The main point of meditation is the same for all humans: to rest in the ultimate, and to experience the connection between ultimate and conditioned...
Shosan Victoria Austin on Meditation Postures Designed for the Female Body
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Sangha: A Mirror for Buddhas
A short teaching extracted from last week's dharma talk at City Center by Anshin Rosalie Curtis There’s a famous line in the Lotus Sutra that says:...
Brother David Steindl-Rast and Ryushin Paul Haller: The Spirit of Practice
Brother David Steindl-Rast and Ryushin Paul Haller returned to Tassajara last week to lead their annual retreat titled The Spirit of Practice:...
Transmitting the Dharma through Online Courses
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Life Is Hard: Zoketsu Norman Fischer on the Necessity of Love and Compassion
"One of the worst feelings is to feel utterly alone," says former SFZC abbot Zoketsu Norman Fischer, "but it’s impossible to ever be alone." In the...
Branching Streams of Northern California: Introducing Occidental Laguna Sangha
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In Celebration of Summer Solstice
As is tradition, summer solstice is observed with a ceremony at Tassajara Zen Heart-Mind Temple. Zenshin Greg Fain, Head of Practice, delivered...
Sangha Is Crucial to Our Way
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The Zen Poetry of Aging: Three Brief Teachings
Zen poets for centuries have addressed the experience of aging in ways that may resonate with and clarify our own experience of it. Below are three...