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In this koan exploring compassionate action, the metaphor of “wearing socks for others” is used to describe knowing personally the suffering of others and responding accordingly. Daido Roshi warns us that it is always possible to become complacent, to take the easy route—to realize ourselves and then abandon others. But the path of the bodhisattva is to not rest until each and every living being has been saved.

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold Sensei explores the four bodhisattva vows.

There is a popular perception of zen practice that it is a practice of quietude, not an active practice, and not a practice for activists. In this talk Daido Roshi explains how this could not be further from the truth. True skilful activism arises from the recognition of the nature of reality, a nature that is based on the inseparability of essence and function.

Ryushin Osho explores what it means to truly be intimate with another person, what is required to enter the space of the mystical through a simple encounter with the moment, the person, with what is in front of us, what surrounds us in our daily lives. (c) Dharma Communications.

What does it really mean to leave home? Can someone who lives in the world really practice renunciation? What does it mean to be a home-dweller, to choose a path of non-attachment in a world of attachment? This talk and others are available for purchase at the Monastery Store, online at http://www.dharma.net/monstore/ . (c) Dharma Communications.