1 23 16 By The Fire Cooler with showers and bits of mist around we are in a beyond the gates retreat a semi-monastic experiment the Dharma Shop with tools and a bell housing herders and oxen going in and out of the world as it is and in and out of the zendo as… Continue reading Dharma Camp by Roger Groghan
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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
Suffering Injustice by Rev. Helen Cummings
The following text was written in preparation for an audio Dharma talk, the first 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… Continue reading Suffering Injustice by Rev. Helen Cummings
A Small Precepts Ceremony at Shasta Abbey by Andrea Spark
Last month a member of our meditation group took part in a ceremony in the Buddha Hall at Shasta Abbey in which she solemnly vowed to live her life within the mandala of the Buddhist Precepts. The celebrant for the ceremony was Rev. Astor Douglas, assisting her were Rev. Master Shiko Rom, Rev. Master Jisho… Continue reading A Small Precepts Ceremony at Shasta Abbey by Andrea Spark