Download Batman & Mitzvot Am I still a “good person” if I occassionally do “bad things”?

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Download The World You Create The other day, two Jehovah’s Witness missionaries came to my door…

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On average humans are allotted only 25,000 mornings... how many do we spend meaningfully?

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A rambling conversation between Rev. Jiun and Steve Hozan Coaston, a local practitioner, on the form and direction of Western Buddhism.

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All you got is this moment The twenty-first century's yesterday You can care all you want Everybody does yeah that's okay

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part three of a series on the practice of Shamatha and Vipasyana meditation including instruction and practical guidance.

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Part two of a series on the practice of Shamatha and Vipasyana meditation including instruction and practical guidance.

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Part one of a series on the practice of Shamatha and Vipasyana meditation including instruction and practical guidance.

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A brief mini-cast discussing a few new things around here (notice the name change?), as well as a few important upcoming events.

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In honor of april fool's day, and april fools everywhere.

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The final episode in our series with Rev. Jisho Sensei (Dr. Richard Sears), an ordained Tendai priest and licened Psychologist on Western and Buddhist psychology, and their interaction. Recorded at Daiun-Ji Great Cloud Temple

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Part four of a five part series with Rev. Jisho Sensei (Dr. Richard Sears), an ordained Tendai priest and licened Psychologist on Western and Buddhist psychology, and their interaction. Recorded at Daiun-Ji Great Cloud Temple.

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Part three of a series with Rev. Jisho Sensei (Dr. Richard Sears), an ordained Tendai priest and licened Psychologist on Western and Buddhist psychology, and their interaction. Recorded at Daiun-Ji Great Cloud Temple.

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Part two of a series with Rev. Jisho Sensei (Dr. Richard Sears), an ordained Tendai priest and licened Psychologist on Western and Buddhist psychology, and their interaction. Recorded at Daiun-Ji Great Cloud Temple.

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Part one of a series with Rev. Jisho Sensei (Dr. Richard Sears), an ordained Tendai priest and licened Psychologist on Western and Buddhist psychology, and their interaction. Recorded at Daiun-Ji Great Cloud Temple.

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Two small talks - "Monks & Warriors" and the Buddhist Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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A parable: The Mountain Climbing Club.

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A brief talk on the Sanmitsu - Three Secrets - and the role this idea plays in Awakening

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Thanksgiving - what does it really mean to be thankful, and is there a requisite obligation?

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Our first gathering in our new Temple space, and a talk about Yiddish proverbs.

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Brief introduction to the ideas to be presented at "The Book" workshop, followed by a Q&A session filled with controversy!

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Two parables - "How long to Godaizan?" and "The Tamarind Tree" remind us that we only ever walk our own path at our own pace, and that little old ladies by the side of the road are seldom what they seem.

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Why do we study our Buddhist History, and what is the spirit of Saicho? A short but important Dharma Talk for our school, from Jiun's heart.

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This dharma talk is in two sessions. the first is another general Q&A session, and then this is followed by a brief talk inspired by Professor Joseph Campbell.

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General Q&A - Emptiness and the power of intent.

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An overview of the Nine Fundamental Points Underlying the Work of the Shoren Ko Blue Lotus Assembly, and the historical documents that served as its genesis.

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A rambling and unprepared talk on the difference between being a "Bookstore Buddhist" and "Practicing Buddhism" - and somehow the true nature of "transmission" sneaks in there too.

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Another tool to use when trying to understand the various teachings of the Buddha and the skillful means he employed while teaching in order to benefit beings.

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Heterodox opinions on this degenerate dharma age.

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General Q&A session.

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The dangers of creating a false "dharma persona" ... a pre-emptive strike.

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What Buddhist school or practice is the best? Two parables from the Lotus Sutra help us shed some light on this question.

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A brief talk on "State & Stage" or "Suddent Awakening" and "Gradual Enlightenment."

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What is Re-Birth and how exactly does it work?

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How are we to understand the various "realms" of existence discussed in Buddhism? Are they psychological states? Are they "real" places? And what about Pure Realms of the Buddhas, like Amitabha's Sukhavati?

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General Q&A session. Who's Fudo? Why do we Chant? What's with all the noise in my head?

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An Easter Dharma talk - how do things appear, how are they really, and what does this have to do with the Da Vinci code?

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Welcome to the "real world" she said to me, condescendingly...

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What do you do when you meet your warden in the middle of the road? A Talk on wrathful compassion.

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We discuss the single most important and powerful question one can ask while travelling on the spiritual path.

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What IS Buddhism? Is it a religion? Is it a philosophy or way of life? Can it be all these things?

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How can koans and esoteric mikkyo liturgy both be methods for awakening? A listener's e-mail question is answered.

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The Rinzai Zen Master Hakuin, the three types of lineage, and which buddhist teaching is "best."

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A zen story and Hongaku Shiso - the Tendai doctrine of Original Enlightenment.

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Which is better - being an "open" Buddhist, wearing your Juzu beads, etc. - or being a "stealth" Buddhist, and keeping your practice private?

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Karma - cause and effect, the "My Name is Earl" complex, and we can set up the Universe so the everything we do, say, or think becomes a cause for happiness, free from suffering.

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Bodhicitta in the trenches - it's easy to practice loving-kindness towards strangers, but how do we work compassionately with our friends and family - the people we see everyday, and who see us at our best, and worst?

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The Ekayana - One Path - teachings of Tendai, with a side-helping of Buddha Nature.

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This dharma talk discusses the two wings of Tendai - Kengyo exoteric practices and Mikkyo esoteric practices, and how intent can make all the difference.

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This dharma talk discusses the three legs of Tendai buddhism (Precepts, Study, and Meditation) - as well as the Three Lineages within Buddhism (Primordial, Transmission, and Institutional).

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This two-topic talk discusses the two methods of working with the San-Mitsu/Three Secrets, as well as the appropriate function of an approach to Buddhist tradition.

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What has Three Secrets, Three legs, Two Wings, and One Path?

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