Dharma Discourse-Shugen, Sensei-Surangama's "Not Seeing"
To see the unity of all things, we need to move beyond our ordinary perceptions. Our senses indicate that we have a separate identity, but as Shugen Sensei teaches in this talk, this is a fundamental misunderstanding. If things are not existing independently, he asks, then how are they existing?
This talk by Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei – The Book of Serenity, Case 88, The Surangama’s “Not Seeing” – was given at Zen Mountain Monastery in September 2007. To purchase this or other talks, visit the Monastery Store at http://www.dharma.net/monstore/. © Dharma Communications.
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Abbot's Discourse-Daido Roshi-Everyday Zen
The truth is beyond our ideas about it, beyond our beliefs. In this dharma discourse, Daido Roshi exhorts us to discover this truth for ourselves, by reaching deep within our hearts, questioning our very being, and abandoning everything we think we know. Then the Great Way of the sages and ancestors is revealed as nothing other than the simple activities of our everyday lives.
This Talk by Abbot John Daido Loori, Roshi – from True Dharma Eye, Case 183,” Xuefeng Checks out the Hermit” – was given at Zen Mountain Monastery in 2007. To purchase this and other talks, visit the Monastery Store at http://www.dharma.net/monstore/. © Dharma Communications
Dharma Discourse - Ryushin Sensei - Joshu's "Mu"
When we ask “What is Mu?” with our whole bodies and minds, is it any different from asking, “Who am I?” Since the beginning of humanity, this is question has been driving the spiritual search. To resolve it, Ryushin Sensei teaches, we can’t hold on to a single thing.
Konrad Ryushin Marchaj, Sensei gave this talk – The Gateless Gate, Case 1, Joshu’s “Mu.” – at Zen Mountain Monastery in June 2009. You can purchase this and other talks online at the Monastery Store, http://www.dharma.net/monstore . © Dharma Communications.
Abbot's Discourse-Daido Roshi-Dongshan's Essential Path
Beneath our conditioned sense of self our true nature always exists: wild, sacred, intelligent and free. In this discourse, given at the beginning of one of his 2006 photography intensives, Daido Roshi leads us to the heart of the teaching. This path is not a place, it is a way of being in time.
This talk by Abbot John Daido Loori, Roshi – True Dharma Eye, “Dongshan’s Essential Path”, was given at Zen Mountain Monastery in 2006. To purchase this or other talks, visit the Monastery Store at http://www.dharma.net/monstore/. © Dharma Communications.
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold Sensei Talk: Panshans There is Nothing in the World
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei – The Blue Cliff Record, Case 37, Panchan’s “There is nothing in the world.” We can’t know this life and our place in it with the intellectual mind. As Shugen Sensei points out in this talk, our whole being must be filled with the question, and our whole being must be the answer. At this time in our history, it’s imperative for us to understand who we are so we can know how to live this one precious life. This talk was given at Zen Mountain Monastery in September 2006.