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2022-03-12 | Introduction To Zen—Class 2 | Nate Smalley by Appamada

2022-03-08 I Inquiry I Why do we fight? I Flint Sparks by Appamada

2022-03-06 Dharma Talk | I'd Love to Not Make a Mess of it | Todd Bankler by Appamada

20220307 | The Light That Shines Through Infinity | Katagiri by Appamada

2022-03-01 I Inquiry I Breaking the Shell of Understanding I Flint Sparks by Appamada

2022-02-27 | Views In And Around The Zendo | Joel Barna by Appamada

2022-02-28 | The Light That Shines Through Infinity | Katagiri by Appamada

2022-02-22 | Precepts Class 8 | Robin Bradford & Todd Bankler by Appamada

2022-02-22 I Inquiry I Everyday Skillful Means I Suzanne Kilkus by Appamada

2022-02-21 | The Light That Shines Through Infinity | Katagiri by Appamada

2022-02-20 Dharma Talk | Cultivating Courageous Conversations | Jessica Steinbomer by Appamada

Utopia ~ Vislawa Szymborska Island where all becomes clear. Solid ground beneath your feet. The only roads are those that offer access. Bushes bend beneath the weight of proofs. The Tree of Valid Supposition grows here with branches disentangled since time immemorial. The Tree of Understanding, dazzling straight and simple, sprouts by the spring called Now I Get It. The thicker the woods, the vaster the vista: the Valley of Obviously. If any doubt arises, the wind dispels them instantly. Echoes stir unsummoned and eagerly explain all the secrets of the worlds. On the right a cave where Meaning lies. On the left the Lake of Deep Conviction. Truths break from the bottom and bobs to the surface. Unshakable confidence towers over the valley. Its peak offers an excellent view of the Essence of Things. For all its charms, the island is uninhabited, and the faint footprints scattered on its beaches turn without exception to the sea. As if all you can do here is leave and plunge, never to return, into the depths. In

2022-02-14 | The Light That Shines Through Infinity | Katagiri by Appamada

2022-02-06 | Dharma Talk | What If There Are No Things | Nate Smalley by Appamada

2022-02-08 I Inquiry I Gratitude I Joel Barna by Appamada

2022-02-08 | Depth in Practice | The Light That Shines Through Infinity | Katagiri by Appamada

Izumi Shikibu [Although the wind] ~ translated by Jane Hirshfield Although the wind blows terribly here, the moonlight also leaks between the roof planks of this ruined house. Corresponding link : http://www.deanrader.com/hirshfield.html

Discussion of zazen practice

2022-01-31 | Depth in Practice | The Light That Shines Through Infinity | Katagiri by Appamada

2022-01-23 | Dharma Talk | Practice Period: Studying Together as Humans & Buddhas | Laurie Winnette by Appamada