When  we embrace every part of our experience, we have a chance to find a wider perspective and, in so doing, to step into a life of intimacy from  which wisdom and compassion can arise naturally.

This talk looks at layperson Vimalakirti’s ‘I am sick because the world  is sick’ and what this gesture offers those living a non-monastic life.

An exploration of the movement in our lives from impasse into the light.

After a week of riots and violence in South Africa, the nation realised that its heart had been broken. This is a Dharma talk about those events.

This talk looks at koan 43 of the Blue Cliff Record (Dongshan’s Hot and Cold) and the practice of Zazen as traditional Zen practices that enable us to meet our world as it is.

This talk is an introduction to the Stoep Zen lineage and practice style at Poplar Grove Zendo as seen through the lens of the traditional Three Refuges of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.