John Daido Loori Roshi Audio Books

Our ordinary point of view divides the world in two. Me and you, right and wrong, success and failure....

Zen Buddhism emphasizes meditation as the means to study ourselves and understand who we truly are....

Zen Buddhism emphasizes meditation as the means to study ourselves and understand who we truly are....

When we think of spiritual powers, we usually imagine walking on water or performing some kind of miracle....

Human beings spend most of their time talking to themselves. Constantly preoccupied with the past and the future, we live in a perpetual state of distraction and mental turmoil.

Shopping and spending money is a major part of our culture, and few of us are immune to the seductions of consumerism. Big business knows this, and they count on the fact that we are all conditioned to crave what we do not have.

Every day we are faced with moral decisions, and it's often difficult to know how to act. If there's a snake in our garden, do we kill it? If our co-worker is stealing from the company, is it our obligation to speak up?

In the modern world, we are encouraged to be special, to be different and stand out from everyone else. Zen Buddhism has a different approach, encouraging us instead to be "nothing special".

The Heart Sutra is one of the most important teachings in all Buddhist schools, including Zen. In this challenging talk, Roshi discusses The Heart Sutra and explains the Buddhist concept of emptiness.

Zen Buddhism emphasizes meditation as the means to study ourselves and understand who we truly are....