Dharma Talks

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This week’s dharma talk is given by Sensei Siebuhr. Sensei starts his talk describing the idiosyncracies of his food preferences in his younger days. Listen to how it unfolds into the teachings of the dharma. Along the way he describes what is meant by the Japanese phrase “itadakimasu” that is commonly said before eating a meal.

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This week’s dharma talk is given by guest speaker Reverend Unno. Sensei Unno has a humorous style of delivering the dharma. Unfortunately the service ran a little longer since we were celebrating Gotan-e and Hatsumairi and the pre-programmed recording software stopped recording before the end of Sensei Unno’s talk. I editted that audio segment to stop at a logical break.

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This week’s dharma talk is given by Reverend Bryan Emyo Siebuhr. Sensei starts with his tale of buying his first house. He then talks about how some teachings in Buddhism seem contradictory and inconsistent. Concepts such as non-discriminatory thinking, oneness, universality and individuality often appear in conflict with another. Sensei uses the physical structure of the Temple and the design of the space shuttle as a lesson on interdependence.

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This week’s dharma talk is given by Reverend Bryan Emyo Siebuhr. Sensei delves into the topic of trust and how we all have to trust one another in order to function in a civilized society.

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Sensei uses the lyrics from the Japanese song “A Flowers Heart” (Hana no Kokoro) to teach this week’s dharma lesson.

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