…be more effective than some other means, such as trying to learn from the writings of present or past teachers. At times aspects of our spiritual questions are so unique to us as individuals, or to our circumstances, that even the best of written teachings can miss important subtleties of what we are presently grappling with. Also the written word is open to interpretation, so while we may know ourselves reasonably well, where we lack understandi…
…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…
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