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We are 2 regular teachers in Victoria. Our aim with this podcast and blog is to take some time out of our busy lives to discuss and reflect on the many elements that make up the life of an ordinary public school teacher on the frontline…perhaps with just a little lean towards using ICT across the curriculum. All views are our own.
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Zen Mind

Zenki Christian Dillo

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Zenki Christian Dillo Roshi is the Guiding Teacher at the Boulder Zen Center in Colorado, USA. This podcast shares the regular dharma talks given at the Center. Zenki Roshi approaches Zen practice as a craft of transformation, liberation, wisdom, and compassionate action. His interest is to bring Buddhism alive within Western cultural horizons while staying committed to the traditional emphasis on embodied practice.
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Adi Shakti Kaur is certified Level 1 and 2 Kundalini Yoga Teacher. She is a registered Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine and is the pioneer of Kundalini Yoga on the Gold Coast. Over the past 12 years she has been devoted to a daily Kundalini Yoga practice and over the last decade, she has been teaching regular classes. Adi Shakti is an Associate Kundalini Yoga Teacher trainer for the Australasia Teacher Training Team and a teacher of "Conscious Pregnancy". She is the Principle Kundalini ...
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English learning podcast & and now also a weekly talk-show podcast about football⚽ which reviews the Premier League game weeks. Are you studying English alone? Are you at B1, B2, or C1 level? Do you need more listening practice? If so, I might be your guy!!! 😇. I’m a university and DELTA-qualified English teacher from the Czech Republic with more than 10 years of experience teaching English to foreigners in the Czech Republic as well as the United Kingdom. 🤓. Listening to podcasts is part of ...
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Stephen is a qualified meditation and yoga teacher, who has developed simple and effective mindfulness practices for relaxation, sleep and deeply experiencing the present moment - and the yoga practice of Dynamic Breath Yoga. With 30 years of experience, Stephen brings a relaxed, practical and down-to-earth approach to mindful practice. Check out his regular live sessions and his audio recordings on the free Insight Timer app.
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Breaking out of the Adventures of Auroraman comic book, this is a throwback to the radio dramas of the past, with a fun Canadian superhero twist! When a regular guy, father and highschool teacher from Humboldt, Saskatchewan finds a staff filled with cosmic energy in a meteor shower he does what anyone would do...puts it in the cosmic lost and found box at city hall. WAIT...no he doesn't, he learns how to use it and becomes the Super Power of the Prairies!
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John Smith 'Blues Preacher'

John Smith - Jazz Blues Preacher

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Dr John Smith is the founder of Concern Australia and the founding President of God’s Squad Christian Motorcycle Club of 35 years. He is an author, a social anthropologist, a business speaker, a teacher and lecturer, a biker, a defender of the poor and marginalised, a lover of blues music, a gifted evangelist, an elder of the radical discipleship movement, and a prominent social commentator. He is as much at home talking to business leaders, academics, church leaders, politicians and the med ...
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Align in the Sound - New Economy Network / Radio BTL / CoCanberra

2XX Behind the Lines and Align in the Sound teams

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Align in the Sound is a podcast combining audio from three sources: - Radio Behind the Lines - The New Economy Network of Australia - Co-ops Commons and Communities Canberra. Radio Behind the Lines (BTL) has been going to air every week on Community Radio 2XX 98.3FM in Canberra, Australia for over 30 years. We talk with anyone who is trying to make the world a better place. The New Economy Network of Australia (NENA) was conceived in 2016. NENA is an Australian Co-operative which aims to bri ...
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This talk is the first of seven Sesshin talks. (A Sesshin is a 7-day Zen meditation intensive.) It starts with the question, 'What does it mean to love?' The word 'love' carries all kind of baggage. So much so that in American Zen it doesn't seem to have a whole lot of currency. Yet, we're all longing for the spiritual dimension of love. This wide-…
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This episode of ZEP was recorded on My Khe Beach in Da Nang. It features Glen, a former American lawyer, who left his career in the USA for a complete lifestyle overhaul in Southeast Asia. _______________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER The ULTIMATE SOLUTION to NOT living in an English-speaking co…
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This talk was given as part of the closing ceremony of the 3-month Everyday Zen Practice Period. At the end of retreats and periods of intensified practice, many practitioners wonder how they can carry the renewed and invigorated sense of practice into their everyday lives. The answer is simple but not easy to implement: continue to stay fully pres…
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This talk concludes the line-by-line commentary on the Genjo Koan. Dogen has given us a clear (and maybe disappointing) vision of practice. We are never done with our practice. It's not like we are practicing in order to reach enlightenment, and once we have realized it, we're good. Instead, we are challenged to express enlightenment through our pr…
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This time, I talk to Lukas from Slovakia. I remember him joining the Achievers Chamber as an avid English learner. Two years have passed, and he is now an English teacher himself. What has led him to this transformation and what are his best English learning tips? The video from this episode is available here: https://youtu.be/ql-wbER4vW0 _________…
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This talk is the eighth in the series on Dogen's Genjo Koan. Dogen views realization not as an experience of oneness or a discovery of the ground of being but as an endless and groundless path of engaging the mystery and challenge of the present moment. In comparing our human life on this earth to the life of a bird in the sky and a fish in the oce…
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In this podcast, I talk to HUGH DELLAR, an English teacher, teacher trainer, materials writer, and a well-known proponent of the Lexical Approach in the world of English teaching. Most interviews Hugh does are about the Lexical approach, but he's also very vocal regarding the current conflict in Ukraine and that's what this episode is mainly about.…
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This talk is the second in the series on Dogen's Genjo Koan. It is a close reading of the first four sentences. First, it provides an understanding of dharmas as momentary experiential units. Then it discusses Dogen's seemingly contradictory presentation of the dharma (the teaching of liberation) in light of the classic path of awakening, the teach…
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Once again I caught up with Chris on the podcast and this time we were recording while walking along the shore. The highlight was that I got my pants wet as I was wading through the waves, and of course, there are plenty more thoughts from us about our life here in Vietnam. 👉 Chris's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@expatnam ______________…
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This talk kicks off a lecture series on Dogen's most celebrated writing, the Genjo Koan. It explores the meaning of the title phrase, which informs the entire text. GEN means to appear, JO means to complete. KO can be understood as the universal, while AN points to what is particular and unique. So GENJO KOAN means: to complete what appears as simu…
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This week, to help us process the election results and how they may impact the ACT, we welcome Glenn Cummings, co-founder of Proact, an independent ‘Voices For’ community group.proACT is committed to having the voices of people in the ACT heard by holding community discussions and identifying and supporting community-backed Independent candidates.p…
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When Robert Pekin lost his family’s fourth generation farm twenty years ago, he went into exile. The grief and shame led him on a journey to explore positive ways forward for farming in Australia. That feeling triggered a passion for creating a fairer food system for all farmers and for exploring ways to help people connect to those who grew and pr…
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This talk was given as an opening talk for the 2024 Boulder Zen Center - Everyday Zen Practice Period (Jan 20 - April 13). It discusses the concept and tradition of 'Three-Month Practice Periods' and explores how to go beyond the value judgments implicit in the Lay/Monastic distinction. At the root of all transformative practice is the sincere, com…
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I've decided to catch up with Cara Leopold and talk to her about movies and how you can learn and teach English through them again. You should probably know that some of the questions I asked Cara in this episode were generated by Chat GPT. The last time I talked to Cara about this topic was in episode 412. 👉 Cara's website: Leo-listening.com 👉 Vid…
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This talk explores how in times of crisis we can feel shaken by an experiences of groundlessness, and how we try to maintain and hold onto a sense of self as a defense against such groundlessness. We also employ language and understanding for that purpose of illusory grounding. Zen is not about perfecting our sense of self or our conceptual underst…
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The philosopher Hannah Arendt considered the "capacity to begin anew" the essence of being human. This talk, given on the day before New Year's Eve, weaves our longing for new beginnings together with Buddhist notions of continuous birth and beginner's mind, and with practices of forgetting and forgiving. The talk ends with a reflection of how rene…
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As the name of this episode suggests, Rob from the English with Rob podcast is back, and with a double episode. Part 1 (episode 445) was a general catch-up with Rob. In part 2, Rob leads a few game activities/games not dissimilar to the one he does on the English with Rob podcast. Did I stand up to the task or were my answers a complete failure? Li…
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This talk is a wide-ranging exploration of seemingly disparate topics such as 'a life lived authentically," subjectivity vs. objectivity, truth, spiritual awakening, transcendence, and the postmodern condition. It starts with a statement by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, "When you become you, Zen becomes Zen. When you are you, you see things as they are, an…
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On this podcast, which I have recorded live for my YouTube channel, I have a good old ramble with an undertone of cynicism. I talk about the Achievers Chamber, this podcast, my inability to do marketing well, I wish you a Merry Christmas and other stuff. It's nothing glamorous, but it'll have to do as an episode. Video from this episode: https://ww…
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This talk was given as part of a weekend zazen intensive. Based on the opening paragraphs of Dogen's fascicle 'Zenki' (Undivided Activity), the talk explores the Buddhist views of interdependence and field of mind and gives pointers for how to verify them in one's own experience. Welcome to Zen Mind! Please consider donating to our annual fundraise…
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As the name of this episode suggests, Rob from the English with Rob podcast is back, and with a double episode. In part 1 we have a general catch-up since a lot has changed in Rob's professional life lately and of course, you'll hear the idiom alarm, quite a few times. Part 2 will follow soon. 👉 Rob's YouTube channel 👉 Rob's Instagram Video from th…
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Given during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, this talk explores the experience and practice of gratitude. Gratitude is the appreciation of that which nourishes and sustains us. Bowing is an expression of such gratitude. We can practice bowing to our parents and ancestors acknowledging the gift of life that has come to us through them. As we bow t…
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This talk introduces the 16 Bodhisattva Precepts ahead of an annual Precepts Initiation Ceremony at Boulder Zen Center. It presents the precepts as a pragmatic approach to practicing an ethical life that avoids the extremes of universalism and relativism. The precepts can be understood and practiced on three levels: (1) guarding against self-center…
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On this episode of Zdenek's English Podcast, I give you my opinion on the Israel-Palestine conflict which unfortunately dominates the media headlines these days. I also tell you about my new website and introduce you to my new course, which is available for free to everyone. 👉 My new website 👉 My FREE course The video from this episode is available…
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This talk explores how to make use of the turning phrase "No inside, no outside." A turning phrase is a verbal expression that can transform our sense of self and being in the world. The phrase is held in mind as an antidote to culturally or personally ingrained views. When we investigate common sense distinctions such as internal/external and self…
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Jack, my musically gifted ex-colleague from the Speak Up London language school, is back! Jack first appeared on ZEP in episode 354 which was titled Lucid Jake. His tune Drive was iconic and I had several listeners emailing me about it. After a few years, he's back with a bang. This time he comes on to tell us all about how he and his friend Guy ma…
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This talk is about one of the most common questions among practitioners — "How do I bring practice into my everyday life?" The answer is simple but the practice is not easy — "Stay present.” It starts out with an example that presents anxiety and worrying as a habit that is rooted in a defense against anxiety. Physical, emotional, and mental behavi…
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This talk was given as an introduction to a Weekend Seminar titled "An Appropriate Response," which is a well-known Zen phrase Master Yunmen gave as an answer to a question about the teachings the Buddha offered over the course of his lifetime. The talk explores how Yunmen could have answered by explaining Buddhism through its main views, its core …
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Rising Tide held a speaking tour at the Polish Club on Sunday 3rd September to promote their planned November action to shut down the Newcastle coal export terminal - the world's largest - for 2 days!Speakers at the Polo included:Amy Blain (Peoples Climate Assembly);Anjali Sharma (19 yo, Duty of Care campaigner); David Pocock (Independent Senator)A…
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This bonus episode is our first Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Zenki Roshi. Each month, Zenki Roshi will answer 3 questions that have been submitted by our listeners. You may submit your questions via email at office@boulderzen.org. Future AMA episodes will be published as a part of our Premium Podcast. If you would like to support the podcast and gain…
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this week, we have Michael Pilbrow, a co-founder of Canberra's late National Health Co-operative - amongst many other things. Throughout his business career, Michael has used his strategy and community engagement skills to work on complex challenges like affordable housing, sustainable health and education services, and employment in regional areas…
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Traditional Buddhism doesn't explicitly address the topic of meaning. But for us contemporary Westerners, meaning is an important topic. Living a meaningful life includes such things as purpose, values, ethics, and the significance of life events. An important insight is that meaning is not be found within the "self," which from a Buddhist point of…
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In this episode, I talk to David aka Jenks about the topic of gardening. Jenks has been living in Vietnam for a while and the place has definitely grown on him (pun intended) and so has his passion for gardening. You should know that we're also joined by Chris who you may know from episode 432. Get ready for a lot of useful vocabulary to do with th…
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This talk explores birth and death as a practice of moment-to-moment change—in addition to birth and death as biological events. While it appears situations come and go and beings are born and die, things ultimately don't come into and go out of existence. Instead, everything is a continually changing expression of what Dogen calls "undivided activ…
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👉 Video from this episode: https://youtu.be/6tGGUFzuHzM 👉 Vote to help me pick the best name for my football show: https://forms.gle/aSaUXgk1ykpbyKak6 _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Join Teacher Zdenek's channel Premier Fantasy League (FPL): https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/jcxaxo ____…
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Canberra Environment Centre Director Fiona Veikannen and sustainability professional Julie Boulton have bought some microphones and are on a mission to interview their local environmental heroes. This is the official launch of season 2 of the podcast at the canberra food cooperative.By 2XX Behind the Lines and Align in the Sound teams
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This talk continues the exploration of everyday life practice as a dance of form and emptiness. The focus is on the contradiction yet undividedness of order and chaos in work activities (such as sweeping), in the mind (as clarity and discursiveness), and in how we organize time (schedule and spontaneity). Welcome to Zen Mind! Please consider donati…
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Tommy, who you may know from the English Podcast with Tommy, is back!!! And that can only mean one thing. We're talking British politics again! What on earth is happening in the UK? What role has lettuce played in Britain's politics? What sort of legacy has Boris Johnson left? How does Tommy rate Fishy Sunak? Has he changed his views on Brexit? Is …
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What if we stopped trying to dispel disturbance, confusion, and crisis from our experience and, instead, made use of these unwanted mind states as gates to appreciating our lives as a continual dance of form (fixations) and emptiness (radical openness)? This talk provides an initial conceptual understanding of emptiness as change, interdependence, …
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I have decided to stop talking about the subject matter that has been poisoning me for several years now and it is culminating here in Vietnam. I can't go on like this so I made this episode as a public announcement explaining my decision to abandon this topic. And I would like you my listeners to hold me accountable. If you want to know why it cam…
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On this podcast show, I interview a Vietnamese friend of mine Debbie who has recently married my Czech friend and moved to the Czech Republic. We talk about all sorts of things, such as the challenges of learning a foreign language, culture shock, we compare life in the Czech Republic and Vietnam, and lots more. video from this episode: https://you…
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This talk was given as the public portion of a Weekend Workshop, during which a number of Boulder Zen Center practitioners came together to prepare for a Bodhisattva Precepts Initiation Ceremony. The Bodhisattva precepts are a practice of investigating one's ethical conduct based on the principle of doing no harm. In the midst of our everyday activ…
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In 2018 Behind the Lines made a road trip to Victoria, Australia to attend the New Economy Network of Australia’s national conference in Melbourne. You can find recordings of that conference through our Align in the Sound playlists on Soundcloud.Along the way we stopped off at a few interesting places, including CERES, a remarkable urban farm in th…
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This episode of Zdenek's English Podcast is a different kettle of fish. Damian, one of the members of the Achievers Chamber, decided to give me an unexpected and rather unique gift. He asked Chat GPT 4 to write a book about me and it's so impressive that I can't help but share it with you. The book is a moving story of how I had to quit football an…
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This talk explores the relevance of a practice and culture of transformation in the face of an ecological crisis that will more likely than not lead to a severe degradation of living conditions, especially for future generations. How will we respond pragmatically, compassionately, and responsibly to this crisis? And how will we maintain self-respec…
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From 2020. It seems only natural that with our recent shows focusing on the nurturing of food producing gardens and green spaces, that we do a show about how to prepare and cook that delicious fare in a manner which supports our food sovereignty, all the way from the organic green earth to our kitchens and plates.Joining us this morning to chat abo…
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In this episode, I speak to Michal, a Czech guy who also works as a teacher and has been living in the USA for several years. He's married to an American woman and therefore well settled. Before recording this episode, I asked Chat GPT to generate 10 questions which revolve around the topic of why a Czech person might want to move to the US. So yea…
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This week we are excited to welcome, live in studio, multi award-winning social justice radio and print journalist, mentor and best selling author of Troll Hunting, Ginger Gorman. Ginger is also the host of the Seriously Social Podcast and has interviewed everyone from eminent scientists and artists, to hardened criminals and vicious Internet troll…
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The freedom we can realize through Zen practice (or any existentially honest spiritual practice) manifests not so much through THE CONTENT of our experience but through HOW WE RELATE to our experience. This HOW is a fundamental attitude—an attitude that expresses itself throughout our lives. This talk uses Master Yunmen's teaching phrase" Every Day…
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