Spiritual Stories of the East: Paul Reps Believes in No Thing
Volume 2, Track 4 In Los Angeles, there is a fine zendo, a place where Zen is practiced, usually under a Master in Midtown near Adams Avenue. For a while, it had its own [...]
The Physical and the Spiritual in T’ai Chi Chih
Most people who come for T'ai Chi Chih lessons do it for physical reasons, either because of ailments or because they feel it will help them in the areas of energy, hypertension, etc. Thus, they [...]
Living the Meditative Way
It had been a cool morning. Expectedly, there had been a number of phone calls – one from a student who asked if he could make up the meditation class he had missed, one from [...]
Justin’s Instructional Video Streaming
Boost immunity • Increase energy • Find peace T'ai Chi Chih is an evidence-based method for finding inner peace, wellness, joy and better health. Consistent practice keeps you centered, grounded and calm in difficult [...]
Introduction to Heightened Awareness
There are sincere, seeking people who go away every weekend to a different retreat or seminar, hoping to acquire in a few days, wisdom they do not have. They expect to receive it from outside, [...]
Spiritual Stories of the East: Zen Training
Volume 1, Track 8 Zen training is long and difficult. And the Master, much beloved by his disciples, may seem harsh to unknowing outsiders. Only if you are hopeless is the master kind to [...]
Prajna
Before I give this earth shaking talk, I want to say a couple of words. It’s like eating a sandwich before you go to a banquet. (You’ll see what I’m driving at.) Originally, when it [...]
Epilogue for Meditation For Healing
Throughout the world there is an evolution in consciousness beginning to manifest in many areas of life. There are many aspects of this evolution actualizing everywhere: the increasing interest in spiritual and liberational pathways, the [...]
A Spiritual Reminiscence: Rainy Afternoon In Kyoto
It was a rainy day in Kyoto, with the mist hanging low over the eastern mountain much like a Hiroshige woodblock print. In my small, two-and-a-half-mat room in the Zen temple, my meditation was [...]
The Personal, Part 1
I only met Roshi Suzuki, the Zen Master who helped found Tassajara, once, but was deeply impressed. It was a difficult drive up to Tassajara in the winter and I had an old car. [...]
Justin Stone Speaks: Track 4
Usually, I like to devote half of any lecture to a question-and-answer period. So, that I can know what the audience is thinking and what it is interested in knowing. I’m going to follow [...]
Further Exploration: A Cornucopia
The three things that are universal according to Indian Buddhism are impermanence, suffering, and delusion. When I was expressing the three universals, Roshi Sazaki stopped me and said, "Just suffering, enough. Just suffering, enough.” My [...]