From the Archives: The Dance in Your Bones
John Daido Loori, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 9/11/2005 The True Dharma Eye, Case #55 There is a music in us, an inner voice which is audible to our teachers, but not always to us. We can’t express this music using other’s words or other’s ways of…From the Archives: The Original Source
John Daido Loori, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 11/28/2004 Koans of the Way of Reality Religious traditions all over the world have always had to deal with the question of “the source.” If God created the world, then who, or what created God? Is there…From the Archives: Intimate Expression
John Daido Loori, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 9/27/2003 Koans of the Way of Reality, Case #109 How do we perceive the truth? If we look for it with our eyes and our ears, we’ll miss it. In this talk, Daido Roshi takes up the intuitive nature of…From the Archives: Going Beyond Buddha
John Daido Loori, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 6/26/1998 True Dharma Eye, Case #12 Zen points us toward a direct realization of our true nature that surpasses any ideas we might have. In this talk Daido Roshi looks at the path of Zen training, teaching that…From the Archives: Perfection Revealed
John Daido Loori, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 10/5/1995 The Gateless Gate, Case #9 The teachings tell us we’re already perfect and complete. But why don’t we feel that way? Our sense of separation from our perfection is the root of our suffering. The…
