Ordinary Zen Sangha - Dharma Talks

We all have mothers; motherhood and Buddhahood are not different, yet not not different.

The Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha are the three treasures. How to take refuge.

How is our practice center different from a Buddhist Temple?

 Communication, it's not what you think! Do you really know your mind? 

What is the thread that weaves through all of existence?

 The secret to living the eight-fold path and ending suffering. 

Why are there Buddhist Precepts?

Seeking leads to the rabbit hole of misinformation.

Why do we act like everything remains the same even as everything is always changing?

The relative and the absolute, are they different or the same? Where are you now?

Being authentic, genuine, and reflecting true wisdom.

 Bearing witness instead of turning your back on life. 

Dropping off body, mind.

Smile as the mockingbird sings.

When all distinctions drop away, “alles ist gut”

Empathy and compassion in everyday life. 

The Ordinary Zen Sangha discusses our Zen practice. Is zazen the whole experience?

Non-violent resistance, what is it?

What is this? There is nothing to gain.

 Andrea shares with us some reflections on compassion, mercy, and love. 

A good news message and prediction for the New Year!

 Beyond beginnings and endings. 

 Zen's fundamental question! 

A message for the Holiday Season — Abbot Will (Hae An) Rauschenberger

Do our attachments define us?

The Six Perfections and Thanksgiving.

Life’s Limitations and Boundlessness, are they the same or different?

Beyond the algorithms of delusion.

Opening the hand of thought to the natural attributes of compassion, intuition, and the wisdom of our original nature.Our upcoming Retreat is on November 15, 2025.

Why do we meditate?

Practice is continuous, Mountains are Mountains, and Rivers are Rivers.

Beyond Thinking Is Compassionate Mind.

What is emptiness in Ordinary Zen?

 What is meditation?

The Samadhi of the perfume of the universe.

The Dreamscape and doing the right thing.

Who is it that sees, hears, tastes, smells, feels, thinks?

What are you? Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.

How would you like to be involved without being involved? Rising above the din.

The Boddhisattva path.

How to handle the apparent distinctions and differences that divide us, from the Zen perspective.

The influence of  Zen Master Hakuin

Dan Gulliford and Will Rauschenberger co-host this talk from Sarasota, FL, and Asheville, NC.

Ignoring, denying, or pushing away anything we consider uncomfortable is why we are uncomfortable!

The ups and downs of the seesaw of karma.

Chong An Sunim joins Abbot Will Rauschenberger in discussing Kongan practice, Linages, and the Lotus Sutra Parable of the Burning House.

In this podcast, visiting Zen Master Chong An Sunim joins Abbot Will (Hea An) Rauschenberger at our Sunday Session on May 4th, 2025. The talk includes chanting the Heart Sutra.

Strip away who we think we are and experience the actuality of who we are.

Zen is solving the problem of Birth and Death.

If we already have Buddha Nature, why do we meditate?