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Dharma Writing from Jiryu

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Some published Dharma writing by Jiryu. Click to read or download the pdf. From Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly. From San Francisco Zen Center Sangha-E. And excerpted in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly. From Puerto del Sol. Volume 41, Number 2, 2006. From Puerto del Sol. Volume 41, Number 2, 2006. A compilation of some projects of.

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Two Shores of Zen: An American Monk's Japan

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An incomplete but final draft for the wide Sangha. By Jiryu Mark Rutschman-Byer. Available from lulu.com in print or ebook formats. When a young American Buddhist monk can. No longer bear the pop-psychology, sexual. Intrigue, and free-flowing peanut butter that. He insists pollute his spiritual community, he. Sets out for Japan on an archetypal journey. To find “True Zen.” Arriving at an austere. Japanese monastery and meeting a fierce. Old Zen Master, he feels confirmed in his.

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Huayan Buddhism

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The Vibrant Dharma of the Flower Ornament School. A 6-part class series offered in 2011 at Green Gulch Farm. Some Huayan related web videos from elsewhere are also posted below. We sometimes think of Zen as non-religion, a technology for the mind,but in. Fact Zen practice emerges from and is completely suffused with the elaborate. Doctrines and cosmologies of medievel Chinese Buddhism. Whether we see. Ourselves as “religious” or not, in developing our understanding of Zen. As we look at teachings like &#...

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About Jiryu Mark Rutschman-Byler

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About Jiryu Mark Rutschman-Byler. Jiryu Mark Rutschman-Byler is a Soto Zen Buddhist priest. And teacher in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, with. Dharma Transmission from Sojun Mel Weitsman. He lives. And teaches at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center. Head teacher of the Buddhadharma Sangha. Jiryu has trained in Zen temples in the U.S. and Japan. Since 1996. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Asian. Studies from UC Berkeley (2014), where he worked. Under the mentorship of the Group in Buddhist Studies.

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General Zen Talks

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Some of Jiryu’s Public Talks on Zen. No Self and Authenticity. 7/31/11 - Green Gulch Farm. 6/22/11 - Green Gulch Farm. 3/27/11 - Green Gulch Farm. 2/16/11 - Santa Cruz Zen Center. 3/21/10 - San Francisco Zen Center. How Much Zen Do We Need? 3/3/10 - Santa Cruz Zen Center. Practice with the Life You Have. 1/31/10 - Green Gulch Farm. Opening to Our Actual Life. 8/28/09 - Green Gulch Farm. Work Practice & Zen Flow. 9/9/09 - Green Gulch Farm. 9/17/08 - Green Gulch Farm. A compilation of some projects of.

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Jiryu's Dharma Teaching

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Classes, Talks, and Writing from Jiryu. 8220;You have to say something.”. These pages hold some recordings and study materials around a few themes. Jiryu has spent some time with recently. Also included are some general talks. On Zen offered to the public, mostly at Green Gulch Farm, as well as his published. Select a theme from the menu to the right. And check back again soon. For new additions - this area will be updated regularly. A compilation of some projects of.

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Ben Gustin's Dharma Folk Songs

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Ben Gustin: 8 Songs. Ben Gustin: 8 Songs. To download a song, right click. The black button and “save. To download Ben’s whole 8. Album, click the button. Below (.zip file). I was first introduced to the Chan ancients riding the. Roads that run around Green Gulch on the way to my. Father’s house in Bolinas. Pop began to study the. Gateless Gate koans when I was around 3. He used. To hit me up for answers, thinking I might be be. Closer to some kind of pure mind than he. So I got to. Get out of Buddhism?

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Shikantaza Class

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Shikantaza: Practice and Doctrine. A 6-part class series offered in 2009 at Green Gulch Farm. What is the meditation practice of Soto Zen? We call it “shikantaza,” “just. Sitting,” or “objectless meditation,” but what does that mean and how could. Anyone possibly do it (or not do it)? This class explores the deep and subtle. 8220;practice” of objectless, effortless meditation, as expressed in Soto Zen and. In other non-dual Buddhist traditions. To better understand and embody.

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Buddha Nature Class

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The Practice and Problem of Buddha Nature. A 6-part class series from Spring 2012 at Green Gulch Farm. The Zen tradition celebrates the Buddha Nature as the wonderful shared. Essence of all beings, and we bring that teaching into practice with images. Like "big mind" and "original face." In this class we will dive into Buddha. Nature teachings from India, China, and Japan, exploring how the doctrine. Evolved, what it means for our practice right now, and how it relates to. Nature to be found at all.

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Breath in Buddhist Meditation

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Breath In Buddhist Meditation. What is the role of breath and breath awareness in Buddhist practice? What can be learned about the various Buddhist meditation traditions by. Studying their perspectives on breath? This study looks at a range of. Teachings on breath, spanning India, China, Japan, and the U.S.,. To explore the broad landscape of Buddhist approaches to meditation. In the process we study our affinities, aversions, and intentions around. Breath awareness in our own meditation and life practice.