Our lives are plagues by fears, but the root of all fear is the fear of an unlived life. This talk explores two antidotes to that fear: choice and surrender.

Merit is often misunderstood term in the West. This talk discusses the concept of merit for a western practitioner.

This is a talk by three senior students in which they explain which disciple of the Buddha or Zen Master they have chosen as the model for their personal and ministerial practices.

Pure Land practice is an expedient means to realize one's Original Mind, Buddha Nature, Buddha Wisdom. This talk explains this and Pure Land's relationship to Zen.

Discusses what is meant by the expression "spiritual practice". A continuation of the previous week's Dharma talk on "No-practice practice."

Too often we see"practice" as something separate and apart from our lives. But is the what the Buddhas practiced? This Dharma Talk raises the question: what does it mean to practice like a Buddha?

A talk by Rev Bup Jih Steve Sampson on the importance of the Sangha.

This talk by the Rev Bup Jih relates the story of a woman who loses her child. It is a lesson in sadness, loss, love, and equanimity.

This talk issues a challenge to our thinking about the nature of soul and questions our understanding of what soul means and how Buddhism addresses it.

Tony Benac on our experience with our minds, reality, and what exactly *is* emptiness?