Joko Beck Dharma Talk: "Ordinary Mind".

Joko doing a traditional Zen Dharma talk . . .

[@sync.master3456]

Thank you very much for sharing these precious recordings. Though I never met Joko Beck, she is the fundamental lead on my path.

[@paolagiunti2979]

I found her teaching at the right time, exactly today.

[@perry_123]

If there are more talks by joko please do humanity a favour and upload them......The teachings of joko are so needed in a world of pretenders ....true spiritual seekers will relish these talks.............thank you

[@vivekamar99]

These talks are available (recently uploaded) on the app "Waking Up"

[@RudeBoy-hx1fn]

I've been reading her books... she's so brilliant. First time I've seen her smile - it is beautiful.

[@perry_123]

Look at the Wikipedia page on joko there is a beautiful picture of her smiling

[@jessemantyh796]

I just want to say thank you for posting these videos and encouraged you to post more. The four Joko talks you posted have really made an impact on my practice. Thank you. It's so rare to find dharma talks directed so precisely at practice itself rather than theoretical ideas or ways to approach Zen as an antidote to stress or anxiety problems. Others reading this may like to know that there is a two-cd set available of Joko's Dharma talks on Amazon, but my opinion those talks lack the power, intensity and clarity of the four found here on KZbin.

[@jokobeckzen]

Yes, these recordings give insight into the nuts-and-bolts dynamics of real-life Zen practice. This is what it's really like . . .

[@michaelchicchelly5014]

Thank you. This is one of my favorites.

[@jokobeckzen]

This is Joko doing a classic Dharma Talk . . . in her own personal style.

[@gordonely3591]

11.20 " As a nation we're slowly going downhill because we're geared only to looking for what ❓ Immediate obvious comfort ." The Decade of Greed ( 1980s ) just made her heart and mind stronger and clearer . All of these bodhisattvas observe and speak with utmost clarity ❤ 😮

[@RitaRosado-zv8ce]

Thank you for sharing you.❤🙏

[@loko7975]

Can you please post more talks by Joko? These are really helpful.

[@TheOnlyVance]

Joko Beck Zen thank you.. these dharma talks are so valuable. Hope to hear more in the future!

[@billyblackburn864]

yah thanks for posting these.

[@haido4116]

I've been listening Alan watts .. now I have Joko to listen to as well...very peaceful to listen to...

[@madelinebrennan7603]

I decided to pause and answer her question. What I want is to not go to auditions and not get work as a result. haha! I said it. I know that that's all it is too. Getting work from auditions isn't suddenly "IT" but it's laughable that part of me apparently thinks it is. Thanks.

[@bigsurhippy2639]

wonderful

[@gypsy4932]

Lovely. Gassho

[@madelinebrennan7603]

I've never been able to reconcile absolute truth with ethics. Why are ethics still important in Buddhism if everything just "is" and judgements are just related to ego?

[@jokobeckzen]

Well, consider bridge, for example. (1) You don't _have_ to play bridge -- that's sort of an _absolute_ truth. (2) But if you _do_ play, then there are rules you (your ego) has to play by -- that's a _relative_ truth. A lot of Zen seems to be about learning to discern which of (1) or (2) applies in any given moment . . .

[@nathanwight3749]

There may be no good and bad, but there is joy and pain. I believe that ethics is a wordy rationalization of how to behave so as not to cause joy and pain. I want to bring joy, generally, to those I love. But sometimes I have to cause pain, such as when I scold my daughter for misbehaving. But when we hold up the mold of "am I being a good person" against our life, we are trying to make our limitless selves fit into a mold. We can hold up the mold of ethics as a way of predicting whether our behaviors will cause pain or joy in the long run. But to think that you can discern whether you are a good person based on your actions, or who you are, then you get lost in striving instead of being. At least that's my attempt to answer.