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Back to SearchEach Moment Is Material for Awakening (Everyday Bodhisattva Practice) - Sesshin Day 7
This talk is the seventh and last talk given during Boulder Zen Center's seven-day December Sesshin. It raises questions about the relationship between being on retreat and practicing in the context …
Published on 9 months, 1 week ago
Happiness, Contentment, and Attentional Presence
We live in an "achievement society," in which we are encouraged to constantly improve our lives in search for happiness. This talk presents Zen practice as a series of simple instructions like sittin…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Our Entanglement with Thinking- Sesshin Day 3
This talk is the third talk given during the seven-day December Sesshin held at the Boulder Zen Center. It is a detailed investigation of why, despite our sincere mindfulness practice, it can be so d…
Published on 10 months, 1 week ago
Stepping Back (and Back In)
This talk asks what it means to be identified with thoughts, opinions, emotions, personal characteristics, roles, and positions. And then, what it means to dis-identify from those aspects. It explore…
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Transforming Habits and the Rewards of Open Awareness
This talk is plucked from the middle of the 6-week Practice Course 'Transforming Habits' which just concluded at the Boulder Zen Center. The talk provides a summary of some of the ground that has bee…
Published on 11 months ago
Welcoming Beginner's Mind–A Conversation with Gaylon Ferguson
This episode is a conversation with meditation teacher and author Gaylon Ferguson about his new book "Welcoming Beginner's Mind." The conversation touches on the main themes of the book and their imp…
Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Expressing Buddha Mind through the Precepts
This talk was given in preparation for this year’s Lay Initiation Ceremony (Jukai). It explores the ethical dimension of Zen practice as expressed in the Sixteen Bodhisattva Precepts. On the one hand…
Published on 1 year ago
The Craft of Habit Transformation
This talk was given to kick off this year's fall course on 'Transforming Habits.' It considers Ken Wilber's distinction between 'waking up' and 'growing up.' It then asks how being intimate with the …
Published on 1 year ago
How to Mind Your Problems
This talk was given as part of a One-Day Intensive at Boulder Zen Center's new Mountain Zendo. It takes the following quote from Suzuki Roshi as its jumping-off point: "When you're sitting in the mid…
Published on 1 year ago
Attention, Openness, and Pace in Daily Life
This talk was given as part of a Weekend Sitting. It explores the question of how we enact practice-enlightenment (Dogen's concept) in our daily activities. It talks about the importance of pace for …
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago