Making Choices
/Myoshin Kate McCandless offers reflections on the moon, bodhisattva precepts, and failure. How would it be to commit to these precepts in daily life particularly when we are faced with so many choices?
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Special Talk for Labour Day
/Shinmon Michael Newton reminds us that we cannot take for granted the work our ancestors have done, and that each of us can labour for the good of all beings.
Camping Dharma
/Mysohin Kate McCandless takes us along her and Shinmon Michael Newton’s recent camping trip - a time for letting go into moment by moment experience…to include, notice, and release.
How can we be with nature in order to summon the life force and renewal we need to live bravely in these perilous times?
Practicing with Anxiety
/Joko Claire Talbot asks: in our distressing moments, before our limbic system kicks in to full gear, can we practice generosity towards ourselves, crossing over to the shore of peace and understanding?
“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy” (Leo Buscaglia)
Listening to the Wild - Speaking as a Tree
/Jikai Vicki shares reflections on the recent MRZC Summer sesshin and Dogen’s Mountains and Waters sutra.
To Acknowledge and Renew - Fusatsu
/Shinmon Michael Newton offers an exploration of Fusatsu (the full moon ccremony) - when sangha members have the opportunity to refresh and renew their relationship to the 16 boddhisatva precepts.
Zen Mind, Baby Mind
/Myoshin Kate McCandless offers teachings and perspectives on the dharma and babies, in advance of a welcoming ceremony for baby Callum.
Seeing our Demons
/Shinmon Michael Newton delves into Muso Soseki’s teachings on demons. How do we understand and address inner challenges?
