Auckland Zen Centre: Weekly Podcasts
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Teishos and Dharma Talks from Auckland Zen Centre, Auckland, NZ, by Sensei Amala Wrightson, Richard von Sturmer and others. Visit www.aucklandzen.org.nz
Episódios
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2023-09-06 Life and Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi 5
10/09/2023 Duração: 43minThe importance of vows.
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2023-08-22 Helpful Guidance on Koan Work
29/08/2023 Duração: 43minChan teacher Guo Gu explores how koans (gong'ans in Chinese) are not meant to be solved by us, but rather they can dis-solve our self preoccupations and cherished opinions.Source(s): Passing Through the Gateless Barrier: Koan Practice for Real Life by Guo Gu Shambhala 2016
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2023-08-08 M5 Kyogen's Man up a Tree
10/08/2023 Duração: 46minKyogen presents a dilemma. How can a man hanging by his teeth from a tree answer a question about Bodhidharma's coming from the west? If he opens his mouth to speak he'll fall to his death, if he remains silent he fails the questioner. When to remain silent, when to speak, and what to say can be life koans. Words are never sufficient, but they are called for at times. How can we respond authentically?
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2023-07-25 The First Precept, or not to kill the mind of compassion and reverence
25/07/2023 Duração: 50minSome reflections on violence and non-violence after the shootings at a downtown building site last Thursday [20 July].Source(s): Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet by Thich Nhat Hanh, Rider 2022.
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2023-07-11 The Bodhisattva Precepts
12/07/2023 Duração: 50minEthical behaviour is at the very centre of the process of awakening. The Jukai ceremony allows us to renew our commitment to harmless and compassionate thought, speech and action, and sketches out in broad strokes what they look like.Sources: Being Upright: Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts by Reb Anderson Shambhala 2001, Disciples of the Buddha by Zenno Ishigami Kōsei 1989
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2023-06-27 Diamond Sutra Koans
06/07/2023 Duração: 56minThe Diamond Sutra, part of the Prajna Paramita sutras, is second only to the Heart Sutra in importance for Zen Practitioners. A number of phrases taken directly from the sutra are to be found among the preliminary koans.Source: The Flowing Bridge by Elaine MacInnes Wisdom 2007Automated transcripthttps://otter.ai/u/PK4ZrjzRqCkTNTuGBEoOodCke2E
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2023-04-18 Why We Celebrate Earth Day
20/04/2023 Duração: 46minSome reflections on the three main components of Earth Day -- sitting (mind), chanting (speech), and work (body).
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2023-04-04 Mumonkan 18 Tozan and Three Pounds of Flax
12/04/2023 Duração: 37minA very simple koan -- but don't be fooled --Tozan's 3 pounds of flax is unfathomable.
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2023-03-07 Effort and Aimlessness
10/03/2023 Duração: 44minEffort is an essential element in practice. It is one of the strands of the 8-fold Path, one of the 6 Paramitas, and one of the 7 factors of enlightenment. What is right effort, and does it relate to Aimlessness?Sources:Various
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2023-02-21 Working with change and loss
24/02/2023 Duração: 40minAs extreme weather events grow more frequent and it becomes more apparent that we have "entered a period of consequences" in regard to the climate crisis, how do we work with change, loss and devastation in ways that are healthy and helpful?Automated transcripthttps://otter.ai/u/6OHcNJEnuep9ypXoeWdauGOd55c
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2023-01-17 A better Way to Live Alone 4
20/01/2023 Duração: 44minWorking with worries about the future and forgiving wrongs of the past.Text used: Our Appointment with Life: The Buddha's Teaching on Living in the Present, by Thich Nhat Hanh (translated by Annabel Laity), Parallax Press 1990.
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23-01-12 Koans
18/01/2023 Duração: 44minKoans, their purpose, how they work, and why the can be called vile.
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2023-01-11 The Life and Teachings of Master Bankei 5 (fragment)
18/01/2023 Duração: 12minfragment onlyText used: The Unborn; The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei, 1622-1693, Translated and with an Introduction by Norman Waddell, North Point Press 1984.
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2023-01-10 The Life and Teachings of Master Bankei 4
18/01/2023 Duração: 44minSickness and pain are inevitable but suffering is notText used: The Unborn; The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei, 1622-1693, Translated and with an Introduction by Norman Waddell, North Point Press 1984.
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2023-01-09 The Life and Teachings of Master Bankei 3
18/01/2023 Duração: 42minTransforming the unborn Buddha Mind into the poisons.Text used: The Unborn; The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei, 1622-1693, Translated and with an Introduction by Norman Waddell, North Point Press 1984.
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2023-01-08 The Life and Teachings of Master Bankei 2
18/01/2023 Duração: 48minMeeting his master, deeper insights and beginning to teach.Text used: The Unborn; The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei, 1622-1693, Translated and with an Introduction by Norman Waddell, North Point Press 1984.
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2023-01-07 The Life and Teachings of Master Bankei 1
18/01/2023 Duração: 47minChildhood and early struggles to understand "bright virtue".Text used: The Unborn; The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei, 1622-1693, Translated and with an Introduction by Norman Waddell, North Point Press 1984.
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2022-11-26 A Better Way to Live Alone 1
04/12/2022 Duração: 41minRoshi Amala Wrightson gives the first in her series of talks on the Sutra called "Knowing the better way to live alone". Roshi will be drawing on the translation and commentary by Thich Nhat Hanh in his book "Our Appointment with Life".In the context of the Sutra, “To live alone” doesn’t mean to isolate oneself from society-- it means to be present and steady, wherever you are, whatever your are doing. In this talk Roshi introduces the Sutra and the five skandhas. Source(s): Our Appointment with Life: The Buddha's Teaching on Living in the Present, by Thich Nhat Hanh (translated by Annabel Laity), Parallax Press 1990.Automated transcripthttps://otter.ai/u/bHj9_MsoYg9DGIV5AB0hOuKWa7k