Heart of Compassion Zen Sangha
The Heart of Compassion Zen Sangha is a member-community of Everyday Zen and Branching Streams, West Marin, CA. Donations: westmarincommunityservices.org/donate. Please scroll down to "Where can we designate your gift?" and indicate HOC sangha.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 198
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
HOC - August 29, 2025 - Green Gulch Retreat - "Soil Kinship" Jaune Evans and Sangha
HOC - August 28, 2025 - Green Gulch Retreat - "Into the Tangle; Gardening at the Dragon's Gate" - Wendy Johnson and Sangha
HOC - August 22, 2025 - "Ryokan's Path to Freedom" Part 2 - Jaune Evans and Wendy Johnson
HOC - June 20, 2025 - "Sangha Reflections On the 14 Tiep Hein Precepts" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson, and Sangha
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hein Precepts, 1966
HOC - June 13, 2025 -"Precept 14: 'Stepping Off Into the Unknown, Being Wonderfully Together'" - Jaune Evans
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hein Precepts, 1966
Precept 14: Do not mistreat your body. Learn to handle it with respect, preserve vital energies (sexual, breath, spirit) for the realization of the Wa…
HOC - June 6, 2025 - "Precept 13: 'Possess Nothing That Should Belong to Others'"- Wendy Johnson, Marty Frankel, and Sangha
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hein Precepts, 1966
Precept 13: Possess nothing that should belong to others. Respect the property of others, but prevent others from profiting from human suffering or th…
HOC - May 30, 2025 - "Precept 12: 'Do Not Kill'" - Jaune Evans, Nora Burnett
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hein Precepts, 1966
12. Do not kill. Do not let others kill. Find whatever means possible to protect life and prevent war.
Note: This recording begins with Jaune reading …
HOC - May 25, 2025 - "Precept 11: 'Do Not Live with a Vocation that is Harmful to Humans and Nature....'" - Jaune Evans, Jane Flint
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hein Precepts, 1966
11. Do not live with a vocation that is harmful to humans and nature. Do not invest in companies that deprive others of their chance to live. Select a…
HOC - May 16, 2025 - "Precept 10: 'Not Using Our Spiritual Community for Personal or Political Gain'" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hein Precepts, 1966
10. Do not use the Buddhist community for personal gain or profit, or transform your community into a political party. A religious community, however,…
HOC - May 9, 2025 - "Precept 9: '...Have Courage to Speak Out About Situations of Injustice...'" Ruth White and Jaune Evans
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hein Precepts, 1966
9th Precept:
Do not say untruthful things for the sake of Personal interest or to impress people. Do not utter words that cause division and hatred. Do…
HOC - May 2, 2025 - "Precept 8: 'Do not utter words that can create discord....'" Wendy Johnson and Patricia Starr
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Toep Hein Precepts, 1966
Recommended: 'Beginning a New' by Sister Chan Chong
Precept 8:
Do not utter words that can create discord and cause the community to break. Make every e…
HOC - April 25, 2025 - "Precept 7: 'Do Not Lose Yourself In Dispersion....'" - Wendy Johnson and Barbara Bernier
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hein Precepts, 1966
Precept 7:
Do not lose yourself in dispersion and in your surroundings. Practice mindful breathing to come back to what is happening in the present mom…
HOC - April 18, 2025 - "Precept 6: 'Do Not Maintain Anger or Hatred...'" - Jaune Evans, Irene Borger
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 1966
Included in the talk were a dozen or so slides depicting paintings and photos that show anger throughout time in various expressions.
Precept 6:
Do not …
HOC - April 11, 2025 - "Precept 5: 'Do Not Accumulate Wealth...'" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson, and Steve Costa
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 1966
5. Do not accumulate wealth while millions are hungry. Do not take as the aim of your life fame, profit, wealth, or sensual pleasure. Live simply and …
HOC - April 4, 2025 - "Precept 4: 'Do Not Avoid Contact with Suffering'" - Wendy Johnson, Mary Christy-Cirillo
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 1966
4. Do not avoid contact with suffering or close your eyes before suffering. Do not lose awareness of the existence of suffering in the life of the wor…
HOC - March 28, 2025 - "Precept 3: 'Do Not Force Others to Adopt Your Views' " - Wendy Johnson, Patricia Starr
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 1966
3. Do not force others, including children, by any means whatsoever, to adopt your views, whether by authority, threat, money, propaganda, or even edu…
HOC - March 21, 2025 - "Precept 2: 'Practicing Non-attachment to Views'" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson, Audrey Meinertzhagen
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 1966
2. Do not think the knowledge you presently possess is changeless, absolute truth. Avoid being narrow-minded and bound to present views. Learn and pra…
HOC - March 14, 2025 - "Tiep Hien Precepts: Precept 1 'Do Not Be Idolatrous' " - Wendy Johnson, Eden Clearbrook
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 1966
1. Do not be idolatrous about or bound to any doctrine, theory, or ideology, even Buddhist ones. Buddhist systems of thought are guiding means; they a…
HOC - March 7, 2025 - "Welcoming the 14 Precepts of the Order of Interbeing" - Wendy Johnson
References:
- Interbeing by Thich Nhat Hanh
- For A Future To Be Possible by Thich Nhat Hanh