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Dharma Talk: Is That So?
Wednesday, February 20th, 2013 | Audio, Thích Ân Giáo Roshi | No Comments
A Dharma Talk on the great Master Hakuin Ekaku, who revitalized the Rinzai School of Japan.
From Zen Flesh, Zen Bones, edited by Paul Reps:
A beautiful Japanese girl whose parents owned a food store lived near Hakuin. One day, without any warning, her parents discovered she was pregnant. This made her parents angry. She would not confess who the man was, but after much harassment at last named Hakuin.
In great anger the parents went to the master. “Is that so?” was all he would say.
After the child was born it was brought to Hakuin. By this time he had lost his reputation, which did not trouble him, but he took very good care of the child. He obtained milk from his neighbors and everything else the child needed.
A year later the girl could stand it no longer. She told her parents the truth – the real father of the child was a young man who worked in the fish market.
The mother and father of the girl at once went to Hakuin to ask forgiveness, to apologize at length, and to get the child back.
Hakuin willingly yielded the child, saying only: “Is that so?”
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3-part Dharma Talk: It’s Not About Enlightenment
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012 | Audio, Thích N? Tâm H??ng | No Comments
In July and August 2012, Su Co Tâm Hu’o’ng gave three Dharma Talks related to Enlightenment/Nirvana and a question, “What did Dogen mean when he said, ‘You have to die in Zazen’?”
Part 1: It’s not about Enlightenment (Unfortunately, the degraded memory card — now retired and little-mourned — affected the recording of the first of the three talks.
While we see if anything from that talk is save-able, see if #2 and #3 make any sense…)
Part 2: Dying in Zazen
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Part 3: Great Death
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Dharma Talk: Basic Buddhism – Impermanence
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012 | Audio, Thích Ân Giáo Roshi | No Comments
September 2, 2012: Thích Ân Giáo Roshi addresses one of the most often discussed, yet commonly misunderstood Buddhist teachings — Impermanence — in the context of his ever-changing, but ongoing health issues. If you’ve ever wondered just what the Buddha and the old Masters had in mind when assigning bodily impurity or charnel ground meditations, this is the talk for you.
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Dharma Talk: Perfection (Precepts)
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012 | Audio, Thích Ân Giáo Roshi | No Comments
What is perfection? Thích Ân Giáo Roshi encourages us to let go of preconceptions and find out for ourselves, using the Precepts as guidelines.
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Dharma Talk: Suffering Fools
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012 | Audio, Thích N? Tâm H??ng | No Comments
We say, “He doesn’t suffer fools gladly,” but it does not mean what we think it means — particularly if we are Buddhist. Su Co Tâm Hu’o’ng talks about the practice.
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Dharma Talk: Surrender
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012 | Audio, Thích N? Tâm H??ng | No Comments
More from Su Co Tâm Hu’o’ng (from February 2012) on the care, feeding and putting down of the ego. Surrender is a good thing.
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Dharma Talk: Bowing Heart
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012 | Audio, Thích N? Tâm H??ng | No Comments
A meditation on the theory and practice of bows and prostrations, by Su Co Tâm Hu’o’ng. (and encouragement to give the practice a try, especially if one is… shall we say… “resistant” ??)
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Dharma Talk: Self & Image
Monday, November 28th, 2011 | Audio, Rev. Nagacitta, Thich Minh Nhat | No Comments
Thay Minh Nhat talks about self image, self, and image.
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Dharma Talk: Buddhist Politics
Friday, November 4th, 2011 | Audio, Thích Ân Giáo Roshi | No Comments
Ever wonder what Buddhist Politics would be? Roshi answers the question.
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Dharma talk: Harmony vs. Disharmony
Thursday, October 6th, 2011 | Audio, Thích Ân Giáo Roshi | No Comments
Roshi’s alternate title for this Dharma Talk is “How Bad Do You Really Want to Win?” – from October 2011.
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