Dharma Talks

Water streams through this trio of koans from John Daido Loori’s book featuring the koans of Zen Master Dogen. The first koan evokes spiritual thirst and hunger—a longing and a feeling of separation—that inspires us to seek the way. The second koan ponders the deep stillness at the heart of movement that can be touched in zazen. The third koan illustrates the free and spontaneous flow of practice: just pouring, just tipping the jar; no-one pouring, no-one tipping the jar.

If we sincerely walk the path, eventually the practice becomes who we are. We see when we are caught with the old mind—the poisons of...

The Oxherding Pictures tell a quintessentially Zen story of how we awaken to our own Buddha nature. They speak of seeking, struggle,...