Ancestors To Be - Rohatsu Sesshin 6/
/For the last talk of sesshin Myoshin Kate McCandless asks: how do we want our lives to flow outwards and onwards, beyond this body and this lifetime.
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Grandmother Zen - Rohatsu Sesshin 5/
/Shinmon Micahel Newton asks: what conceptual things are you holding on to so tightly? Can you call forth the old tea-woman within you?
Learning to be Supported - Rohatsu Sesshin 4.1/
/Shuso Myosen River Shannon suggests that affording those around us dignity is bodhisattva action.
“Beings are me. I will take them in hand. […] Mind goes elsewhere, I steadily walk it home […] I willingly enter each threshold. […] The way of wholeness is true, May I belong to it completely.”- Caroline Meister
Anger's Entanglement - Rohatsu Sesshin 4/
/Myoshin Kate McCandless explores anger as response to threat, asking how we might bring subtlety to the discussion. Can anger, fully experienced, lead to envisioning possibility?
Endurance and Humility- Rohatsu Sesshin 3/
/Shinmon Michael Newton encourages the sangha to not turn away from the opportunity afforded by being on retreat.
“Our practice, whatever it is, is our true teacher. our life is our practice. Our life is our koan. Each one of us learns from our own life. If we listen deeply, if we are involved to the bottom of it, this is our true teacher, this is our most venerable teacher.” - Maurine Myoon Stuart
The Awakened Sage - Rohatsu Sesshin 2/
/Myoshin Kate McCandless offers stories, writings and poetry describing our women ancestors' moments of kenshō (awakening experience).
Letting Go - Rohatsu Sesshin 1/
/Shinmon Michael Newton offers the first dharma talk from Rohatsu.
“When we can be totally honest with what is happening right now, then we can completely see it. Buddhas come whole.”
Foundational Women - Practice Period Week Nine - Wednesday
/Both Myoshin Kate McCandless and Shinmon Michael Newton share stories about, and teachings from, the women ancestors of Mountain Rain Zen.
