What is this Light that Everyone Has?
/Anusha Enryu Fernando, a dharma holder with Zen Community of Oregon, offers reflections on ancestors.
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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.
Practicing Zen, Cultivating Resilience
/Shinmon Michael Newton talks about resiliency and Zen practice, offering this koan from the Book of Serenity: do people these days need enlightenment or not?
Zen and Creativity
/Kakuko Kaye Simard discusses the intersection of Zen practice and artistic expression. What does it mean to be creative? How do we cultivate the willingness, patience, and trust to complete a relationship with something outside of ourselves?
Seeing Double
/If we already have Buddha nature why do we have to practice? Myoshin Kate McCandless asks what do you see when you look in the mirror?
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.
Seeds of Life, Seeds of Dharma
/Vicki Turay explores the origins of life from both a scientific and a dharmic perspective.
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?
