Ordinary Zen Sangha - Dharma Talks
Dharma Talks at the Ordinary Zen Sangha, a Zen Meditation Practice Center located in Sarasota, Florida. Please help us if you can. Our programs and events are only made possible by donations from our supporting members. Donations Link... Thank you for listening, Will (Hae An) Rauschenberger, Abbot
Episodes
Silence on a retreat and Kongans, what do they have in common?
The immeasurable and the relative.
Our practice is getting to know ourselves, which is forgetting the self, and being actualized by all dharmas.
Here, our essential self is compared to an ox. We seek the ox, grasp it, tame it, and finally the self which has always been seeking becomes completely one with the ox. But this is also forgotten, so that we now simply carry on our ordinary lives.
We all have mothers; motherhood and Buddhahood are not different, yet not not different.
The Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha are the three treasures. How to take refuge.
How is our practice center different from a Buddhist Temple?
Communication, it's not what you think! Do you really know your mind?
What is the thread that weaves through all of existence?
The secret to living the eight-fold path and ending suffering.
Why are there Buddhist Precepts?
Seeking leads to the rabbit hole of misinformation.
Why do we act like everything remains the same even as everything is always changing?
The relative and the absolute, are they different or the same? Where are you now?
Being authentic, genuine, and reflecting true wisdom.
Bearing witness instead of turning your back on life.
Dropping off body, mind.
Smile as the mockingbird sings.
When all distinctions drop away, “alles ist gut”
Empathy and compassion in everyday life.
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