Fall Schedule
🍂The summer is winding down, the pumpkin pie stuff is in the stores 🎃 and the kids are back at school.🚌 It's time to publish the...
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Rev. Kyoji
- Aug 7
- 1 min
Obon Zazenkai
Join us for our annual Obon Zazenkai Obon is a Japanese holiday celebrated August 13-16 as a time to remember ancestors and as a time of...
Rev. Kyoji
- Jul 31
- 7 min
Dhammadinna The Wise
(image via Wix from Unsplash) Dhammadinna, known as The Widow was an ordained woman whose story and enlightenment poem found their way...
Rev. Kyoji
- Jul 18
- 6 min
Partners And Kids And Pets, Oh My! Meditation With Distractions
In the Zen tradition, our practice is meditation. Zazen, to be specific. Every day we head to our cushions and sit; black straight, head...
Shinjin (Shuso)
- Jun 14
- 15 min
Great Teacher Yodo-ni
“There are three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third...
Rev. Kyoji
- May 18
- 6 min
Yasodhara - Wife Of The Buddha
this is the story of Yasodhara, mother to
Rahula, wife of the Buddha, Buddhist nun.
Rev. Kyoji
- Apr 25
- 4 min
No-Self And Laying Down Ego
One of the main teachings of Zen Buddhism, and a teaching that many people tend to get stuck, is the teaching about no-self.
Rev. Kyoji
- Mar 28
- 5 min
The Hook And The Sacred Pause
If the aim for Buddhists is to alleviate suffering for ourselves and all sentient beings, a good place to begin might be with teachings...
Rev. Kyoji
- Mar 1
- 6 min
Patacara - A Story Of Loss and Rebirth
Loss And Rebirth - The Story Of Paracara Rebellion Patacara lived in the 6th century BCE. She was the daughter, described as being very...
Shinjin (Shuso)
- Feb 21
- 6 min
Discourse On Happiness 9, 10 & 11
As we end the 11 verses, a reminder that we have been looking at:
Plum Village's interpretation of the Discourse on Happiness.
Rev. Kyoji
- Feb 14
- 5 min
Let Them In - The Story Of Maha Pajapati
The story of Maha Pajapati, Siddhartha's aunt nad foster mother, and the first ordained Buddhist nun.
Shinjin (Shuso)
- Feb 7
- 5 min
Discourse On Happiness 7 & 8
Our series on the Discourse On Happiness continues.
Rev. Kyoji
- Feb 1
- 2 min
Discourse On Happiness - 6
If you’ve been following along with this series on the Discourse On Happiness, you know that we’ve created a blog category where you can...
Rev. Kyoji
- Jan 30
- 4 min
Discourse On Happiness 3, 4, & 5
This discourse was given at Jetavana, monastery. The Discourse On Happiness is the Buddha’s answer to a question asked by a Deva.
Rev. Kyoji
- Jan 27
- 4 min
Chiyono - The First Ordained Woman
No Water - No Moon Chiyono At The Well Woodblock print by Yoshitoshi 1839-1892 For twenty-six Fridays, a group of us from Rising Lotus...
Shinjin (Shuso)
- Oct 23, 2022
- 3 min
Discourse On Happiness 1 and 2
For this week's Dharma talk, those in attendance had been previously been directed to Plum Village's podcast "The Way Out Is In: Zen and...
Rev. Kyoji
- Oct 4, 2022
- 3 min
Keeping Meditation Practice Simple
Last week, as I was excitedly talking to my Zen teacher about the Fall and Winter Schedule at Rising Lotus Sangha, I had a moment of...
Rev. Kyoji
- Sep 26, 2022
- 3 min
Online Sangha Pros and Cons
Rising Lotus Sangha is an online Soto-Zen sangha based in the US. We are an online sangha by choice. After being ordained in October of...
Rev. Kyoji
- Sep 17, 2022
- 2 min
Ango - Deepening Our Practice
In Zen Buddhism, Ango (安居) is a period of committed practice. An Ango lasts anywhere from 90 to 100 days and consists of renewed efforts...
Rev. Kyoji
- Aug 3, 2022
- 4 min
Prajna Paramita
I googled “wisdom definition” and I got this: the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment. And while this is a good...
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