How we create a sense of self with our habit of approval, disapproval and indifference.

Sources: RZC translation of Affirming Faith in Mind, in Chants and Recitations, Rochester Zen Center, 2005 and  Faith in Mind: A Guide to Zen Practice by Master Sheng-Yen, Dharma Drum Publications, 1987.

Dharma Talk by Jissai Prince-Cherry.

Jissai Prince-Cherry has been practicing with the Rochester Zen Center since 1996 and currently serves as the Center's Online Head of Zendo as well as Group Leader of the Louisville Zen Center. In 2022, she was ordained as a Zen Buddhist Priest. She joined us via Zoom to give this dharma talk.

Reflections on the situation in Gaza and readings from Carlo Rovelli's book, White Holes.

A Dharma talk by Richard von Sturmer.

A tale of Long Covid, anxiety and encounters with the bodhisattva of compassion. Adrian Croucher is a senior student at the Auckland Zen Centre.

Resources: John Blofeld, "Bodhisattva of Compassion: The Mystical Tradition of Kuan Yin", Shambhala Classics, 2009.

 Main text used: 'Encouraging Words' by Robert Aitken"

Dharma talk by Sensei Richard von Sturmer.

Impermanence.

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The importance of vows.

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4. The illusion of separate self.

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3. Realization.

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Encountering the Dharma and zen training at Hosshin-ji.

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