Dharma Communications Audio Books

Zen Buddhism emphasizes meditation as the means to study ourselves and understand who we truly are....

Our ordinary point of view divides the world in two. Me and you, right and wrong, success and failure....

The Heart Sutra is one of the most important teachings in all Buddhist schools, including Zen. In this challenging talk, Roshi discusses The Heart Sutra and explains the Buddhist concept of emptiness.

In the modern world, we are encouraged to be special, to be different and stand out from everyone else. Zen Buddhism has a different approach, encouraging us instead to be "nothing special".

Why is it so difficult to study? It's a deep aspect of human nature, but most of us are educated to simply learn facts and repeat them.

Pick up a newspaper or turn on the television, and you're bound to see suffering. And it's not just on the news; we struggle with great and small issues all the time, as do our families and friends.

When we think of spiritual powers, we usually imagine walking on water or performing some kind of miracle....

Shopping and spending money is a major part of our culture, and few of us are immune to the seductions of consumerism. Big business knows this, and they count on the fact that we are all conditioned to crave what we do not have.

We all want to maintain control over our lives: our relationships, our work, our health, even our moods. We want to know where we're going and what's going to happen when we get there.

Zen Buddhism emphasizes meditation as the means to study ourselves and understand who we truly are....