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
Deceiving Ourselves - 09-09-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
Something arises and we abandon that. We abstract ourselves away into what it is about and what it means. We tend to analyze our life and our state of mind based on conceptualizing. It may have rela…
00:55:04 |
Wed 09 Sep 2020
The Three Don'ts - 09-06-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
Belief is not helpful to the spiritual path. It is certainly helpful in making the self-centeredness feel secure so you don’t have to investigate. Don’t believe, but don’t disbelieve either, and don’…
00:53:57 |
Sat 05 Sep 2020
A Bad Meditation - 09-02-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_mAE3shVVU
00:55:49 |
Wed 02 Sep 2020
Facing A Jewel Mirror - 08-30-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
Sokuzan gives a dharma talk inspired by a line from Hokkyo Zanmai or “Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi” by Tozan Ryokai, a ninth century Zen patriarch: “It is like facing a jewel mirror; form and i…
01:04:30 |
Sat 29 Aug 2020
Minus Your Meddling - 08-26-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
Anytime anything arises or goes away and you have a comment on it, that’s meddling. Anytime you decide to not do anything about it, that’s meddling. Any position is meddling. How do we not meddle?
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00:55:38 |
Wed 26 Aug 2020
Transcending Karma -08-23-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1toy3rLiaX8
01:11:35 |
Sun 23 Aug 2020
An Ignored Frontier - 08-19-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
Consciousness has so many different levels. There are deeper, hidden or camouflaged areas of consciousness that most of us don’t even see. When we do sitting meditation, sometimes there are different…
01:04:20 |
Tue 18 Aug 2020
Hidden Thoughts - 08-16-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
There’s a very, very subtle production of the thinking process. It has such a low frequency that we can’t actually see we’re continually reaffirming a self, the narcissistic mind. The difficulty is w…
01:14:52 |
Fri 14 Aug 2020
Beyond Comfort - 08-12-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuHeSBP7cLk
01:05:05 |
Wed 12 Aug 2020
Block Sitting Meditation - 08-09-20 By Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
Block sitting meditation is a powerful tool that will help you see more clearly what’s happening with your mind and with the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-yxrl8a1aw
01:04:19 |
Sat 08 Aug 2020
Grasping While Meditating - 08-05-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CzyjqZH8U0&t=1s
00:54:46 |
Wed 05 Aug 2020
Equanimity - 08-02-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
In order for there to be equanimity or “upeksha” in Sanskrit, sometimes described as “balance”, you have to look at the imbalance. You begin to see deeply that the very people creating commotion and …
01:02:48 |
Mon 03 Aug 2020
Friendship - 07-29-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
There are different kinds of friendship. There are those friendships you have an affinity for with people who understand you well and care about you even with your neuroses. Then there are the kinds …
00:56:37 |
Tue 28 Jul 2020
Forms, Standards And Rules - 07-26-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtUgL_jW5Qk
01:00:01 |
Sun 26 Jul 2020
Have You Met The Teacher? - 07-22-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
What is a teacher? It’s an interesting situation when we meet someone who is going to teach us something. When it comes to the spiritual path the teacher can show up in so many different ways. Here S…
00:52:08 |
Tue 21 Jul 2020
Prajna Paramita - 07-19-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
Prajñāpāramitā - the last of the Six Paramitas - means "the Perfection of Wisdom," and refers to a perfected way of seeing the nature of reality: the causes and conditions of what is arising and what…
01:07:23 |
Sun 19 Jul 2020
Dhyana Paramita - 07-15-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Domf0mxPyWg&t=1760s
01:07:22 |
Wed 15 Jul 2020
Virya Paramita - 07-12-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
The Fourth Paramita, Vīrya literally means "state of a strong human" or "manliness." In Vedic literature, the term is often associated with heroism and virility. In Buddhism, the term more generally …
01:11:08 |
Sun 12 Jul 2020
Leave It Blank - 03-13-19 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
Just because an opening or blank spot comes up doesn’t mean you need to fill it up with ideas or conversation or commentary or analysis. Leave it blank. Actually, be blank. Don’t know anything. If y…
00:45:01 |
Wed 13 Mar 2019
Make No Response - 03-10-19 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
In endeavoring to make no response the there is a way of responding that is more sane, harmonious and cooperative, where there’s communication that is not “me first!”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?…
00:51:54 |
Sun 10 Mar 2019
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