AZC Weekly talks

The Virya Paramita, an antidote to laziness, busy-ness and burnout.Sources: The World Could be Otherwise - Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path Norman Fischer and The Practice of Perfection - The Paramitas from a Zen Buddhist Perspective by Robert Aitken.

"The buddhas of past, present and future do not know it, but cats and cows know it." In this teisho we look at what animals know.Texts: Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home by Rupert SheldrakeBeing a Beast by Charles FosterThe Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild by Craig Childs.

The power of generosity -- like the rays of the sun.Source: The World Could Be Otherwise by Norman Fisher.

Beginning to explore the Dāna Pāramitā.Main Source: The Practice of Perfection by Robert Aitken.

Description: Non-Attachment.Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma by Red Pine.

Description: Buddhas and cause and effect.Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma by Red Pine.

Description: Mind is Buddha.Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma by Red Pine.

Description: A selection ōf Dōgen's encouragement talks to inspire our practice.Main sources: Dogen's Extensive Record: Eihei Kōroku, translated by Taigen Dan Leighton and Shohaku Okumura (same as yesterday) The Art of Just Sitting edited by John Daido Loori.

Description: A selection ōf Dōgen's encouragement talks to inspire our practice.Main sources: Dogen's Extensive Record: Eihei Kōroku, translated by Taigen Dan Leighton and Shohaku Okumura.

Description: Mind is Buddha.Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma by Red Pine.