In this talk, Joshin Sensei shows us how getting out of our own way is The Way.

KanSho gives his first Dharma Talk during Shuso Hossen, about Case #53 from The Book of Serenity; Huangbo’s Dreg Slurpers. Who are the slurpers, and what are the dregs?

A painting gives a teaching of the awkwardness, and necessity, of using words and images to communicate.

In finding and expressing our uniquely personal songs of awareness, we offer ourselves to the great mass of fire.

When we look carefully at the story of Shakyamuni’s awakening, we may recognize our responsibility to be awake – now!

Tokuyu Hoshi takes a look at the jewels of our practice, and examines how they relate to race in America.

In this talk, Enkyo Roshi compares the tough political and personal challenges we face in our lives to the “mass of fire” mentioned in our study text Song of the Jewel Mirror Awareness. Turning away and touching are both wrong. Recorded Sunday February 26th, 2017

The Village Zendo was delighted to have guest speaker David Loy come talk to us this week about a quote from Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche that has intrigued him for a number of years; “Enlightenment is like falling out of an airplane. The bad news is there’s no parachute. The good news is there’s no ground.” […]

Roshi explicates lines from the Jewel Mirror of Awareness and its reminder to include “Integration and the Road.” And the ‘road’ has always been with us as seen in King Ashoka’s edicts on religious tolerance.

Is there anything that is not practice?  Even ants that break out of line on a tangent serve a purpose. Therefore the imperative of seeing completely the vital importance of wholehearted, continuous practice.