DHARMA GLIMPSE BY RACHEL BECKER MAY 19 2021 When we packed up our belongings, I volunteered to take the alter, the decorations for the alter, and anything else that couldn’t be fit in other members’ spaces into my home. I ended up with artificial orchids, small tables, and 4 Buddhas – 2 of them VERY…
Way of Oneness
Dharma Glimpse my Maurena Grossman While trying to decide what to talk about I revisited the book Bright Dawn: Discovering Your Everyday Spirituality by Rev. Koyo Kubose. At the end of the book there is a section on the author, which I had not read before. I learned that when Rev. Koyo Kubose, an American…
Calling Upon Ourselves as Kwan Yin
DHARMA TALK BY CHRISTOPHER KAKUYO SENSEI We have been seeing so much suffering in our world as of late, some of it brought on by events such as the pandemic, others brought on by our unwillingness to see things as they are, a learned and at times deliberate ignorance. We may see ourselves as eagles…
Big Sky Mind
A Dharma Talk by Christopher Kakuyo Sensei Ever since I was a small boy I have been in love the vast blue sky – some of my earliest memories are of the crazy summer blues of Colorado’s mountain skies and the bluest of blue in the fall as the aspens would turn gold – I…
Coming Home
Dharma Talk by Christopher Kakuyo Leibow For today’s dharma talk, I want to talk about coming home to ourselves. It is really about refuge, time travel and existential homelessness, and returning to our bodies in the here and now. One of the interesting things I find in sharing the Buddhahdharma is how many of…
Being Buddhist is Easy
Dharma Glimpse shared by Rachel Becker Growing up in western culture has its challenges. The religious side can be patriarchal and the rules can be heavy. The 10 commandments carry the “thou shall” and “thou shall not” messages. The dogma is dualistic. There is a god, he is a he, and what he says goes….
Thank you cruel adversity
Gretchen Seiyo Sensei This summer and fall I’ve encountered cruel adversity. Due to a severe arthritis flare I’ve been dealing with pain, physical therapy, fatigue and confronting the inescapable reality of aging. We cannot help but encounter negatives in life; all those things we’d rather not experience. And even the most perfect life will ultimately end….
What are you carrying?
For today’s dharma talk, I want to ask first a question, and then I want to share a story. Now I am going to ask you a question, and I want you to think about the question for a few moments and think about it – What are you still carrying? What are you…
Already Broken: Impermanence
I want to begin our discussion on Dharma today with a story shared by Mark Epstein, one of the pioneers in integrating psychotherapy and Buddhism. He recounts an encounter with his teacher, Ajahn Chah, many years ago. During this meeting, someone asked the master how genuine happiness is possible in a world where everything changes,…
We Call Upon Ourselves as Kwan Yin: On Mass Shootings in America.
by Christopher Kakuyo Sensei What can one say? I find myself at a loss for words again. Another mass shooting. Here is a vain attempt to share what I am feeling. Any words I could say to the families of the murdered or to their community would feel hollow, self-serving, so I could say my…
Everyday Nembutsu 