to a deep exploration of Buddhism. He reflects on the challenging yet profoundly rewarding nature of sesshin,...
Public Dharma Talk: “What’s time got to do with it?” With Roshi Enkyo – 2021
In her timely talk, Roshi Enkyo O’Hara invites us to sing along with Tina Turner, “What’s Time Got To Do With It?” and explores the process of overwhelm overwhelming overwhelm in Dogen’s fascicle Time-Being. Roshi Enkyo translates Dogen into modern idiom, relating...
Public Dharma Talk: “The Poetry of Awareness on an Ordinary Day” With James Fushin Bristol, Hoshi – 2021
In The Poetry of Awareness on an Ordinary Day, Fushin James Bristol explores the profound practice of awareness in our day to day life–“…doing what I’m supposed to be doing now.” Awareness arises from the tangled thoughts during Zazen and moves into our life and...
Public Dharma Talk: “Living Buddhist Practice in Social Change” With Jisho Sara Siebert – 2021
Sensei Sara Jisho Siebert shares her journey as a Zen practitioner and the ways she has learned from the experiences in her life to stay with the unpleasant feelings and suffering that can arise in order to expand our capacity for empathy. She shares that the practice...
Public Dharma Talk: “Equanimity is Established Upon Boundless Generosity” With Pannavati Bikkhuni – Sept 1, 2023
In this classic Dharma Talk with Venerable Pannavati Bikkhuni from the Heartwood Refuge in North Carolina, we are reminded of the deep interconnectedness of generosity and gratitude, and ultimately, equanimity, and how this timeless practice of meditation and ethics...
Darkness as Medicine (6 of 6)
This is part 2 of the Feb 18th session where Osho Zenju and participants engage in Q&A. In the third part of her series "Darkness is Medicine," Zenju Earthlyn Manuel delves into the ancestral perspectives on darkness, highlighting its importance and application in...
Darkness as Medicine (5 of 6)
In the third part of her series "Darkness is Medicine," Zenju Earthlyn Manuel delves into the ancestral perspectives on darkness, highlighting its importance and application in our lives, especially during challenging times. She discusses the concept of light merging...
Darkness as Medicine (4 of 6)
This is part 2 of the Feb 11th session where Osho Zenju and participants engage in Q&A. In the second talk of the series "Darkness as Medicine," Zenju Earthlyn Manuel begins with Prajnaparamita, an ancient deity representing the perfection of wisdom, often...
Darkness as Medicine (3 of 6)
In the second talk of the series "Darkness as Medicine," Zenju Earthlyn Manuel begins with Prajnaparamita, an ancient deity representing the perfection of wisdom, often associated with the removal of suffering through enlightenment. Manuel also explores the concept of...
Darkness as Medicine (2 of 6)
This is part 2 of the Feb 4th session where Osho Zenju and participants engage in Q&A. "Darkness as Medicine" delves into the concept of societal and personal ailments as opportunities for profound spiritual reflection and transformation. Zenju Earthlyn Manuel...
Darkness as Medicine (1 of 6)
"Darkness as Medicine" delves into the concept of societal and personal ailments as opportunities for profound spiritual reflection and transformation. Zenju Earthlyn Manuel articulates a cycle where love can turn into possession, protection, and ultimately...
The Bodhisattva’s Activism (8 of 8)
This is the Q&A with the participants during the final session and the vow ceremony ... This final session was a thoughtful discussion on the role and experiences of Bodhisattvas in the modern world. Roshi Joan, Dekila Chungyalpa, and John Dunne emphasize the...