Grand Rapids Buddhist Temple and Zen Center Dharma Talks

Too often we see"practice" as something separate and apart from our lives. But is the what the Buddhas practiced? This Dharma Talk raises the question: what does it mean to practice like a Buddha?

A talk by Rev Bup Jih Steve Sampson on the importance of the Sangha.

This talk by the Rev Bup Jih relates the story of a woman who loses her child. It is a lesson in sadness, loss, love, and equanimity.

This talk issues a challenge to our thinking about the nature of soul and questions our understanding of what soul means and how Buddhism addresses it.

Tony Benac on our experience with our minds, reality, and what exactly *is* emptiness?

This Dharma talk discusses how anger removes us from our spiritual path and why patience and compassion are its antidotes.

Are we ready to step of the 100 ft pole and take one step towards nirvana?

The Ven Deok Wun shares his questions and doubts about clinging to ritual and practices.

Explores the meaning of the phrase: To Understand the Buddhas of Endless Time, Just Penetrate This Phrase, "Everything is Created by Mind Alone.

This is the Mother's Dat Dharma talk by senior student Bup Seon Jen Sumner. She talks about the need to let go in order to be free and wise.

We are all like the Kudzu vine: we have a good kudzu and and bad kudzu potential. This talk asks that we cultivate the good kudzu in us through a commitment to solitude.

Newly ordained Dharma Teacher, Rev Bup Jih Sampson, reflects on the courage it takes to engage Buddhist belief and practice.

This is a copy of the Invocation of the Bodhisattvas used at Rev Bup Jih's installation ceremony. Many of you asked for a copy.

Tells the story of Patacara form the Psalms of the Seven Sisters and how that story is an example of how we as a Sangha must hold ourselves out to the world.

Detailed description and recitations for the 90 minute practice