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
Radical? - 01-24-21 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
Radical is from a latin word meaning root. Going to the foundation, the substrate, or root is what shikantaza is. There is no mundane sense of progress particularly. If the thinking process shows up …
01:08:07 |
Sat 23 Jan 2021
Questions From Sangha - 01-20-21 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
Does all apparent negativity come from ourselves? Suffering, dissatisfaction, and anxiety; recurring negativity and thought patterns. The momentum needs to be seen closely before it actually gets a f…
00:57:39 |
Tue 19 Jan 2021
Compounded Things - 01-17-21 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1FCjhpatXI
01:03:36 |
Sun 17 Jan 2021
Deeper Causality - 01-13-21 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
That aspect of causality that’s ignored because we want a result is the deeper cause and effect which goes beyond the physical form, beyond the illusion of the three dimensions. What is this human ex…
00:57:46 |
Sun 10 Jan 2021
Questions From Sangha - 01-10-21 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
What underlies the stories we get hooked by? What is the difference between observing and noticing or observing and receiving? What does it mean that the wall is the buddha, the dharma and the sangha…
01:08:08 |
Sat 09 Jan 2021
"Noon In The Hammock," with Ethan Herschenfeld and Sokuzan - 01-06-21
Sokuzan chats with New York comedian, Ethan Herschenfeld, on a variety of topics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDKE5vPp9GE
https://www.ethanherschenfeld.com
@eherschenfeld
00:31:33 |
Wed 06 Jan 2021
Questions For Sokuzan - 01-06-21 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWnPlklCSRg
01:06:46 |
Tue 05 Jan 2021
Questions From Sangha - 01-03-21 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
Do things arise randomly? Does sitting practice connect us to unseen realms? What is merit? Is there merit in sitting? Sokuzan responds to these and other questions from the sangha.
https://www.youtu…
01:06:35 |
Fri 01 Jan 2021
Arising All By Themselves - 12-30-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
Sokuzan reads from a book of poems by early Buddhist nuns called "The First Free Women". A line from Patacara’s poem says, “Just see all thoughts, words and actions arising all by themselves.” This i…
00:57:50 |
Mon 28 Dec 2020
Questions From Sangha - 12-27-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
Sokuzan answers questions from students in the Zendo, on Zoom and YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vaHRovC36M
01:17:22 |
Fri 25 Dec 2020
Fear And Hope - 12-23-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzTT2DbLLq0
01:03:19 |
Wed 23 Dec 2020
Fear-Based Authority - 12-20-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
The pushing and pulling and finger pointing is the authority that is based on fear. It might not look like fear at all. It starts out with little tiny oligarchs in your mind-stream. Just saying “I sh…
01:09:28 |
Sat 19 Dec 2020
Benevolent Authority - 12-16-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
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https://www.youtube.com/watc…
01:01:13 |
Wed 16 Dec 2020
Reverse The Motion - 12-13-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkA3jAKGpTQ
01:07:08 |
Sat 12 Dec 2020
Tiny Thiefs - 12-09-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
If you think you are not a thief, look again. When we interrupt someone, not waiting for the period, we are stealing the rest of their sentence. We steal from others when we chatter in our preoccupat…
00:55:30 |
Wed 09 Dec 2020
Consciousness... As It Is - 12-06-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9SZz8VZ-GI
01:19:28 |
Sun 06 Dec 2020
OTEM - Opening The Eye Mind - 12-02-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1Xf9a-AMm4&t=2s
01:07:24 |
Tue 01 Dec 2020
Laughing At Aliens - 11-29-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
When we laugh aliens, we can see our preconceptions, our ideas and opinions. There are different levels or layers of consciousness. When you are sitting down and training your mind, you are entering …
01:01:41 |
Sat 28 Nov 2020
Illusion Of Control - 11-25-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
Because of our activity all day long, simple actions seem to work smoothly, like picking up a glass of water and taking a drink – total control. This is how the illusion of control keeps getting rein…
00:58:30 |
Tue 24 Nov 2020
Sangha Changes - 11-22-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
Of the three jewels, the sangha may be the most important. Without it, nothing happens. From the time of the historical Buddha, there have been many changes as it moved to other countries from the cu…
01:04:38 |
Sat 21 Nov 2020
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