This Dharma talk explores the short dialogue between Zen master Hogen and a student named Echo. He came to Hogen and said: My name is Echo, I ask you, What is Buddha? Hogen replied: You are Echo.

This Dharma talk explores the following story: The wind was flapping the temple flag and two monks started an argument. One said the flag moved, the other said the wind moved. They argued back and forth but could not reach a conclusion. The Sixth Ancestor said, "It is not the wind that moves, it is not the flag that moves, it is your honorable minds that move." The monks were struck with awe.

All Sounds are the Sounds of the Buddha by North Carolina Zen Center

Case 56 of the Book of Equanimity

The Buddha's Enlightenment - Closing The Distance by North Carolina Zen Center

Guest Teacher: Shana Smith by North Carolina Zen Center

When It Is Cold, the Cold Kills You. When It Is Hot, the Heat Kills You by North Carolina Zen Center

In this talk, guest speaker and friend to the Center James Myoun Ford, Roshi offers his thoughts on Case 29 in the Blue Cliff Record.

In this talk, Sangha member Sheldon Clark reflects on the book, How to Cook Your Life and the Zen chant Affirming Faith in Mind.

Using direct quotations from both texts, Sheldon looks at difficult personal and cultural interactions, pulling our ideas which offer guidance from a Zen perspective.

In this talk, Sangha member Sheldon Clark reflects on the book, How to Cook Your Life and the Zen chant Affirming Faith in Mind. 

Using direct quotations from both texts, Sheldon looks at difficult personal and cultural interactions, pulling our ideas which offer guidance from a Zen perspective.