Joy isn't something we have to manufacture — it's something we can learn to recognize and receive.In this talk, Ginger Clarkson guides the group through mudita, or sympathetic joy, drawing on teachings from Sylvia Boorstein, the late Cambodian Buddhist patriarch Maha Gosananda, and a newly trained Spirit Rock teacher named devon hase.Ginger explores why sympathetic joy may be the hardest of the four heart practices — envy and the fear that there isn't enough happiness to go around are its natural

In this second talk in the Heart Sutra series, Shifu Shengchi shares the remarkable journey of Tripitaka Master Xuanzang, who travelled on foot from China to India over more than four years in search of the true Dharma.Spending a total of 17 years on this pilgrimage, he eventually returned to China with a vast collection of Buddhist scriptures, dedicating the rest of his life to their translation and transmission. This talk is part of a weekly sutra series delivered by Shifu Shengchi at the

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna continues his commentary on the root cause of suffering. He details how misperception of how we exist leads us to identify with “me and mine,” which burrows us deeper into the experience of suffering. John then follows with some strategies on how we can undermine this mechanism and find our way toward a greater capacity for genuine happiness. This episode was recorded on September 23rd, 2026. Welcome to the Way of Compassion Dharma Center Podcast...

In this dharma talk by Berry Crawford we will examine these lines from the XinXin Ming: In oneness and equality, Confusion vanishes of itself. Stop activity and return to stillness, And that stillness will be even more active. Merely stagnating in duality, How can you recognize oneness? For more Zen interviews, dharma talks and online Zen training, visit: https://simplicityzen.com/ Gambo Kyogan Berry first started practicing Zen meditation in 1992. He lived at the Sonoma Mou...

The conventional mind can be a relentless self-critic creating contraction and separation, sapping our energy and availability to life. It limits our spacious response and connection. Somatic intimacy with our vulnerability brings awareness beyond our reflex personal storytelling of fear, self judgment and pity. We open to spacious compassion, love and connection.Part 2 of 5 Free guided Buddhist meditation and Dharma practice. Join us live every weekday @ https://sangha.live/daily

This episode was recorded as part of a weekly Heart Sutra teaching series delivered by Shifu Shengchi at the University of Melbourne. In this first session, Shifu offers a clear and accessible introduction to the Heart Sutra, including the deeper meaning behind its title and its significance in Buddhist practice.Please note that the sound recording is a little distorted at the beginning, but is improved from 04:22 at the beginning of Shifu's teaching. Namo Amitabha Buddha 🪷🙏 Namo Amituofo

Bansho explores patience as one of the six paramitas, a practice that helps us meet ourselves, others, and the changing circumstances of life with presence and curiosity. Through meditation and everyday relationships, patience becomes less about waiting for things to change and more about learning to respond with wisdom, compassion, and steadiness.★ Support this podcast ★

The conventional mind can be a relentless self-critic creating contraction and separation, sapping our energy and availability to life. It limits our spacious response and connection. Somatic intimacy with our vulnerability brings awareness beyond our reflex personal storytelling of fear, self judgment and pity. We open to spacious compassion, love and connection.Part 1 of 5 Free guided Buddhist meditation and Dharma practice. Join us live every weekday @ https://sangha.live/daily

Myoshin Kate McCandless reflects on how we all carry within us the principles of generosity, kind speech, beneficial action and solidarity. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate. A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is free and accessible on our website...

In this session, Ajahn Kovilo discusses various skilful means—specifically ones related to a felt sense of spaciousness—for relating to the 5 hindrances of:00:00 Introduction to unbounded mind vs little mind 08:12 (1) sensual desire 11:45 (2) ill-will 17:21 (3) sloth and torpor 20:35 (4) restlessness and worry 24:50 (5) doubt An overarching relationship is drawn between: (a) the Buddha's comparison of a vast, lakelike mind with a constricted, confined, salty mind

On this episode, Jen continues our series on dependent origination discussing how we can see beyond the limiting views of existing or not existing. In support of the series, we will be reading and discussing Leigh Brasington's book Dependent Origination & Emptiness. Details can be found on the Classes page of the website along with a link to Leigh's (free) book. We will be working through this material over the next several months. Should you have any questions, or wish to join us via Zoom,

Tess Beasley is a Zen koan teacher and dharma heir of John Tarrant Roshi and serves as President for the Board of Directors for the Pacific Zen Institute. She holds a PhD in Jungian and Archetypal Psychology and is particularly interested in the ways Zen and depth psychology complement each other to kindle creativity and transformation. More on Tess and PZI: https://www.pacificzen.org/ Online Zen Training and Education: https://simplicityzen.com

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna begins commentary on a new text by His Holiness the Dalai Lama titled “How to See Yourself as you Really Are.” John focuses in on how we misperceive ourselves and objects, and how that leads to craving and anger. Specifically, he illustrates how our minds engage in elaboration and exaggeration, thereby drawing us deeper into suffering. This episode was recorded on September 9th, 2026. Welcome to the Way of Compassion Dharma Center Podcast. Locate...

How to engage with inner and outer life in a way that deepens presence, awakens heart and mind, and supports a life of dignity and wisdom.Part 5 of 5 Free guided Buddhist meditation and Dharma practice. Join us live every weekday @ https://sangha.live/daily

Jogen explores karma as the ongoing relationship between our actions, habits, and experience, emphasizing that practice gives us freedom in how we respond to the results of past actions. Drawing on the Buddha’s teachings, including the Salt Crystal Sutta, he invites us to meet difficult patterns with greater awareness, spaciousness, and curiosity.★ Support this podcast ★

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This talk starts from the common wish for a peaceful place in ourselves that protects us permanently from difficulty. The talk invokes the koan "Dongshan's No Cold or Heat" and reads it as a teaching about our relationship to impermanence: conditions alternate outside our control and we typically meet them with comparison and preference. Our wish to escape into stability is the question religion has answered with two ideas: (1) a better world elsewhere (heaven, nirvana) and (2) a path by whic...