Entry through practice -- (2) accepting circumstances

Main Text(s) quoted: The Path to Bodhidharma, the teachings of Shodo Harada Roshi. Translated by Priscilla Daichi Storandt and edited by Jane Lago

Entry through practice -- (1) requiting animosity

Main Text(s) quoted: The Path to Bodhidharma, the teachings of Shodo Harada Roshi. Translated by Priscilla Daichi Storandt and edited by Jane Lago

Entry through Principle -- awakening to the essential

Main Text(s) quoted: The Path to Bodhidharma, the teachings of Shodo Harada Roshi. Translated by Priscilla Daichi Storandt and edited by Jane Lago

Text used: Moon by the Window: The Calligraphy and Zen Insights of Shodo Harada.

Koan number 9 from the Denkoroku.

Continuing on from the previous teisho, more on working with our darkest thoughts, especially tanha vibhava the craving for non-existence, aka the "pot of loathing". Plus four perspectives on our response to suffering.

Main Text(s) quoted: The Transformative Power of Crisis by Robert M. Alter with Jane Alter, Harper Collins NY 2000

Some responses to questions from a student: "Given the enormous amount of destruction and suffering in the world how can we do everything that needs doing? How to we keep our hearts and minds wide open and manage the feelings of helplessness and inadequacy that arise?

Main Text(s) quoted: "The Love in Deep Adaptation" by Jem Bendell and Katie Carr www.jembendell.com, 17 March 2019

The Mosque shootings, white supremacy, non-violent climate action and "placing our fearful mind in the cradle of loving-kindness".

Main Text(s) quoted: "Why climate action is the antithesis of white supremacy" by Rebecca Solnit, The Guardian, 19 March 2019 and "Practice of Metta and the English Problem' by John Aske, Buddhism Now, 11 January 2014.

How to practice daily.

How to practice daily.