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We Are All Part Of The Ango

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Equanimity (w/B. Alan Wallace Readings)

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Liberation From All Obstructions

4

Genjo Koan/Hogen Story

5

Hogen’s Gatha

6

Thank You And Okay!

7

Some Reflections on Not Knowing

8

Metta in Response to Climate Destabilization (2: Guided Practice)

9

Metta in Response to Climate Destabilization (1: Intro)

10

Zazen: An Expression of Our Remembering

11

Mindfulness And Concentration Practices From Thich Nhat Hanh

12

Feeling Into Change/Retreat Prep

13

A Few Retreat Guidelines

14

I Think We Are Going to Like This

15

Working With a Teacher

16

Mind of Long Retreat

17

Ango Intentions Talk

18

Call Me By My True Names

19

The Decision To Be Present

20

Five Remembrances

21

Wisdom Beyond Wisdom

22

The 4th and 5th Paramitas

23

Third Paramita: Patience

24

Kojun’s Talk at First American Baptist Church

25

Just This (+ Sila)

26

On Generosity

27

Post-Retreat Talk: Mu/Subtle Minds

28

Retreat Talk: On Mu Practice

29

Musings on Mu and Foundational Koan Work

30

Zen and Hair

31

Wide Community

32

Personal Vow: Accepting What Is

33

Devotion and Surrender

34

Pre-Retreat Talk

35

Living Our Bodhisattva Vow

36

Shantideva Intro

37

What If There’s No Problem

38

Post Election Encouragement

39

Ango Opening/Pre-Election Words

40

Leaning in to Loss

41

Love and Ango

42

Ango Practice Period

43

Indra’s Net and Community Life

44

Long Distance Community Building

45

Using the Broad, Stable Mind

46

Energy Work Experiences

47

Mind Waves

48

Each Wave Is The Whole Ocean

49

Discomfort/Continuous Practice

50

Nirvana Without Remainder

51

Jukai: What Is It?

52

February 3, 2024 Retreat Teisho

53

Kissing The Earth

54

Our Life Is a Continuous Offering

55

Easter Reflections

56

Retreat Talk: Opening to Darkness

57

Seeing The Light

58

Participating in the Awakening of Others

59

Retreat Talk: Fathoming

60

Sloth and Torpor Revisited

61

How Do I Respond To Tragedy?

62

Meeting What Must Be Done

63

Retreat Talk: Just Return

64

Five Buddha Families/Energies

65

Medicine and Poison

66

The Bodhisattva Vow Is The Heart’s Vow

67

Working With Difficult States (Just Do It!)

68

Talk Practice/Collaborative Talk on Breath Practice

69

Our Life as an Extension of The Buddha’s Life

70

Emptying The Cup

71

Obstructed By The Eye (Investigation)

72

Retreat Talk: Mu Work

73

Holding Our Own Practice Container (+ Koan/Mu Work)

74

Earth Day Reflections and Some Metta “Hacks”

75

Depth, Titration, and What Jukai is Not

76

Dancing With Rascality And Other Energies (Plus a Metta “Hack”)

77

Is Our Fear Of Death Why We Stray From The Present?

78

Practicing our True Values (For the Moment of Death)

79

On Creation: More from Thich Nhat Hanh’s book No Death, No Fear

80

Teisho From Retreat March 4, 2023

81

Talk 2 from Thich Nhat Hanh’s book No Death, No Fear

82

Right Effort

83

On Attention and Post Retreat Instructions

84

Retreat Talk: Song of the Grass Roofed Hermitage

85

We Are Contingent (contains excerpts from Stephen Batchelor)

86

Retreat Talk: Building a Grass Hut

87

On Prayer as a Multifaceted Collaboration

88

Nothing to Hide, Defend, or Prove

89

Metta Sutta and Maha Ghosananda

90

Prioritizing The Unmissable Truth

91

Emotional Alchemy and The Perfect Teaching

92

Practice Intention

93

Watching The Mind…The End of Suffering

94

Bodhidharma’s Pithy Teaching

95

Expressing Potential

96

Space Around Things (Non-Self Expression)

97

Good For Nothing?

98

To Study…Is To Study The Self…

99

Retreat Talk:4 Vows/4 Principles

100

Faith and Eight Awakenings (First 4)