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2026-09-29 Giving 1

2026/09/30

Beginning to explore the Dāna Pāramitā. Main Source: The Practice of Perfection by Robert Aitken.

2026-09-10 Bodhidharma's Wake Up Sermon

2026/09/09

Description: Non-Attachment. Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma by Red Pine.

2026-09-09 Bodhidharma's Bloodstream Sermon 3

2026/09/08

Description: Buddhas and cause and effect. Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma by Red Pine.

2026-09-08 Bodhidharma's Bloodstream Sermon 2

2026/09/07

Description: Mind is Buddha. Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma by Red Pine.

2026-09-07 Master Dōgens Extensive Record 2

2026/09/06

Description: A selection ōf Dōgen's encouragement talks to inspire our practice. Main sources: Dogen's Extensive Record: Eihei Kōroku, translated by Taigen Dan Leighton and Shohaku Okumura (same as yesterday) The Art of Just Sitting edited by John Daido Loori.

2026-09-06 Master Dōgens Extensive Record 1

2026/09/05

Description: A selection ōf Dōgen's encouragement talks to inspire our practice. Main sources: Dogen's Extensive Record: Eihei Kōroku, translated by Taigen Dan Leighton and Shohaku Okumura.

2026-09-05 Bodhidharma's Bloodstream Sermon 1

2026/09/04

Description: Mind is Buddha. Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma by Red Pine.

2026-08-25 How Long Will It Take?

2026/08/26

To think of practice as having a goal takes us away from the present moment. We can become impatient when we don't see the desired results of our zazen, and this impatience can become a hindrance in our practice. Texts: The Gateless Barrier, Robert Aitken The Three Pillars of Zen, Philip Kapleau.

2026-08-11 Patience

2026/08/12

The Kshanti Paramita. Active patience or forbearance as an antidote to anger.

2026-07-21 Nature Koans 5: Mumonkan Case 6, 'The Buddha Holds Up a Flower'

2026/07/22

The Sangha assembled on Vulture Peak to hear a discourse by the Buddha. The Buddha simply held up a flower. Only Mahakashyapa smiled. Texts: The Gateless Barrier, Robert Aitken Disciples of the Buddha, Zenno Ishigami.

2026-07-07 The Bodhisattva Precepts 3

2026/07/18

Some reflections of the 10 cardinal precepts and some questions to discuss. Source: The World Could Be Otherwise, Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path by Norman Fischer.

2026-06-23 The Bodhisattva Precepts 2

2026/06/25

A look at the three pure precepts and the first five cardinal precepts. Source: The World Could be Otherwise by Norman Fischer.

2026-06-09 The Bodhisattva Precepts 1

2026/06/10

Exploring the 16 precepts in preparation for Matariki Jukai. Source: The World Could be Otherwise by Norman Fischer.

2026-05-26 Nature Koans 4: Mumonkan Case 2, 'Hyakujo and the Fox'

2026/05/27

This koan takes the form of a folktale. An ancient teacher gives the wrong answer regarding cause and effect and must live 500 lives as a fox. Text: Shaping Text: Philosophy and Folklore in the Fox Koan by Steven Heine Of the Same Root: Animals and Our Relationship with them by Philip Kapleau.

2026-04-21 Ahimsa

2026/04/21

Ahimsa, not-harming, is a fundamental principle of both Hinduism and Buddhism, and is embodied in the first of our Ten Cardinal Precepts, "Not to kill but to cherish all life". In this teisho we look at different aspects of ahimsa: kindness, altruism and not eating meat. Text: To Cherish All Life: a Buddhist Case for Becoming Vegetarian and Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk.