SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery
Dharma talks by Sokuzan from SokukoJi Buddhist Temple in Battle Creek, Michigan.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 62 minutes
- Episodes
- 510
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
The Second Wake Up - 12-18-22 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
The first wake up is to see how you are being controlled by everything; your beliefs, your culture, your ideas. The second wake up is to the possibly of seeing who you really are and what all this i…
01:13:19 |
Sat 17 Dec 2022
Falling Apart - 12-14-22 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwptYUgsKEQ
01:04:06 |
Tue 13 Dec 2022
Nothing To Fix - 12-11-22 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SR4gtydRZc
00:48:05 |
Sat 10 Dec 2022
The First Wake Up - 12-07-22 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
https://youtu.be/WtxEIziwtOo
00:52:04 |
Wed 07 Dec 2022
Mountains And Rivers - 12-04-22 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
https://youtu.be/WqiBmqLV6XQ
01:06:55 |
Sun 04 Dec 2022
Mind Is No Mind - 11-30-22 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
https://youtu.be/rmuuUeTawsY
00:54:58 |
Wed 30 Nov 2022
Mountains And Rivers - 11-27-22 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
https://youtu.be/tDbaEhy4lyE
01:10:33 |
Sun 27 Nov 2022
Clarification Not Elaboration - 11-23-22 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
https://youtu.be/CLClLbj-e5E
01:00:15 |
Wed 23 Nov 2022
Mountains and Rivers - 11-20-22 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
https://youtu.be/JnK_9gYQtM0
01:04:52 |
Sun 20 Nov 2022
Traceless Awakening - 11-16-22 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
Traceless means it leaves no tracks; there’s no result. Without credentials is another way of saying it. How would you know you had attained realization? You won’t know in the conventional sense. Rea…
00:57:21 |
Tue 15 Nov 2022
Intention Not Results - 11-06-22 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
The rest of the world is trying to get results without respect for what’s showing up in the mind stream or the life stream. Put your energy into intending to see what this is.
https://youtu.be/IdBoIF…
01:02:25 |
Sat 12 Nov 2022
Substitute Blame - 11-13-22 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
Something happens and we immediately abandon that for who did it. The ego mind will settle for anything. It reifies that part of the consciousness that has shrunk down into the size of a coconut and …
00:57:24 |
Fri 11 Nov 2022
Begin Again Again - 11-09-22 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
This is a reference to Suzuki Roshi’s book, “Zen Mind, Beginners’s Mind.” We don’t have to orient toward some kind of result or gaining idea. It seems necessary to return to that original intention …
00:59:50 |
Mon 07 Nov 2022
Immaculate Perception - 11-02-22 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
This is a way of talking about perception clear of all the detritus and debris that the ego throws up and supports in order to continue to create an oligarch who worries, judges, and controls everyth…
00:51:43 |
Tue 01 Nov 2022
Thoughts Cloud Perception - 10-30-22 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
It’s not about putting a stop to thoughts. When thoughts are not used and abused, then they tend to soften up and we just perceive what’s in front of us: color, taste, smells, touch, feeling, and eve…
01:02:22 |
Sun 30 Oct 2022
Who Is A Student Of The Dharma? - 10-26-22 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
A true student of the dharma is on receive all the time. This is why it’s so important to return to the vow. It takes time to do this.
https://youtu.be/5yQcLvhYcgg
00:58:26 |
Tue 25 Oct 2022
Kindness - 10-23-22 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
Start with yourself. Be gentle, but very attentive to everything that’s happening in the mind stream. Don’t accept anything, don’t reject anything and don’t shut down, ignore or distract yourself fro…
00:54:48 |
Sat 22 Oct 2022
CCCC - 10-19-22 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
I often say the three C’s are communicate, cooperate and collaborate. The first C is communicate. The way I describe that is 90/10: Listen 90% of the time and talk 10%. If you do the first three C’s…
00:59:34 |
Tue 18 Oct 2022
Meet Everything at the Gate - 10-16-22 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
https://youtu.be/6k3mE3OPe9Y
01:09:11 |
Sun 16 Oct 2022
Everything Is The Path - 10-12-22 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
https://youtu.be/DW0xR2KTWws
01:02:03 |
Thu 13 Oct 2022
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