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Time is Passing 7: Action
This is talk 7 of 8 by Michael on Dogen’s text Time is Passing, written in 13th century Japan during a 7 Day Intensive at Centre of Gravity, Spring 2011. Notes by MH (with errancies, mishearings, conjectures). Pattabhi Jois said:
Time is Passing 6: Hear the Cries of the Rivers Flowing as Time
This is talk 6 of 8 by Michael on Dogen’s text Time is Passing, written in 13th century Japan during a 7 Day Intensive at Centre of Gravity, Spring 2011. Notes by MH (with errancies, mishearings, conjectures). At the end
Time is Passing 5: Yellowstone National Park
This is talk 5 of 8 by Michael on Dogen’s text Time is Passing, written in 13th century Japan during a 7 Day Intensive at Centre of Gravity, Spring 2011. Notes by MH (with errancies, mishearings, conjectures). I can’t live
Time is Passing 4: Come Closer
This is talk 4 of 8 by Michael on Dogen’s text Time is Passing, written in 13th century Japan during a 7 Day Intensive at Centre of Gravity, Spring 2011. Notes by MH (with errancies, mishearings, conjectures). Vishana and Alys
Time is Passing 3: Dogen and Martin Scorsese
This is talk 3 of 8 by Michael on Dogen’s text Time is Passing, written in 13th century Japan during a 7 Day Intensive at Centre of Gravity, Spring 2011. Ancient Buddha Dogen starts his essay on time with a
Time is Passing 2: An introduction to Dogen
This is talk 2 of 8 by Michael on Dogen’s text Time is Passing, written in 13th century Japan during a 7 Day Intensive at Centre of Gravity, Spring 2011. Notes by MH (with errancies, mishearings, conjectures). The text is
Time is Passing 1: Breathing, Shamatha, Vipassana
This is talk 1 of 8 by Michael on Dogen’s text Time is Passing), written in 13th century Japan during a 7-Day Intensive at Centre of Gravity, Spring 2011. Notes by MH (with errancies, mishearings, conjectures). The first thing I
Precepts 3: Honesty
Copying “In many religious traditions, special care is given to the manner in which their sacred texts are transcribed. In Judaism, trained professional scribes ritually copy a new Torah in conformance to millennia-old tradition, focusing the mind on each of
Precepts 2: Stephen Batchelor, Widow Basquiat, Feminine Ecriture, Prescription
The following is a transcript of a year-long series Michael Stone gave on bringing ethical awareness into every-day life. These talks were given in a large warm loft space across from Trinity Bellwoods Park in downtown Toronto. There were regularly
Ethics 12: Reaction Shots
The following are from Diane Eshini Rizzetto’s magical Waking Up To What You Do (Shambhala Publications, 2005) Monastics The Buddhist precepts came about originally as rules to govern the community of monks and nuns… they included very precise instructions such
How I Stopped Loving the Ruling Class
Three Pictures In the next few weeks, I’d like to explore the Buddha’s teachings before they turned into Buddhism. Let’s begin with three pictures. In the first picture, Bodhidharma, the person credited for bringing the Buddha’s teachings from India to
Ethics 11: Zen Precepts
The precepts are all one thing: they are buddha’s mind. They show the ways that we get distracted from buddha’s mind. Each way of distraction from buddha’s mind is also a way of reunion with buddha’s mind. The precepts show
About the Community Library
Michael was a great archivist and the Community Library was—and continues to be—a labour of love. Everything in the Community Library is available for free. Anyone, anywhere can have instant access to material that will help them deepen their practice and contribute to a culture of compassion and collaboration.
Libraries are places where we gather alone together. They are known to be places of refuge for seekers, as well as those who are marginalized. This library is no different. It helps us nourish our beautiful, international community without walls. Now, it will also help keep Michael’s legacy alive.