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Thousand Harbours Zen

Zen Nova Scotia

26d ago3w ago

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Dharma talks by Koun Franz at Thousand Harbours Zen in Halifax, NS. If you find these talks beneficial, please consider joining Thousand Harbours Zen or making a donation at https://thousandharbourszen.com/support. Your support makes the practice and teachings available to others.

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Episode 256: THZ 256 - Speaking and Hearing 16:14

24d ago16:14

16:14

A talk on Case 12 of Dogen's Mana Shobogenzo Koun Franz; Jan. 17, 2023

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Episode 255: THZ 255 - Community 17:18

2M ago17:18

17:18

THZ 255 - Community

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Episode 254: THZ 254 - Awe in the Mundane 17:32

3M ago17:32

17:32

From a retreat held on Earth Day, a talk on taking how we look at “nature” and applying it to ordinary stuff. (April 22, 2023; Koun Franz)

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Episode 253: THZ 253 - Basic Principles 13:01

4M ago13:01

13:01

At the start of the year, a return to the basics of the practice. Koun Franz; January 4, 2022

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Episode 252: THZ 252 - You're Where You Need to Be 17:56

4M ago17:56

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THZ 252 - You're Where You Need to Be

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Episode 251: THZ 251 - What is Now the Time For? 16:23

5M ago16:23

16:23

THZ 251 - What is Now the Time For?

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Episode 250: THZ 250 - Zen is Not About Zen 15:21

6M ago15:21

15:21

THZ 250 - Zen is Not About Zen

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Episode 249: THZ 249 - The Wisdom to Know the Difference 15:14

7M ago15:14

15:14

THZ 249 - The Wisdom to Know the Difference

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Episode 248: THZ 248 - Practice Like a Thief 16:10

7M ago16:10

16:10

THZ 248 - Practice Like a Thief

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Episode 247: THZ 247 - Getting Trapped By Right Intention 16:27

8M ago16:27

16:27

THZ 247 - Getting Trapped By Right Intention

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Episode 246: THZ 246 - What About Passion? 17:50

8M ago17:50

17:50

THZ 246 - What About Passion?

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Episode 245: THZ 245 - Zazen is Colourless and Transparent 21:15

9M ago21:15

21:15

THZ 245 - Zazen is Colourless and Transparent

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Episode 244: THZ 244 - Meeting Death in Everyday Life 16:38

9M ago16:38

16:38

THZ 244 - Meeting Death in Everyday Life

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Episode 243: THZ 243 - Five Remembrances 20:13

10M ago20:13

20:13

THZ 243 - Five Remembrances

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Episode 242: THZ 242 - Equanimity and Congruence 14:55

11M ago14:55

14:55

THZ 242 - Equanimity and Congruence

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Episode 241: THZ 241 - No Secular World in Buddhadharma 14:50

11M ago14:50

14:50

No Secular World in Buddhadharma

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Episode 240: THZ 240 - Zen Practice as Form 17:18

12M ago17:18

17:18

THZ 240 - Zen Practice as Form

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Episode 239: THZ 239 - Resolute Stability 11:42

1y ago11:42

11:42

THZ 239 - Resolute Stability

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Episode 238: THZ 238 - Let Yourself Break Open 16:16

1y ago16:16

16:16

THZ 238 - Let Yourself Break Open

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Episode 237: THZ 237 - Desire vs Attachment 12:35

1y ago12:35

12:35

THZ 237 - Desire vs Attachment

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Episode 236: THZ 236 - Lean in to Letting Go 14:52

1y ago14:52

14:52

THZ 236 - Lean in to Letting Go

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Episode 235: THZ 235 - Nanquan, The Cat and Us 16:28

1y ago16:28

16:28

THZ 235 - Nanquan, The Cat and Us

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Episode 234: THZ 234 - When It All Seems Too Big 16:42

1y ago16:42

16:42

THZ 234 - When It All Seems Too Big

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Episode 233: THZ 233 - Sangha We Make 13:25

1y ago13:25

13:25

THZ 233 - Sangha We Make

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Episode 232: THZ 232 - Knowing Ourselves as Animals 11:21

1+ y ago11:21

11:21

THZ 232 - Knowing Ourselves as Animals

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Episode 231: THZ 231 - Mindfulness, Concentration and Superman 14:47

1+ y ago14:47

14:47

THZ 231 - Mindfulness, Concentration and Superman

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Episode 230: THZ 230 - Fairness 10:43

1+ y ago10:43

10:43

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Episode 229: THZ 229 - Spiritual Confidence 12:10

1+ y ago12:10

12:10

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Episode 228: THZ 228 - Those Who Are Able to Let Go 25:57

2y ago25:57

25:57

We may not be able to let go of our preferences, but we can learn to let go.

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Episode 227: THZ 227 - Make an Altar of the World 12:26

2y ago12:26

12:26

What are we capable of offering? Everything. And it starts now, where you are.

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Episode 226: THZ 226 - Where Jizo (and we) Can Go 18:26

2y ago18:26

18:26

Jizo can go anywhere—including to hell. Where can we go? Where are we afraid to go?

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Episode 225: THZ 225 - The Power of Asking Questions 13:41

2y ago13:41

13:41

The Buddha started with a question. Dogen started with a question. What's yours?

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Episode 224: THZ 224 - We Vow to Mature Into the Awakened Way 16:55

2+ y ago16:55

16:55

A re-examination of the fourth bodhisattva vow: "The awakened way is unsurpassable; I vow to embody it.".

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Episode 223: THZ 223 - We Vow to Learn Infinite Skillful Means 19:32

2+ y ago19:32

19:32

A re-examination of the third bodhisattva vow: "Dharma gates are infinite; I vow to enter them."

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Episode 222: THZ 222 - We Vow to Cut Through Kleshas 17:12

2+ y ago17:12

17:12

A re-examination of the second bodhisattva vow: "Delusions are inexhaustible; I vow to put an end to them."

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Episode 221: THZ 221 - We Vow to Free Us All 16:25

2+ y ago16:25

16:25

A re-examination of the first bodhisattva vow: "Beings are countless; I vow to free them all."

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Episode 220: THZ 220 - Don't Stop There (Racism and the Bodhisattva Path) 15:31

2+ y ago15:31

15:31

In the face of injustice, don't let compassion be an endpoint. Don't let not-knowing be an endpoint. Move, somehow—that's what a bodhisattva does.

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Episode 219: THZ 219 - For As Long As Space Endures 15:54

2+ y ago15:54

15:54

On Shantideva's Prayer, and what it means to commit to something—to really commit—forever.

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Episode 218: THZ 218 - Ritual is How We Hold the World 12:53

2+ y ago12:53

12:53

Those who are staying at home right now may find themselves falling into little rituals meant to make things feel regular, and safe; in this practice, ritual is something else.

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Episode 217: THZ 217 - Does a Virus Have Buddhanature? 14:47

2+ y ago14:47

14:47

Does Covid-19 have buddhanature? Do you? Why do we even ask things like that?

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Episode 216: THZ 216 - Can You Feel Yourself Falling? 12:35

3y ago12:35

12:35

Dogen likened the spiritual life to the experience of falling off a horse. Can you feel it happening?

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Episode 215: THZ 215 - When It Feels Like Too Much 10:24

3y ago10:24

10:24

It can feel like it's all too much, too much to hold. We need to look at that.

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Episode 214: THZ 214 - The Three Treasures are Teflon (Tenth Precept) 14:13

3y ago14:13

14:13

On the tenth precept, "Not defiling the three treasures." The three treasures are just fine, but still, we forget who we are in relationship to them.

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Episode 213: THZ 213 - Freedom 11:06

3y ago11:06

11:06

Freedom—the freedom we want (perhaps especially in the age of social distancing), and the freedom we already have.

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Episode 212: THZ 212 - Fearlessness is Generosity 9:28

3y ago9:28

9:28

Fearlessness is one of the four types of generosity. Why? And how do we get there?

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Episode 211: THZ 211 - The Practice of Not Touching Your Face 11:04

3y ago11:04

11:04

A simple act of refraining, like not touching your face in a pandemic, can be both a practice of mindfulness and an act of generosity.

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Episode 210: THZ 210 - Everything is Old, Everything is New 14:25

3y ago14:25

14:25

Buddhism offers what looks like two contradictory ways of meeting our mind in each moment. But maybe we can hold both.

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Episode 209: THZ 209 - Act Like You're Dying 15:52

3y ago15:52

15:52

If you knew you were dying, how would that change how you see others? Because you are.

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Episode 208: THZ 208 - The Intoxication of Anger (Ninth Precept) 15:50

3y ago15:50

15:50

On Precept 9 (not indulging in anger)—it doesn't say there aren't good reasons to feel anger, just that we should learn not to be seduced by it.

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Episode 207: THZ 207 - Offer It All Up (Eighth Precept) 10:36

3y ago10:36

10:36

On Precept 8 (not withholding dharma assets), clinging vs. letting go, and realizing what you're capable of giving.

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