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2011 dharma talks
On Self |
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Peter speaks on self. |
Doing zazen is like brushing your teeth |
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Peter talks on doing zazen is like brushing your teeth. |
On Way Seeking Mind |
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Jane speaks on the way seeking mind. |
Guest speaker: Dan Welch |
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Guest speaker Dan Welch discusses the forms of our practice together — the bows, our sitting posture, the bells, oryoki meals, work periods, and Priest's Ordination (tokudo). |
The Ox-herding Pictures
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Jane discusses the Ox-herding Pictures. |
On the Harmony of Difference and Equality - Part 2 |
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Part 2 of Peter speaking on the harmony of difference and equality. |
On the Harmony of Difference and Equality - Part 1 |
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Part 1 of Peter speaking on the harmony of difference and equality. |
Steve Stücky on Parinirvana |
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Steve Stücky speaks on Parinirvana. |
On multi-tasking |
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Peter talks about multi-tasking. |
Daydreams |
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Jane discusses daydreams. |
On Life and Delusion |
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Peter talks about life and delusion. |
The Ephemeral Life |
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Jane discusses the ephemeral life. |
On Practice and Enlightenment |
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Peter talks about practice and enlightenment. |
On Our Being Lucky |
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Jane speaks on our being lucky. |
Being here |
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Peter discusses being here. |
On Buddha's Birthday 2011 |
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Jane talks about Buddha's birthday. |
Who Am I? |
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Jane speaks on the question "Who am I?" |
The Three Treasures |
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Jane talks about the Three Treasures — Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. |
On Zazen |
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Peter speaks on "weeds" in our zazen garden. |
Jared Ramsburg |
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Jared Ramsburg, a CSUN masters candidate in experimental psychology, shares his research related to the effects of zen-style meditation on students and the differences between long-time and new meditators. |
On the Small Self |
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Peter talks about how "feeling good" and "feeling good about ourselves" are quite different. |
On respect for things |
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Peter discusses how, to paraphrase Suzuki Roshi, "the respect we show for things reflects the strength of our practice." |
Taming the self |
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Jane speaks on the lifetime activity of taming the self. |
On washing dishes |
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Peter talks about washing dishes and "emptiness is form." |
On following the Precepts is studying the self |
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Peter discusses how to follow the Precepts is to study the self. |
Sister Chandrani, Part 2 |
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Sister Chandrani talks about The Relay Chariots (Ratha-vinita)
Sutta — a way to nirvana with seven purifications of the mind. |
Sister Chandrani, Part 1 |
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Sister Chandrani discusses Four Stages of Purification from the Pali Canon. |
On the Wheel of Life |
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Peter talks about the Wheel of Life (also called the Wheel of Becoming or the Wheel of Samsara) in Tibetan and Nepalese Buddhism. |
On refreshing our lives |
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Peter discusses rebooting our lives. |
On renunciation |
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Peter talks about renouncing the unnecessary, the unreal, and what gives us pain. |
Befriending yourself |
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Jane speaks on what it means to befriend yourself. |
On enso |
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Peter speaks on the enso, its relationship to the Ten Ox-Herding Pictures, and their meaning. |
Compost your suffering |
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Jane talks about how our suffering can be transformed. |
Practice in ordinary life |
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Jane discusses Buddhist practice in ordinary life. |
On fear |
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Peter talks about fear. |
Finding your own ground |
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Jane discusses the importance of finding your own ground. |
On the Precepts |
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Peter speaks on the Precepts. |
What meditation is, what meditation isn't |
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Jane discusses what meditation is and what it isn't. |
On "I don't know" |
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Peter speaks on "I don't know." |
Our perfect imperfection |
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Jane discusses the Harmony of Difference and Equality, and our perfect imperfection. |
Intimate meeting |
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Jane speaks on the Harmony of Difference and Equality, and our intimate meeting with circumstances. |
On acceptance |
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Peter talks about acceptance. |
Befriending yourself |
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Jane talks about "Befriending yourself." |
On Bodhidharma's "One-Mind" Precepts |
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Peter speaks on "Bodhidharma's 'One-Mind' Precepts." |
Presence of mind |
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Jane talks about "Presence of mind." |
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