Hide Self View

By Kimmy Dojinyo Sensei Hi, welcome, and thank you for being here with us in community. Today, I want to share how much I have been thinking about myself—specifically, my delusion of self. This Dharma Talk idea first came about during a Zoom meeting several years back, shortly after the COVID lockdowns, when a large…

Deep Listening as Buddhist Practice

A Dharma Glimpse   “Deep listening is more than hearing with our ears, but taking in what is revealed in any given moment with our body, our being, our heart.”  –  Susan McHenry I have been thinking a lot about listening lately.  Actually, I think about it a lot.  For many years I thought I…

Offerings to the Buddhas

In his commentary of the Tan Butsu Ge or the Song of the Buddha; a section from the Larger Sukhavativyuha Sutra, Gyomay Sensei writes, “ Ku Yo, of offering is a very important virtue in the Buddha’s Way…Ku Yo is done in relation to someone who is more worthy than oneself…to do Ku Yo is…