Dharma Reflection of Weekend Sangha Practice - February 22, 2025

Emyo distinguished wishes from intentions and offers a clear discussion as to how clear intentions serve to deepen ones practice and clear the mind off unconscious tendencies. 

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Dharma Reflection of Weekend Sangha Practice - March 8, 2025

Nanda offers wisdom and practice based on Song of Zazen by Hakuin. Engo Michael Jackson opens with Song of Zazen, the traditional change for a dharma talk or teisho.  

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Dharma Reflection of Weekend Sangha Practice - February 8, 2025

Ming Po Larry Matthews reminds us that our zazen practice is always available and that one must commit to daily practice.  Pure Awareness is embodied. Ming Po Larry Matthews is a Associate Clergy member of SBLMS, a Certified Facilitator, an excellent meditation teacher.

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Ekai Joel Kreisberg closes the Fall Practice Period with a discussion of how emotional koans work and Jun Po Roshi's belief that emotional maturity is an essential element in dharma practice.  Ekai developed The Mondo Zen Facilitator Program for Hollow Bones Zen from 2019 - 2022.  

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Fugen Roshi brings us through very practical approaches to Mondo Zen teachings and how to integrate these into our daily practice. Fugen Roshi's Dragon Heart Dharma is an open collaborative of sanghas devoted to the Rinzai dharma teachings of Jun Po Roshi. 

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It's the sitting practice that becomes more and more important. The psychedelic experiences become less and less significant because you're already experiencing that expanded consciousness and altered states from the practice itself.

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Emyo Darlene Tataryn offers and in depth look at jealousy and how it provides a challenge for deepening our work as Zen practitioners. She hosts here own sangha One Wisdom Zen in Selkirk, Manitoba. https://www.onewisdom.ca/

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Daiden Dan Pecaut is a senior student of Jun Po Roshi. His sangha Siouxland Zen in Sioux City, IA is a thriving community of zen practitioners. He has published two books about his Zen experience and continues to teach the dharma to all who come.

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Engo Dohi Michael Jackson opens our Fall Practice Period with a discussion of non-duality.  Engo was ordained by Jun Po Roshi and serves as a senior training faculty for programs at Shining Bright Lotus Meditation Society and Dragon Heart Dharma. 

This podcast was originally offered as a dharma talk as part of The Heart of Zen - The Fall Practice Period 2024 at Shining Bright Lotus Meditation Society.

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