Audio Dharma Talks
Eihei Dogen (1200-1253)
Seiso Sensei offers a Dharma Talk on Dogen’s Bendowa or “Wholehearted Practice of the Way” (1231).
Before transferring to an online dharma practice/study group, we at Two Rivers Zen Community practiced at Bendowa Temple in Narrowsburg, N.Y. Our emphasis at Two Rivers, is on authentic and fully exerted practice rooted in the Soto Zen tradition founded by Eihei Dogen in the 13th Century. Our practice emphasis is reflected in the temple name: “Bendowa,” All are welcome to join us in the practice and study of the way.
Bodhidharma 5th or 6th C.
Seiso Sensei offers a Dharma Talk on Bodhidharma’s Facing the Wall
Zen Buddhist discussion of resistances to depth meditation practice with reference to the old legend about Bodhidharma, the first ancestor of Zen in China who faced the wall in meditation for nine years
“Sitting Still, Still Running: Bodhidharma Faces the Wall”
Brief Audio Dharma Talk Links:
Fundamentals of Zen (12 mins) Link
Zazen: The Basic Fact of Sitting (18 mins) Link
Zen: Simple Elegance (14 mins) Link
Mushotoku: No Gaining Mind (9 mins.) Link
Mokusho: Silent Illumination (10 mins) Link
Polishing a Tile: Zen Practice (10 mins) Link
Keys to Zen: Preliminaries (13 mins) Link
Mokusho: Silent Illumination Whole Being (18 mins) Link
Thinking, Not Thinking, Non-Thinking (9 mins) Link
Conned by Enlightenment: A Soto Zen View (13 mins). Link
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