Vine of Obstacles Zen

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Sunday Practice Session

Sunday, Oct 26: Vine Practice Session Invitation

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Dogen

Wasting Time Under the Bright Window

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Hakuin Zenji's Death Koan and the Secret Ingredients for the Soft-Butter Method

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Dogen's Wall-Gazing Liberates Beings

"[... By] the straightforward abandonment of skillful means and the exclusive proclamation of the supreme Buddha Way." - Zhiyi from his commentary on "The Lotus Sutra"

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Cultivating Verification: A New Shushogi for Today

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"How Can I Liberate Beings Such as These?"

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Zen: One School, One Mind Workshop, Part 3

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Kokan Shiren On Contemplating Empty Dharmas While Dying

Kokan offers a step-by-step process to awaken during the dying process and a 'if that doesn't work, try this' for 'ignorant persons of lesser capacity.' This last point is in contrast to both Dahui and Dogen.

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Fall Intensive '25

Fall Training Intensive: The Disruptive Point of Zazen

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Sunday, Sept 7, Practice Session and What's Coming This Fall

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Focus on Just One Thing

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One School, One Mind

Zen: One School, One Mind Workshop, Part 2

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Dogen On Taking Refuge Through Life and Death

"Whether sleeping or waking, we should reflect on the virtues of the three treasures; whether sleeping or waking, we should recite the three treasures."

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One School, One Mind

Zen: One School, One Mind Workshop: Part 1

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Dahui On "Being Immediately Reborn in a Buddha Land"

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A Brief Debrief on the "Zen: One School, One Mind Workshop"

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How To Practice During the Long, Last Moment

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Lotus Sutra

What Was the Buddha Reluctant to Share?

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Why is the Long, Last Moment So Important?

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Hongyi's Long, Last Moment

"The future's uncertain and the end is always near." The Doors

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The Single Most Important Thing to Keep in Mind When Studying Dogen Zenji

He was more blissfully awake than us.

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Kensho

"And All That We Had Gathered Fell Away": Anne Hopkins Aitken's Kensho

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Soto Zen Women Wake Up: A Review of "In This Body, In This Lifetime"

Awakening Stories of Japanese Soto Zen Women

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Post-kensho training

Falling Through No-Wall and Waking Up: Muso Soseki and Nurturing the Sacred Womb

Three Lingering Contaminations

The Most Excellent Peace: Yunyan's Verse on the "Three Lingering Contaminations"

In all the mountains and rivers under heaven,  this is the most excellent peace.