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Parable of the Scopes
Dharma Talk – Parable of the Scopes I would like to start today with a parable: A Buddhist practitioner went to their teacher and...
Three Poisons
Dharma Talk – The Three Poisons / Hamster Wheel Good morning everyone. This months topic is “the roots of our suffering”. About 2500...
Atman, Brahman and Anatman
Dharma Talk on Atman, Brachman, and Anatman Good morning everyone, so for today’s dharma talk I want to discuss three concepts that I...
Meditation
Dharma Talk on Mediation Good morning everyone. Today, I would like to touch on our monthly theme which is meditation. While this will...
False Narratives
Dharma Talk on Wanting to Believe Good Morning everyone, Today I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about a recent youtube video that...
Dharma of Shake It Off
Dharma Talk on Shake it Off Good Morning everyone, I want to start off by acknowledging that these are challenging times. The status quo...
Equanimity
I talked a while back about how I didn’t think suffering or dissatisfaction should be included in the Marks of Existence since in could...
Coup - Reflections on 1/6/21
Today we have seen what can only be called a coup attempt. It was an attempt to stop the Congress from doing its constitutionally...
Women in Zen
What is the place of women in Buddhism – and in Zen particularly? What a stupid question! What is place of men in Buddhism? BTW, this is...
Consciousness and Self
What is the self and how does it relate to causality? I had a professor in my grad school who had us the first day of class write down 5...
