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 Abby Mushin Terris | Jun 21, 2014
Dharma Post: In zazen do we think? Do we not think? This can be confusing? It’s not that we have to shut out thoughts, but rather we don’t have to become so involved with them. They bubble up. Thoughts bubble up on their own. In practice, we have a choice of whether...
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...
by SJZC Administrator | Apr 28, 2014
Sangha Member Post: As May rolls around each year, I often find myself thinking of my mother. Not only is Mother’s Day in May, but her birthday as well. This year, I’m reflecting on my relationship with my mother, the ways it’s changed over the years, and the ways...
by SJZC Administrator | Mar 27, 2014
Sangha Member Post: On a short walk around the neighborhood this past weekend, observing the buds sprouting on plants and the flowers freshly in bloom, I was reminded of the Buddhist concept of impermanence. Just when it seemed to me as though our...
by SJZC Administrator | Mar 10, 2014
Sangha Member Post: Our site is in its infancy. If you stumbled into it please know that it is a work in progress. Images are mostly placeholders. The text is random or greeked. When we go live this site will replace the current CorvallisZenCircle.com website...
