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Rev. Valora Midtdal suggests that taking responsibility for our suffering is, "ceasing to blame others for our difficult mind states...and looking clearly at how our own actions of body, speech, and mind contribute to our own distress."This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday April 21, 2024.YouTube: https://youtu.be/fRlBZWO8Y9MTwitter/X: @shastaabbey

Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, gives a general talk on practice. "Putting the Dharma into practice: we can read about it, we can hear about it, how do we actually practice it?" How do we bridge the gap between an intellectual understanding of practice and the actual DOING of practice. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday April 14, 2024.YouTube: https://youtu.be/UKtGJeE-YucTwitter/X: @shastaabbey

Rev. Oswin Hollenbeck continues with his 'Attitude of Gratitude' series. He encourages us that, “living the life of a Bodhisattva is a noble thing to do”, and illuminates how we can achieve this way in our daily lives. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday May 5, 2024.YouTube: https://youtu.be/j_kUQUE7eUoTwitter/X: @shastaabbey

Rev. Scholastica Hicks gives a dharma talk on the teaching of No Self.This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday April 7, 2024YouTube: https://youtu.be/x1-83Y5kUMETwitter/X: @shastaabbey

The late Rev. Jisho Perry talks about Rev. Master Jiyu Kennett. Rev. Master Jiyu was the first Abbess and Founder of Shasta Abbey. Rev. Jisho talks about her training in Japan and what she found during her time there. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey in 2012.YouTube: N/ATwitter/X: @shastaabbey

This is the fourth talk in a series of lectures done by Rev. Master Jiyu in around the year 1979. In this talk Rev. Master Jiyu talks about How To Grow a Lotus Blossom in order to round out our understanding of Great Master Dogen's 'Shushogi' as spoken on in the previous episode. SHUSHOGI: https://www.shastaabbey.org/pdf/bookZel.pdf pg.94Link to talk#3: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2046795/episodes/12945071-it was uploaded May 30, 2023Link to talk#2: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2046795/ep...