SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery

Prajna is sometimes called mirror-like; it’s reflecting back the mystery of the whole thing. You can’t know what this is. Everything that’s showing up in your life is unreal. You can continue to look at everything and just receive it. https://youtu.be/DAKI8feFhxk

The Bodhisattva Path - 3-22-24 - Basic Buddhist Teachings with Chiezan - sokukoji.org

April 01, 2024 13:19 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MB

The inspiration of the bodhisattva path is at the core of our practice. Chiezan talks about ground, path and fruition, and the first paramita of generosity. We are beginning to transition from a poverty mentality to a mentality of abundance. https://youtu.be/0B2jCWLKpKc?si=QWFHuwB75Ci4vcWP

Trap Of Believing - 03-31-24 with Chiezan - sokukoji.org

March 30, 2024 00:00 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MB

We are conditioned to make assumptions. We live in a consensus reality. The Buddhist path encourages us to begin to look beyond the reasonable aspects of our phenomenal world, to see non-duality, beyond the fear of groundlessness or spaciousness. https://youtu.be/wXCl9ZbA0Fc

Invisible Pride - 03-27-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

March 27, 2024 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MB

https://youtu.be/T5EfdwVKTEE

Response And Reaction - 03-24-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

March 21, 2024 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MB

Be responsible for your mind stream without adding your personal condiments to everything. Grasping comes out of desire, which stops the awareness, the wisdom mind. The response is just to include and observe the desire. There is no formula or standard there. https://youtu.be/DCRwdQrI87c

Don't Buy In - 03-17-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

March 14, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MB

This is a way of looking at not attaching to what arises. Don’t buy in, but also don’t dismiss or reject it. Don’t take any position on anything. This is very difficult to do. Have some consideration for the energy that’s moving around in your kitchen or in your mind stream. If you’re training your mind, you will know if you need to do something. https://youtu.be/HnmB91AJ_Hs

Can't Fix It - 03-13-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

March 12, 2024 00:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MB

The fundamental issue is the suffering, anxiety and difficulty we run into, sometimes with no apparent cause. We are trying to squeeze some happiness out of samsara. You can’t fix it. This is the illusion you need to see. If you see this, nothing will be running your life. https://youtu.be/kL1GDEqPOS4

Action Not Reaction - 03-10-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

March 10, 2024 00:00 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MB

https://youtu.be/hFsLWvYa-bo

Don't Let Go - 03-06-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

March 04, 2024 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MB

Pre-order Sokuzan's newest book, Sixty Second Sokuzan: 52 one-minute Zen Buddhist teachings HERE: https://www.sokukoji.org/product-page/sixty-second-sokuzan Video-link of this talk: https://youtu.be/y_G5Bnewd6c

Captive Of Our Conclusions - 03-03-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

March 01, 2024 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MB

We tend to believe what shows up in our minds; it feels safer and more comfortable. The teaching here is that it’s an illusion. Just believing that this is an illusion doesn’t mean that it won’t continue to delude you. The two fundamental areas we need to see clearly are belief in a self as a separate being and belief that there is an other. It needs to be seen. Pre-order Sokuzan's newest book, Sixty Second Sokuzan: 52 one-minute Zen Buddhist teachings HERE: https://www.sokukoji.org/product-...

Being A Student On The Buddhist Path - 3/1/24 with Chiezan - sokukoji.org

February 29, 2024 00:00 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MB

https://youtu.be/c_CLjo_LB1o

Being A Student On The Buddhist Path - with Chiezan - 3/1/24 - sokukoji.org

February 28, 2024 00:00 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MB

https://youtu.be/c_CLjo_LB1o

Secret Beyond Thought - 02-25-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

February 25, 2024 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MB

https://youtu.be/NayGP3EIm8s

No Location - 02-18-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

February 18, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 66.2 MB

https://youtu.be/nv_mOJgqSLk

Ways Of Knowing - 02-11-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

February 10, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 62.6 MB

https://youtu.be/le_DOmAOGAA

Illusion Listens To Illusion - 02-04-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

February 03, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 68 MB

https://youtu.be/sdhy91flxSQ

You Are The Seer - 01-31-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

January 31, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.3 MB

https://youtu.be/dNrbbJaN4XI

What's Being Covered Up? - 01-28-24 with Sokuzan - Sokukoji.org

January 27, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.2 MB

https://youtu.be/kdk1uBpma6c

The Third & Fourth Reminders - Basic Buddhist Teachings with Chiezan - 01-26-24

January 25, 2024 00:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MB

https://youtu.be/6iDljPcOHjw

Crazy Memory - 01-24-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

January 24, 2024 00:00 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MB

https://youtu.be/bHtuD_wOOTo

Recognizing The Help - 01-21-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

January 21, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 63.7 MB

https://youtu.be/HcRAn1ykQ8k

The Second Reminder - Basic Buddhist Teachings with Chiezan - 01-19-24 - sokukoji.org

January 18, 2024 00:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MB

https://youtu.be/n39BN8-hryQ

Without And Within - 01-17-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

January 16, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MB

Instead of trying to do things out in the world, go within. Slow down, sit still, and watch the continued, very subtle movement in your mind stream. Everything is dependently arisen. https://youtu.be/GY_RGOZW3hs

Not Knowing Is Most Intimate - 01-14-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

January 13, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MB

This talk title is a line from a classical text in Soto Zen literature: verse 20 in the Book of Serenity. You don’t have to know anything, but you have to study and receive everything. Stop responding out of some kind of interpretation based on your conflicting emotions about the nature of reality. https://youtu.be/UyazzC2VUIY

The First Reminder - Basic Buddhist Teachings with Chiezan - 01-12-24 - sokukoji.org

January 11, 2024 00:00 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MB

Part of a series of talks, this is the first of the four reminders that return our minds to the dharma. First contemplate the preciousness of being free and well favored: our precious human birth. https://youtu.be/bS-I4YKTWGg

The Confusion Is The Awakening - 01-10-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

January 09, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MB

Look at the confusion without stories about how to fix it. You have no control - that’s the illusion we are buying in to. https://youtu.be/ge8O5KtNb4U

Mountains & Rivers XXXV - 01-07-24 with Chiezan - sokukoji.org

January 08, 2024 15:23 - 55 minutes - 51 MB

https://youtu.be/LKihlG3Im60

Mountains & Rivers 1 - 01-07-24 with Chiezan - sokukoji.org

January 06, 2024 00:00 - 55 minutes - 51 MB

Chiezan answers students’ questions about meditation and practice in this Q and A format. https://youtu.be/LKihlG3Im60

The Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma - Basic Buddhist Teachings - 01-05-23 - sokukoji.org

January 05, 2024 00:00 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MB

https://youtu.be/dx6SF9YCLhA

Dana Paramita - Basic Buddhist Teachings with Chiezan - 12-29-23 - sokukoji.org

January 02, 2024 00:00 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MB

In Buddhism there are six or sometimes ten paramitas (perfections). The first paramita is dana, or the traditional gesture of giving, particularly to the monastic community through alms and material goods. What makes it a little different from a more traditional generosity is there is nothing transactional about it. One gives freely without expecting anything in return. https://youtu.be/YrFxlBt-FEc

Fearlessness - Basic Buddhist Teachings with Chiezan - 01-03-23 - sokukoji.org

January 01, 2024 00:00 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MB

https://youtu.be/-wN3iNYbNM0

Return To The Intention To See The Truth - 12-31-23 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

December 30, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MB

You don’t have to be a Buddhist, but this is so important: you need to find the truth, to be aware, to donate your awareness to everything. You can’t maintain it. There’s no correct way to do this. Just return. Awareness doesn’t go anywhere. https://youtu.be/0B7p83GHdh0

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