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
No Attainment - 04-107-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
We can do both; have a life and a family, and be a fully ordained monk. The reason I say it this way is so we don’t confuse the mundane with the spiritual path. The important thing on the spiritual p…
00:56:31 |
Sun 07 Apr 2024
Prajna Is Without Knowing - 04-03-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
Prajna is sometimes called mirror-like; it’s reflecting back the mystery of the whole thing. You can’t know what this is. Everything that’s showing up in your life is unreal. You can continue to look…
01:13:02 |
Tue 02 Apr 2024
Invisible Pride - 03-27-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
https://youtu.be/T5EfdwVKTEE
00:58:49 |
Wed 27 Mar 2024
Response And Reaction - 03-24-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
Be responsible for your mind stream without adding your personal condiments to everything. Grasping comes out of desire, which stops the awareness, the wisdom mind. The response is just to include an…
00:59:49 |
Thu 21 Mar 2024
Don't Buy In - 03-17-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
This is a way of looking at not attaching to what arises. Don’t buy in, but also don’t dismiss or reject it. Don’t take any position on anything. This is very difficult to do. Have some consideration…
01:01:32 |
Thu 14 Mar 2024
Can't Fix It - 03-13-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
The fundamental issue is the suffering, anxiety and difficulty we run into, sometimes with no apparent cause. We are trying to squeeze some happiness out of samsara. You can’t fix it. This is the ill…
00:48:49 |
Tue 12 Mar 2024
Action Not Reaction - 03-10-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
https://youtu.be/hFsLWvYa-bo
00:50:49 |
Sun 10 Mar 2024
Don't Let Go - 03-06-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
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00:59:45 |
Mon 04 Mar 2024
Captive Of Our Conclusions - 03-03-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
We tend to believe what shows up in our minds; it feels safer and more comfortable. The teaching here is that it’s an illusion. Just believing that this is an illusion doesn’t mean that it won’t cont…
00:57:34 |
Fri 01 Mar 2024
Secret Beyond Thought - 02-25-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
https://youtu.be/NayGP3EIm8s
00:59:36 |
Sun 25 Feb 2024
No Location - 02-18-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
https://youtu.be/nv_mOJgqSLk
01:12:21 |
Sun 18 Feb 2024
Ways Of Knowing - 02-11-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
https://youtu.be/le_DOmAOGAA
01:08:23 |
Sat 10 Feb 2024
Illusion Listens To Illusion - 02-04-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
https://youtu.be/sdhy91flxSQ
01:14:14 |
Sat 03 Feb 2024
You Are The Seer - 01-31-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
https://youtu.be/dNrbbJaN4XI
01:04:44 |
Wed 31 Jan 2024
What's Being Covered Up? - 01-28-24 with Sokuzan - Sokukoji.org
https://youtu.be/kdk1uBpma6c
01:04:37 |
Sat 27 Jan 2024
Crazy Memory - 01-24-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
https://youtu.be/bHtuD_wOOTo
00:56:24 |
Wed 24 Jan 2024
Recognizing The Help - 01-21-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
https://youtu.be/HcRAn1ykQ8k
01:09:35 |
Sun 21 Jan 2024
Without And Within - 01-17-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
Instead of trying to do things out in the world, go within. Slow down, sit still, and watch the continued, very subtle movement in your mind stream. Everything is dependently arisen.
https://youtu.b…
01:02:54 |
Tue 16 Jan 2024
Not Knowing Is Most Intimate - 01-14-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
This talk title is a line from a classical text in Soto Zen literature: verse 20 in the Book of Serenity. You don’t have to know anything, but you have to study and receive everything. Stop respondin…
01:02:49 |
Sat 13 Jan 2024
The Confusion Is The Awakening - 01-10-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org
Look at the confusion without stories about how to fix it. You have no control - that’s the illusion we are buying in to.
https://youtu.be/ge8O5KtNb4U
01:03:38 |
Tue 09 Jan 2024
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