"The Path, the Practice, and the Precepts"

A practitioner who decides to dedicate him or herself to Zen does so by taking the Five Precepts in a ceremony with a Zen group. 

The formal student–teacher relationship is reserved for those who are concerned with “the great question of birth and death,” have a genuine spiritual aspiration to come to awakening, are willing to exert themselves in their practice including  retreat attendance, and feel a genuine rapport with the Guiding Teacher.

Jonson Sunmin Miller gives the Dharma talk at One Mind Zen on April 28, 2021. 

"The Way Seeking Mind"

Bryant Guy gives us the talk at One Mind Zen April 21, 2021. "The most essential method, which includes all methods, is beholding the mind" says Bodhidharma. How we get there can take many forms, changing from moment to moment.

"Grief and Compassion"

Grieving is a natural part of life. We can look at it as compassion not only for others, but for ourselves as well. As with any other emotion, we let it pass in its own time without clinging to it or ignoring it. Ron Kisen Stevenson gives the Dharma talk at One Mind Zen on April 14, 2021.

 

"Words Beyond Words"

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." Optimistic? Possibly, but true. Words and their meanings, our attachment and aversion toward them, are made by thinking only. Put it all down! Eunsahn Citta's Dharma talk from One Mind Zen on April 7, 2021.