This the third talk in a Dharma series called “Scriptures, Sutras, Invocations – Chanted, Spoken, Unspoken”, prepared by Reverend Helen Cummings for the Bear River Meditation Group in July, 2017 Talk 3: Unspoken Scriptures and Unsung Sutras and Our Practice Books! The printed page! And by extension, a well packaged audio presentation – YouTube or a… Continue reading Talk Three: Unspoken Scriptures and Unsung Sutras and Our Practice by Reverend Helen Cummings
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Talk Two: Sung Scriptures, Litanies, Invocations and Our Practice by Reverend Helen Cummings
This is the second of three Dharma offerings in the series Scriptures, Sutras, Invocations – Chanted, Spoken, Unspoken by Reverend Helen Cummings, a Senior Teacher of Buddhism at Shasta Abbey Buddhist Monastery. The text version of the teaching is below. Link to Audio Talk 2: Sung Scriptures, Litanes, Invocations and Our Practice For centuries the monks… Continue reading Talk Two: Sung Scriptures, Litanies, Invocations and Our Practice by Reverend Helen Cummings
Talk One: Recited Scriptures and Our Practice by Rev. Helen Cummings
This is the first of three Dharma offerings in the series Scriptures, Sutras, Invocations – Chanted, Spoken, Unspoken by Reverend Helen Cummings, a Senior Teacher of Buddhism at Shasta Abbey Buddhist Monastery. The text version of the teaching is below. Link to Audio. Talk 1: Recited Scriptures and Our Practice The Scripture on the… Continue reading Talk One: Recited Scriptures and Our Practice by Rev. Helen Cummings
The Noble Eightfold Path, Talk 4 by RM Shiko Rom
This is the final talk on the Noble Eightfold Path. Today I’m going to talk about the Concentration group, which consists of Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Meditation, the last three factors of the Path. The Buddha spoke about Right Effort as the effort to abandon unwholesome states and to encourage wholesome states. It… Continue reading The Noble Eightfold Path, Talk 4 by RM Shiko Rom
The Noble Eightfold Path, Talk 3 by RM Shiko Rom
This is the third talk on the Noble Eightfold Path. Today I will be talking about the moral discipline group, which consists of Right Speech, Right Action and Right Livelihood. In the Serene Reflection Meditation (Soto Zen) tradition, the 16 Precepts would need to be included in what we think of as moral discipline. These… Continue reading The Noble Eightfold Path, Talk 3 by RM Shiko Rom
The Noble Eightfold Path, Talk 2 by RM Shiko Rom
This is the second talk on the Noble Eightfold Path. Today I’m going to talk about Right Understanding and Right Thought, the first two steps or factors of the Path, which make up what is called the Wisdom group. The eight Path factors are: Right Understanding, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right… Continue reading The Noble Eightfold Path, Talk 2 by RM Shiko Rom
The Noble Eightfold Path – Text for the first of four Dharma talks by RM Shiko Rom
This is the first of the four talks I’ll be offering on the Noble Eightfold Path. I would like to start by going over the Four Noble Truths because the Noble Eightfold Path is the fourth of these Truths and can’t really be separated from the other three. The Buddha discovered these Truths on the… Continue reading The Noble Eightfold Path – Text for the first of four Dharma talks by RM Shiko Rom
Practicing the Dharma by Rev. Helen Cummings
The following text was written in preparation for an audio Dharma talk, the fourth talk given for the Bear River Meditation Group class series in February/March 2015 on The Four Practices of Bodhidharma. The audio file of Reverend Helen’s talk is available here. Reverend Helen is a Zen monk training at Shasta Abbey Buddhist Monastery. She will respond to… Continue reading Practicing the Dharma by Rev. Helen Cummings
Seeking Nothing by Rev. Helen Cummings
The following text was written in preparation for an audio Dharma talk, the third of four talks given for the Bear River Meditation Group class series in February/March 2015 on The Four Practices of Bodhidharma. The audio file of Reverend Helen’s talk is available here. Reverend Helen is a Zen monk training at Shasta Abbey Buddhist Monastery. She will… Continue reading Seeking Nothing by Rev. Helen Cummings
Adapting to Conditions by Rev. Helen Cummings
The following text was written in preparation for an audio Dharma talk, the second of four talks given for the Bear River Meditation Group class series in February/March 2015 on The Four Practices of Bodhidharma. The audio file of Reverend Helen’s talk is available here. Reverend Helen is a Zen monk training at Shasta Abbey Buddhist Monastery. She will… Continue reading Adapting to Conditions by Rev. Helen Cummings