Michael Stone discusses The Heart Sutra during a 12-day intensive at Centre of Gravity in…
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Seeing the Background (Heart Sutra 1)
Beginner's mind threatens the part of us that wants to control experience. Knowing before knowing.…
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I’m Dying, What Can I Do For You? (Notes on Dying 2)
The mind makes snapshots and creates categories, our patterns contain the world keeping us small…
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Throw Up and Bow (Beginner’s Mind 6)
How do we bow? Everything becomes your teacher. Throwing up dualistic ideas. Teachers are heavy,…
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How to Sit is How to Act (Beginner’s Mind 5)
Michael discusses Shunryū Suzuki's book, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. People who practice Zen are always…
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Mountains & Rivers, Part 7
Don't ignore what your life actually is... Practice tattoos us. Life stains us. Your life…
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Mountains & Rivers, Part 6
Water has its own integrity, like you. Every event is interconnected and empty, and yet,…
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Betrayal, Awakening, and Living in a Burning House
Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara talks about the Lotus Sutra and the parable of the burning…
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Mountains & Rivers, Part 5: A Love Letter to Meditators
Can we express with language what is most true for us? Maybe all philosophy is…
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Mountains & Rivers, Part 4
How do we use words to say something meaningful about our lives? This is what…
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