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(mp3) Doshin
Rev. Master Ekō reflects on Great Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo
(pdf) Discourse 94,  
Doshin, "On the Mind’s Search for Truth"


(mp3) Hokke
Rev. Master Ekō reflects on Great Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo
(pdf) Discourse 16 Hokke Ten Hokke,
On “The Flowering of the Dharma Sets the Dharma’s Flowering in Motion”

(mp3s) Zenki1 and Zenki2 and Zenki3
Rev. Master Ekō reflects on Great Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo
(pdf) Discourse 40 Zenki "On Functioning Fully"

(mp3s) Genjokoan, Part 1 and Genjokoan, Part 2
Rev. Master Ekō reflects on Great Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo
(pdf)Discourse 3 Genjokoan "On the Spiritual Question as It Manifests Before Your Very Eyes"

Retreat Talks, Series

Series Posted October 2007:

Series Posted July 2007:

The Awakening of Faith Series

2003 through 2007 (95 Talks)
Awakening of Faith, text sources list

Sandokai Retreat Series 2006

Sandokai Retreat Talks 1-13 were given during a week-long retreat in the summer of 2006.

Dependent Origination Series 2003

The Dependent Origination series includes four handouts, and was delivered in 2003.

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These Dharma talks were given by
Reverend Master Ekō Little
,
Abbot of Shasta Abbey,
in Shasta Abbey's Buddha Hall.
Copyright notice

Talks Posted February 2009

Reflections for New Year's Day in Four Stories
16mb ©01-01-09

Talks Posted November 2008

Monasticism and the Environment 21mb ©06-01-08

Spiritual Ecology 16.5mb ©06-08-08

On the Koan 14.7mb © November 2008

What is the Dharma ©09-23-07  15mb

Virtue, Values and the American Dream © 09-16-08  11.8mb

Parinirvana, Shoji, and Impermanence    ©02-10-08  14.0mb

 Avalokiteshwara and the Four Noble Truths   ©02-17-08  13.8mb

The Koan  ©11-02-08  14.7mb

Bhaisajya-guru: Buddha as Physician ©09-27-98 15.14mb

The Dharma is the Medicine for All Suffering  ©09-30-07  10.4mb

Introduction to the Shushogi This was a public talk given by Rev. Master Ekō in Chico, California on 17 October 2008.  In it he gives an overview of this important compilation of the teaching of Great Master Eihei Dogen, along with its relevance for our own daily training.

The Asperge and Its Use in The Feeding of the Hungry Ghosts Ceremony ©09-21-08  12.mb

Talks Posted May 2008

Talks and Bibliography from the Scripture of Great Wisdom Retreat
Relevant to the Scripture of Great Wisdom retreat in August 2008

Talks Posted January 2008

How a Buddhist Helps the World
Rev. Master Ekō ’s New Year’s Day 2008 Dharma Talk (19mb).

Jukai     Rev. Master Ekō talks on the meaning of Jukai and of taking the Precepts.

Sange  Rev. Master Ekō talks on the importance of Sange – turning the heart around – in taking the Precepts.

Precepts   Rev. Master Ekō examines the Precepts and what it means to take them.

Scriptures:

1. New Recording of the Scripture of Great Wisdom
2. Morning Service
3. Morning Office

Introductory Talks
Assorted Dharma Talks

Religion and Zen Buddhism
10.4mb, 61 minutes © October 2001.

Finding True Happiness:
The Search for our True Purpose

5.5mb, 32 minutes, © April 1999.

The Meaning of Wesak
11mb, 65 minutes, © May 2001.

Introduction to Jukai
9mb, 57 minutes, © March 2002.

Making Vows
Dharma Talk-- New Year's Day

January 1, 2006

Responsibility for Happiness
9mb, 52 minutes, © January 2004.

Founder's Vow
11mb, 64 minutes, © November 2003.

Conversion of the Three Poisons
6mb, 35 minutes, © November 1997.

The True Form of Things
6.3mb, 37 minutes, © May 1998.

The One Thing (8MB)

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