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Radiant Light Zen
United States
Registrace 2. 05. 2021
Radiant Light Zen offers contemplative training for people interested in beginning or deepening their meditation practice. We host several geographically dispersed online communities, mentor students, and train caregivers in the arts of compassionate care.
Founded by longtime spiritual friends Michael Melancon and Jonathan Prescott, Radiant Light Zen draws from their spiritual practice in the zen traditions of Thich Nhat Hanh, Joko Beck, Robert Aitken, and others. They were ordained together by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in 2005, receiving the Dharma names True Recollection of Radiance and True Recollection of Light. Together, they are Radiant Light!
In addition to retreats, practice periods, and day-long programs, we host daily morning meditations online, and weekly hybrid online/in-person meditations in Palm Springs, CA, and Anacortes, WA.
Learn more at www.radiantlightzen.org. We'd love to have you join us!
Founded by longtime spiritual friends Michael Melancon and Jonathan Prescott, Radiant Light Zen draws from their spiritual practice in the zen traditions of Thich Nhat Hanh, Joko Beck, Robert Aitken, and others. They were ordained together by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in 2005, receiving the Dharma names True Recollection of Radiance and True Recollection of Light. Together, they are Radiant Light!
In addition to retreats, practice periods, and day-long programs, we host daily morning meditations online, and weekly hybrid online/in-person meditations in Palm Springs, CA, and Anacortes, WA.
Learn more at www.radiantlightzen.org. We'd love to have you join us!
Making Peace with Your Life
Do the conditions of your life cause you to suffer? Even when those conditions are favorable? If so, welcome to being human! In this talk, Jonathan Prescott shares a 3-step method for finding peace within yourself, even when your life is not ideal.
This talk was offered during the Morning Light Sangha's one-day retreat on June 30, 2024.
This talk was offered during the Morning Light Sangha's one-day retreat on June 30, 2024.
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How To Transform
zhlédnutí 73Před měsícem
Buddhism has so many elements that it's hard to know how to use them effectively. Jonathan Prescott shows you how to focus your efforts by opening the 3 Doors of Practice.
Zen Simplified
zhlédnutí 114Před 6 měsíci
In Jonathan Prescott's final talk to the Anacortes Mindfulness Community, he offers a concise map of Zen practice, beginning with the establishment of happiness and ending with the depth of Zazen.
Practicing with Grief
zhlédnutí 76Před 7 měsíci
In this talk, Jonathan Prescott helps us understand and feel our grief. He describes common types of grief and offers ways to practice so that we can transform our losses into compassion.
The Price of Awakening
zhlédnutí 994Před 7 měsíci
Deep within all of us is a golden Buddha. It's been there all along, radiating goodness and wisdom. But because we feel vulnerable in this challenging world, we've covered this precious gift with a 'self' that traps us in a cycle of suffering. Join Jonathan Prescott for an exploration of our own goodness. We'll look at the price we must pay to awaken, paid bit by bit with the transformed fragme...
Suffering is the Key to Liberation
zhlédnutí 71Před 9 měsíci
Suffering and liberation are intimately bound together on a continuum of interbeing, intersection, and interpenetration. Liberation is the birthright of our Buddha nature, available to us in every moment. Shining the light within we touch our original nature. Therein lies the liberation we seek. This talk by Michael Melancon was offered at Radiant Light Zen's Interbeing of Suffering and Liberat...
Compassionate Trauma Informed Practice
zhlédnutí 46Před 9 měsíci
We often come to Meditation Practice with an aspiration to alleviate and transform our pain. Yet for many, sitting in silence with awareness of the breath may actually be quite stimulating rather than calming. In this talk, Monica Kingsbury will explore how Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness helps us better understand how our brain and nervous system function as we practice, allowing us to maintain s...
The War Inside Us
zhlédnutí 63Před 9 měsíci
We all suffer. And we suffer because we create a war between how things are and how we want them to be. Jonathan Prescott shares the story of his own suffering and how the Buddha's example inspired him to end the war with his life. This is the first talk given by Jonathan Prescott at Radiant Light Zen's Interbeing of Suffering and Liberation retreat and focuses on suffering. The second talk, Ta...
Take Down Your Wall
zhlédnutí 41Před 9 měsíci
In an effort to protect ourselves, we wall ourselves off. But this very wall becomes the source of our suffering. In this talk from Radiant Light Zen's Interbeing of Suffering and Liberation retreat, Jonathan Prescott offers practices to liberate us and shows how love and surrender are powerful tools for dissolving our protective walls.
Set Your Heart on Freedom
zhlédnutí 72Před 9 měsíci
We’re not alone in our suffering and are not the first to yearn for liberation. Discover a Zen elder who teaches us how to work with suffering as a path to freedom. This talk was offered during Radiant Light Zen's Suffering and Liberation Retreat, October 12, 2023. Sources: Cambodia Oral Tradition, captured by Trent Walker First Buddhist Women: Poems and Stories of Awakening by Susan Murcott, P...
Practicing the Precepts
zhlédnutí 50Před 10 měsíci
Jonathan Prescott describes how the precepts arose from the Buddha's awakened mind. All these centuries later, the precepts still call us home to our own awakened minds.
Meet Life With Love
zhlédnutí 99Před 11 měsíci
We spend our lives looking for love. But love has been in our hearts all along. Join Jonathan Prescott as he explores how you can feel the joy of meeting life with love.
Stardust
zhlédnutí 28Před rokem
In this talk, Tim Motley takes a closer look at the true nature of our existence. We walk this path, each of us a collection of mostly empty atomic particles, pulsed out of a quasar, condensed into this time and space, with the extraordinarily rare opportunity to embrace life and consciousness held by mindfulness.
Flowers Beneath Snow
zhlédnutí 39Před rokem
Karla Johnston shares lessons of Spring in 50 feet of Tahoe mega-snow: active patience and acceptance. Two questions are provided to deepen our practice.
MLS 3rd Anniversary Celebration
zhlédnutí 40Před rokem
Morning Light Sangha celebrates its 3rd anniversary. Join us as Jonathan Prescott shares MLS history, Michael Melancon describes our Zoomdo practice form, and the Sangha offers words about what MLS means in their lives.
What a beautiful and genuine talk! I needed to hear this. Thank you.
I'm so happy that you found the talk useful.
Thank you ! Glad you came across my channel today. Much needed💜
I'm glad to know that you've joined us.
Thanks for this rich and inspiring Dharma talk, Jonathan. ❤️ Your heart's wisdom is so precious and nourishing. 🙏🏼
Thank you, Amy. It was a joy to have your support at this short retreat.
A very calming presence!
Wish I would've had the chance to ask this of Joko Beck - regarding her emphasis on labeling. When we label we make judgements, so cultivating a practice that builds on labeling as a foundation, is that really helpful? I have encountered meditation practices that are very much against labeling. When we label and make judgements we are indulging our conditioned thought processes and engaging in more and more thought activity, which seems to me a contradiction, if we aim to not have our thoughts control us.
For me, labeling is the most direct way to de-energize a thought pattern. The label isn’t a judgement; it’s simply expresses that right now, it’s like this. Rather than ask Joko or another teacher, I invite you to ask yourself. Does labeling work for you? If yes, continue. If no, use one of the many other available practices. 🙏
Great talk- loved the imagery 😮🙏🏼
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Wonderful. 🙏🏼
I'm glad you enjoyed the talk.
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thank you for sharing 🥰
Thank you for uploading video. I missed the Tuesday Zoom meeting, so I appreciate this channel being up to date.
Our pleasure!
A simple n beautiful ceremony. Thay's teachings will certainly live on
Thank you for your kind words of support. We're happy that you could enjoy the ceremony with us.
Just exactly what we all need to hear and practice, offered with clarity and sweetness. Thank You
You are so welcome