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  • Back In The Dharma Seat

    Today I will be joining the Hebden Bridge sangha for a sit, well-being ceremony, dharma talk…

  • Lama Rod Owens

    ‘When silence is intentionally used to understand ourselves, then it will reveal many secrets to us.…

  • The Great Matter

    ‘The novice monk Dayi Daoxin asked “I entreat the master, with your compassion, to teach me…

  • Such A Time

    This is the last week before the clocks go forward here. It’s the time of year…

  • Corey Ichigen Hess

    ‘When I met the Roshi, the love he showed me for many years was what got…

  • Shauzhou Zhangjing

    Shauzhou Zhangjing said to the assembly, “If you take one step forward, you will be at…

  • Dharma Gates Of Joy And Ease

    As we approach the one-year anniversary of moving into lockdown, it seems inevitable that there will…

  • Brad Warner

    ‘Nishijima Roshi used to say that every philosophy but one fell into either the category of…

  • Hakuin

    ‘The ocean of true reality is boundless and profoundly deep. The Buddha Way is immeasurably vast.…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘There is no end– there is no end in our practice. Because there is no end…