Dialogues in a Dream - What is Your Relationship to the World?
/“Through desire we invite birth, through aversion we receive death.”
Shinmon Michael Newton continues the Wednesday evening seminar on Muso Soseki’s Dialogues in a Dream.
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Dialogues in a Dream - To Read or Not to Read
/“Knowing is arrogance, not knowing is stupidity.”
For the third talk in our dharma seminar on Musō Soseki's writing, Myoshin Kate McCandless asks: What is your relationship to reading Zen texts and commentaries?
Dialogues in a Dream - What is Compassion?
/Shinmon Michael Newton offers an exploration of Muso Soseki’s thoughts on compassion. Is it sentimental? Is it dharma based? Is it universal or is it dualistic?
Dialogues in a Dream - What Would You Ask a Time-travelling Zen Master?
/Mysohin Kate McCandless introduces Zen master Musō Soseki and “Dialogues in a Dream" - a collection of ninety-three dialogues between the master and the shogun Ashikaga Tadayoshi.
Living with Ease in a Crazy World (Training in Compassion - 8/)
/Daikan picks up the exploration of Norman Fischer’s book Training in Compassion. He notes that over time, we might notice that meditating changes our sense of life, and that we may be developing gentleness and patience towards self and others.
The Discipline of Relationships (Training in Compassion - 7/)
/Shinmon Michael Newton brings the Wednesday evening Dharma seminar on Norman Fischer's Training in Compassion to a close.
When Everything is the Path, Nothing is Left Out (Training in Compassion - 6/)
/Hotei Denis asks: given state of world and the seriousness of the human condition, how do we deepen our practice? When the only point is the point, how do we walk the walk?
Make Practice Your Whole Life (Training in Compassion - 5/)
/Jikai Vicki Turay continues our Dharma seminar asking: what strengths do you have when it comes to making practice your whole life? What challenges? How consciously and caringly can you breathe?
