"[Adjective] Buddhism"

For a group of people who are supposed to have this non-duality thing down, we Buddhists can sometimes be pretty bad at it. We're quick with to come out with Mahayana, Hinayana, Vajrayana, Zen, Tendai, Theravada, Green, Blue, ad infinitum. And all of us do the same thing in the rest of our lives too--Red State, Blue State, Labour, Tory, Christian, Jew, Muslim, Buddhist, ad infinitum. The adjectives drive us apart where there is no defined, permanent, solid line to be drawn! The Way needs no adjectives, it barely needs a noun. Myeong Jin Eunsahn gives the year-end Dharma talk at One Mind Zen December 28, 2022.

"Compassion for the Holidays"

It's that most wonderful time of the year...for some anyway. For others, there may be some habits in the Storehouse Consciousness that turn gatherings into the fodder of conflict. We can practice compassion for both ourselves and others by being mindful of their thoughts, perceptions, and feelings whether pleasant or unpleasant, jolly or not-so-jolly. Kevin Hae Seong Sheriadan gives the talk on the first day of winter of 2022 at One Mind Zen.

Bodhi Day 2022 Poetry Slam

December 8 (or 8th day of the 12th month) is the day we celebrate the Buddha's awakening. Shakyamuni's awakening--manifesting his Buddha Nature--is the awakening in all of us. Our day-to-day activities--getting up, eating, going to work, reading poetry, sitting on a cushion--all activities are opportunities to manifest our Buddha Nature. To celebrate this auspicious day, the sangha of One Mind Zen Collective held a Poetry Slam to help all sentient beings to celebrate with us, and to manifest their own inherent awakened nature in their own ordinary activity.

https://issuu.com/onemindzen/docs/one_mind_zen_issue_1

"The Primary Point of Holiday Lights"

Zen Master Seung Sahn often spoke of the "Primary Point," the point of equilibrium or equanimity. It's not that we don't react to situations--good or bad--it's that we let go of the weight of either and return to the "0" point on the scale. If we think about our practice in this light, it's not that we're immune from happy or sad, we let them pass, and return to our Primary Point on the scale. The stronger the practice, the closer to the Primary Point we can stay...even when untangling strands of holiday lights. Myeong Jin Eunsahn gives the Dharma talk on November 30, 2022.