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On Sunday, September 26, 2010, Dr. David Slaymaker gave a talk entitled, "Knowing, Not Knowing" at CMC. According to Dr. Slaymaker, "to know" means to recognize that all our experiences are marked by emptiness, impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and no-self. Within Buddhist practice, "knowing" means to fully know body, mind and environment while we are performing "the task at hand". But often times, we complicate these things unnecessarily. More...

On Sunday, September 19, 2010, Venerable Chi Chern gave a talk entitled, "Talk About Tea, Talk About Chan" at the Chan Meditation Center. Venerable explained the functions of tea in China as medicine, beverage, art form, and its integration into Chan Buddhism as a way of personal cultivation. More...

On Sunday, August 1, 2010, Venerable Chi Chern gave a talk entitled, “Relationships As Spiritual Practice” at CMC. Before the talk, Venerable shared some of his ink drawings to the audience, as well as a book of poems and paintings related to Silent Illumination and Huatou, and CDs with song lyrics written by him. More...