Zenkai (February 12, 2023) 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...
Read MoreJewels in the Sutras – a talk by Leland Shields – August 14, 2022
In the May teisho, I talked about using the sutras we chant during practice days such as this, and also carrying them with us as we walk the world. Today I’ll continue with focus on a few key perspectives that run through the sutras. I find it can deepen our consideration by looking at the same perspective expressed by different ancestors, as if we were looking at the same jewel through different facets. First – we are already Buddha; second – if so, why do we practice? And third – how do we practice? I had planned to address each in this talk, though I was too verbose to leave...
Read More7-Day Intensive Retreat with Lee Shields (April 9-16, 2022), In-Person and Zoom
Three Treasures Sangha typically holds two, seven-day sesshin each year. 7-Day Intensive Retreat with Lee Shields April 9-16, 2022 (Apply Online or Download Application Form) Sitting zazen in longer retreats such as this can be a wonderful opportunity to deepen your practice. We encourage you to attend what you can, as you can. If you are at all inclined, call or email Barb to discuss. Part-time participation is welcome: For Zoom participants part-time access is flexible. Because seats in the dojo may be limited, those wishing to participate in-person and part-time, please contact Barb Carey...
Read MoreJack Duffy talks on the works of Dogen; Steep Mountain Retreat
During the Steep Mountain Retreat, Jack gave 3 talks on the works of Dogen. Two talks on Dogen’s One Bright Pearl, which was actually a saying of Xuan-sha, and a talk on Xuan-sha’s Drainage Stream – that is, “Where can I enter practice? Do you hear the sound of the drainage stream? Yes. Enter right there.” For audio records of the talks, click on these links below: One Bright Pearl – The Drainage Stream Part 1 One Bright Pearl – The Drainage Stream Part 2 One Bright Pearl – The Drainage Stream Part 3 Enjoy
Read MoreDo Nothing – a talk by Leland Shields – February 13, 2022
Master Yunmen mentioned the following anecdote: When Yunyan was sweeping the floor, Daowu said to him: “What good is so much petty effort? Yunyan replied: “You ought to know that there is one who doesn’t [make such a useless effort]!” Daowu said: “Well, that’s already a second moon!” Yunyan held up his broom and said: “Which moon is this?” Dauwu shook his sleeves and went out. Master Yunmen remarked: “When a slave meets his peer, they commiserate each other.” Yunmen, trans. Urs App, Master Yunmen, p. 195-6 Yunyan was engaged in the task still familiar to us – sweeping the...
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