Auckland Zen Centre: Weekly Podcasts

Readings from: Ichi Tantei = One Doing / Tangen Roshi of Bukkokuji ; teisho translations by Belenda Attaway Yamakawa ; edited by Ron Klein.

Readings from: Throw Yourself Into the House of Buddha : the Life & Zen Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi / translated by Belenda Attaway Yamakawa ; edited by Kogen Czarnik.

Texts used in the teisho:Karen Armstrong, BuddhaStephen Batchelor, Living with the DevilNyanaponika Thera and Hellmuth Hecker, Great Disciples of the Buddha

Educating ourselves about our colonial history can be a way of honouring Te Tiriti. We can learn much from Parihaka about waging peace and the power of non-violence, as Gandhi did.Sources: Shifting Grounds, Deep Histories of Tamaki Makaurau Auckland by Lucy Mackintosh Bridget Williams BooksAsk that Mountain by Dick Scott Raupo 1975

Book quoted from:  The Force of Character by James Hillman.

Teisho by Sensei Richard von Sturmer.Book quoted from:  The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling by James Hillman.

Daily life practice and "What is this and how did it get here?"Sources: Meetings with Remarkable Women, Lenore Friedman, Shambhala 1987Subtle Sound ed. Roko Sherry Chayat Shambhala 1996

Painting legs on a snakeSources:Meetings with Remarkable Women, Lenore Friedman, Shambhala 1987Subtle Sound ed. Roko Sherry Chayat Shambhala 1996

Sesshin mindReadings from Stephen Batchelor's Introduction to his translation of Nagarjuna's Verses from the Centre.

Nagarjuna's Verses from the Centre Part Two. In this teisho we concentrate on the verses themselves.Sources: Verses from the Centre translated by Stephen BatchelorThe Unborn: Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei by Norman Waddell

 Mostly biographical materialSources: Meetings with Remarkable Women, Lenore Friedman, Shambhala 1987Subtle Sound ed. Roko Sherry Chayat Shambhala 1996

Readings from Stephen Batchelor's Introduction to his translation of Nagarjuna's Verses from the Centre. Nargajuna was an important Indian teacher and our 14th Zen Ancestor. Batchelor calls him "the poet of emptiness".

Teisho by Sensei Richard von Sturmer

Individual consciousness, collective consciousness, universal consciousness.Sources: Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet by Thich Nhat Hanh, Rider London 2021, Canticle to the Cosmos video series by Brian Swimme.

We can learn to guard our mind and nurture our aspiration by being careful of what we consume.Source: Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet by Thich Nhat Hanh, Rider London 2021.

What we consume shapes us -- not just the food and drink that nourish our physical body but also the impressions of our five senses, what we long for, and what we think. We can learn to be mindful of our mind/body and be careful about what we consume.Sources: Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet by Thich Nhat Hanh, Rider London 2021;The Universe is a Green Dragon by Brian Swimme, Bear and Company Publishing, Santa Fe New Mexico 1984.

Teisho by Sensei Richard von Sturmer.

Morality, Awakening and Meditation -- that is, good character, prajna wisdom and daily zazen -- are what is looked for in a Zen teacher.Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.

All the other precepts we take at Jukai flow from our taking refuge in Buddha (realisation), Dharma (truth) and Sangha (harmony).Various sources.

Some background on why we receive the sixteen precepts at Matariki. The importance of attending to our often harsh inner speech, and seeing through it.Source(s): Advice Not GIven by Mark Epstein, Hay House 2018