AZC Weekly talks
In this podcast you can find almost all the talks given at the Auckland Zen Centre, back to 2016. Most talks are by Roshi Amala Wrightson, but there are also talks from Sensei Richard von Sturmer and senior students too.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 234
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
2023-09-03 Life and Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi 2
Encountering the Dharma and zen training at Hosshin-ji.
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2023-08-22 Helpful Guidance on Koan Work
Chan 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 …
2023-08-08 M5 Kyogen's Man up a Tree
Kyogen 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 rem…
2023-07-25 The First Precept, or not to kill the mind of compassion and reverence
Some 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
Ethical 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…
2023-06-27 Diamond Sutra Koans
The 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 t…
2023-04-18 Why We Celebrate Earth Day
Some 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
A 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
Effort 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…
2023-02-21 Working with change and loss
As 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 devasta…
2023-01-17 A better Way to Live Alone 4
Working 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 …
23-01-12 Koans
Koans, 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)
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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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2023-01-10 The Life and Teachings of Master Bankei 4
Sickness and pain are inevitable but suffering is not
Text used: The Unborn; The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei, 1622-1693, Translated and with an Introduction by Norman Waddell, North Point …
2023-01-09 The Life and Teachings of Master Bankei 3
Transforming 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 …
2023-01-08 The Life and Teachings of Master Bankei 2
Meeting 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 …
2023-01-07 The Life and Teachings of Master Bankei 1
Childhood 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…