How to explain Emptiness, ‘beyond words’ ? Perhaps it’s like making the “boogie man under the bed” disappear … When you just stop thinking about the “boogie man”, drop all thought of some “boogie man” … HE’S GONE! It is not a matter of philosophical arguments about whether he’s there or not there … exists,…

[NOTE: USTREAM TODAY TAKES ABOUT 30 SECONDS TO START AFTER PRESSING THE “PLAY” ARROW. PLEASE PRACTICE THE VIRTUE OF “PATIENCE”] We have seen the Buddha’s teaching of the Four Noble Truths, the cause and end to Suffering (Dukkha) via the medicine of the Eightfold Path … It is the Path that Bodhisattvas (let’s say “Beings…

NOTE: THE SIGNAL CUT JUST AFTER THE FIRST BELL. USTREAM SEEMS TO HAVE SOME ISSUES ON SUNDAYS! . The ‘last’ branch of the ‘Eightfold Path‘ is ‘Right Concentration’, ‘Right Meditation’ … … Zazen But the path has no beginning, no end … each branch supporting and supported by the others Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE:…

Welcome to our Saturday “Live from Treeleaf” Zazen, We start with 3 floor prostrations (or deep Gassho), then chant the Heart Sutra in ENGLISH, then sit about 40 minutes of Zazen, then 10 minutes of Kinhin, closing with the chant of the “Verse of Atonement” and “Four Vows”. Please join in, one and all. Gassho,…

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