Using a Zen koan about the Pang family, Michael talks about wholehearted activity, compassion, and…
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I Saw You Fall, So I Helped
Based on a Zen story, Michael talks about wholehearted activity, compassion, and throwing yourself to…
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Life is Like a Funeral (Lotus Sutra 14)
Michael talks about the five kinds of fear, community and how it grows, a poem…
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Lotus Sutra 15: Emptiness and the Necessary Obstacle
I thought we’d begin with one of the most dramatic moments in Buddhist literature. 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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Bernie Glassman 1: Not Knowing, Bearing Witness, Loving Action
Bernie Glassman: “The way we can see how deeply one has let go of attachments…
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Time is Passing 4: Come Closer
This is talk 4 of 8 by Michael on Dogen’s text Time is Passing, written…
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Ethics 10: Vow
Form Welcome to the last talk of our precepts course. We’ve covered the precepts, the…
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Heart Sutra 6: Feel the Fear
Notes from a talk by Michael Stone at Centre of Gravity on July 17, 2012,…
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