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No Experiencer - 07-30-23 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

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Immaculate Perception - 07-26-23 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

Enlightenment or realization is seeing the truth and no longer being deluded by anything. It has no substance; you can’t find it. You have to see if for yourself with your awareness.https://youtu.be/NyD8E0kIeGg

Enlightenment or realization is seeing the truth and no longer being deluded by anything. It has no substance; you can’t find it. You have to see if for yourself with your awareness. <a href="https://youtu.be/NyD8E0kIeGg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/NyD8E0kIeGg</a>

Enlightenment Has No Substance - 07-23-23 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

First, listen. If you’re having difficulty communicating, use the 90/10 rule; Listen 90% of the time and talk 10%. Wait for the period. Receive what is being triggered in your mind stream.https://youtu.be/IWns0Yl6w0Q

First, listen. If you’re having difficulty communicating, use the 90/10 rule; Listen 90% of the time and talk 10%. Wait for the period. Receive what is being triggered in your mind stream. <a href="https://youtu.be/IWns0Yl6w0Q" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/IWns0Yl6w0Q</a>

Communicate Cooperate Collaborate - 07-19-23 by Sokuzan- sokukoji.org

This is the only way most of the world can continue on a spiritual path. Even in a non-theistic tradition, we set up an authority. It’s possible to practice without this authority.https://youtu.be/XxUBMcFoxMQ

This is the only way most of the world can continue on a spiritual path. Even in a non-theistic tradition, we set up an authority. It’s possible to practice without this authority. <a href="https://youtu.be/XxUBMcFoxMQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/XxUBMcFoxMQ</a>

Stuck To A Belief System - 07-16-23 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

The model of the 6 realms is a traditional Buddhist teaching about states of mind. Each realm is characterized by one of the three poisons and describes the way we are working with them.  Bodhisattvas are said to appear in every realm in order to save beings.https://youtu.be/Qr1iLddzLuE

The model of the 6 realms is a traditional Buddhist teaching about states of mind. Each realm is characterized by one of the three poisons and describes the way we are working with them. Bodhisattvas are said to appear in every realm in order to save beings. <a href="https://youtu.be/Qr1iLddzLuE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Qr1iLddzLuE</a>

Six Realms Cover Up - 07-12-23 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

We attach ourselves to a standard when we don’t want to see what something really is. We need standards, but they need to be observed with respect.  You may stick to it 90% of the time, but If you always just go to the standard you are ignoring the open dimension of your mind.https://youtu.be/BMYPTaDHIRY

We attach ourselves to a standard when we don’t want to see what something really is. We need standards, but they need to be observed with respect. You may stick to it 90% of the time, but If you always just go to the standard you are ignoring the open dimension of your mind. <a href="https://youtu.be/BMYPTaDHIRY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/BMYPTaDHIRY</a>

When Standards Obscure - 07-19-23 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

People are controlled by their beliefs. These are positions the ego takes up in order to avoid looking into the darkness, the unknown. It’s hard to see if you're believing something because it shows up as an opinion. Just look at that and receive the discomfort without covering it up.https://youtu.be/7hoOaWAcpRc

People are controlled by their beliefs. These are positions the ego takes up in order to avoid looking into the darkness, the unknown. It’s hard to see if you're believing something because it shows up as an opinion. Just look at that and receive the discomfort without covering it up. <a href="https://youtu.be/7hoOaWAcpRc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/7hoOaWAcpRc</a>

Belief Is A Wall - 07-05-23 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

We make little short stories about everything. Be aware that you’re doing that. We’re not trying to not have stories; it’s always about awareness, not about controlling things. Observe what’s coming or going and what’s hanging around.https://youtu.be/s9vA4pPezbI

We make little short stories about everything. Be aware that you’re doing that. We’re not trying to not have stories; it’s always about awareness, not about controlling things. Observe what’s coming or going and what’s hanging around. <a href="https://youtu.be/s9vA4pPezbI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/s9vA4pPezbI</a>

Stories On Stories - 07-02-23 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

When anger arises in your mind stream, don’t stop it, don’t explain it, and don’t blame anyone for it including yourself. This just gets us deeper into the circularity of samsara.. Anger is dependently arisen and is not generated by a person. If you think it is, you’ll go in circles.https://youtu.be/KoT2ENAK0KQ

When anger arises in your mind stream, don’t stop it, don’t explain it, and don’t blame anyone for it including yourself. This just gets us deeper into the circularity of samsara.. Anger is dependently arisen and is not generated by a person. If you think it is, you’ll go in circles. <a href="https://youtu.be/KoT2ENAK0KQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/KoT2ENAK0KQ</a>

Anger "As It Is" - 06-28-23 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

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Production Compulsion - 1-22-2020 - By Sokuzan - Sokukoji.org

Friendliness. If you’re on this path, you’re probably working at that, trying to be more friendly to others.  You might want to look in another direction.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHPTARwDEUk&amp;t=29s

Friendliness. If you’re on this path, you’re probably working at that, trying to be more friendly to others. You might want to look in another direction. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHPTARwDEUk&amp;t=29s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHPTARwDEUk&amp;t=29s</a>

Friendliness Training - 3-15-2020 - By Sokuzan - Sokukoji.org

Sokuzan has taught addiction awareness meditation.  in drug recovery situations for a number of years and has trained his students to so the same.   The value of simple awareness practice, whether or not one has a spiritual path, is that it allows the consciousness or the awareness to change gears a little bit so one is not quite so magnetized by the emotions and the thought process. If emotions and thought processes get a hold of you, that difficult enough, but if they have a hold of you with the support chemical dependency, then that gets you to re-prioritize so that the attachment to the chemical comes before anything else.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkvyAoejSco

Sokuzan has taught addiction awareness meditation. in drug recovery situations for a number of years and has trained his students to so the same. The value of simple awareness practice, whether or not one has a spiritual path, is that it allows the consciousness or the awareness to change gears a little bit so one is not quite so magnetized by the emotions and the thought process. If emotions and thought processes get a hold of you, that difficult enough, but if they have a hold of you with the support chemical dependency, then that gets you to re-prioritize so that the attachment to the chemical comes before anything else. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkvyAoejSco" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkvyAoejSco</a>

Addiction Awareness Meditation Talk 1 - 2-19-2020 - By Sokuzan - Sokukoji.org

Concepts Float

Sokuzan uses this metaphor to talk about relating to conceptual mind, observing practice forms and discipline.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhTS6tpUyFs&amp;t=1s

Sokuzan uses this metaphor to talk about relating to conceptual mind, observing practice forms and discipline. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhTS6tpUyFs&amp;t=1s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhTS6tpUyFs&amp;t=1s</a>

When Concepts Float - 3-25-2020 - By Sokuzan - Sokukoji.org

Sokuzan responds to these and other questions from students about their meditation practice:  What’s the difference between intuition and feelings?  How can we examine an area where shame shows up when it feels very painful?  What is it that is aware?   How can we relax in the seemingly hard-wired grip of self-reference?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGsVsCtQ_68&amp;t=1s

Sokuzan responds to these and other questions from students about their meditation practice: What’s the difference between intuition and feelings? How can we examine an area where shame shows up when it feels very painful? What is it that is aware? How can we relax in the seemingly hard-wired grip of self-reference? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGsVsCtQ_68&amp;t=1s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGsVsCtQ_68&amp;t=1s</a>

Earth Day Mountains and Rivers - 4-22-2020 - By Sokuzan - Sokukoji.org

Sokuzan talks about grasping or “upadana” in Sanskrit. It is the ninth link on the chain of dependent origination or “pratityasamutpada”.  It is a way of talking about what happens in consciousness that causes us to continue to confuse ourselves.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28_L1MQ6C3c

Sokuzan talks about grasping or “upadana” in Sanskrit. It is the ninth link on the chain of dependent origination or “pratityasamutpada”. It is a way of talking about what happens in consciousness that causes us to continue to confuse ourselves. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28_L1MQ6C3c" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28_L1MQ6C3c</a>

Grasping - 3-29-2020 - By Sokuzan - Sokukoji.org

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