by Abby Mushin Terris | Jul 31, 2014
Dharma Blog: We always have the choice of what our basis of operation will be. Even when we lose track and forget who we most fundamentally are, our Buddha nature continues to operate. And we can, by simply remembering our vow to awaken, turn our heart and mind back...
by SJZC Administrator | Jul 31, 2014
Sangha Member Post: Yesterday I was meditating when the silence was suddenly broken by the distinctive drilling of a woodpecker against the metal grate on our chimney … D.d.d.d.d.d.d.d … listening … D.d.d.d.d.d.d … listening … silence.My...
by Abby Mushin Terris | Jul 21, 2014
Dharma blog: We human beings are always at play in the ordinary conditions of our life. We experience our days and nights through the lens of all our previous experiences, our fantasies and expectations of a “future”, our temperament, through our senses, our...
by SJZC Administrator | Jul 15, 2014
Sangha Member Post: How interesting that if I sit here with Chubbs, my sweet old dog, and his failing health, the whole of all the sorrows of the past few years come crashing down around me. Do I have the courage to sit here with “just this”, with the tears and the...
by Abby Mushin Terris | Jul 7, 2014
Dharma Blog It’s one thing to “just walk” when doing walking meditation (kinhin) during formal practice. Mind and body doing the same thing. But how do we carry over our practice as we walk around during the day? Same activity, different state of mind,...
