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Julie Nelson gives an encouragement talk about perfection as taking reality as the way it is, using a metaphor from Argentine tango. The reading is from Dogen’s “On the Endeavor of the Way.” (February 17, 2021)

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Julie Nelson gives a talk about zazen as “the Dharma gate of joyful ease”…and about other Dharma gates we would rather not face. Texts used are from pp. 45, 56, and 73 of the GBZC Sutra Book (2019 edition) and Robert Aitken’s The Practice of Perfection. (February 27, 2021)

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Diane Fitzgerald speaks about cause and effect. The texts are Case 2 “Baizhang’s Fox” from The Gateless Gate and “Dai shugyo” (Great Practice)” from Dogen’s Shobogenzo. (February 13, 2021)

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James Cordova gives an encouragement talk based on the text “On Cleansing,” from Dogen’s Shobogenzo. (February 17, 2021)

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Fran Ludwig gives an encouragement talk about welcoming times of great difficulty. (February 8, 2021)

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Kate Hartland gives an encouragement talk. The text is from Reb Anderson’s Warm Smiles from Cold Mountains. (January 21, 2021)

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Julie Nelson gives an encouragement talk about how, in our practice, we both become unsettled and find a home. (January 7, 2021)

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Julie Nelson speaks about things block faith and love. The texts are “Compassion Unbound” (p. 72) and “Affirming Faith in Mind” (p. 28) from the GBZC Sutra Book (2019 edition).

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Diane Fitzgerald speaks about making oneself fully available to the moment as it is. The text is Book One, Koan 96 from Dogen’s Shinji Shobogenzo. (January 23, 2021) (Does not include a Dharma Dialog.)

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James Cordova gives an encouragement talk about our desire for the apparent security of the familiar. (January 6, 2021)