AZC Weekly talks

A teisho by Roshi Amala Wrightson.

Comments on an introductory lecture to a group of lay practitioners by Rindo Fujimoto (1894-1974), a Sōtō Zen teacher who trained under Sogaku Harada (Rōshi Kapleau…

Each year AZC joins the global Earth Day celebrations, often marking the day with a one-day-sit. In this teisho Roshi Amala Wrightson introduces some prompts for sangha discussion of our thoughts and…

How Zen masters approach death and how their dying can act as their final teaching. Shortly before his death, Master Mazu (Ma) and his attendant had this famous exchange, recorded in the Blue Cliff R…

In this teisho Roshi Amala Wrightson explores Buddhist approaches to anxiety and panic. Cutting through our deepest attachments and directly experiencing our inter-being with all phenomena is an anti…

In this teisho Roshi Amala Wrightson explores anxiety and panic.

What about Greta Thunberg's "I want you to panic"? Is there anything beneficial about panic? What are the roots of fear, anxiety and p…

In this teisho Roshi Amala Wrightson explores four constructive ways of working with panic attacks and acute anxiety so as to avoid falling further into the "fear-adrenalin-fear" vicious cycle.

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Ceremony of Aid for Ukraine, conducted at the Auckland Zen Centre by Roshi Amala Wrightson.

Roshi Amala Wrightson shares some thoughts on practising with Parkinson's Disease, a neuro-degenerative disorder, and not getting caught up in our notions of "wellness", which always come with "illne…

In this teisho Roshi takes up a koan from The Blue Cliff Record: "Everyone has their own light" (Hekiganroku # 86). Here is the case: Ummon said, "Everybody has their own light. Though when you try t…

The last of seven talks given by Roshi Amala Wrightson at the 2022 Auckland Zen Centre summer sesshin.

In this teisho Roshi takes up a koan from The Blue Cliff Record: "The Hands and Eyes of the Bodh…

The sixth of seven talks given by Roshi Amala Wrightson at the 2022 Auckland Zen Centre summer sesshin.

In this teisho Roshi takes up a koan from The Gateless Gate (Mumonkan # 23).

Myo, an ex-general,…

The fifth of seven talks given by Roshi Amala Wrightson at the 2022 Auckland Zen Centre summer sesshin.

The inner critic and its disappearance in the face of unconditional love.

Sources: Zen Bow artic…

The third in a series of seven talks given by Roshi Amala Wrightson during the 2022 Auckland Zen Centre summer sesshin.

Karma is not a predetermined mold, "rather, by virtue of one's own efforts, it…

The fourth of seven talks given by Roshi Amala Wrightson at the 2022 Auckland Zen Centre summer sesshin.

Tangen-roshi's vow to become like a chair.

Sources: Awaken to the True Self, https://www.rzc.or…

The second in a series of seven talks given by Roshi Amala Wrightson during the 2022 Auckland Zen Centre summer sesshin.

This talk covers training at Bukkoku-ji and the emphasis on inner discipline.

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The first in a series of seven talks given by Roshi Amala Wrightson during the 2022 Auckland Zen Centre summer sesshin.

Tangen-roshi's close calls with death reinforce his sense of being held and pr…

Roshi Amala Wrightson explores Huineng's three antidotes to grasping; no thought, no form, and non-abiding.

Main Text: Silent Illumination by Guo Gu.

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Roshi Amala Wrightson explores contentment from a Zen perspective.

Contentment, usually rather dryly called "non-grasping" in Zen, is an essential attitude in our practice life; an antidote to restle…