Senior Dharma Teacher Josh Bartok spoke on darkness:
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Given Gateless Gate case 12 with no preparation, Josh delivered this excellent talk.
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THOSE WHO GREATLY REALIZE DELUSION ARE BUDDHAS
GUIDANCE IN ZAZEN
Adapted from Realizing Genjokoan
by Shohaku Okumura
Talk by Josh Bartok. MP3 of the talk and PDF of the guidance material.

Talking about the healing point of zazen, Dogen said, “…when the baskets and cages are broken, a seated Buddha does not interfere with making a Buddha.”
Here are the audio recordings of Dosho Port’s workshop on Dogen’s Zazenshin

Download the MP3 for David Rynick’s talk of Dec 14th Here

Dharma talk and meditation on Koan Practice by Roshi John Tarrant
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Guiding teacher, Melissa Myozen Blacker Sensei talks about the nature, and texture of compassion, using Case 89 of the Blue Cliff Record.  [Download MP3]
Yunyan asked Daowu: “How does the Bodhisattva of Great Compassion [Kannon] use so many hands and eyes?”
Daowu said: “It’s just like a person in the middle of the night reaching back in search of a pillow.”
Yunyan said: “I understand.”
Daowu said: “How do you understand it?”
Yunyan said: “All over the body are hands and eyes.”
Daowu said: “What you said is all right, but it’s only eighty percent of …

A dharma talk by Ken Rivard
1-26-2009 at Hank
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A Teisho by David Rynick Sensei (1-19-2008 at Hank)
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Melissa Myozen Blacker Sensei, One of Boundless Way Zen’s guiding teachers held dokusan (teacher interviews) this evening, and gave this short talk afterward, about this time of year, the holidays, sitting in the dark and reaching for the light
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