Popular TopicIt's Complicated - 12/27/15Sokuzan speaks on the difficulty of striking a balance between helping people and meddling.
Popular TopicAll Dharmas are Without Blame - 12/8/15Sokuzan speaks on "All Dharmas Are Without Blame" at the December 2015 Month's End Sesshin. Please consider donating to SokukoJi Buddhist...
ShikantazaMeditation 101Meditation is about training yourself not to abandon anything, not to lock down or fixate on anything, and not to believe in or elaborate...
ShikantazaHow To MeditateAt this all-day meditation retreat at SokukoJi Buddhist Community-Traverse City, Sokuzan talks about shikantaza--the Japanese word for...
ShikantazaHow To Practice Shikantaza MeditationWe return to the foundational material, a very simple practice that’s not so easy to do. Shikantaza is just precisely this, as minimal as...
ShikantazaWhy Shikantaza? - Talk 2Shikantaza. It is a Japanese word that means “sit down, hold still and observe just precisely this.” Why shikantaza? Why not do shamatha...
ShikantazaShikantaza and MindfulnessSokuzan talks about the practice of shikantaza in contrast to the traditional teaching called the Four Foundations of Mindfulness as...
ShikantazaWhy Shikantaza?Shikantaza. It is a Japanese word that means “sit down, hold still and observe just precisely this.” Why shikantaza? Why not do shamatha...
Popular Topic"Emptiness Is Form"Sokuzan speaks of the relationship between emptiness and the self, inspired by the Heart Sutra.