Michael gives a talk on New Year's Silent Retreat on Dogen and how to practice…
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Lotus Sutra 12: Girl Buddha
Dancing In The Lotus Sutra, whenever people start to wake up they start dancing. It’s…
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Lotus Sutra 11: Nemesis
There is a treasure tower, a stupa, that appears floating in the sky every time…
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Lotus Sutra 9: Treasure
At the beginning of this chapter, the one that promises treasure, Purna is excited that…
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Lotus Sutra 4: Scenes
Rule Rebellion When the Buddha died, the sangha built several stupas (shrines). Different parts of…
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Beginner’s Mind 6: Throw Up and Bow
Bow How do we bow? Our hands are in anjali mudra. Anjali is a Sanskrit…
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Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara
Vague and incomplete notes, jottings, asides, recollections, daydreams on talks by Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara…
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Time is Passing 8: Norman Fischer
This is talk 8 of 8 by Michael on Dogen’s text Time is Passing, written…
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Time is Passing 7: Action
This is talk 7 of 8 by Michael on Dogen’s text Time is Passing, written…
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Time is Passing 6: Hear the Cries of the Rivers Flowing as Time
This is talk 6 of 8 by Michael on Dogen’s text Time is Passing, written…
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