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
Don't Wander in the Bardo - 05-22-22 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org/donate
When I say, "Don’t do 'something'," it’s not a command. It’s meant to help you question, through the action of awareness, whether you are doing that kind of thing. Bardo means gap or intermediate sta…
01:00:11 |
Tue 17 May 2022
Parts of The Practice - 5-18-22 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
Classically, the parts of practice are the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha. It’s pretty hard to do this unless you meet someone who has been doing this for awhile and has some clarity about what th…
01:02:53 |
Tue 17 May 2022
The Three Kinds Of Pain - 05-15-22 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
According to the Buddhadharma, there are three kinds of pain. The pain of pain is anything from a toothache to some kind of paranoia about what’s around the corner. Sometimes the most difficult kind…
01:12:54 |
Sun 15 May 2022
Vastness - 05-11-22 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
Don’t ignore the incredible vastness of the relative by shrinking down into your little petty mind with your concerns about what he said or what they did. The shrinking down is out of fear of too muc…
01:01:34 |
Tue 10 May 2022
Homeless Emotions - 05-08-22 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
https://youtu.be/4LBg8Zwr6yU
https://www.sokukoji.org
00:44:44 |
Sun 08 May 2022
Go To Hell - 05-04-22 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
Whatever arises in your mind, don’t object, don’t run away, and don’t cover it up. If it’s intense and it’s coming up in your mind stream, then I highly recommend that you go right into the negativit…
01:00:21 |
Tue 03 May 2022
What Does "Save All Beings" Mean? - 05-01-22 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
There are different ways this shows up as a spiritual path. The sitting practice of meditation takes you into seeing everything you’ve been covering up. You may need the help of someone who is dedica…
01:09:46 |
Sat 30 Apr 2022
Enlightened by All Things - 04-27-22 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
https://youtu.be/FZr0km8Y22g
https://www.sokukoji.org
00:49:46 |
Wed 27 Apr 2022
Receiving And Producing - 04-24-22 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
https://youtu.be/Va6zLJH7R10
01:01:06 |
Sun 24 Apr 2022
Sokuzan Answers the Shuso's Questions - 04-20-22 by Sokuzan And Ondo
https://youtu.be/xGGVgcKJcVg
https://www.sokukoji.org
01:02:54 |
Wed 20 Apr 2022
Awareness Of Outflows, Talk II - 04-17-22 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
https://youtu.be/pDRV5OQXN7U
https://www.sokukoji.org
00:56:46 |
Sun 17 Apr 2022
Questions for Sokuzan from the Tsukansu - 04-13-22 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
https://youtu.be/BwIbOR5GqTA
https://www.sokukoji.org
00:52:40 |
Wed 13 Apr 2022
Awareness of Outflows - 04-10-22 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
https://youtu.be/RraFB3Rg770
https://www.sokukoji.org
00:59:07 |
Sun 10 Apr 2022
Only Buddha Action Exists - 04-06-22 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
https://youtu.be/uLkUdDhCPwo
https://www.sokukoji.org
00:57:03 |
Wed 06 Apr 2022
Does It Matter What Happens? - 04-03-22 by Sokuzan - Sokukoji.org
https://youtu.be/eAJCvDUBomc
https://www.Sokukoji.org
01:08:27 |
Sat 02 Apr 2022
Everything All At Once - 03-30-22 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
The mantra at the end of the Heart Sutra, “Gate, gate, paragate, parasamgate, bodhi svaha,” is usually translated as “Gone, gone, gone beyond, gone completely beyond, awake, so be it.” Kobun Chino Ro…
00:50:29 |
Tue 29 Mar 2022
RSOs - Receive Sense Objects - 03-27-22 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
Whatever arises — taste, touch, thinking, sight, smell, sounds — just receive. This is basically shikantaza: Just Precisely This. The idea is to keep it very, very simple. You might immediately sta…
01:00:00 |
Sun 27 Mar 2022
What A Fool Sees - 03-23-22 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
https://youtu.be/bC_h6nis7MQ
00:59:10 |
Wed 23 Mar 2022
What Makes Ego Stronger? - 03-20-22 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
What makes the self-centeredness, the "me"-feeling stronger, more assertive and pushy, like a dictator? When a negative emotion shows up in your mind stream in all its variations we tend to personal…
01:00:38 |
Sun 20 Mar 2022
Rivers And Mountains - 03-16-22 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
Questions from Sangha: How do we appreciate difficulty? Whatever arises in your mind stream needs to be appreciated. It’s hard to appreciate something in its completeness without giving it space. Wit…
01:00:41 |
Tue 15 Mar 2022
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