Natural Healing

Myoshin Kate McCandless acknowledges that our deeper wounds need to be given protection and healing care. The darts and arrows of a human life can be sharp and painful - the body and mind are supported by practicing the dharma. 

Genzo-e Closing Retreat 2/2

Shinmon Michael Newton affirms that our practice is complete in each moment -- each moment of thought transcends all time. As Dogen would say: there is nothing to add or take away.

Genzo-e Closing Retreat 1/2

Myoshin Kate McCandless encourages the perspective that even though we are very far away in time from Dogen, we are part of the movement and transmission of dharma.

The Poetry of Flowers

Myoshin Kate McCandless looks at how poets before and after Dogen have used blossoms in their writing. From a smile, to dynamic interrelationship, to a burning house - all is real, all is unreal.

The Problem is the Problem

Shuso Heito Lee Lourdeaux explores how anger can transmute into compassion. "Understanding is love's other name."

Putting Into Motion Our Awakened Nature

Shinmon Michael Newton reinforces that for us, reality is continuously expressing itself as this moment - and your life and practice is not separate from that expression.

All is Luminous

The continuous and subtle movement of our senses as they function naturally means that delusion is part of the human experience. Shinmon Michael Newton offers the last talk on the fascicle: Flowers in the Sky.

The Point of Turning Dharma Blossoms

Myoshin Kate McCandless continues the Genzo-e with an exploration of our capacity for agency.

“Even those who attempt to create or measure do so in accordance to dharma blossoms.” (Dogen)