…aving a commitment to a master intertwined with a basic commitment to every-minute meditation ups the ante on ourselves since following the master includes following not only their spiritual advice, but more mundane, practical requests about which we may have our clung-to opinions. In other words, interaction with a master can challenge us in more ways than we would challenge ourselves, or than we would figure out from reading. The decision to ent…
…n ignorant non-duality we are passive recipients of the innocence and self-forgetfulness we enjoy simply because the dualistic ego has not yet surfaced and exerted its influence, not because the perspective it creates has been transcended and lost its power and reality. Our calm is the temporary and often uneasy calm before the storm and not the tranquil peace which occurs after the storm and its causes have passed. The Progression toward Dualit…
…ye. And you awaken to the fact that you don’t have to be a swirling thought-cloud. You’ve put something down. You’ve seen the house-builder; the creator of worlds. You don’t seek truth, or call something delusion; and you return to a place you fundamentally never left. And you’ve transmuted the ordinary mind into the Buddha mind. There’s the whole alchemical process of trying to transmute lead into gold; transmute something base into something spe…
…ing to it. We also offer here some links to other Dharma Talks available online. This represents only a few resources for online Dharma Talks and we encourage you to visit the websites of our temples to get access to the Talks of the many teachers of our tradition. Audio Dharma Talks of Reverend Master Jiyu-Kennett are available here. Audio Dharma Talks of Reverend Master Daizui MacPhillamy are available here (using search by author in the archi…