Download: http://www.riversidechan.org/lectures/Dharma_Talk_20150629.mp3                        Today is June 29, 2015 our regular Monday night class. We will get right into it. Tonight we're going to talk about the topic of what the Buddha taught and this is from the book called How Buddhism Began by Richard F Gombrich. It's a very excellent book for the food-for-thought and to look at

Download: http://www.riversidechan.org/lectures/Dharma_Talk_20150504.mp3                          May 4, 2015   ...of the stories that I talked about, and one that I was thinking about quite a bit was the story of the Master who was told that there was going to be this visiting monk coming and he told him to have a cup of tea, and another one who came and said, "oh, he's in the village,"

Download:http://www.riversidechan.org/lectures/Dharma_Talk_20150511.mp3                      Good evening to you all and hello to those listening by way of the internet. Today is May 11, 2015 our regular Monday night class. We're going to go back to the Roots of Chan and we’re going to read a little bit from the book of Zen’s Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their teachings, by Professor

Download: http://www.riversidechan.org/lectures/Dharma_Talk_20150518.mp3                   Tonight is May 18, 2015 our regular Monday night Chan class. Hello and good evening to all of you and to all listening by way of the internet. Tonight, we’re going to continue on with our discussion about the Patriarchs of Chan. We’re kind of going over about the patriarchs and what was the

Download:http://www.riversidechan.org/lectures/Dharma_Talk_20150601.mp3                    Good evening to you all and hello to those listening by way of the internet. This is our regular Monday night class June 1, 2015. We talked about this a little bit but I want to go over Some Ways Not to Practice. This was the one I was talking in detail when I went talking to the Michigan group. I’m just

Download: http://www.riversidechan.org/lectures/Dharma_Talk_20150608.mp3                       Good evening, this is June 8, 2015 our regular Monday night class and hello to those who are reading this or listening by way of the Internet. We’re going to throw you into the deep end today but before we get there, I have some news. The news is that I'm going to be conducting a seven-day retreat at

Download: http://www.riversidechan.org/lectures/Dharma_Talk_20150615.mp3                        Good evening, this is June 15, 2015 our regular Monday night class and hello to those who are reading this or listening by way of the Internet. We're going to continue on with Master Huineng, the Sixth Patriarch of Chan and his commentaries to explain a little bit about more about mind. I want to

Download: http://www.riversidechan.org/lectures/Dharma_Talk_20150622.mp3                       This is June 22, 2015 our regular Monday night class. Good evening to you and hello to those who are listening by way the Internet. We will continue on with our study of Huineng and his commentary. We've been discussing from him the idea of “no-thought.” This is a very important aspect in terms of it

Download: http://www.riversidechan.org/lectures/Dharma_Talk_20150420.mp3            Today is April 20, 2015 our regular Monday night class. We’re going to discuss a little bit of the Origin of Chan as it relates to meditation. But first, I wanted to give you something to ponder on and this is kind of a very classic Chan story.     There was a young monk who wanted to learn about Chan but

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Good evening it’s March 30, 2015 our regular Monday night class. I would

like to continue on with the Chan poem on Faith

in Mind. We talked about it last week and I indicated that this poem is

attributed to the Third Patriarch of Chan, Seng

Ts’an but was probably written by one of his disciples.

 

This poem talks