Myoshin Kate McCandless brings us to the recent journey in Japan, through  anecdotes and images. You can watch the slideshow HERE.

"Through 10,000 joys and sorrows the journey goes on - through this lifetime and beyond someone else will follow in your footsteps."

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Shinmon Michael Newton begins his talk with an exploration of what the word pilgrimage means, then takes the listener on a meandering path of depth and discovery. 

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Myoshin Kate McCandless offers a sense of how the recent five week pilgrimage in Japan was like an intensive zen retreat.

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Enryu Anusha Fernando gives a talk on the Meghiya Sutta and its focus on the importance of friendship. 

We don’t live in a neutral experience and our practice is to pay attention to the offerings of community, of sangha.

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Daikan Green continues our dharma seminar, offering comments on the finger snap.

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 Dai-i Flo Rublee continues exploring the Xin Xin Ming poem, and how a sense of equanimity supports our practice in these deeply troubled times. 

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The Xin Xin Ming, sometimes translated as Faith in Mind, is a poem attributed to the 3rd Zen Patriarch Seng-t’san. It stresses having a sense of equanimity when experiencing both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.

 Dai-i Flo Rublee shares an exploration of this text and how it can support our practice in these deeply troubled times. 

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Myosen River Shannon continues the dharma seminar on The Old Way, talks on texts from the Pali Canon, with a deep dive into the different kinds of minds we carry. What tools do we have for adjusting our behaviours when things are not going our way?

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Toshin Patrick Griffin offers a Way-seeking mind talk as an invitation to remember, with gratitude, the events that weave themselves into the thresholds of our life.

A Way-seeking mind talk tells how the speaker came to Zen practice and how it has guided their life.

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Joko Claire Talbot explores what metta mean. 

Rather than evaluating or judging self and others against culturally ingrained standards, can we pay attention to self and others based on awareness of the human need to be safe, healthy, and happy?

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