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When The Buddha Met A Murderer Everyone deserves a place where we can practice together, and the chance for redemption. A talk I gave at the Village Zendo on December 5, 2019.
Five Ways to Establish a Rock-Solid Meditation Habit Meditation can transform your life, but it only works if you sit regularly. You can establish a strong, serious practice following these five methods.
How To Dissolve The Self When you act with attention, your self merges with your activity. Watch how the self shifts and moves, and you'll see through the illusion of ego.
How To Be Free From Greed We waste our lives chasing empty things. Here's a practice to loosen greed's grip and appreciate this moment. A Zen talk I gave July 31, 2019.
Are the Six Senses True Reality, Or Not? Mindfulness reduces worry, but we can go deeper than that. Buddha said we can see through our greedy delusions and know the truth of our lives.
Meaningless Striving Each new year, Americans resolve to work harder and be more austere, for no reason. Let's stop torturing ourselves.
The Day That Yunmen Broke His Foot The old stories all have the same punchline: the monk was suddenly enlightened. What really happens when we have an experience of insight?
Rules for Hyenas If we treat the Zen precepts as a set of rules to obey, that's just conformity. Let's use them instead as a tool for busting the hierarchy!
The Meteor What if you knew you had 30 minutes to live? Would you want to be awakened?
Why did Master Rinzai slap Jo? A monk asked Master Rinzai about the essence of Buddhism, and Rinzai slapped him. Why?