Podcasts about sosan

Madiha Sosan, a renowned and accomplished motivational speaker, she has triumphed over significant challenges that have defined her remarkable journey. Her resilience and determination have shaped her into the inspiring figure she is today. Madiha's life took a challenging turn at the tender age of 13 when her father was diagnosed with cancer and subsequently passed away within a year. This profound loss was followed by another difficult trial as her mother fell ill, thrusting Madiha into the role of a young caregiver at the age of 14. The weight of these experiences took a toll on her mental health, leading to debilitating anxiety and depression that left her housebound. However, after 13 years of battling anxiety and depression, Madiha underwent a profound spiritual awakening that initiated a transformative journey of self-discovery. This awakening not only triggered significant changes in her physical appearance but also catalysed a profound shift in her mindset. She began to perceive the world from a fresh and enlightened perspective and dedicated herself to personal growth and development. In her quest to heal from the traumas of her past, Madiha embarked on a two-year journey of intense inner healing and personal growth. Through unwavering dedication to her self-improvement, she emerged stronger and more resilient than ever before. Driven by a deep desire to inspire and assist others on their own journeys, she embraced the path of a motivational speaker. Madiha's dedication and passion did not go unnoticed, as she was nominated for and subsequently won the prestigious 'Best Female Inspirational Person' award. Her remarkable story and her commitment to helping others serve as a testament to the power of personal transformation and resilience.

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Dharma talk by Sosan Flynn and Koji Acquaviva on Sunday, November 13, 2022.

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El zen nace del encuentro entre el budismo de la India y el taoísmo de China. En el vértice mismo de tal confluencia se encontraba el maestro Sosan, tercer patriarca zen. Su HSIN HSIN MING, o Libro de la Verdadera Fe. Es un texto muy breve en el cual se encuentra codificada la esencia misma de este camino de conciencia y meditación. Osho expande e ilumina aquí las palabras de Sosan, desplegando su mensaje y haciéndolo accesible a la mentalidad actual. "Si de todos los libros jamás escritos tuviera que quedarme tan sólo con dos, uno de ellos sería el Hsin Hsin Ming de Sosan. Estas palabras son atómicas, están llenas de energía. Si estás preparado, dispuesto para ser fecundado, estas palabras vivas, inmensamente poderosas, entrarán en tu corazón transformándote totalmente". Eres el camino y eres la meta; no hay distancia entre tú y la meta. Eres el buscador y eres lo buscado; no hay distancia entre el buscador y lo buscado. Eres el adorador y eres lo adorado. Eres el discípulo y eres el Maestro. Eres los medios y eres el fin. Este es el Gran Camino. - Osho Si este video aporto algo a tu vida, no olvides darle like, compartir y suscribirte al canal. Disponible en Youtube.

Dharma talk by Sosan Theresa Flynn on Sunday, June 5th, 2022. Sosan provides commentary and explanation of the Metta Sutta- otherwise known as the Loving Kindness Sutra. It includes a reflection/guided meditation on self empathy and wisdom from various translations of the sutra. 

Anu Verma interviews Madiha Sosan who is a successful award winning motivational speaker. She has faced many difficult challenges in her life from a young age. When she was 13, her dad was diagnosed with cancer; he passed away within a year. Soon after her father's death, her mother fell ill and she became a young carer at the age of 14. As a result of that trauma, she started suffering from crippling anxiety and depression to the point she could not leave the house. After 13 years of anxiety and depression, Madiha went through spiritual awakening which led her to find the answer within herself.  After her awakening, Madiha went through a rapid transformation, not only physically but mentally too.  She began to see the world from a new perspective and she invested heavily in personal development. She also wanted to heal her traumatic life experiences and she began looking within to find the answers. After 2 years of intense inner healing and working on herself externally, she finally healed past her traumas. She wanted to inspire and help people, which led her to become a motivational speaker. She was nominated for the ‘Best Female Inspirational Person' award which she went on to win.https://madihasosan.comThanks For Listening! =============================Follow us on: - Website: https://victim2victor.net/ - FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/victim2victor - TWITTER: https://twitter.com/V2V_healing - INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/victim_2_victor_podcast/- Victim 2 Victor Audio Book Audible: https://adbl.co/3akVNCu - Victim 2 Victor Book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/34MQQyu - Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3wHvUof - Spotify: https://spoti.fi/36D6ZYE ==============================

“Its all about thriving in your darkest times”   We have the pleasure of welcoming Madiha back for her second time on the Tales to Inspire Podcast!   Madiha goes through some of her amazing tips of how she has been able to navigate and thrive through life whilst going through trauma. She talks about how each of us have an internal trash can, where we dump our ‘rotten tomatoes' however if we are not willing to remove those rotten tomatoes, they will linger and cause problems in the future.   Madiha now delivers inspirational workshops on behalf of Tales to Inspire to children and adults and is inspiring people throughout the Country.   Resources:  

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“… The capacity to awaken is not something you have. It's what you are ...” Description: In this talk given jointly by Valerie and Henry on the last day of Mountain Cloud's May 2020 4-day retreat, we consider the experiences of two of the early Chinese Zen patriarchs, Sosan and Doshin, both of whom sought […]

Namasté dear one, and love from California! This episode is a reading of the Zen text Hsin-Hsin Ming, often translated as “Verses on the Perfect Mind,” and by the Third Patriarch of Zen, Seng'tsan (known as Sosan in Japan). This version is an interpretation by Eric Putkonen. // The text is an invitation to release distinctions, discriminations, and desires, and find that our true nature — Oneness, peace — exists beyond duality. The realization is simple when all is released. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author

In Autumn Sesshin's Day One Teisho, given on Oct. 2nd, 2021, Rinzan Osho examines The Hekiganroku, Cases 57-59, all of which examine Sosan's Verses of Faith Mind. "The Great Way is not difficult, it only abhors choice and attachment." Choice and attachment are natural, inevitable and necessary aspects of living in the world, and yet when we are caught by them, the fundamental Tao is occluded. How does one live this free from choice and attachment? Joshu responds three times to three monks' inquiries.

Dharma talk by Sosan Theresa Flynn on Sunday, September 9, 2021. Drawing from Dogen's fascicle “The Awesome Presence of Active Buddhas,” Thich Nhat Hanh's famous poem “Call Me By My True Names,” and Case 8 in the Gateless Barrier koan collection, Sosan helps us to awaken who we are beyond our ideas of our self.

A novel idea!What if it's untrustworthy?Then what will you do?* * *In this next series of four UnMind podcasts, we will take a look at certain selected Chinese ancestors of Zen. In Japanese pronunciation, their names are Kanchi Sosan, Sekito Kisen, and Tozan Ryokai. One reason for focusing on these three is that written teachings attributed to them are featured as chants in the liturgy of Soto Zen. They lived about 100 years apart from each other, covering periods roughly in the 600s, 700s, and 800s, CE. I am fairly familiar with these works, having chanted them repeatedly and set them to music. And, of course, the lineage in China is so replete with monsters of Zen, such as Huineng, or Eno, Baso, Rinzai, et cetera, that we could never do them justice.This quartet will complete the first year's worth of 52 weekly podcasts, opening the door to focus on more timely and topical subjects. If you have any suggestions for talks on topics you would like to hear, please let us know.Beginning with Sosan's Hsinhsinming — “Faith…” or “Trust in Mind” — the longest of the three liturgical poems, we hear resonances of Taoism toward the end, one of the formative influences on the evolution of Zen, as it made its way east through China. The poem begins simply enough:The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences.When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction however and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart.A brief note on translation may be appropriate here. These are from the Japanese Soto-shu consensus publications, and are attributed to the original translators. I have noticed that in the two editions I have seen over the years, some of the English sources were changed. I suggest that you compare various translations in order to gain a more well-rounded idea of what the verses are pointing at, but we will not have time or space to consider more than one in this podcast. We will have to content ourselves with a brief commentary, in order to unpack Hsinshinming over two segments, this and the next.The first line above seems simple and self-explanatory enough. Depending on what is meant by “preferences.” I suspect that the great sage does not mean choosing between chocolate and vanilla ice cream. The mention of both love and hate gives us a clue, but are unfortunately emotion-laden terms in our vernacular. Attachment and aversion may be the more neutral choice. So the smallest distinction setting heaven and earth apart, is akin to the fall from grace, eating of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Good and evil of course may be realistic judgments of the intentions and behavior of some human beings, and even applicable to our own actions in our weaker moments. But beyond the human species, it is problematic to attribute such traits to Nature. Our ignorance is the root cause of most, or all, of the trouble in the world. Even the most tragic natural disaster is exacerbated by human judgment calls based on love and hate, greed, anger and delusion, and the rest.If you wish to see the truth then hold no opinions for or against anything. To set up what you like against what you dislike is the disease of the mind. When the deep meaning of things is not understood, the mind's essential peace is disturbed to no avail.You may have noted that I have segmented the text into sections that seem coherent, to me. I am sure the author did the same, but it may have been lost in translation, or in laying out the printed page. Sometimes there seems no logical connection flowing from one to the next. This, the second stanza, sets up seeing the truth, in distinction to Master Dogen's hearing the true Dharma, in his famous Vow. Seeing, here, is not limited to the visual realm but grasping the truth, as in “I see what you mean.” Hearing is traditionally considered the more intuitive way of knowing, seeing the more rational. “Seeing with the ears” and “hearing with the eyes” is a traditional way of expressing Zen's pointing at the merging of the senses in non-duality. Zen is sometimes defined as the pursuit of the understanding of meaning. The original mind is at peace with that.The Way is perfect like vast space where nothing is lacking and nothing is in excess. Indeed it is due to our choosing to accept or reject that we do not see the true nature of things. Be serene in the oneness of things and such erroneous views will disappear by themselves.Space in these days was considered one of the fundamental elements, along with the fab four, as well as consciousness. Perfection here is not a human judgment but a take-it-or-leave-it declaration of the absolute balance of forces in the universe and in nature. Human judgment, interpreting things from the perspective of self-striving, distorts our view, as is the reflection of the moon in roiling waters. Oneness here is not meant to oppose duality, but to encompass it in a greater unity. Later we will see that the great sage warns us against reifying oneness.When you try to stop activity to achieve passivity your very effort fills you with activity. As long as you remain in one extreme or the other, you will never know Oneness. Those who do not live in the single Way fail in both activity and passivity assertion and denial.Here is the catch-22 of practice. Doing anything may seem to get in the way of non-doing. If we try to empty the mind of thoughts, that too is thinking. Again, oneness is not to be conceived as something, but the absence of preferences and opposing activity to passivity. The two are mutually defining. The natural vacillation of the mind swings from one to the other, like a pendulum that may break its mount. We are all bipolar. The apparent conflict between activity and passivity becomes mental when it leaks over into expression, as assertion and/or denial. Here there is no break in flow to the next stanza.To deny the reality of things is to miss their reality; to assert the emptiness of things is to miss their reality. The more you talk and think about it the further astray you wander from the truth. Stop talking and thinking and there is nothing you will not be able to know.So both denying and asserting our concept of dualistic reality versus nondual emptiness is in error. This leaks out, like water from a leaky bucket, when we try to talk our way to understanding. Not that some exchange of dharma dialog is not useful. The ancients, here present as Kanchi Sosan, were real talkers. If we listen not to their words, but to what they are pointing at, we will not be confused.To return to the root is to find the meaning but to pursue appearances is to miss the source. At the moment of inner enlightenment there is a going beyond appearance and emptiness. The changes that appear to occur in the empty world we call real only because of our ignorance.Another nice pair of oppositions, appearances versus the root and source, where we find the meaning. This inflection point in our awareness is variously represented in somewhat descriptive language, such as “the moment of inner enlightenment.” Language itself is dualistic, so we have to take the “inner” with a grain of salt, as Zen recognizes no such separation of inner and outer. But we can quibble this to death. The important point is that the masters assure us there is a going beyond such seeming dichotomies. As Matsuoka Roshi used to say, there is no dichotomy in Zen. Which itself seems a dichotomy. The throwaway comment at the end is startling in its implications: Change is not real. How's that for a dichotomy? What kind of ignorance sees change where fundamentally there is none?Do not search for the truth; only cease to cherish opinions. Do not remain in the dualistic state; avoid such pursuits carefully. If there is even a trace of this and that, of right and wrong, the Mind-essence will be lost in confusion.Fortunately the kind teacher relieves us of our burden: We can put down this futile search for the truth. When someone would make an assertion about the truth of Zen, while having tea with Matsuoka Roshi after the meditation service, he would lean over and say, “That's just your opinion!” The “just” is the operative word here. Your opinion, even about your opinions, is just that — only an opinion. We endlessly pursue our own opinions down every blind alley, cul-de-sac, and rabbit-hole. This feverish activity is what disturbs the mind's essential peace and results in terminal confusion.Although all dualities come from the One, do not be attached even to this One. When the mind exists undisturbed in the Way nothing in the world can offend; and when a thing can no longer offend, it ceases to exist in the old way.So now, Master Sosan begins backing us away from our attachment to the idea of oneness, or a fundamental unity that we like to feel is underlying all the duality. This is the New Age version of insight. All is one, right? Well, no. This represents yet another evasive maneuver, one aimed at dodging the sheer multiplicity and unpredictability of the many beings, often raising conflict in competing with each other. We are offended by our inability to comprehend this higher level of order, called chaos. But if and when we come to terms with it as it is, not as we might like it, the old man assures us that we see the existence of apparent conflict and dichotomies in a new way. Trust the old man. He is your mind.When no discriminating thoughts arise, the old mind ceases to exist. When thought objects vanish, the thinking-subject vanishes; and when the mind vanishes objects vanish. Things are objects because there is a subject or mind and the mind is a subject because there are objects.The “things” in question exist only in your mind, at least in the way you think they do. They may indeed exist, but not as you think. Even your so-called “mind” does not exist the way you may think it does. If and when we are able to give up our predilection to choose between our opinion and that of a master, for example, that very lack of self-centered discrimination opens the door to a new mind, which is really the same old, original mind we have had all along. Everything old is new again. Then Master Sosan launches into this incredibly incisive, frontal attack on your frontal lobe. Not to mention the parietals. The objects that you think exist, exist because you think they do. Thinking they exist results from the fact that they do exist, but not as you think they do. When you see through objects as self-existent entities, that they are really works-in-progress, then the subject that thinks it sees them is also seen as non-existent in the same way. Nothing actually vanishes; it was never there to begin with. When “mind and object merge and go beyond enlightenment” (thank you, Dogen), it occurs in stillness. In this stillness neither subject nor object has yet arisen. It's your happy place. You want to go to there.Understand the relativity of these two and the basic reality: the unity of emptiness. In this Emptiness the two are indistinguishable and each contains in itself the whole world.So here is a mention of relativity from over 1,500 years ago. Don't quibble with the math. Relativity in the modern sense also includes the observer. I live in my spacetime and you live in yours. Never the twain shall meet. To understand the relativity of these two fundamental functions of the mind is to understand the relativity of all so-called binaries. Subject begets object; object begets subject. Form implies emptiness; emptiness is innately form. Never the twain shall separate. In Buckminster Fuller-speak, they are “always and only co-existent.” From the overview of universal emptiness, subject and object are co-arisen, and thereby indistinguishable. There is no head on top of this head. The whole world is your whole world, but you cannot get mine and I cannot get yours.If you do not discriminate between coarse and fine, you will not be tempted to prejudice and opinion. To live in the Great Way is neither easy nor difficult. But those with limited views are fearful and irresolute; the faster they hurry, the slower they go.Now the wily old fox is turning our attention from the personal sphere of untrammeled experience to the dismal realm of social status. Coarse and fine, however, applies to direct awareness as well as to choices in the material world of hair shirts versus haute couture. Master Dogen speaks of entering the “fine or subtle mind of nirvana.” Prejudice and opinion are temptations, not destiny. They are limited views, based on self-referential and defensive survival mode. This is not your fault. It is lizard-brain stuff. But we do not have to live in the brain stem. We can resolutely climb up into the outer cortex. If we slow down enough, we can live in the present moment. It is really all the time we have. In it, the “eternal moment,” as Matsuoka Roshi defined it, we have all the time there is.* * *Elliston Roshi is guiding teacher of the Atlanta Soto Zen Center and abbot of the Silent Thunder Order. He is also a gallery-represented fine artist expressing his Zen through visual poetry, or “music to the eyes.”UnMind is a production of the Atlanta Soto Zen Center in Atlanta, Georgia and the Silent Thunder Order. You can support these teachings by PayPal to donate@STorder.org. Gassho.Producer: Kyōsaku Jon Mitchell

When your birth plans change, what do you do?  Do you jump to a place of self-loathing and frustration, or do you take it in stride and choose to love your experience?  Hey there…   And although my first question is easier said than done, Jasmine and her husband Julian have some lessons to share with us today all about this subject and many more.  From a hospital birth that turned out differently than expected to a homebirth abroad in Tokyo, get ready.  This story is incredible.   And… Happy Mother’s Day!  Whether you are preparing to conceive, mourning a loss, planning your first homebirth or driving around in your 12-passenger van full of offspring, I want you to know that you are so important.  Mothers, no matter what stage, are just incredible.  You have done and will do amazing things.  And I want to celebrate you this week.  So to all of the mamas who want to prepare like Jasmine does in this episode, with Happy Homebirth Academy, use the code MOM20 at checkout and get 20% off.  This deal expires Friday 5/14 at midnight, so be sure to jump on it early! Okay, before we get into Jasmine’s beautiful story, let’s take a quick moment to thank our reviewer of the week, Girl_Mom, who wrote: So encouraging!  My sister just told me about this podcast and I’m so happy!  I love that there’s a podcast d directly dedicated to home birth stories.  I’m going to attempt my 3rd home birth in a few months after having my first baby at home with a transfer for the baby, second was a hospital transfer during pushing with vacuum delivery and now I’m hoping for my healing 3rd home birth.  These stories are giving me hope and I even had a dream last night after listening to this about having a pain-free birth.  It was so lovely and I love this resource as I’m preparing for another homebirth!   Girl mom, what a beautiful review.  I’m praying that pain-free birth over you and hoping you continue to feel confident and empowered as you listen to this story, as well as all of the others.  If you’ll send me an email at I’ll be sure to send you a happy homebirth podcast sticker.   And of course, if you are loving this show, would you go show some love on apple podcasts?  It’s a free, relatively easy way to support the mission behind Happy Homebirth and get this show into the ears of the mothers who need it.    Alright, let’s jump in.  Please remember the opinions of my guest,  and this show is not meant to prescribe or treat- it’s an educational tool, so continue to take empowered responsibility for your health and your family.     Lives in Tokyo— moved right before Covid hit, as her husband works for the government.  Jasmine now says she will definitely have all of her kids in Tokyo!   With her first child, she gave birth in the US in a hospital with midwives.  They pressured her through fear tactics to have an induction at 41.3 days.   During the induction, she was at peace, but it was difficult.  The contractions were back to back, and Jasmine says “It felt like an attack on my body.”   The way that a woman is supported in her decisions in her birth, and the way that we speak over a woman in her birthing situation makes all of the difference.  Jasmine told her husband she wanted an epidural and that she was sorry.  He said, “Don’t be sorry!  This is a game time decision, and it’s amazing that you know what you need.”   As soon as she got the epidural and was able to relax, her body opened up.  Just a couple of hours later she was pushing!   Because of the perspective Jasmine and Julian took, Jasmine never looked back on her birth experience feeling any amount of shame.  Savannah’s birth taught her the importance of support.   “the way we frame our births has such an impact on us postpartum, how we connect with out babies, and the start we give our little ones when they enter the world.”   Sometime in the early summer Jasmine and her husband had a discussion that they wanted to start trying for another baby in the fall.  Jasmine says it was a wink, wink that they were both ready—they made their baby the very next day!   She was grateful that she was planning a homebirth, because even if she had to transfer care during, she would be able to have her midwife with her in the hospital—which wasn’t allowed for anyone else in Japan at the time.  Mothers were giving birth on their own.   Jasmine discusses how her midwife Sosan would have all of these rules like “don’t eat ice cream, don’t expose your joints etc…” and they would know when she didn’t follow the rules! Her midwife also recommended “bone therapy” which Jasmine says is like chiropractic, only more gentle.  She was required to nap after the adjustment, and she would feel almost out of it afterwards.  She felt she was in fantastic alignment for this birth.   The morning of birth Jasmine dropped off her daughter, went to bone therapy, went to the birth house and had a full day of treatments, reflexology, checking on the baby etc.  Jasmine asked her midwife about castor oil, and Sosan told her she didn’t think she needed it, but she could give her some to try that night with milk.     That evening, Jasmine began really feeling her surges, and realized that they were coming rhythmically.  She texted Sosan, who texted back, “Don’t take the castor oil!”   Sosan told her to rest— Jasmine realized this was because Sosan was probably at another birth (she knew there was another mom who was about to give birth).   Jasmine was using Hybnobabies and created a beautiful “safe space”… the private beach where she and Julian got married.  Savvy was there, and Nile was there already.  Even when Julian went to take a nap, Jasmine said it was like he was with her.    Jasmine mentions how different the surges were this time compared to her induction.  She was actually able to sleep between them, and then she would slowly wake up, experience the contraction, then relax again.    Sosan came to check her and she said, “you’re only a 3”. Jasmine let go of the number and went right back to her safe space.    All of the positions she got into during her birth felt primal and innate. She felt like her baby was guiding her positions.   One of Jasmine’s contractions woke Savvy up, which Jasmine loved.  She got to have her come in the bed and snuggle with her.  She felt in her heart that it was a moment where Savvy was ready   Jasmine’s midwife was down low ready to check heart tones, and Jasmine’s water broke in a massive gush— her midwife was soaked!   Once her water broke, the surges felt different.    Jasmine thought she had to poop, and while she was sitting on the toilet, she started feeling her body push on its own.    She went into the water, and absolutely loved it.  She felt released and relaxed.   Jasmine wanted Julian to get in the pool, and Sosan said he just needed to go rinse off upstairs first.  Julian didn’t understand that it needed to be a quick rinse— he was taking a full shower!  So while he’s showering, baby’s head begins to crown.  Sosan began screaming for Julian to come downstairs.   Jasmine and Julian laugh because since he had just taken a shower and hadn’t dried off, he is soaking wet in the pictures— looking like he took a swim in the birth pool! Sosan told Jasmine to get her baby, but Jasmine is still somewhat out of it— so Sosan got the baby!   Sosan told her to turn the baby over and stand up slowly—   “So we have these pictures where he’s turned  over and he’s facing down towards the pool, and we’re standing up— and it looks like something from a National Geographic, like some type of, like some animal just gave birth to her baby and it’s just… Wow.  That’s how I felt, too, in the moment.  That’s how I felt.  So powerful.”    Episode Roundup: Your change of plans does not have to feel like a failure, it can feel like a party.  Can we please talk about how amazing Jasmine’s hospital experience turned out?  What I love about this is that it’s not what she had planned, but she and her husband made the decision in the moment to be positive, work together, and make the most out of their birth.  They chose to make a game time decision after laboring for hours upon hours with pitocin contractions to get an epidural.  And was it a failure?  No.  Jasmine and Julian accepted their change of plans gracefully and enjoyed their journey. A change of plans in one birth does not mean a change of plans in every birth following.  Remember that each story is different, each baby is different, each labor is different.  Jasmine was confident in her ability to give birth at home without pain medication, even though she opted to use it during her first birth.  She knew this was absolutely not something that would hold her back in her homebirth.  And here we see it again, pitocin contractions and natural oxytocin-induced contractions are two very different things.  Jasmine kept wondering when the feeling from her first birth would arrive, and it never did. And finally, I love what Jasmine said about her preparation for her second birth.  It felt like a full-time job.  There’s no denying it, preparing our bodies and minds and spirits for birth does take some amount of work— fun work?  Sure… but it’s directed attention.  Just like an athlete prepares for the upcoming event, so we too as mothers can set aside time to connect to ourselves and our babies, prepare our hearts and bodies, and truly acknowledge the intensity and power that is birthing a new human.  Okay, my friends.  Happy Mother’s Day!  Don’t forget that Happy Homebirth Academy is on sale this week only with the coupon code MOM20 at checkout.  Click the show notes for the link to the sales page, or go to myhappyhomebirth.com and click on Happy Homebirth Academy in the upper right hand corner.  That’s all I’ve got for you this week.  I’ll see you back here next week. 

"If I were to save only two books from the whole world of the mystics, one would be Sosan's Hsin Hsin Ming," Osho says. "It contains the quintessence of Zen, the path of awareness and meditation...the very soul of Zen." Himself a master of both words and silence, Osho builds a bridge between the modern, chattering mind and the infinite no-mind of Sosan through these Zen sutras - the only words uttered by Sosan, the 6th-century Chinese mystic and third Chinese patriarch.

This practice invites us to be vulnerable, open, and intimate. This is incredibly challenging and requires courage, but it also is the only way to look deeply into who we are.

Meister Joshu, chin.: Zhaozhou Congshen, lebte von 778-897, d.h. immerhin 120 Jahre. Schon mit 17 Jahren hatte er eine starke innere Erfahrung von ’shuyata’, also ’Leerheit’. Diese Erfahrung der ’Leerheit’, oder besser: ’Unbegrenztheit’ geht oft einher mit einem starken Eindruck der Wesensgleichheit. D.h. die Grenzen zwischen dem Alltags-Ich und der sogenannten «Um-» Welt verschwinden. Diese ’Leerheit’ oder ’Unbegrenztheit’ wird in der Zentradition differenziert dargestellt als 1.: Spiegelgleiche Weisheit, 2.: Weisheit des vollständigen Handelns, 3.: Die Weisheit der Wesensgleichheit und 4.: Die Weisheit der Beobachtung. Joshu wurde zum Schüler von Meister Nansen, chin.: Nanquan Puyuan (749-835), und wanderte nach dessen Tod, er selber war zu diesem Zeitpunkt schon 60 Jahre alt, durch ganz China um andere Lehrer zu besuchen. Im Koan Nr. 2 des Hekiganroku und im Lehrgedicht Xinxinming (jap. Shinjinmei) von Seng-ts'an (jap. Sosan; † 606), dem dritten Patriarchen wird die Überwindung der – anscheinenden – Gegensätze in der begrenzten Weltsicht thematisiert. Diese Schrift ist ein Appell, aus der dualistischen Interpretation der Wirklichkeit auszusteigen. Um für junge Erwachsene den Aufenthalt im ToGenJi zu ermöglichen, bitten wir um eine Spende. Sie finden die Kontodaten/Paypal auf unserer Website http://choka-sangha.de/kontakt/spenden/ Herzlichen Dank

Welcome to soul awakenings with Madiha Sosan podcast.  In this podcast I will be interviewing people who have been through adversity and now thriving in life. As well as bringing in experts from different fields like Mental health, Meditation, Law of attraction, Healers, Numerologist and many more.   The aim for this podcast is help you navigate through your spiritual awakening or get you through darkness that you may be feeling right now. I have some amazing guests coming on and I can't wait for you to tap into their experience and knowledge so stay tuned and keep shining your light. Follow Madiha SosanWebsite: www.madihasosan.com Facebook:  https://bit.ly/3rdzeWH Instagram: https://bit.ly/2r8H35K Twitter: https://bit.ly/33QBhDq Madiha's Facebook Page: https://bit.ly/3h494RN Soul Awakenings With Madiha Sosan Instagram Page: https://bit.ly/2XEaJV3

“Sometimes you need to have a breakdown in order to have a breakthrough” Born in Pakistan, Madiha moved with her family to the UK aged 7 and despite language barriers she enjoyed school and became captain (and only female member!) of her school’s cricket team. However, aged 13 Madiha’s life went from ‘happy family to complete darkness’. Madiha’s father was diagnosed with bladder cancer, passing away within the year. Following this, her mother became very ill and at 14 years of age Madiha became her mother’s full-time carer. Having experienced anxiety, depression and panic attacks previously, Madiha’s symptoms worsened; she began to struggle leaving the house, having panic attacks even upon entering the garden. Four years ago, Madiha had an out of body experience that changed her life for the better. Madiha describes this experience, and how afterwards she felt peaceful and surrounded by love, connected to everything in the world. After this her anxiety began to weaken, and she started to leave the house, gradually stepping out of her comfort zone until she was able to socialise freely. Madiha stresses that you don’t have to have to have an experience like hers start changing your life and your perspective; ‘you can change yourself now…be aligned with your feelings and emotions first, and then everything starts to manifest’. Madiha wanted to help others find their truth in the way she had done and began to get involved in public speaking. Within 6 months she had gone from having nerves in front of 5 people, to sharing her story to 150 people without fear. She is now a successful motivational speaker and won Best Female Inspirational Person Award in 2019. Though she sometimes has dips of depression, she speaks of the importance of developing the tools to sit with her trauma and stay in the moment. Madiha inspires others to change their life and follow in the footsteps of her transformative journey. You can find out more about Madiha’s inspiring motivational speaking on her website, just Google 'Madiha Sosan' and by following her YouTube channel 'Madz Corner'.

Sixth in the Eightfold Path series of Dharma talks by Hokuto Sensei: Right Effort and Sosan Ganchi's "Faith in Mind" Given to the Threefold Sangha at Dai Bosatsu Zendo's Golden Winds Sesshin, October 2020

Odette Auger/Cortes Currents - Tla'amin weaver. Sosan Blaney is an Indigenous woman, artist, mom, wife. She's also a very talented Tla'amin weaver. Sosan came to Klahoose to teach weaving workshops before COVID-19 interrupted. In this story we'll catch up with Sosan and what she's been doing during COVID-19. photo of women weaving L-R: Gail Blaney, Elsie Paul. Photo Credit: Sosan Blaney.

Haz mínima de distinción entre el cielo y la tierra y te habrás perdido. Sosan. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dany-atma/support

Dharma Talk by Sosan Theresa Flynn on Friday, July 17, […]

Guided meditation by Sosan Theresa Flynn on Wednesday, July 15, […]

Guided meditation by Sosan Theresa Flynn on Thursday, July 16, […]

Rodney De Freitas and Sosan Hua on getting back on track after COVID19 with exercise and weight management - not just to manage now, but for the rest of your life.Great interview on exercise, health, and more.BIO_______RODNEY DE FREITAS-----------------------------------*Studied Kinesiology at York University*TLS Weightloss Coach and Nutrametrix Consultant *Weight Cutting Coach for Son's Tae Kwondo School and members of the Canadian National Team*15 Yrs experience as a personal trainer specializing in post-rehab strength conditioning. *Former National Level Gymnast*Former Captain of the Toronto Raptors Trampoline Stunt Team*Former fitness judge The World Natural Sports Organization & FAME Fitness Expo in Canada & United Kingdom. * Former President of The Young Entrepreneur's Association of CanadaSOSAN HUA___________ Mother of 2, Wife, Mompreneur•Registered Dietitian•Certified Diabetes Educator•Faculty member at Centennial College•Weekly nutrition segment on AM 1430•Past Co-chairperson for Canadian Cancer Society Chinese Symposium•Advisory member for Heart and Stroke Foundation•Co-authored for Canadian Diabetes Beyond the Basic chapter, Cookbook for chronic diseases, and recipes developer for Heart and Stroke Foundation•Nutrition expert for various organizations and TV media outlets•National Supervising Coordinator• GPT Trainer•Certified TLS Global Weight Loss Trainer and Coach#health #nutrition #COVID19 #weight #maintainingweight #knowledge #success #eatingdisorder

Dharma Talk by Sosan Flynn on Sunday, June 7, 2020.

Dharma Talk by Sosan Flynn on Sunday, May 10, 2020.

Dharma Talk by Sosan on Sunday, May 24, 2020.

“… The Way is always waiting to show itself in every single moment …” Description: Beginning with some reflections on the book American Veda, this talk unfolds into a discussion of the Zen poem “Shin Jin Mei,” written by Sosan. The first line reads “The Great Way is not difficult for those who do not […]

This Dharma Talk was given By Jay Rinsen Weik Sensei at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo. In this talk, Rinsen Sensei reads from Shitou's Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage and a poem by Sosan Zenji.  How is it that the hermit can live there comfortably and calmly, in a house covered with weeds?  How does one obtain true freedom? To learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo or to make a contribution in support of this podcast, please visit buddhisttempleoftoledo.org. Thank you for listening.

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7.7.2015 Shoyoroku Koan Fall Nr. 73: Sosan erfüllt die Sohnespflicht Im Koan begegnet uns Sosan, einer der Begründer der Soto-Schule des Zen-Budhismus. Die Metapher „die Sohnes- (oder Kindes-) Pflicht erfüllen“ steht im Zen für das Erlangen des ersten Ziels des Übungsweges: Die eigene Einsicht und das eigene Erwachen. Der Umgang mit der eigenen Herkunft, den Vorfahren, dem eigenen Land und so weiter, fällt uns oft schwer. Christoph Hatlapa erzählt aus seiner eigenen Lebensgeschichte und aus den Traditionen der indigenen Stämme Amerikas und erläutert, wie unterschiedlich das „Andocken“ des Einzelnen an seine Herkunft jeweils verstanden werden kann. Mit der Verbindung zu den Vorfahren ist aber oft wiederum auch ein Verhältnis zu den eigenen Nachkommen und der Perspektive der Folgen der eigenen Entscheidungen und Handlungen für die Nachwelt verbunden. Mit dem Hinter-uns-lassen der eigenen Illusionen „beerdigen“ wir all das, mit dem wir uns zuvor identifizierten und öffnen uns für die eigentlichen Einsichten. Aber damit sind wir - nach der Zen-Tradition - erst auf dem halben Wege. Danach können wir unsere frei gewordenen Energien, im Hier & Jetzt zu handeln, selber betätigen. Und, wie wir im Zen sagen, „auf den Marktplatz“ gehen. Ohne „besonders“ sein zu wollen, leisten wir dann einen eigenen Beitrag zu einer heilsamen Entwicklung unserer Welt. Und die „große Freiheit“, die wir dann haben, drückt Sosan in einer Metapher aus, wenn er sagt, er liebe es, „sich vollständig zu besaufen“... Denn dann, wenn wir den „Großen Tod“ gestorben sind, dann haben wir Grund zu feiern!