Shinmon Michael Newton offers a dharma talk on the quality of joy rooted in awareness. Can we practice with joy until it becomes as natural as drinking water when thirsty?

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Myosen River continues our Wednesday Seminar on Reb Anderson’s book with an exploration of Chapter 2. She asks: has there been a time when your confusion has brought more awareness of your intimacy with all beings?

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Myoshin Kate McCandless asks: when we are faced with the loss of someone we love, how can we maintain a sense of connection, without grasping or pushing away?

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Shiryū Moe picks up the Wednesday Evening Seminar on Tenshin Reb Anderson with an exploration of faith, asking: "what happens when our practice blooms?"

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For Labour Day, Myoshin Kate McCandless offers reflections on play.

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Myoshin Kate McCandless introduces the new Wednesday Evening Dharma Seminar, which will spring from the book Nothing to Attain : Zen Stories of Faith and Understanding by Tenshin Reb Anderson.

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Shinmon Michael Newton explores how we can orient to loving-kindness or metta.

“If only I were a candle in the dark.” (Mahmoud Darwish)

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Toshin Patrick Griffin knows that our objects and things can both nurture and distract us - yet we simply have only this step, this breath, this bow...

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