Cosmopolitan Zen

SPP25 - Seven Bodhisattvas - Maitreya - Ming Po Larry Matthews

SPP25 - Seven Bodhisattvas - Maitreya - Ming Po Larry Matthews - May 10th, 2025

Faces of Compassion - Week 6 - Our next exploration is of Maitreya as a Bodhisattva archetype. Maitreya is a revered figure in Buddhism, specifically a bodhisattva, which means he is a being on the path to enlightenment. He is believed to be the future Buddha of the current world, the one who will emerge to teach the Dharma when the teachings of Gautama Buddha (Shakyamuni) are forgotten. Maitreya is also known as "Maitreya the Buddha of the Future". 

Our mission is to foster a diverse, inclusive community, dedicated to awakening through Buddhist teachings promoting personal and interpersonal healing with ethical compassionate action.

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Daijo Scott Duffer - Shuso Interview

Daijo Scott Duffer is full on in training with Shining Bright Lotus Meditation Society. He serves as our
Shuso - head student. He will be ordained as a priest with Dragon Heart Dharma. He’s working through
Mondo Zen Facilitation. He serves as a guide in the Condor Clan, leading Condor Vision Quests and he has
been a long time member of the Man Kind Project. Ekai Joel Kreisberg caught up with Daijo before his workday at Cal State University - Channel Islands, where he teaches in the science department.

SPP25 - Seven Bodhisattvas - Vimalakirti - Ekai Joel Kreisberg

SPP25 - Seven Bodhisattvas - Vimalakirti - Ekai Joel Kreisberg - May 17th, 2025

Faces of Compassion - Week 7 - Our next exploration is of Vimalakirti as a Bodhisattva archetype. Vimalakirti is a revered bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism, particularly known for his central role in the Vimalakirti Sutra. He represents the ideal lay practitioner, demonstrating wisdom, skill in liberative techniques, and the importance of compassion and non-duality. He is a historical figure, a wealthy householder and patron of Shakyamuni Buddha, not a cosmic or mythic bodhisattva. 

Our mission is to foster a diverse, inclusive community, dedicated to awakening through Buddhist teachings promoting personal and interpersonal healing with ethical compassionate action.

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May I Truly Be of Benefit - Emyo Darlene Tataryn

"And that's my prayer, may I truly be of benefit. May these words be aligned in such a way that I can really transmit."

Brahmavihara: Cultivating Virtue Through The Four Immeasurables - Karuna - Emyo Darlene Tataryn

Emyo leads us on a guided meditation of the second of the Brahmaviharas, Karuna also known as Compassion.

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Our mission is to foster a diverse, inclusive community, dedicated to awakening through Buddhist teachings promoting personal and interpersonal healing with ethical compassionate action.

https://www.shiningbrightlotus.org/

Where do we take Refuge? - Jozen Jonathon Fielder

Dharma Reflection of Weekend Sangha Practice - March 22, 2025

Jozen teaches about the Three Refuges, what they mean and invites us to look at where we take refuge.

Jozen Jonathon Fielder offers his teachings and his wisdom tireless through several sanghas. Having been ordained as a Hollow Bones Zen priest, he continues to lead a regular practice as part of the Virtual Zendo. As a martial arts teacher and dharma teacher, he is an associate clergy member of Shining Bright Lotus. Recently he has begun to develop his own dharma center Iron Mountain Zendo in the UK. 

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I wish I may, I wish I might...The Power of Intention - Emyo Darlene Tataryn

Dharma Reflection of Weekend Sangha Practice - February 22, 2025

Emyo distinguished wishes from intentions and offers a clear discussion as to how clear intentions serve to deepen ones practice and clear the mind off unconscious tendencies. 

Our mission is to foster a diverse, inclusive community, dedicated to awakening through Buddhist teachings promoting personal and interpersonal healing with ethical compassionate action.

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All Beings Are From The Very Beginning Buddhas - Nanda Nina Lynch

Dharma Reflection of Weekend Sangha Practice - March 8, 2025

Nanda offers wisdom and practice based on Song of Zazen by Hakuin. Engo Michael Jackson opens with Song of Zazen, the traditional change for a dharma talk or teisho.  

Commit to Sit: Cultivating Meditation - Ming Po Larry Matthews

Dharma Reflection of Weekend Sangha Practice - February 8, 2025

Ming Po Larry Matthews reminds us that our zazen practice is always available and that one must commit to daily practice.  Pure Awareness is embodied. Ming Po Larry Matthews is a Associate Clergy member of SBLMS, a Certified Facilitator, an excellent meditation teacher.

Awakening and Emotional Maturity - Ekai Joel Kreisberg

Ekai Joel Kreisberg closes the Fall Practice Period with a discussion of how emotional koans work and Jun Po Roshi's belief that emotional maturity is an essential element in dharma practice.  Ekai developed The Mondo Zen Facilitator Program for Hollow Bones Zen from 2019 - 2022.