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2024-04-14 | Dharma Talk | Fearlessness | Anne Lipscomb
April 15, 2024 14:23 - 46 minutes - 107 MB00:02:00 - A short reading from ‘Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen by Shunryu Suzuki 00:03:50 - Reading from: Seeds for a Boundless Life: Zen Teachings from the Heart by Zenkei Blanche Hartman 00:05:33 - The Niagara River By Kay Ryan (see below) 00:08:50 - The Fourth Sign of the Zodiac by Mary Oliver 00:15:47 - Peonies by Mary Oliver 00:21:37 - Ann Invites Questions The Niagara River By Kay Ryan 1945 – As thoughthe river werea floor, we positionour table and chairsupon it...
2024- 04-09 I Inquiry I Josh Gifford
April 10, 2024 21:57 - 1 hour - 45.9 MB2024- 04-09 I Inquiry I Josh Gifford by Appamada
2024- 04-09 I Inquiry I The Hum of the Refrigerator I Josh Gifford
April 10, 2024 21:57 - 1 hour - 45.9 MB2024- 04-09 I Inquiry I The Hum of the Refrigerator I Josh Gifford by Appamada
2024-04-08 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi
April 09, 2024 18:12 - 1 hour - 100 MB2024-04-08 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi by Appamada
2024-04-07 | Not Two - Part 3 | Becoming who you are | Wriiten and narrated by Peg syverson
April 08, 2024 14:27 - 1 hour - 147 MB00:00:43 - Recap of the Book so Far 00:07:23 - Peg Begins Reading ‘Not Two’ - Part 3 - Chapter 10 - Becoming who you are
2024-04-06 | Day 7/Part 2 | Forms as Roles and Practice | Peg Syverson and Flint Sparks
April 07, 2024 16:38 - 36 minutes - 84.2 MB00:00:33 - Flint and Peg Begin 00:06:12 - 'What if You Knew' - By Ellen Bass 00:10:22 - Peg describes an Activity 'Walk and Talk' 00:11:46 - Participants Walk In Pairs for 30 Minutes 00:11:55 - Reflections/Comments What if You Knew What if you knew you'd be the last to touch someone? If you were taking tickets, for example,at the theater, tearing them,giving back the ragged stubs, you might take care to touch that palm, brush your fingertipsalong the life line's crease. When a man pulls hi...
2024-04-06 | Day 7/Part 1 | Forms and Roles as Practice | Flint Sparks and Peg Syverson
April 07, 2024 16:38 - 48 minutes - 111 MB00:46:03 - Joy Chose You - By Donna Ashworth JOY CHOSE YOU Joy does not arrive with a fanfare on a red carpet strewn with the flowers of a perfect life joy sneaks in as you pour a cup of coffee watching the sun hit your favourite tree just right and you usher joy away because you are not ready for her your house is not as it should be for such a distinguished guest but joy, you see cares nothing for your messy home or your bank balance or your waistline joy is supposed to slither through the...
2024-04-05 | Day 6 | Forms and Roles as Practice | Peg Syverson and Flint Sparks
April 07, 2024 16:37 - 32 minutes - 74.5 MB00:21:22 - Peg Invites Questions/Reflections 00:32:10 - Taco Time
2024-04-04 | Day 5/Part 2 | Forms and Roles as Practice | Peg Syverson and Flint Sparks
April 07, 2024 16:37 - 1 hour - 153 MB00:00:27 - Flint and Peg Describe the Activity for small Groups of 3 00:03:00 - The Sangha Brings forth Questions for Flint and Peg
2024-04-04 | Day 5/Part 1 | Integrated Intensive | Forms and Roles as Practice | Flint Sparks
April 07, 2024 16:36 - 33 minutes - 75.6 MB00:00:27 - Dharma Talk 00:20:46 - Poem - Another theory of Time 00:28:30 - Reflections Another Theory of Time - Marie Howe So, I tell my daughter we are eating dinner, reading through the book of stories I'm worried about Jason. If I seem distracted, that's what's on my mind. And she says, Take it out of your mind, then dips and eats a dumpling, and says, But don't take out Jason. And this morning at the deli I say, I'm grumpy because it's the first day of school, and I'm thinking of so ma...
2024-04-03 | Day 4 | Forms and Roles as Practice | Head Student Sandra Medina Bocangel
April 07, 2024 16:36 - 37 minutes - 85.5 MB2024-04-03 | Day 4 | Forms and Roles as Practice | Head Student Sandra Medina Bocangel by Appamada
2024-04-02 | Day 3/Part 2 | Forms and Roles as Practice | Peg Syverson and Flint Sparks
April 07, 2024 16:36 - 51 minutes - 119 MB00:00:33 - Peg Reads a Poem ‘Enlightenment’ by Vijay Seshardi 00:05:54 - Offering Comprehensive Instruction on Posture/Sitting Zazen 00:32:51 - Questions/Reflections 00:35:00 - Peg Offers Instruction on a Practice (Groups of 3) - 'Narrating on Present Moment Experience Whilst Sitting in the Zazen Posture' 00:37:48 - Participants Join Groups of 3 for 10 Minutes 00:37:57 - Reflections/Comments Vijay Seshadri 1954 – “It’s all empty, empty,” he said to himself. “The sex and drugs. The violence...
2024-04-02 | Day3/Part 1 | Integrated Intensive | Forms and Roles as Practice | Peg Syverson
April 07, 2024 16:36 - 35 minutes - 80.2 MB00:00:59 - Peg Reads Huineng Poem 00:02:18 - Peg reads a section of the Fukanzazengi (Eihei Do- gen ) regarding Zazen Huineng Poem Deluded, a Buddha is a sentient being; Awakened, a sentient being is a Buddha. Ignorant, a Buddha is a sentient being; With wisdom, a sentient being is a Buddha. If the mind is warped, a Buddha is a sentient being; If the mind is impartial, a sentient being is a Buddha. When once a warped mind is produced, Buddha is concealed within the sentient being. If for o...
2024-04-01 | Day 2/Part 2 | Integrated Intensive | Forms and Roles as Practice | Flint Sparks & Peg
April 07, 2024 16:36 - 35 minutes - 80.7 MB00:19:39 - Questions/Reflections 00:22:52 - Flint Prepares for, and Offers an Exercise 00:33:33 - Instruction for connection Groups of 3 People (20 Minutes)
2024-04-01 Day 2/Part 1 | Integrated Intensive | Forms and Roles as Practice | Flint Sparks
April 07, 2024 16:36 - 25 minutes - 58.2 MB2024-04-01 Day 2/Part 1 | Integrated Intensive | Forms and Roles as Practice | Flint Sparks by Appamada
2024-03-31 | Day 1 | Integrated Intensive | Forms and Roles as Practice |Peg Syverson & Flint Sparks
April 07, 2024 16:25 - 48 minutes - 110 MB00:01:48 - Peg anf Flint read Fukanzazengi - Eihei Do-gen (P.p 30 Appamada Chant Book) 00:11:28 - Flints Asks ‘What was it like to hear it read out in this way’? 00:26:49 - Flint Reads a poem by Marie Howe (see Below) 00:32:33 - Peg reads a Poem by Dogen Easter Two of the fingers on his right hand had been broken so when he poured back into that hand it surprised him—it hurt him at first. And the whole body was too small. Imagine the sky trying to fit into a tunnel carved into a hill. ...
2024-04-02 I Inquiry I Nothing happening is a very good day I Trudy Johnson
April 03, 2024 22:50 - 1 hour - 45.6 MB2024-04-02 I Inquiry I Nothing happening is a very good day I Trudy Johnson by Appamada
2024-03-26 I Inquiry I Are You Clear About Practice? I Flint Sparks
March 28, 2024 20:07 - 53 minutes - 33.6 MB2024-03-26 I Inquiry I Are You Clear About Practice? I Flint Sparks by Appamada
2024-03-24 | Dharma Talk | Creating a Pantoum - Ordinary things are all Extra-Ordinary | Joel Barna
March 26, 2024 19:20 - 24 minutes - 56.7 MBOrdinary things are all Extra-Ordinary | Joel Barna 00:02:31 - A Reading from 'After Buddhism' by Stephen Batchelor 00:07:36 - Joel gives instructions on how to write a Pantoum Poem (Please see below) 00;11:56 - Joel’s Pantoum 00:13:18 - Joel explains how to format the 8 lines into a Pantoum 00:15:09 - Participants Write for 10 Minutes 00:15:19 - Instruction for Connecting Rooms/Groups 00:15:49 - Participants go into Breakout Rooms/Groups for 10 Minutes 00:15:58 - Some of the Participants s...
2024-03-18 | Depth in Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 20 Not Knowing | Thomas Cleary
March 25, 2024 17:18 - 48 minutes - 66.2 MBThe Depth in Practice group discusses Case 20: Dizang asked Fayan, "Where are you going?"// Fayan said, "Around on pilgrimage." // Dizang said, "What is the purpose of pilgrimage?" // Fayan said, "I don't know." // Dizang said, "Not knowing is most intimate." // Depth in Practice meets virtually at Appamada every week. Anyone is welcome to join the group! If you are interested in joining, please go to the calendar at appamada.org to find the link for the group. If you would like to donate to...
2024-03-11 | Depth In Practice | Book Of Serenity-Case 19 Mt. Sumeru | Thomas Cleary
March 25, 2024 16:39 - 1 hour - 92.1 MBThe Depth in Practice group discusses Case 19: A monk asked Yunmen, “Not a single thought arises: is there any fault or not?” // Yunmen said, “Mt. Sumeru.” // [According to Jain cosmology, Mount Meru (or Sumeru) is at the center of the world surrounded by Jambūdvīpa, in the form of a circle forming a diameter of 100,000 yojans. (description from Wikipedia)] Depth in Practice meets virtually at Appamada every week. Anyone is welcome to join the group! If you are interested in joining, please ...
2024-02-26 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 18 Dog and Buddha Nature | Thomas Cleary
March 25, 2024 15:59 - 58 minutes - 80.3 MBThe Depth in Practice group continues discussing Case 18: A monk asks Zhaozho, "Does the dog have Buddha Nature?" // Zhaozho says, "Yes." // The monk says, "Since it has, why is it then in this skin bag?" // Zhaozho replies, "Although he knows better he deliberately transgresses." // Another monk comes along: "Does the dog have Buddha Nature?" // "No," Zhaozho says. (The Japanese word "Mu" means " no.") // The monk says, "All beings have Buddha Nature, why not this dog?" // "Because he still ...
2024-03-19 I Inquiry I Horizonless Intimacy I Flint Sparks
March 23, 2024 00:15 - 59 minutes - 41.9 MBHorizonless Intimacy Dear Friends, I captured this image as I took an early morning walk along the beach in Bray, Ireland (County Wicklow) this past Monday morning (7/28/08). I was looking across the Irish Sea as the sun made its way up through the clouds. If I would have been able to see beyond the horizon where the sea and the sky appear to meet, I would have found northern Wales on the other shore. In fact, on the previous afternoon while walking along another stretch of beach just south...
2024-02-19 | Depth In Practice Case | Book of Serenity-Case 18 Dog and Buddha Nature | Thomas Cleary
March 18, 2024 22:29 - 1 hour - 87.1 MBThe Depth in Practice group discusses Case 18: A monk asks Zhaozho, "Does the dog have Buddha Nature?" // Zhaozho says, "Yes." // The monk says, "Since it has, why is it then in this skin bag?" // Zhaozho replies, "Although he knows better he deliberately transgresses." // Another monk comes along: "Does the dog have Buddha Nature?" // "No," Zhaozho says. (The Japanese word "Mu" means " no.") // The monk says, "All beings have Buddha Nature, why not this dog?" // "Because he still has a mind,...
2024-02-19 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 18 Dog and Buddha Nature | Thomas Cleary
March 18, 2024 22:29 - 1 hour - 87.1 MBThe Depth in Practice group discusses Case 18: A monk asks Zhaozho, "Does the dog have Buddha Nature?" // Zhaozho says, "Yes." // The monk says, "Since it has, why is it then in this skin bag?" // Zhaozho replies, "Although he knows better he deliberately transgresses." // Another monk comes along: "Does the dog have Buddha Nature?" // "No," Zhaozho says. (The Japanese word "Mu" means " no.") // The monk says, "All beings have Buddha Nature, why not this dog?" // "Because he still has a mind,...
2024-03-16 | Day 2 | One Day+ Sit | The Hindrances | Joel barna
March 17, 2024 22:43 - 52 minutes - 119 MB00:00:33 - Dharma Talk 00:02:43 - The Guest House This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honourably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite t...
2024-03-15 |Day 1 | One Day+ Sit | The Hindrances | Joel Barna
March 17, 2024 22:43 - 18 minutes - 41.3 MB2024-03-15 |Day 1 | One Day+ Sit | The Hindrances | Joel Barna
2023-10-08 | Class 9 | Taking Up the Way of Supporting Life | With Joel Barna & Robin Bradford
March 17, 2024 14:32 - 1 hour - 150 MB2023-10-08 | Class 9 | Taking Up the Way of Supporting Life | With Joel Barna & Robin Bradford 00:00:26 - Joel Opens up the Meeting 00:02:20 - Joel Talks About the Precept ‘Taking Up the Way of Supporting Life and Not Killing’ 00:15:06 - Poem by David Whyte - No Path 00:17:43 - Joel Guides Us All Into Sitting for 10 Minutes 00:19:01 - Robin Talks About the Precept ‘I Vow to Take Up the Way of Supporting All Life’, and Discusses the use of Language around the Precepts 00:29:20 - Robin Invite...
2023-07-02 | Class 6 I Take Up the Way of Taking Only What Is Freely Given/Giving Freely All I Can
March 16, 2024 19:17 - 47 minutes - 108 MB00:00:19 - Class 6 Begins 00:00:25 - Joel Weaves the Precept and Preliminaries Together 00:01:26 - Training in the The Preliminaries - Joel Describes These… 00:01:53 - The 1st Preliminary - The Rarity and Preciousness of Human Life 00:04:45 - The Inevitability of Death 00:05:29 - The Awesome and Indelible Power of Our Actions 00:12:27 - Joel Describes the Activity for the Connecting Rooms 00:14:43 - Questions for the Connection Rooms: What is stealing? How might it arise in my life?/How can I...
2024-03-12 I Inquiry I Nothing and Nobody I Flint Sparks
March 16, 2024 16:05 - 1 hour - 41.9 MB2024-03-12 I Inquiry I Nothing and Nobody I Flint Sparks by Appamada
2023-03-05 | Class 2 | Precepts | Speaking Truthfully | Joel Barna
March 15, 2024 22:39 - 1 hour - 139 MB00:00:26 - Joel Offers an Overview of the Class 00:03:11 - Sitting for 10 Minutes Offering Metta/Joel then Begins with the Precept ‘Speaking Truthfully’, and The 8 Fold Path’ 00:13:07 - Joel Invites Participants to Share their 'Recasting' of the Precept 'I Take Up the Way Of Speaking Truthfully 00:35:54 - Jessica Talks About Hakomi and how to Cultivate Loving Presence 00:47:09 - Joel Offers An Exercise for the breakout Rooms (15 Minutes long - 3/4 People in Each Room) 00:51:38 - Joel Invites ...
2023-02-02 | Class 1 | Precepts | Joel Barna
March 15, 2024 16:07 - 1 hour - 155 MB2023-02-02 | Class 1 | Precepts | Joel Barna 00:00:29 - Joel Gives Words of Gratitude, and Welcomes Everyone 00:02:34 - Please Pause Video Here if You'd Like to to Sit for 3 Minutes 00:02:48 - Joel Invites the Participants to Introduce Themselves 00:15:23 - Joel Offers an Overview Of the Class, Outlining the Offerings 00:17:48 - Ann Talks About The Verse of the Robe and Sewing - How Buddha's Robe Relates to the Precepts 00:33:46 - Joel Talks About The Buddhist Precepts - What Taking the P...
2024-03-10 | Dharma Talk | The 3 Marks of Existence | Laurie Winnette
March 11, 2024 19:34 - 26 minutes - 60 MB00:00:27 - Dharma Talk 00:15:06 - Exercise - 1. Consider something that you struggled with (were stuck in for quite a while). 00:15:50 - 2. While you were suffering - Did you seek out for help? Or did you stay in solitude? 00:16:11 - 3. How did you deal with it? Did you separate from other people? 00:16:46 - 4. In retrospect, what helped most in getting through your suffering, and did being aroung other people have an impact 00:17:34 - Participants go into breakout rooms for 20 minutes - ...
2024-03-05 I Inquiry I Gateway to the Temple I Flint Sparks
March 06, 2024 21:34 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBGateway to the Temple: Homage to Lahaina ~ Flint Sparks At the entry gate of every temple, a great bell waits. When struck, a deep resonant call is sent out, A powerful sound, but something closer to gravity, Invisibly pulling us across the threshold into a sacred space, Toward the promise of the perfected love we secretly long for; A divine love which is equally terrifying As it beautifully consumes and nourishes us. On that Summer day in August there was no bell. No call was sent out; No s...
2024-03-03 | A reading written by Ed Browne ‘The Ten thousand Idiots’ | with Ann Lipscomb
March 05, 2024 20:17 - 45 minutes - 105 MB2024-03-03 | A reading written by Ed Browne ‘The Ten thousand Idiots’ | with Ann Lipscomb 00:00:27 - A reading from The Most Important Point: Zen Teachings of Edward Espe Brown ‘The Ten thousand Idiots’ 00:12:28 - Reading ends 00:13:55 - Ann opens up the floor for Questions/comments 00:39:50 - Announcements
2024-0-27 I Inquiry I En-Couragement I Trudy Johnson
February 29, 2024 02:42 - 57 minutes - 43.4 MB2024-0-27 I Inquiry I En-Couragement I Trudy Johnson by Appamada
2024-02-20 I Inquiry I The glass is already broken I Suzanne Kilkus
February 23, 2024 21:05 - 59 minutes - 46.1 MB2024-02-20 I Inquiry I The glass is already broken I Suzanne Kilkus by Appamada
2024-02-18 | Dharma Talk | 'Skillfull Means, Practice, and Mistakes | Ellen Hippard
February 19, 2024 17:45 - 54 minutes - 125 MB2024-02-18 | Dharma Talk | 'Skillfull Means, Practice, and Mistakes | Ellen Hippard 00:00:20 - Dharma Talk 00:18:20 - Ellen Invites comments and reflections
2024-02-13 I Inquiry I I Took My Mind a Walk I Josh Gifford
February 16, 2024 02:33 - 1 hour - 37.8 MB2024-02-13 I Inquiry I I Took My Mind a Walk I Josh Gifford by Appamada
2024-02-12 | Depth In Practice | The Book of Serenity-Case 17 Fayan's Hairsbreadth | Thomas Cleary
February 15, 2024 18:23 - 1 hour - 95.1 MBThe Depth in Practice group discusses the following case: Fayan asked Xiushan, “A hairsbreadth's difference is as the distance between heaven and earth'-- how do you understand?” Xiushan said, “A hairsbreadth's difference is as the distance between heaven and earth.” Fayan said, “How can you get it that way?” Xiushan said, “I am just thus--what about you?” Fayan said, “A hairsbreadth's difference is as the distance between heaven and earth.” Xiushan thereupon bowed. Depth in Practice meets v...
2024-02-11 | Dharma Talk | Bridging Small Mind and Big Mind | Joel Barna
February 15, 2024 17:56 - 53 minutes - 123 MB00:00:21 - Dharma Talk 00:28:25 - Meeting with Joel
2024-02-05 I Inquiry I Just Say Something! I Josh Gifford
February 10, 2024 06:13 - 56 minutes - 33.2 MB2024-02-05 I Inquiry I Just Say Something! I Josh Gifford by Appamada
2024-02-05 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 16 Magu Shakes His Staff | Thomas Cleary
February 09, 2024 03:15 - 59 minutes - 81.5 MBDepth in Practice discusses the following koan: Magu, ringed staff in hand, came to Zhangjing; he circled the meditation seat three times, shook his staff once, and stood there at attention. // Zhangjing said, Right, right.” // Magu also went to Nanquan, circled the meditation seat three times, shook his staff, and stood there at attention. // Nanquan said, “Wrong, wrong.” // Magu said, “Zhangjing said ‘right’ — why do you say ‘wrong’?” // Nanquan said, “Zhangjing is right—it’s you who’s wron...
2024-01-30 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 15 Yangshan Plants His Hoe-2| Thomas Cleary
February 08, 2024 23:50 - 54 minutes - 74.7 MBThe Depth in Practice group continues to discuss the following koan: "Where have you come from?" // Yangshan said, "From the rice field." // Guishan said, "How many people are there in the rice field?" // Yangshan thrust his hoe into the ground and stood with his hands folded on his chest. // Gusishan said, "There are a great number of people cutting thatch on the South Mountain." // Yangshan took up his hoe and left immediately. Depth in Practice meets virtually at Appamada every week. Anyo...
2024-01-23 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 15 Yangshan Plants His Hoe-1 | Thomas Cleary
February 08, 2024 23:23 - 52 minutes - 71.9 MBThe Depth in Practice group discusses the following koan: "Where have you come from?" // Yangshan said, "From the rice field." // Guishan said, "How many people are there in the rice field?" // Yangshan thrust his hoe into the ground and stood with his hands folded on his chest. // Gusishan said, "There are a great number of people cutting thatch on the South Mountain." // Yangshan took up his hoe and left immediately. Depth in Practice meets virtually at Appamada every week. Anyone is welco...
2024-02-04 | Dharma Talk | Teachings from 'The Shamanic Bones of Zen' | Robin Bradford
February 05, 2024 13:00 - 39 minutes - 89.7 MB00:00:26 - Robin Offers Teachings from. 'The Shamanic Bones of Zen' 00:20:07 - Robin Offers Instructions for the Connection Rooms: ‘In what ways, if any, have you experienced Zen practice as embodied, connecting to nature and ancestors, and/or mysterious and beyond the logical mind?’ 00:25:29 - Robin Invites Reflections and Comments The Shamanic Bones of Zen: Revealing the Ancestral Spirit and Mystical Heart of a Sacred Tradition By Zenju Earthlyn Manuel (Author), Paula Arai (Author)
2024-01-30 I Inquiry I Everyday Radiance I Flint Sparks
February 01, 2024 23:54 - 1 hour - 43 MB2024-01-30 I Inquiry I Everyday Radiance I Flint Sparks by Appamada
2024-01-16 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 14 Attendant Huo Offers Tea-2
January 31, 2024 03:23 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBPartipants spend a second week discussing Case 14, Attendant Huo Offers Tea: Attendant Huo asked Deshan, “Where have all the past saints gone?” // Deshan said, “What? What?” // Huo said, “I gave the command for an excellent horse like a flying dragon to spring forth, but there came out only a lame tortoise.” // Deshan was silent. // The next day, when Deshan came out of the bath, Huo served him tea. // Deshan passed his hand gently over Huo's back. // Huo said, “This old fellow has gotten a g...
2024-01-28 | Way Seeking Mind Talk | Opening the Slammed Shut Door | Cassy ShoShin
January 29, 2024 17:51 - 48 minutes - 111 MB2024-01-28 | Way Seeking Mind Talk | Opening the Slammed Shut Door | Cassy ShoShin by Appamada
2024 -01-23 I Inquiry I Sacrifice in Practice I Flint Sparks
January 26, 2024 00:43 - 1 hour - 41.8 MB2024 -01-23 I Inquiry I Sacrifice in Practice I Flint Sparks by Appamada