Dharma Talks

The seven factors of awakening are wholesome mind states that we can cultivate: mindfulness, investigation, energy, tranquility, concentration, equanimity, and unconditional joy. Joy is important because we don’t last when practice is a grim chore. Really pay attention—reinhabit the body. Notice moments of everyday joy. This opens the heart, paving the way for an experience of joy that doesn’t depend on pleasure or circumstance. Unconditional joy may be simply an absence of t

In this third talk of a four part series, Seido calls attention to the presence and necessity of tending simple joys in daily life and...

In this talk, Seido explores the fourth paramita of virya from the point of view of the sangha jewel, a source of energy we often...

Seido talks about the secret ingredient in the soup of practice of joy. While Dogen talks about finding joy in the service of others for...