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Small Talk from a Zen Hut – JakuAn

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  • Guidance from Shodo Harada Roshi in the time of COVID
    • March 20, Harada Roshi; Guidance #1
    • March 23, Harada Roshi; Guidance #2
    • March 25, Harada Roshi; Guidance #3
    • March 28, Harada Roshi Guidance #4
    • March 5, Harada Roshi Guidance #5
    • April 2, Harada Roshi Guidance #6
    • April 5, Harada Roshi Guidance #7
    • May 12, Harada Roshi Guidance #25
    • May 15, Harada Roshi Guidance #26
    • May 17, Harada Roshi Guidance, #27
    • May 19, Harada Roshi Guidance #28
    • May 21, Harada Roshi Guidance #29

Category: Zen

The Zen schools of Buddha Dharma focus on enlightenment in this life. Emphasizing meditation, wherever we are – seated or in the midst of activity.

May 6, 2020 alan

Soft Butter Pill Healing Method (nansogan 輭酥丸)

Hakuin Ekaku Zenji wrote of this method in two texts;  the Yasenkanna (Idle Talk on a Night Boat) and in

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April 8, 2020 alan

Online Yoga Schedule for Spring 2021

The classes are offered each week using Zoom. To get the link contact me directly, details below – The focus

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October 31, 2017 alan

Zazen / Meditation online on Wednesday evening and Sunday noon.

A gentle practice, starting with a short introduction to posture and breath. Short 15min. periods, with an opportunity to ask

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May 1, 2016 alan

Practising at Tahoma Zen Monastery

Through the month of May, I’ll be practicing at Tahoma Zen Monastery. We will hold three sesshin during the month

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October 15, 2015 alan

Spring Sunday Meditation Series

An opportunity to practice Meditation together. Exploring a variety of postures and styles. We will use the four classic positions

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October 14, 2015 alan

Yamada Mumon Roshi from 1977

An excerpt from a BBC film “Zen Buddhism – The Land of the Disappearing Buddha – Japan (BBC 1977)”, hosted

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January 12, 2012 alan

Practicing Mindfulness Course

Mindfulness frees us from the burdens of endless thoughts. Meditation studies the self to ‘forget’ the self and opens us

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April 13, 2011 alan

Harada Roshi’s report on Sendai and Fukushima

It’s a month since the tsunami crushed the coast of Japan north of Tokyo. Shodo Harada Roshi along with Ekai

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March 17, 2011 alan

Shodo Harada Roshi on Joshu’s “Wash Your Bowls”

This is a public talk by Shodo Harada Roshi. Given on Feb., 27, 2008. The talk was given in support

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March 10, 2011 alan

Zen Calligraphy demonstration by Shodo Harada Roshi

On February 26th, at Bayview Hall, on Whidbey Island. Harada Roshi, lead Osesshin then KoSesshin at Tahoma One Drop Zen

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