The Journey to Lay Entrustment and Beyond
/Jikai Vicki Turay shares anecdotes and insights from her path and practice leading to lay entrustment.
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Opening the Hand of Thought (Chapter 3)
/Dai-i Flo Rublee continues our dharma seminar on Uchiyama Roshi's wonderful book. Chapter three is an exploration of how to wake-up to zazen and see our thoughts, desires, and delusions as the scenery of life.
Zoketsu Norman Fischer 2024 retreat - 2/2
/On the second day of our weekend retreat, Zoketsu Norman Fischer tells stories from the Denkoroku, which presents transmission stories of the lineage of Soto Zen ancestors.
Zoketsu Norman Fischer 2024 retreat - 1/2
/In the first of two dharma talks from our weekend retreat, Zoketsu Norman Fischer muses on how sitting zazen can help cultivate the great perfect mirror of awareness.
Opening the Hand of Thought (Chapter 2)
/In part three of this dharma seminar on Kosho Uchiyama's writing, Daikan offers thoughts on zazen and what it means to open a space between the conscious mind and the universal self.
Meandering to the Centre of Every Place: Practices for Pilgrimage
/Myoshin Kate McCandless explores what it is about a pilgrimage that makes it particularly layered and vivid, and offers practices for pilgrimage.
For a PDF of Practices for Pilgrimage Click here
Opening the Hand of Thought (Chapter 1)
/Mayne Island resident and longtime MRZC practice leader Jikai Vicki Turay continues our exploration of Opening the Hand of Thought by Japanese Zen teacher Kosho Uchiyama Roshi. She dives into Uchiyama's discourse on the cultivation of sweet persimmons, how Buddhist practice can manifest and flourish in the West, and how the practice of zazen helps us awaken to our universal nature.
Finding Our True Home
/Back from a recent trip to Europe, MRZC priest and teacher and Sunshine Coast resident Dai-i Flo Rublee reflects on homecoming, home-leaving, and how we are all just walking each other home.
