In Sanskrit ‘paramita’ literally means ‘having reached the other shore.’ Italso means ‘transcendence,’ or ‘perfection.’ If we exist on the shore ofsuffering, reaching the other shore would mean leaving suffering behind andbecoming enlightened. Hence, transcendence means to become free frommental afflictions, (the causes of suffering) and from suffering itself. The truepractice of the paramitas is to be free from self-attachment and self-cherishing.

Sharing a poem and its meaning. (https://ordinaryzensangha.org/mountains-rivers-are-just-so/)Dharma Talk, Oct. 17, 2021.

 Dharma talk from 10/10/2021. 

 A Magician is caught up in her own magic trick!Dharma Talks from our retreat on Saturday, Oct. 2. 2021.  

 This Podcast was recorded on Sept. 26, 2021, in preparation for our Fall Meditation Retreat on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. 

Welcoming the Fall Equinox with a poem…The yellow leaves of a thousand trees fill the empty ground.Leaves are very good for writing a living zen poem.On the endless leaves are an endless poem.Doubling, doubling, there is no end to IL-bung’s poem.–Il-bung

Are you mindful of each step you take or are you always thinking ten steps ahead and never getting there? 

Dharma Talk Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021.How can we be comforted by knowing there is nothing we can hold on to or grasp?

Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021Dharma Talk this week focuses on being intimately engaged with life.

10,000 years of birth and death are in this very instant.