We are the like the apex of a pyramid the levels of the pyramid ever widening toward its base represent past generations of our ancestors. Our present existence is the sum of all they did and we ar

What helps to enrich us and make us strong is not favorable circumstances, but failure, misfortune, or illness. What matters most is how we take misfortune. The saying A branch of plum blossoms harm

If you do, you can. If you dont, you cant. When you say you cant do what can be done, It means you havent set out to do it. Junkyo Oishi (1888-1968) Pulling from Zen Seeds,Shundo Aoyama Rshi

Prajnatara asked, What amongst all things is the greatest? Bodhidharma said, True nature, of all things, is the greatest. In this dharma talk, Sensei Koshin shares a koan describing the meetin

Fear can lead us to do regretful, hateful, and even violent things. Lions Roar & NYZCs new online course Medicine for Fear is inspired by Zen teacher Eihei Dogens essential instructions for awakeni

To devote ourselves to everything we encounter and throw our life force into doing just that is quite different from simply exhausting our energies playing with toys. Ksh Uchiyama Rshi In cele

How are you cultivating that space of no separation in each moment? Koshin Paley Ellison delivers a talk on the importance of commitment in relationship, whether it be commitment in how you show u

What are the ingredients that go into your decisions today? Sensei Chodo delivers a vulnerable dharma talk on a koan in which you find yourself trapped in an impossible situation and asks: How can

Big mind, then, is not a matter of meditation on some vast floating spatial dimension. It is the practice of entirely devoting your life to each and everything that you encounter, no matter what it m

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