by SJZC Administrator | Oct 28, 2024
What is hunger? How does the state of mind differ in one who hasn’t eaten in days, from one who is fasting? Rationally, we know we need nothing. And yet, what does it feel like to really need… We all suffer from hunger. Some who haven’t eaten since yesterday, watch as...
by SJZC Administrator | Oct 21, 2024
The Buddha heart is our very own heart. Each of us has a heart of gold that is shining just now just below any dis-ease we may be feeling. It is our responsibility and our joy as practitioners to uncover this awake heart and share it with one another. The heart cares,...
by SJZC Administrator | Oct 14, 2024
“Separate yourself from disturbance and face whatever appears before you” ~Master Hongshi Sometimes we think we are stuck, stuck in habit, stuck in our responsibilities, stuck in our emotions. But in reality, we are never stuck and at any moment we have...
by SJZC Administrator | Oct 6, 2024
Where do we come from? I mean, all of us, all of this. Where do our thoughts come from? Our feelings? Projections? Can we watch them arise? Not just a story about them, but the actual thoughts themselves. Or is that when we really look, really look, there’s actually...
by SJZC Administrator | Sep 30, 2024
The dharma works at every level of consciousness. As ordinary life flows along, you turn towards the dharma whenever you wonder how to be thoroughly present. What is the true nature of this presence? Resting all your awareness on the body experience is a reliable...
