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 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 SJZC Administrator | Jun 30, 2014
Sangha Member Post: About a decade ago I took allergy shots. It turns out I was allergic to nature…go figure. The way allergy shots work is they mix up a special cocktail of the things you are allergic to and inject you with this allergen soup in increasingly...
by SJZC Administrator | Jun 28, 2014
Sangha Member Post: Buddhism is a practice to awaken us from the “ego trance” of our daily life. Before I started down the Zen path I had this concept I call “ME”. It seemed obvious. It included an unquestioned, almost romantic, view of my...
by SJZC Administrator | Jun 15, 2014
Dharma Post: 1st Noble Truth – There is suffering (anxiety, unsatisfactoriness in our daily life) 2nd Noble Truth – The cause of suffering is ignorance (experienced as craving or thirst) 3rd Noble Truth – The cessation of suffering is possible 4th...
