Talks from the September, 2026 Sesshin
Talk 1 – Not knowing by Leland Shields – September 13, 2026 Read the transcript Talk 2 – The Dharma Gate of Ease and Joy by Leland Shields – September 14, 2026 Read the transcript Talk 3 – Seek Without Being Attached to Buddha, Dharma, Sangha by Leland Shields – September 15, 2026 Read the transcript Talk 4 – This Midsummer Retreat by Madelon Bolling – September 16, 2026 Read the transcript Talk 5 – Using the Mind to Seek the Mind — Isn’t That a Great Mistake? by Leland Shields – September 17, 2026 Read the transcript Talk 6 – No Words or...
Read MoreZenkai (October 11, 2026) with Lee Shields – In Person and Zoom
Three Treasures Sangha will hold this event in-person at our Dharma Gate facility and live by Zoom. Registration information (for in-person) and current Covid-19 Guidelines are posted below the schedule. Guidelines are likely to change before the event, so check again as the date gets closer. If you are able, please join all or part of this opportunity for intensive practice with others. Zoom Link: Send email to ttssangha@gmail.com. If this will be your first event with TTS, we will arrange for an orientation prior...
Read MoreZenkai (November 8, 2026) with Carlos – In Person and Zoom
Three Treasures Sangha will hold this event in-person at our Dharma Gate facility and live by Zoom. Registration information (for in-person) and current Covid-19 Guidelines are posted below the schedule. Guidelines are likely to change before the event, so check again as the date gets closer. Carlos Abusaid Elias, our friend and a Diamond Sangha teacher, has graciously agreed to give teisho (dharma talk) for this zenkai. Hearing from someone less familiar to us is a chance to recognize the dharma in another voice, illuminating the ancient way through different language. Please join us for...
Read MoreNo Words or Phrases — a talk by Leland Shields (September 18, 2026)
No Words or Phrases Leland Shields – September 18, 2026 Musō … went to Yishan and said, “I still have not clarified the matter of self. Master, please, directly point the way.” Yishan answered, “Our school has no words or phrases, and nothing to transmit to anyone.” “That may be so,’ responded Musō, “but be compassionate and at least teach me an expedient means.” “There are no expedient means,” declared Yishan, “nor is there any compassion.” From then on this is all that Yishan would say to Musō. Musō Soseki, trans. Thomas Yūhō Kirchner, Dialogues in a Dream, p. 10 Zen has no words or...
Read MoreUsing the Mind to Seek the Mind — Isn’t That a Great Mistake? — a talk by Leland Shields (September 17, 2026)
Using the Mind to Seek the Mind — Isn’t That a Great Mistake? Leland Shields – September 17, 2026 (This is taken from a passage in…) Verse of the Faith-Mind …Using the mind to seek the mind — isn’t that a great mistake? (Attributed to Chien-Chih Seng-ts’an], d. 606) Case 37 of the Gateless Barrier: The Oak Tree in Front of the Garden A monk asked Chao-Chou in all earnestness, “What is the meaning of the patriarch’s coming from the West?” Chao-Chou said, “The oak tree in the front of the garden.” (Robert Aitken, The Gateless Barrier, page 226) Case 43 of the Gateless...
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