Appamada

2026-03-28 | Introduction to Zen | Class 1 by Appamada

2026-03-24 I Inquiry I It matters to Other I Suzanne Kilkus by Appamada

This Sunday's Dharma Talk is by Head Student C. Seren8y, in which they discuss "Cooking and the Sangha," drawing from the writings of Dogen, Kosho Uchiyama and Bernie Glassman. References: Glassman, Bernie and Fields, Rick, "Instructions to the Cook: A Zen Master's Lessons in Living a Life that Matters" Dogen, Eihei and Uchiyama, Kosho Roshi, "How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlight...

2026-03-17 I Inquiry I Feel the anguish and act from Love I Trudy by Appamada

2026-03-16 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti & the Awakened Heart by Appamada

Today's readings are from the Platform Sutra, by Huineng, including "The Gatha of Truth and Falsehood and Movement and Stillness": Nothing that exists is true don’t think what you see is true if you think you see the true what you see is surely false if you want to find the true the mind free of the false is true unless your mind forsakes the false nothing is true where true can’t be. Living thing...

Why love what you will lose? There is nothing else to love. “From the Japanese” by Louise Gluck

2026-03-02 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti & the Awakened Heart by Appamada

2026-03-09 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti & the Awakened Heart by Appamada

2026-03-07 I Erin Curtis Memorial by Appamada

What does it mean to live a “good life”? This dharma talk starts there. We'll spend some time with Hui-Neng's teaching on one practice samadhi, which, it turns out, offers a surprising and slightly subversive take on living well. Prompts for discussion: 1. What makes a good life? 2. How well are you living this good life? Nate's reading is from the Platform Sutra, by Huineng.

2026-03-03 I InquiryI Roots and Branches I Joel Barna by Appamada

This is a Dharma talk on the Ocean Mudra Samadhi (Kai-In-Zanmai) from the Shōbōgenzō, written by our Sōtō Zen ancestor, Eihei Dōgen in 1242. In this writing, Dōgen points to “attaining the way and entering realization” as nothing other than this moment, appearing through this very body. We reflect on what shifts when we move from trying to grasp the dharma with the mind and instead allow it to be...

2026-02-24 I Inquiry I Attending to our actions I Suzanne Kilkus by Appamada

2026-02-23 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti & the Awakened Heart by Appamada

2026-02-22 | Dharma Talk | Signal and Noise | Joel Barna by Appamada

2026-02-17 I Inquiry I Our dancing and songs are the Voice of the Dharma I Trudy Johnston by Appamada

2026-02-16 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti & the Awakened Heart by Appamada

Our practice is a relational one, which means sooner or later we’re bound to experience some friction between us. Friction is not a failure. It's an edge, an opportunity, and a Dharma gate. What do we do when someone unsettles us? How do we respond when tension lingers in the room? What do we say when something needs to be said, and we’re unsure how to say it? This Sunday we continue our explorati...

It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize these magical flower arrangements were more than exotic flowers and divine creativity. Much more than the product of artistry, thoughtfulness, and generosity. Such a long time to understand how important, how transformative, was their presence - ushering us from our daily existence into the sublime. These arrangements, these gifts - and the intenti...

Some people help us cultivate patience without trying. This Sunday we explore Dealing with Difficult People—a surprisingly nourishing practice, if we let it be so. Join us as we continue considering how to live in sangha.

This is the link to Stillness was a gift : https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6wyn

2026-02-02 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story by Appamada

This Sunday, Nate opens our practice period theme, "Living in Sangha". In the first of a three-part series of dharma talks, we explore sangha not as comfort or belonging alone, but as the ground that reshapes how we show up in the world. Grounding in Dogen’s teachings in Tenzo Kyōkun (Instructions to the Cook), we remind ourselves how practicing fierce, attentive care together becomes both a refug...

link to science and zen https://scienceofzen.org Link to Mary Oliver poem https://wordsfortheyear.com/2018/04/14/at-the-river-clarion-by-mary-oliver/