Dogen Intensive: Going Beyond Buddha (1/3)
/Shinmon Michael Newton explores how, by taking a step backwards and shining the light inwards, we might realize the nature of Buddha.
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Dogen Intensive: Dreams (1/4)
/For the 1st Wednesday evening of MRZC's Genzo-e, Myoshin Kate McCandless explores how perhaps we are "within a dream expressing a dream".
Dogen Intensive: Miracles (3/3)
/Themes from the Dogen Genzo-e opening retreat continue to be explored in the Sunday morning dharma talk. Can we practice humility and be open to wonder? In what ways do we express how we feel about miracles?
Dogen Intensive: Miracles (2/3 - Opening Retreat)
/A call to the co-arising of "be alert!", enlightenment is not a fixed state - it is the expression of our practice. And that is a great miracle.
Dogen Intensive: Miracles (1/3 - Opening Retreat)
/Mysoshin Kate McCandless offers a deep dive into what Dogen meant by saying miracles are "the tea and rice of buddha's house".
Everyday Zen (6/9): Suffering
/Dai-i Flo Rublee offers the last instalment in our dharma seminar - Chapter 5 from Charlotte Joko Beck’s Everyday Zen - with the suggestion that we don't have to be engaged in endless struggle with forces external to ourselves.
"No old age and death. No end to old age and death. No suffering. No end to suffering." (the Heart Sutra)
Anger and Forgiveness
/Kakuko Kaye Simard offers a talk on anger as a path of transformation.
Everyday Zen (5/9): Ideals
/Jikai Vicki Turay continues our dharma seminar on Charlotte Joko Beck’s Everyday Zen asking the question: Do our ideals serve us or confuse us? Are they guiding principles or subtle forms of attachement?
