Dharma Discourse by Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei In this talk, Shugen Sensei continues the teachings about the stages along the path. The 4th stage of the Ox Herding Pictures illustrates the practitioner's wrestling with the ox.  He says it's importa

Dharma Discourse by John Daido Loori, Roshi A great miracle is present any time we take a meal: to eat is to receive life and merge with the universe. In a very real way, what nourishes us--whether it's food for our body or food for our heart and mind-

Dharma Discourse by Konrad Ryushin Marchaj, Sensei In this discourse we're calling, Ryushin Sensei says the most insidious kind of self-deception is the one that lurks within our spiritual practice. When practice is used as a venue for self-improvement

Dharma Discourse by Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei A monk asked Zhaozhou: what is the meaning of Zen? Zhaozhou said, Cypress tree in the garden." The truth of our lives is not contained in things, yet we cannot ignore them either. War is not the same as

Dharma Discourse by John Daido Loori, Roshi We're calling this talk, "The One That Is Not Busy." An old master said we must recognize 'the one that is not busy' in order to see the union of mundane and enlightened reality. We can be every bit as engage

Dharma Discourse by Konrad Ryushin Marchaj, Sensei Our everyday experience is constantly being filtered through our personal bubbles of illusion. Inside, we believe we are the center of the world—the misconception from which all suffering arises. How

Dharma Discourse by Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei In this inquiry into the 4th stage of the spiritual journey as portrayed in the Ox Herding Pictures, Shugen Sensei asks, How does the absolute basis of reality, which is not about time and place, relate

Dharma Discourse by John Daido Loori, Roshi An old master said we must recognize 'the one that is not busy' in order to see the union of mundane and enlightened reality. We can be every bit as engaged in spiritual practice as those living in monasterie

Dharma Discourse by Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei Shugen Sensei continues his exploration of the spiritual journey.  In the third stage of Zen practice, a student might have her first experience of the 'falling away of body and mind', but there is muc

Dharma Discourse by Konrad Ryushin Marchaj, Sensei Our everyday experience is constantly being filtered through our personal bubbles of illusion. Inside, we believe we are the center of the world—the misconception from which all suffering arises. How