John Daido Loori

I've been saving up John Daido Loori's talks from the collection "True Dharma Eye" so as to post them in batches and not alternate weeks as would otherwise be the case.

Here is the latest tranche - enjoy.....








05 Layman Pangyun's Awakening



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6 Master Langye's Original Purity



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07 Yangshan's It's Not That There Is No Enlightenment



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08 Nanyue Polishes A Brick



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09 Minister Peixiu Sees A Portrait



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10 Qingyuan's Come Closer



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04 Mazu's Heart Sutra by John Daido Loori

This is next in our series "The True Dharma Eye" by John Daido Loori.






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True Dharma Eye by John Daido Loori, Roshi

This is the first of a series of fifty Dharma talks by John Daido Loori Roshi based on his translation of "The True Dharma Eye, Zen Master Dogen's Three Hundred Koans".

It is a collection of three hundred koans compiled by Eihei Dogen, the thirteenth-century founder of Soto Zen in Japan, this book presents readers with a uniquely contemporary perspective on his profound teachings and their relevance for modern Western practitioners of Zen.

Following the traditional format for koan collections, John Daido Loori Roshi, an American Zen master, has added his own commentary and accompanying verse for each of Dogen’s koans. Zen students and scholars will find The True Dharma Eye to be a source of deep insight into the mind of one of the world’s greatest religious thinkers, as well as the practice of koan study itself.

01 Qingyuan's Whisk



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02 Baizhang Remains Seated



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Homedweller Practice by John Daido Loori - Precepts

These two talks are the next portion of John Daido Loori's series on Homedweller practise.

Precepts part 1



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Precepts part 2



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Homedweller Practice by John Daido Loori - Right Livelihood

These three talks are the next portion of John Daido Loori's series on Homedweller practise.

Right Livelihood, Part 1



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Right Livelihood, Part 2



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Right Livelihood, Part 3



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Homedweller Practice by John Daido Loori - Introduction

As you know most of the talks featured here are ones that I have taken along to the Newport Soto Zen group which I attend on Thursday evenings. Dave who runs and hosts the group has a large collection of talks by John Daido Loori the Zen Master who was the founder and abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery in Mount Tremper, New York.

We are featuring a collection of talks by Daido Loori entitled "Homedweller Practice". The series splits into four groups of talks and we will be providing a talk from another series, this time by Winton Higgins on the subject of secular Buddhism, as an interlude between the groups.

The first group of talks are a two-part introduction.

Part One


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Part Two


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Your Self Has No Shadow by John Daido Loori

John Daido Loori, author, artist, Zen Master was the founder and abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery in Mount Tremper, New York. Under Daido Loori’s direction, Zen Mountain Monastery has grown to be one of the leading Zen monasteries in America, widely noted for its unique way of integrating art and Zen practice.



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