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[15 Jun 2010 | Comments Off | ]
Darkness: Dharma Talk by Josh Bartok

Senior Dharma Teacher Josh Bartok spoke on darkness:
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[14 Jun 2010 | Comments Off | ]
Senior Priest Josh Bartok’s Shuso Hossen talk.

Given Gateless Gate case 12 with no preparation, Josh delivered this excellent talk.
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[22 Apr 2010 | No Comment | ]
THOSE WHO GREATLY REALIZE DELUSION ARE BUDDHAS

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.

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[23 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]
Zazenshin – Dosho Port Workshop

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

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[21 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Dharma Talk: Taking Refuge in Sangha

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

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[2 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]
Dharma Talk by John Tarrant

Dharma talk and meditation on Koan Practice by Roshi John Tarrant
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[23 Apr 2009 | No Comment | ]
Dharma Talk- Melissa Blacker on the Many Arms of Quan Yin

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 …

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[24 Feb 2009 | No Comment | ]

A dharma talk by Ken Rivard
1-26-2009 at Hank
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[24 Feb 2009 | No Comment | ]

A Teisho by David Rynick Sensei (1-19-2008 at Hank)
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[23 Dec 2008 | No Comment | ]
Darkness and Light (MP3)

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
darkness-and-light.mp3