Sokuzan speaks on the difficulty of striking a balance between helping people and meddling.

Sokuzan speaks on "All Dharmas Are Without Blame" at the December 2015 Month's End Sesshin. Please consider donating to SokukoJi Buddhist...

Meditation is about training yourself not to abandon anything, not to lock down or fixate on anything, and not to believe in or elaborate...

At this all-day meditation retreat at SokukoJi Buddhist Community-Traverse City, Sokuzan talks about shikantaza--the Japanese word for...

We return to the foundational material, a very simple practice that’s not so easy to do. Shikantaza is just precisely this, as minimal as...

Shikantaza. It is a Japanese word that means “sit down, hold still and observe just precisely this.” Why shikantaza? Why not do shamatha...

Sokuzan talks about the practice of shikantaza in contrast to the traditional teaching called the Four Foundations of Mindfulness as...

Shikantaza. It is a Japanese word that means “sit down, hold still and observe just precisely this.” Why shikantaza? Why not do shamatha...

Sokuzan speaks of the relationship between emptiness and the self, inspired by the Heart Sutra.