Look at the confusion without stories about how to fix it. You have no control - that’s the illusion we are buying in to.
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The Confusion Is The Awakening - 01-10-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

This talk title is a line from a classical text in Soto Zen literature: verse 20 in the Book of Serenity. You don’t have to know anything, but you have to study and receive everything. Stop responding out of some kind of interpretation based on your conflicting emotions about the nature of reality.
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Not Knowing Is Most Intimate - 01-14-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

Recognizing The Help - 01-21-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

Crazy Memory - 01-24-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

What's Being Covered Up? - 01-28-24 with Sokuzan - Sokukoji.org

The Third & Fourth Reminders - Basic Buddhist Teachings with Chiezan - 01-26-24

You Are The Seer - 01-31-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

Illusion Listens To Illusion - 02-04-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

Ways Of Knowing - 02-11-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

No Location - 02-18-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

Secret Beyond Thought - 02-25-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

We tend to believe what shows up in our minds; it feels safer and more comfortable. The teaching here is that it’s an illusion. Just believing that this is an illusion doesn’t mean that it won’t continue to delude you. The two fundamental areas we need to see clearly are belief in a self as a separate being and belief that there is an other. It needs to be seen.

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Captive Of Our Conclusions - 03-03-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

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Don't Let Go - 03-06-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

Being A Student On The Buddhist Path - 3/1/24 with Chiezan - sokukoji.org

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Action Not Reaction - 03-10-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

The fundamental issue is the suffering, anxiety and difficulty we run into, sometimes with no apparent cause. We are trying to squeeze some happiness out of samsara. You can’t fix it. This is the illusion you need to see. If you see this, nothing will be running your life.

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Can't Fix It - 03-13-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

This is a way of looking at not attaching to what arises. Don’t buy in, but also don’t dismiss or reject it. Don’t take any position on anything. This is very difficult to do. Have some consideration for the energy that’s moving around in your kitchen or in your mind stream. If you’re training your mind, you will know if you need to do something.
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Don't Buy In - 03-17-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

Invisible Pride - 03-27-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

We are conditioned to make assumptions. We live in a consensus reality. The Buddhist path encourages us to begin to look beyond the reasonable aspects of our phenomenal world, to see non-duality, beyond the fear of groundlessness or spaciousness.
https://youtu.be/wXCl9ZbA0Fc

Trap Of Believing - 03-31-24 with Chiezan - sokukoji.org

The inspiration of the bodhisattva path is at the core of our practice. Chiezan talks about ground, path and fruition, and the first paramita of generosity. We are beginning to transition from a poverty mentality to a mentality of abundance.
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The Bodhisattva Path - 3-22-24 - Basic Buddhist Teachings with Chiezan - sokukoji.org

Prajna is sometimes called mirror-like; it’s reflecting back the mystery of the whole thing. You can’t know what this is. Everything that’s showing up in your life is unreal. You can continue to look at everything and just receive it.
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Prajna Is Without Knowing - 04-03-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

No Attainment - 04-107-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

The Six Paramitas - Patience - 04-05-24- Basic Buddhist teachings with Chiezan - sokukoji.org

Where Thoughts Arise - 04-10-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

Don't Waste Your Time -04-14-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

The Six Paramitas - Exertion - 04-12-24 with Chiezan - sokukoji.org

Don't Assign Value - 04-17-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

2024.04.19 BBT The Six Paramitas - Meditation

Don't Step Out - 04-21-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

Shikantaza & Mindfulness - 04-24-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

Forms & Practices - basic Buddhist Teachings with Sokuzan - 04-26-24 - sokukoji.org

What You Think and Feel 0- 04-28-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.or

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