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The Upaya Dharma Podcast features Wednesday evening Dharma Talks and recordings from Upaya’s diverse array of programs. Our podcasts exemplify Upaya’s focus on socially engaged Buddhism, including prison work, end-of-life care, serving the homeless, training in socially engaged practices, peace & nonviolence, compassionate care training, and delivering healthcare in the Himalayas.
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Dharma talks (teisho) from Eiryu-ji Zen Center in Wyckoff, New Jersey
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Lectures, talks, and classes on Zen Buddhism from Shogakuji Temple, Berkeley Zen Center, in Berkeley, California, USA.
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Santa Fe, NM
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Weekly public talks recorded live at the Angel City Zen Center
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Dharma Talks given at San Francisco Zen Center
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Dharma talks by senior teachers, including Sensei John Pulleyn, Sensei Donna Kowal, and Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. The Rochester Zen Center was founded in 1966 by Roshi Philip Kapleau, author of 20th century Zen classic, The Three Pillars of Zen.
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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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A podcast of original teachings and music by Zenkai Taiun Michael Elliston Roshi, guiding teacher of the Atlanta Soto Zen Center and abbot of the Silent Thunder Order.
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Dharma Talks at the Ordinary Zen Sangha, a Zen Meditation Practice Center located in Sarasota, Florida. Please help us if you can. Our programs and events are only made possible by donations from our supporting members. Donations Link... Thank you for listening, Will Rauschenberger, Abbot
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Zen Center in Mountain View California
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The Mountains and Rivers Order (MRO) is a Western Zen Buddhist lineage established by the late John Daido Loori Roshi and dedicated to sharing the dharma as it has been passed down, generation to generation, since the time of Shakyamuni Buddha. Zen Mountain Monastery, the main house of the Mountains and Rivers Order, is one of the West’s most respected Zen Buddhist monasteries and training centers. Nestled in New York’s beautiful Catskill Mountains, the Monastery draws its strength from the ...
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Welcome to our podcast coming to you from the Greater Boston Zen Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. We are a sangha-led sangha, and our podcasts (beginning in 2024) feature talks given by knowledgeable sangha members and guest speakers, often accompanied by group discussion. For more information about our sangha go to our website: bostonzen.org.
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Sunday Talk Archive
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Monthly Dharma talks by Tenshin Fletcher Roshi at Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center. Yokoji is a year-round Zen Buddhist Training Center in the Southern Californian mountains.
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Appamada is a contemporary center for Zen practice, inquiry, and community, located in Austin, Texas. If you appreciate these offerings, please consider making a contribution to support Appamada with the link below.
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Zen lectures presented by Roshi Rick Hart at the Clear Mountain Zen Center
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Dharma Talks from Cedar Rapids Zen Center
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Collection of Dharma Talks given by Teshin Sweger at the North Carolina Zen Center info@nczencenter.org
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Dharma Talks given at Austin Zen Center
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A dharma talk given at the Windhorse Zen Community by Sunya Kjolhede Sensei. Sunya Sensei was sanctioned to teach by Roshi Philip Kapleau, founder of the Rochester Zen Center. These talks are straight to the heart of zen. For more information, see our website, www.windhorsezen.org
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Sung Nghiem Zen Center was founded by Venerable Thanh Tinh Lien (Thich Nu Chan Thien) with a vow of disseminating the marvelous Dharma of the Buddha.
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The San Antonio Zen Center community offers a haven of peace and harmony in which to engage in the arduous task of self-discovery through Zen practice. Welcoming diversity, the practice of zazen is available to people of every race, religion, nationality, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, and physical ability.
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From the Vallejo Zen Center in Vallejo, California, this is "To Practice In Interesting Times" with Zenki Mary Mocine, a periodic discussion of Zen practice and how it aligns with an ever increasingly turbulent political world. Zenki ("Total Joy") Mary Mocine has been involved in Zen practice since 1988 and is currently the Abbess of the Vallejo Zen Center in Vallejo California. http://vallejozencenter.org
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“Those who are Buddhas are always in samadhi, the state like the ocean.” ~ Dogen Zenji
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Dharma talks by Zen monk Ven. Lawrence Do'an Grecco, the founder and Guiding Teacher of Open Sky Zen Meditation & Buddhist Studies Group, a nomadic Zen Center in New York City. Lawrence is also a teacher at the Interdependence Project. For more information please visit www.OpenSkyZen.com. Please feel free to rate these podcasts if you enjoy them and share them with your friends on Facebook & Twitter!
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Lawrence Dōan Grecco is a Zen priest, Dharma Teacher and Life Coach. He was ordained by the Five Mountain Zen Order and is the founder and Abbot of Open Sky Zen, a nomadic Zen Center in New York City. Lawrence writes for Sweeping Zen, The Interdependence Project, and Open Sky Zen. He received authorization as a dharma teacher from the Interdependence Project, and holds a certificate in Foundations in Buddhist Chaplaincy from the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. See www.ZenLifeCoac ...
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The Dainin Katagiri Audio Archive
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Teishos by Albert Low, Zen Master of the Montreal Zen Center. A teisho is a talk given by the Teacher. This talk comes straight from his own understanding and life experience. A talk is not meant to entertain nor to inform but is directed to your own longing to 'know'. In order for a teisho to be received correctly one must listen with the same attention the talk is given. We hope this series of teishos (talks) given by Roshi Albert Low will help introduce you to Zen practice. Our Center, lo ...
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This is a podcast of dharma talks given at O-An Zendo near State College, PA, a Soto Zen Buddhist Meditation Center.
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Are you overwhelmed by the many challenges you face as a mom? Does your physical weight stop you from creating a successful career and life? Do you feel stressed, lack energy, feel exhausted, or weighed down emotionally or mentally? Listen in as Deb Hanneman, Energy Healer interviews guest experts who provide holistic healing resources for over-stressed and weight challenged moms of all ages. Deb Hanneman, is an Energy Healer specializing in assisting Mom Entrepreneurs to release the physica ...
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This series includes talks about Buddhism. Most of the talks are by Judith Ragir, a Zen teacher from Minnesota who studied with Dainin Katagiri Roshi for many years. Other talks are from individuals who co-led classes or retreats with Judith. For more information about Judith, visit www.judithragir.org. Related talks can be found at www.cloudsinwater.org.
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Audio book of Tea Words, an archived edition of Master Sheng Yen’s early teachings in the West. It contains 50 selected articles published in two volumes. It speaks of the attitude one should have to practice Chan correctly.
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Talks with Daniel Scharpenburg (Gegan Kelsang Dakpa). Daniel is a class facilitator at the Rime Buddhist Center in Kansas City, Missouri. He was given the title "Gegan" in the Rime tradition and is a former zen monk. A heart-centered meditation podcast. You can now become a supporter of my podcast! https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support
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This podcast is for those aiming to enhance their skills in teaching mindfulness. Engaging interviews with seasoned mindfulness teachers, deep dives into pedagogical techniques, and discussions on the latest research equip you with the tools to become a more effective and inspiring mindfulness educator.
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The podcast that helps keep you on top of the snow rather than buried beneath it.
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The Contemplify podcast kindles the examined life for contemplatives in the world. Through artful musings & conversations with scholars, creatives, and master teachers each episode delivers a subtly intoxicating* exchange on the contemplative lifestyle with practical takeaways to emulate in daily life. Host, Paul Swanson, is a husband, father and contemplative educator at the Center for Action and Contemplation and co-host of Another Name for Every Thing with Richard Rohr**. *Contemplify is ...
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At Willow Bend Zen I offer Guided Meditation/hypnosis and Affirmation sessions designed to help you create and live the life of your dreams. Through repeated listening we will re-program any limiting beliefs you have and replace them with the limitless possibilities that will become your reality. Here you will find almost any topic that comes to mind. Using the Law of Attraction you can attract great love, vibrant health, enormous wealth, inner peace and anything else you wish to create. The ...
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Along the process of design and construction, incredible stories of conflict and triumph emerge in pursuit of the broad vision for a building. Detailed is a series that features architects, engineers, builders, and manufacturers who share their insight and expertise as they highlight some of the most complex, interesting, and oddest building conditions that they have encountered, and the ingenuity it took to solve them. Join host, Cherise Lakeside, aka CSI Kraken, a Senior Specification Writ ...
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Life Verbs Podcast is empowering, insightful, authentic and unfiltered. Come join me, Coach Zen, and my special guest as we explore thought-provoking and enlightening conversations about this human experience called life. New episodes of Life Verbs Podcast airs Bi-weekly on Sundays. Visit Website: www.lifeverbco.com Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lifeverbspodcast/support
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On a rocky outcropping off the northeastern coast of England, the monastery of Lindisfarne once stood as an outpost of religious, philosophic, and intellectual study against the “dark” times of early medieval Europe. Inspired by the foresight and dogged determination of these medieval monks, William Irwin Thompson founded the Lindisfarne Association in 1972 to gather together bold scientists, scholars, artists, and contemplatives to realize a new planetary culture in the face of the politica ...
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Practicing the Paramitas at 17000 ft is Awakened Action
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In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk and prequel to the upcoming Awakened Action program at Upaya, Dr. Wendy Lau offers a heartfelt reflection on the intertwined relationship between practice and service. She introduces the Nomads Clinic and shares insights from her recent pilgrimage and service journey to the high mountains of Nepal. Rooted in the …
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Rearview Mirror Quarterbacking (Feminine & Masculine in Zen) W/ Sara Campbell
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“You are the universe experiencing itself. And you have to respect that… The way that I am is exactly the way I should be. It's not just about stripping you of the stuff that's getting in your way, but also building you up.” - Sara Campbell Sara raises some deep questions about femininity and masculinity in Zen while looking back on her own life of…
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Hekiganroku Case 61, "Feng Hsueh’s One Atom of Dust"
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Dharma talk by Eran Junryu Vardi of Eiryu-ji Zen Center in Wyckoff, NJ, USA on 11/3/2024.
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We need each other: Audio Dharma Talk with Jefre Cantu (11/9/2024)
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Recorded at Boundless Mind Temple in Brooklyn, NY on November 9, 2024. We’re going to heal through a community that is grounded in our non-separateness, in our tender vulnerable, non separateness. A community that values human life, period. A community that can grieve. A community that accepts that sometimes we’re brokenhearted. A community that se…
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It is what it is. The recent presidential election affected many people on a deep emotional level, and in differing ways. From the vantage point of Zen practice, how do we work with whatever we’re feeling? How do we step back and see more clearly things as they are? Dharma Talk by Tom Kowal. Automated Transcript The post Es lo que Hay appeared firs…
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Aspects Class 4 of 4 Ordinary Bodhisattvas
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Hosted by visiting-Teachers-In-Residence Greg Fain and Linda Galijan.By Linda Galijan
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11/06/2024, Gengyoko Tim Wicks, dharma talk at City Center.This dharma talk was given at Beginner’s Mind Temple by tanto (head of practice) and practice period co-leader Gengyoko Tim Wicks. In the talk, Tim shares some of the teachings that are being studied this practice period and talks about practicing wherever we find ourselves. Recorded on Wed…
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Valerie Forstman: Zen’s Subverting Impulse: Overturning the One
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This week’s talk was offered by Mountain Cloud’s lead teacher, Valerie Forstman. It was recorded on October 31st at the Zendo in Sante Fe. Please consider supporting Mountain Cloud with a donation or becoming a member so we can continue to provide online programs such as this. Donations: https://www.mountaincloud.org/donate/ Become a member: https:…
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A talk given by Shinge Roshi Roko Sherry Chayat at the Zen Center of Syracuse Hoen-ji, Syracuse, NY.
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Dharma talk by Evan BrtiziusFile Size: 29615 kbFile Type: mp3Download File
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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - 11/17/24 - We often ask ourselves in response to outside conditions: what do we do now? Our typical reactive, worrying state is often laying on extra trouble as we search for ways to act, to respond. While we have intrinsic, perfect buddha nature and can rely on this, we also live in the midst of strong forces of kar…
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Danica Shoan Ankele, Osho - 11/15/24 - Our ordinary life experiences are what we work with in practice; “a lifetime of alchemy” as Shoan Osho notes in this Fusatsu talk. This ancient practice gives us the tools with which to transform karma, in how we can recognize, acknowledge, and atone for our actions. In this way we can heal and live fully in a…
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2024-11-10 | Dharma Talk | What to do when there’s nothing to be done | Ann Lipscomb
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00:03:54 - Poem - 'Place' from ‘Migration: new and selected poems’ by W. S. Merwin 00:09:32 - What is Practice? - A Reading from 'Ordinary Wonder' by Joko Beck00:23:47 - A reading from 'Living by Vow' - Shohaku Okumura00:34:13 - Ann Opens up a conversationOn the last day of the worldI would want to plant a treewhat fornot for the fruitthe tree that…
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Transforming Habits and the Rewards of Open Awareness
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This talk is plucked from the middle of the 6-week Practice Course 'Transforming Habits' which just concluded at the Boulder Zen Center. The talk provides a summary of some of the ground that has been covered during the course up until this point: the nature and purpose of habits; the structure of habits – cue, craving, behavior, reward; how habits…
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2024-11-11 | Not Two: The Appamada Story
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IntroductionBy Appamada
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2024-11-12 I Inquiry I Single-Minded Way I Flint Sparks
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A Call to Hearten: Let Tender Tenacity Walk with Fierce Patience
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Peacemaker John Lederach offers a realistic and hopeful reflection on the 2024 US Presidential Election. He discusses America’s uncertainty and divisions, and how to move forward with curiosity, dignity, courage, and love. As always, he emphasizes the vital importance of community connections in these turbulent times. Source…
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Jukai Ceremony at ZMM, November 2024
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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - 11/10/24 - Shugen Roshi officiates the November 2024 Ango Jukai ceremony at Zen Mountain Monastery. Today, four students formally receive the sixteen Buddhist precepts, taking up these living teachings, living vows in the company of the sangha with family and friends: Jill Kisho Hamer (Radiant Star), Jonathan Dokan C…
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Daigen Ross McCurdy - Thank You Very Much, I Have Some Complaints - November 10th, 2024
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Andrew Krivak on the Inheritance of Loss, Death as a Character, and Like the Appearance of Horses
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"Andrew Krivak is a novelist, poet, and memoirist whose work has been compared to William Faulkner’s in its rich sense of place, to Wendell Berry’s in its attentiveness to natural beauty, and to Cormac McCarthy’s in its deep investigation of violence and myth. Yet all of Krivak’s writing, and especially his fiction, presents a truly singular vision…
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Karaniya Metta Sutta: Chant of Loving Kindness
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Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei 11/9/24 - Hojin Sensei introduces this chant, an essential means to connect body and mind, to draw out our inherent love and kindness, always needed, especially now. If you don't already have it, you can download the Sutta here: https://zmm.org/teachings-and-training/liturgy/karaniya-metta-sutta/…
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2024-10-21 | Depth in Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 30 Dasui's “Aeonic Fire” | Thomas Cleary
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2024-10-21 | Depth in Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 30 Dasui's “Aeonic Fire” | Thomas Cleary by AppamadaBy Appamada
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Shake the Quake (Confidence & Certainty) w/ Dave Cuomo
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“Zen is not an established technique. It's sitting down and admitting that nobody can tell you what is right but you. No one knows the ground beneath your feet but you. Nobody can bear witness for you. And when something really shakes you, there can be a powerful moment where all of the sudden you just know one thing for certain. But it might be di…
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114: Pre-Engineered Metal Building | West Harbor
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In this episode, Cherise is joined by Scott Parker, Design Director at Studio One Eleven in Long Beach, California. They discuss the West Harbor Project at the Port of Los Angeles. You can see the project here as you listen along. The West Harbor Project breathes new life into the former Ports O’ Call, a once cherished LA landmark that had fallen i…
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Episode 243: Dark Times Ahead, Stars Will Shine
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What can we rely on in times like these?
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2024-11-03 | Kim Mosley's Entrustment Ceremony
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Zen Lay Entrustment is a ceremony and recognition within Zen Buddhism where experienced lay practitioners are formally authorized to teach Zen. Unlike ordained priests, these lay teachers continue to live as laypeople while carrying the responsibility of teaching and transmitting the Dharma.This practice acknowledges the deep understanding and comm…
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Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 11/3/24 - Hojin Sensei encourages us to stay focused, remain alert and aware and to not run away from what comes up. To turn towards practice. To remember that we each have good medicine as practitioners to meet our life, to protect and guard the mind of goodness. Then in turn to offer the Bodhi mind of love, wis…
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The DharmaByte™ version of this segment will post in the STO newsletter the first week of November. This UnMind podcast will drop on Wednesday after election day, which is November 5th. The next segment of Election Year Zen will be posted on December 4th, barring unforeseen circumstances such as an outright armed revolution — or “the new civil war”…
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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 11/03/24 - Koans often come from literary sources, and MRO founder Daido Roshi brought us this dialogue from Alice’s adventures in "Through the Looking Glass" to offer a path of well-being as dharma practice. Even in the midst of conflict, extreme differences of opinion or sudden changes, Shugen Roshi says, we …
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Calling in Ancestors and Offering Out Our Prayers: Meditation led by Sarah Dōjin Emerson (11/2/2024)
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Recorded at Boundless Mind Temple in Brooklyn, NY on November 2, 2024. In our tradition, we lift up an understanding of impermanence and a close relationship with that, so that we also have a sense that we will be ancestors, that already there are descendants, seeds of them in our actions, in our decisions, in our efforts, and as a way to care for …
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2024-11-05 I Inquiry I Election Day Sitting I Flint Sparks
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Metta SuttaThis is what should be accomplished by the one who is wise,Who seeks the good, and has obtained peace.Let one be strenuous, upright, and sincere,Without pride, easily contented, and joyous.Let one not be submerged by the things of the world.Let one not take upon oneself the burden of riches.Let one’s senses be controlled.Let one be wise …
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Ep. 12 Ethics & Inquiry in Mindfulness Teaching with John Peacock
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From the Teaching Mindfulness Summit April 24. Mindfulness teaching and ethics. Mindfulness Inquiry, Critical thinking, and Socratic dialogue. Ethics and dependent origination. Ethics and character formation. John Peacock is an academic and a Buddhist practitioner of nearly fifty years. Trained initially in the Tibetan Gelugpa tradition in India, h…
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A talk given by Shinge Roshi Roko Sherry Chayat at the Zen Center of Syracuse Hoen-ji, Syracuse, NY.
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Talk and study session by Eran Junryu Vardi Roshi of Eiryu-ji Zen Center in Wyckoff, NJ, USA on 10/27/2024.
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Hekiganroku Case 76, “Tan Hsia’s Have You Eaten Yet?”
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Dharma talk by Eran Junryu Vardi Roshi of Eiryu-ji Zen Center in Wyckoff, NJ, USA on 10/19/2024.
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Shoyoroku Case 98, “Dongshan’s Always Close”
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Dharma talk by Eran Junryu Vardi Roshi of Eiryu-ji Zen Center in Wyckoff, NJ, USA on 10/18/2024.
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Fall Sesshin opening talk given by Eran Junryu Vardi Roshi of Eiryu-ji Zen Center at Dai Bosatsu Zendo.
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Sensei Noah Kodo Roen discusses the rich meaning and history of the Gate of Sweet Nectar liturgy, and its importance to the White Plum Lineage of which Upaya is a part. He explores the origins of Halloween and the Day of the Dead, emphasizing ancestor remembrance and its central place in Zen practice. Source…
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Gathering Dharma with Joan Halifax, Konda Mason & Matthew Kozan Palevsky: Why Voting Matters?
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In this session of Gathering Dharma, Roshi Joan Halifax emphasizes the importance of courage, community, and compassionate engagement in turbulent times, encouraging people to transform fear into an ally and pursue joy and justice. She shares the story of Ahu Darya, an Iranian student who defied hijab policies, illustrating authentic engagement wit…
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Gathering Dharma with Joan Halifax & Matthew Kozan Palevsky: Where Practice and Politics Meet
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In this session of Gathering Dharma, Roshi Joan Halifax begins with a heartfelt reflection on the moral call to engage with the suffering of the world. She emphasizes the connection between Buddhist practice and global social-political issues, focusing on themes of mindfulness, compassion, and responsibility. Roshi stresses the importance of not tu…
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Meido Barbara Anderson - November Koan Study - November 3rd, 2024
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Re-Entering the World With Continuous Practice FPP2024 Sesshin Day 6
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On the sixth and final day of the Fall Practice Period sesshin, Senseis Shinzan, Monshin, Kathie, and Kozan reflect on the essence of Zen practice following six intense days of sitting together. They emphasize the importance of self-awareness and the nature of existence, exploring what it means to reach true self understanding. They also highlight …
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Walking the Circle of Practice With Compassion and Presence FPP2024 Sesshin Day 5
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On the fifth day of the Fall Practice Period sesshin, Sensei Kozan uses the striking scarlet runner bean hidden in its pod as a metaphor for the profound practice of sesshin. He emphasizes the importance of shedding layers of protection to be fully present, urging us to appreciate moments of simplicity and mindful awareness. Quoting a line from The…
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Embracing Suchness: The Path of Stillness and Interconnection FPP2024 Sesshin Day 4
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On the fourth day of this Fall Practice Period sesshin, Sensei Monshin delves into the phrases “Thusness” or “Suchness” as a path to direct experience. She illuminates the interplay between suchness and the relative and absolute, encouraging us to discover this essence in all things. Drawing on the insights of Dongshan, Suzuki Roshi, and Dogen, Sen…
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Song of The Jewel Mirror: Hiding in the Clear Dawn FPP2024 Sesshin Day 2
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In this Fall Practice Period sesshin day 2 talk, Sensei Shinzan delves into the poem The Jewel Mirror Samadhi, focusing on key lines that highlight how clarity and awakening are often concealed within the fabric of our everyday lives—especially in times of confusion and suffering. Rather than seeing practice as the creation of something new, Shinza…
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Cultivating Inquiry and the Open Hand of ‘Thusness’: FPP2024 Sesshin Day 1
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On this first full day of the Fall Practice Period sesshin, Sensei Kathie introduces the teaching of The Jewel Mirror Samadhi and shares stories about Zen Master Dongshan, the co-founder of the Caodong School of Zen. Reflecting on the evolving nature of history and the practice of inquiry, Kathie highlights the importance of mindfulness in each mom…
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2024-10-28 | Day 2/Part 1 | Integrated Intensive | Trust in community | Peg Syverson
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2024-10-29 | Day 3/Part 2 | Integrated Intensive | Trust in Community | Peg Syverson
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2024-10-29 | Day 3/Part 1 | Integrated Intensive | Trust in community | Peg Syverson
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Day 3/Part 100:00:26 - Overview00:01:45 - Dharma TalkBy Appamada
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2024-10-28 | Day 2/Part 2 | Integrated Intensive | Trust in community | Peg Syverson
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00:00:26 - Peg Offers an Exercise on Belonging00:01:13 - 4 Questions: Writing Activity (see Below)00:05:54 - ReflectionsWriting Activity: Belonging1. Take a few moments and become mindful. Recall a situation where you felt a true sense of belonging. Briefly describe the situation and then, how you felt. What gave you a felt sense that you belonged?…
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