Discussion following teisho Precepts 3.

Comments on precepts 3, 5 and 9 (sex, intoxicants and anger).

Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/tAjKCqb9J5WQIYSW8xi6tORmm8g

A discussion following the talk Precepts 2.

This talk covers precepts 2 and 8, which have to do with greed -- wanting stuff we don't have and clinging to stuff we already have, as well as precepts 4,6 and 7 which are to do with different aspects of right speech -- being truthful, kind and not boastful.

Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/3mha923rEWSTSGcdGwI4kTGSgPg

Working with spiritual poverty.

Arrival, loss and return -- the universe changes on its axis, but how to share this amazing experience with others? Searching for a context for 20 years and finally finding one.

Text: An Experience of Enlightenment by Flora Curtois Quest Books 1986

A turning point -- no need to look further than the mind itself.

Text: An Experience of Enlightenment by Flora Curtois Quest Books 1986

Flora Curtois' search for Reality, or the ground of being.

Text: An Experience of Enlightenment by Flora Curtois Quest Books 1986

Introduction to the text by Yasutani-roshi

Text: An Experience of Enlightenment by Flora Curtois Quest Books 1986

The 10 Precepts are at the core of the Great Way and have their origins in the 8-fold Path. The version that we say can be found in the Brahma Net Sutra, translated into Chinese by Kumarajiva in the 4th Century CE.

Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/TzR5AgJe8tXU1xqsnAIJoxaEYkg