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"A Ceremony for the Encouragement of Zazen" talk and discussion

Sunday Morning Dharma Talk | Somatic Mindfulness | Jess by Appamada

Breathing activity and discussion

Closing circle discussion, group photos, endless bow, refuges

Orientation, Introductions, Kinhin explanation, begin Zazen

Could It Happen Anywhere? Listen to the rhythm of things that never die. —Mark Nepo, “For a Long Time” Worried about what was to come, I went to the river and listened to the constant song as water met stone, met log, met wall. The endless white hush of it. Song of building up banks. Song of tearing them down. Song of surrender to invisible force. Song of change that is ever the same and not the s...

2025-08-04 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra by Appamada

Here is the poem by Hilda Raz, reflecting on a time when she was the poet laureate of Nebraska and did some teaching about poetry in public schools. I hope you will search out her book "Letter from a Place I Have Never Been." Diction ~ Hilda Raz "God is in the details," I tell the kids in the public school at Milligan, Nebraska. They wonder what I mean. I tell them to look out the window at the sp...

2025-07-28 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra by Appamada

Genjokoan can be found on page 34 of the Appamada chant book here: https://appamada.org/s/Appamada-Chant-Book.pdf. Guided meditation adapted from Henry Shukman's book, "Original Love."

2025-07-21 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra by Appamada

2025-07-14 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra by Appamada

Thanks By W. S. MERWIN Listen with the night falling we are saying thank you we are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railings we are running out of the glass rooms with our mouths full of food to look at the sky and say thank you we are standing by the water thanking it standing by the windows looking out in our directions back from a series of hospitals back from a mugging after funerals w...

2025-07-20 | Dharma Talk | Acceptance | Jess by Appamada

2025-07-15 I Inquiry I Aspirations for your daily journey I Suzanne Kilkus by Appamada

Poem in today's talk written by Czeslaw Milosz

Heartbreak ~ written in the ER The dull sickening pressure Is what got my attention. A racing heart, Stumbling over itself Is a more familiar alert. But this blunt sensation Was something new, Relentless and swelling, Like water and dry earth Mingling and churning As in a flash flood Finding its way slowly, Inexorably, Blindly searching out the low places By feel. Nothing stopping it’s steady move...

2025-07-07 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra by Appamada

Prompts for contemplation / discussion during this talk: 1) Is your zazen practice supported by dedication, intension, and time? 2) What hinders your zazen practice? 3) How can we support each other in our practice of zazen? 4) Any other thoughts about zazen practice?

Link to Sunni (Sun) Brown on Substack https://nothingintheway.substack.com Deep Hope https://substack.com/home/post/p-165652333

2025-06-30 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra by Appamada

2025-06-29 | Dharma Talk | The Brahmavihārās | Ellen Hippard by Appamada

The links Josh mentions RAM DASS ON HIS MANTRA “I AM LOVING AWARENESS” (WITH PRACTICE VIDEO) https://www.ramdass.org/loving-awareness/ The London Walker https://thelondonwalker.com In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London https://spitalfieldslife.com

2025-06-23 | Depth In Pracitce |Vimalakirti Sutra by Appamada

2025-06-16 I Inquiry I Practice supports Becoming Yourself I Suzanne Kilkus by Appamada