2026-03-23 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti & the Awakened Heart by Appamada

This Dharma Talk is experiential, with the Sangha addressing and sharing from the prompts of the previous Dharma Talk on "Cooking & the Sangha". There is a brief summary talk given and then we delve more deeply into the topic with discussion prompts. Prior attendance at the first Dharma Talk is NOT a requirement.

Begin Flint's talk at 11 minutes in for reference to Inquiry

https://youtu.be/X3m2oM_C9bQ?si=Q-4yae5iykfSjStI

2026-03-30 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti & the Awakened Heart by Appamada

Discussion prompts:

1. What concerns me about the world today?

2. What am I doing to care for this life?

Quote from Joanna Macy's book, "Coming Back to Life."

Poem by Li Po, "At Chin Ling":

Tucked into the earth, Chin-Ling City

the river curving past, flowing away:

there were once a million homes here,

and crimson towers along narrow lanes.

A vanished country all spring grasses,

the palace buried in ancient hills, this

moon remains, facing timeless islands

across Thereafter Lake waters, empty.

2026-03-28 | Introduction to Zen | Class 1 by Appamada

2026-03-24 I Inquiry I It matters to Other I Suzanne Kilkus by Appamada

2026-03-23 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti & the Awakened Heart by Appamada

This Sunday's Dharma Talk is by Head Student C. Seren8y, in which they discuss "Cooking and the Sangha," drawing from the writings of Dogen, Kosho Uchiyama and Bernie Glassman.

References:

Glassman, Bernie and Fields, Rick, "Instructions to the Cook: A Zen Master's Lessons in Living a Life that Matters"

Dogen, Eihei and Uchiyama, Kosho Roshi, "How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment"

2026-03-17 I Inquiry I Feel the anguish and act from Love I Trudy by Appamada