Ep. 110 - "Zen and Oneness" (Zen Dharma Talk)

In this dharma talk by Berry Crawford we will examine these lines from the XinXin Ming: 

In oneness and equality, Confusion vanishes of itself. Stop activity and return to stillness, And that stillness will be even more active. Merely stagnating in duality, How can you recognize oneness? 

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Gambo Kyogan Berry first started practicing Zen meditation in 1992. He lived at the Sonoma Mountain Zen Center and practiced as a resident there in the mid-1990s. Afterward, he practiced with Diane “Eshin” Rizzetto at the Ordinary Mind Zen School, founded by Joko Beck. Later, he became a student of John “Shoji” Sorenson, under whom he eventually received shiho (2022) and Inka Shomei (2025) in the lineage of Soto priest Soyu Matsuoka Roshi. He has also completed the Open Mind Zen koan curriculum under Russell “Kyofu Seikyo” Mitchell and was given dharma transmission in that lineage in 2025. Berry is a member of the “Doan-ryo” at the Valley Streams Zen Sangha and of the Board of Directors for the Sacramento Dharma Center.