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2024 Retreat No cost. The Dharma is Freely Given The Retreat is about the Six Realms of Human Identity Sundays at 3 PM CST to… Read More »Join the 2024 Retreat – Attend When You Can

Welcome to Morning Sitting 2024!!!!  Please mute yourself when entering. Topic: Morning Sitting Time: Jan 8, 2024 06:30 AM Central Time (US and Canada) Every… Read More »A Single Thread Morning Sitting – Jan 8-12

A Mahayana Bodhisattva trusts without doubt. After building his new hut next to his temple, Shitou explains to himself and to us that trust is… Read More »Singing and Building Our Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage PART THREE

  This Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage  is a sutra, which means thread, a thread of the Dharma. It was written by Shitou, a… Read More »Singing and Building Our Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage

Religion is not something for remaking the outside world. It is for remaking our eyes, ears and our point of view. Sawaki Roshi A Flirtation… Read More »The Path of Suffering – Part Eight

Welcome!! Please mute yourself when entering. Topic: Morning Sitting Time: Dec 18, 2023 06:30 AM Central Time (US and Canada) Every day, until Dec 22,… Read More »Morning Sitting Dec 18 – Dec 22

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