Way Seeking Mind Talk - Kushi Matthew Ramsay
/A Way-seeking mind talk is a traditional Dharma address where a practitioner shares their personal journey, reflecting on the life experiences and questions that led them to their spiritual practice.
Soto Zen Practice in Vancouver, BC
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A Way-seeking mind talk is a traditional Dharma address where a practitioner shares their personal journey, reflecting on the life experiences and questions that led them to their spiritual practice.
Beyond existence and non-existence, Shinmon Michael Newton shares how Vairocana brings the light of wisdom- impartially, omnipresent, impossible to block, and eternal.
Continuing the deep exploration of Kannon Bodhisattva, Myoshin Kate McCandless offers insights into the bodhisattva’s various manifestations and names.
"Listen to the deeds of Avalokiteshvara, who aptly responds in every quarter.
With vast pledge as deep as oceans, throughout kalpas beyond reckoning,
served many thousands of millions of buddhas, bringing forth this great pure vow."
Myoshin Kate McCandless focuses on Kannon Bodhisattva, whose name means the one who perceives the sounds or cries of the world.
See slideshow HERE.
Shinmon Michael Newton focuses on Amitaba Buddha and how we might recognize zazen as an illumination of emptiness and fully realized awakening.
Shinmon Michael Newton continues exploring the variety of beings found on the pilgrim’s path, focusing on the most widely known of all - Buddha.
Good news!! The Buddha is the cause and the result of awakening! Through practice our lives do transform.
Everything is always vanishing so what is the use of pretence?
MRZC's Soto Zen practice emphasizes being fully awake to our own moment-to-moment experience, from our meditation cushion to every aspect of our everyday life. Join us!
Mountain Rain Zen Community's Wall street Zendo and Bright Stream Temple (Koryuji) are situated on the unceded, traditional and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
The Engaged Buddhist Practice Group shares some context on this important day in Canada.
Mountain Rain Zen Community
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