“What is risky about speaking in front of sangha that I want to control with the three poisons? The flood gates of negative thoughts just open.”  Sokuzan responds to this and other questions from sangha. “It might feel risky in that we know people are agreeing, disagreeing, or judging what we say. People are going to take a position and there’s no way around that. It’s possible to just receive that. We tend to personalize thoughts based on our values… Attribution of wrongness to an identity just strengthens that identity. Have a willingness to be with whatever you’re producing.”
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07/10/2022, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.

Abbot David considers various questions, concerns, challenges, and visions related to the future of American Buddhism and Zen.

The Future of American Zen: Questions and Concerns

07/23/2022, Keiryu Liên Shutt, dharma talk at City Center.
Guidance from the teachings on how we can stay connected and be supportive to and with each other during these times.

Practicing Together in Difficult Times with Generosity, Compassionate Connections, and Spiritual Friendship

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07/24/2022, Eijun Linda Cutts, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Senior Dharma Teacher Eijun Cutts takes up Case 5 of the Book of Serenity to uncover the call for confession and repentance—formal, formless, and of true reality.

What Is the Price of Rice? Confession and Repentance With Eyes Open.

Notice how when something shows up you go to belief, disbelief or distraction. It’s very difficult to use relative concepts to see over time what that’s pointing to beyond the words. It’s not logical or reasonable. The ego mind will use that to turn you around because it wants you in that carnival. It’s terrified of the open space, of not knowing. With each person this will have its own kind of chemistry or texture. It will be very personal to you. Notice the way you believe or attach to something before you’ve even investigated it. Of course, it’s about being aware of that.
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05/21/2022, Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at City Center. How do we see and see through the separation created by the binary mind? Drawing on teachings by Dogen, Suzuki Roshi and Robin Wall Kimmerer, we explore how intimacy and wonder can bring a sense of connection and deep relatedness.

Intimacy and Wonder

06/01/2022, Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at City Center. This talk invites everyone—those sitting and those practicing at home—into wholehearted engagement and simplicity as we enter the Intensive 3-day sesshin, and shares lesser-known stories about the Buddha and his wife, Yasodhara.

Practicing Everywhere

06/02/2022, Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at City Center. On the first day of sesshin, exploring Daishin, Big or Great Mind, described in Dogen’s Tenzo Kyokun, and considering a different relationship to darkness and light.

Big Mind

06/03/2022, Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at City Center. Taking up the importance of Robaishin, Grandmotherly Mind, as the capacity to listen with love.

Grandmotherly Mind

08/03/2022, Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, dharma talk at City Center. What is the role of inquiry in our practice? Inquiry has many different functions and is an expression of how we relate to the world. It is essential to our Zen practice. How does inquiry bring us closer to Buddha Nature, and how is it an expression of it?

The Yoga of Inquiry

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