The next words of the Heart Sutra are shorthand for The Eightfold Path … No/ suf/fer/ing/, nor/ cause/ or/ end/ to/ suf/fer/ing/No/ path/, no/ wis/dom/ and/ no/ gain/. … We will next take a few days to review that Path … … which, with the Four Noble Truths, is at the very heart of the…

.As the Fourth Noble Truth, ‘medicine’ for Dukkha is prescribed via the ‘Eightfold Path‘ … … Although the path is numbered sequentially, it is generally not seen as as series of steps, but instead (in modern terms) a ‘holistic lifestyle‘ which is “to be developed more or less simultaneously, … all linked together and each…

Please ‘sit-a-long’ with our September “Zazenkai” (running time: approx. 4 hours) … The sitting schedule is as follows: 00:00 – 00:50 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA English Only / SANDOKAI) & ZAZEN00:50 – 01:00 KINHIN01:00 – 01:40 ZAZEN01:40 – 01:50 KINHIN01:50 – 02:30 DHARMA TALK & ZAZEN02:30 – 02:40 KINHIN02:40 – 03:20 ZAZEN03:20 – 03:30 KINHIN03:30 –…

REMINDER: OUR 4 HOUR MONTHLY ZAZENKAI IS TOMORROW, SATURDAY, FROM 9PM JAPAN TIME … BE THERE OR JUST BE. . An alternative wording of the Four Noble Truths is [emphasis added] … 1. Suffering exists 2. Suffering arises from attachment to desires 3. Suffering ceases when attachment to desires ceases 4. Freedom from suffering is…

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