Each Sunday after the 8:00 sitting, a volunteer speaker shares their thoughts with the sangha. Here are their sharings, posted for anyone who couldn’t attend.
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下山路是上山路 “The path down the mountain is the way up the mountain”
Shared by Kaz Grateful that we’re sitting together and sharing. Let me share a recent Zen saying I came across: “下山路是上山路” (asan no michiwa kore…
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Frustrations
Shared by Susan Good morning, everyone. I’m Susan and I am a teacher and my students are second graders. There are certainly rewarding experiences about…
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Milarepa’s Demons
Shared by Linu I recently came across a story that resonated with my own battle against a personal problem – fear. I was afraid of…
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Invictus by William Ernest Henley
Shared by Reni ( William Ernest Henley) Invictus Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank…
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Taming the Monkey Mind
Shared by Michael The origin of this share was on a 3-week trip to Japan my wife and I took back in June. The trip…
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“My Visit to Heirinji Temple, Where Rev. Ito Trained.”
Shared by Kaz I joined Hakone Zendo in 2010, and several years after I joined, Rev Ito suggested I visit Ryūtakuji near Mt. Fuji, where…
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