In this talk, Enkyo Roshi brings up Dogen’s two fascicles,
“Uji” and “Refrain from Unwholesome Action”
to offer us vital reflection for these days, here, now.
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By Kansho
In this talk, Enkyo Roshi brings up Dogen’s two fascicles,
“Uji” and “Refrain from Unwholesome Action”
to offer us vital reflection for these days, here, now.
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By Kansho
In this talk, Ryoshin examines the meaning of
Dogen’s Uji in his own life,
and how it has expanded his understanding of time
as another dimension of Indra’s net,
through which we are all connected
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By Kansho
In this talk, Jisei reflects on
practice as love and explores The Way of Love
as we face the inevitable challenges
and difficulties in our lives
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By Kansho
In this talk, Enkyo Roshi explores the intersection of the teachings of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., of Dogen’s Uji, and the Bodhisattva Vow
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By Kansho
In this talk, Jo An Hoshi discusses
the subjectivity of morality,
and reminds us to use all
of the ingredients offered to us
during this time being.
He encourages us to widen
our ‘taste buds’ to make room
for that which we might reflexively exclude.
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By Kansho
In this talk, Fusho looks to the Three Pure Precepts as a guide in these difficult times
[NB: due to a technical error, the very beginning of this talk opens mid-sentence — nothing is lost]
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By Kansho
In this talk given on the last day of the Village Zendo’s Winter Sesshin,
Shinryu Sensei reflects on our practice together after the difficult year of 2020.
He encourages us by highlighting our awareness as the way to,
as Dogen puts it, “actualize the world with the world”
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By Kansho
In this talk from our fourth day of Winter Sesshin,
Joshin explores how entering the moment completely
allows the world to make us as we make the world
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By Kansho
In this talk Ryo Roshi notes, “Yes, Dogen can seem obscure.” But, as he explains, with study, Dogen opens the world of Practice/Enlightenment.
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By Kansho
In her talk, The Coil is the Pot,
Myoko Sensei speaks of the value of each moment,
and its inherent power to shape and heal
our lives and the world
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