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{Dharma Talk} How to Overcome Difficulties in Meditation

by Žarko Andričević Žarko Andričević is a martial arts and yoga teacher since the 1970s, Zarko first encountered Buddhism in 1975. Ten years later he started the first Buddhist study and meditation group in Croatia. He met Chan Master Sheng Yen in 1996 and received Dharma transmission in June 2001, becoming one of five western Dharma heirs. Each year he travels to the U. S. to lead an intensive retreat at DDRC. The following talk is taken from a Silent Illumination retreat held in M...

{Dharma Talk} Four Kinds of People

by Žarko Andričević Žarko Andričević was one of Chan Master Sheng Yen's five Western Dharma heirs. He is the founder Chan Retreat Center Hartovski Vrh, a Buddhist community in Croatia. He often comes to lead the intensive retreats at the Dharma Drum Retreat Center. This Dharma Talk was given on the third evening of the Winter 2011 10-Day Huatou Retreat.   Good evening to everyone. Perhaps there is not really any point in me talking tonight since I talked to almost every one of...