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Sun Face Buddha; Moon Face Buddha
Greetings!
I am sending this Podcast Dharma Talk that I recorded last Monday, after viewing the Total Solar Eclipse. Which was spectacular, really bey…
2 years, 3 months ago
Within Darkness it is Most Bright
We are in the midst of eclipse season. And while it happens twice a year, many of us living in the US are living close to the zone of totality or tra…
2 years, 3 months ago
Being Tamed by Our True Nature
I always consider it quite a blessing to have found my way to the Spiritual Path. I didn’t always feel this way. I remember early on in practice wish…
2 years, 3 months ago
Caught by our True Nature
We explore the confusion or doubt that can come in when we habits return after having a taste of awakening. We also talk about how the mind will ofte…
2 years, 5 months ago
Seeing Our True Nature
Greetings Friends,
In the on-going exploration of the Ox-herding pictures, this podcast episode focuses on Kensho—the Japanese Zen Buddhist word for s…
2 years, 5 months ago
Traces of the Self
The path of Awakening is sometimes referred to as the Great Unbinding and consists of un-learning our deeply conditioned habits of mind and perceptio…
2 years, 5 months ago
What is your motivation?
This is the first of a series of talks exploring the Ox-herding pictures, a set of teachings on the Zen path of Awakening. This first stage is founda…
2 years, 6 months ago
Awakening the OX
I originally started this Substack as a clear way to share my weekly dharma talks. Every Monday at 6P PT / 9P ET I host an online Zen gathering throu…
2 years, 6 months ago
Everyone Has Their Own Light
KOAN:
Yun Men imparted some words saying, "Everyone has a light; when you look at it, you don't see it and it's dark and dim. What is everybody's ligh…
2 years, 7 months ago
Prajna Paramita: Mother of the Buddhas
The path of the paramitas leads to the shore of freedom, of liberation / love.
OM ! Gate, gate, para gate, parasum gate, bodhi svaha
Gone, gone, gone b…
2 years, 7 months ago