The Zen Studies Podcast
By Domyo Burk
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Learn about traditional Zen and Buddhist teachings, practices, and history through episodes recorded specifically for podcast listeners. Host Domyo Burk is a Soto Zen priest and teacher.
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289 - Ten Fields of Zen, Field 7 – Opening Your Heart: Self-Acceptance and Non-Separation (2 of 2)
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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288 - 10 Fields of Zen, Field 7 – Opening Your Heart: Self-Acceptance and Non-Separation (1 of 2)
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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287 - A Few Useful Teachings for Tumultuous Times
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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286 – Ten Fields of Zen, Field Six – Ending Dukkha: Taking Care of this Precious Life (2 of 2)
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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285 – Ten Fields of Zen, Field Six – Ending Dukkha: Taking Care of this Precious Life (1 of 2)
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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284 - Reflections on Continuous Practice and Dogen's “Gyoji” (2 of 2)
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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283 - Reflections on Continuous Practice and Dogen's “Gyoji” (1 of 2)
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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282 – Cutting Moral Corners: Is Buddhism Compatible with 21st-Century Life? (2 of 2)
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Sep 21, 2024 |
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281 – Cutting Moral Corners: Is Buddhism Compatible with 21st-Century Life? (1 of 2)
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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280 - Stories of My Teachers - A Live Talk*
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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279 - Talking about Politics as a Buddhist - A Live Talk*
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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278 - Having a Zen Teacher - An Live Talk*
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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277 - My Sesshin (2 of 2)
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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276 - My Sesshin (1 of 2)
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Jul 28, 2024 |
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275 - Ten Fields of Zen, Field Five – Precepts: Transcending Self-Attachment (3 of 3)
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Jul 13, 2024 |
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274 - Ten Fields of Zen, Field Five – Precepts: Transcending Self-Attachment (2 of 3)
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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273 - Ten Fields of Zen, Field Five – Precepts: Transcending Self-Attachment (1 of 3)
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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272 - Keizan's Denkoroku Chapter 3: Ananda and the Flagpole
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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271 - Ten Fields of Zen, Field Four - Dharma Study: Wrestling with the Teachings (2 of 2)
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May 30, 2024 |
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270 - Ten Fields of Zen, Field Four - Dharma Study: Wrestling with the Teachings (1 of 2)
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May 22, 2024 |
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269 - Making a Vow of Inner Nonviolence and Complete Acceptance
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May 14, 2024 |
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268 - Teisho, An Encouragement Talk During Zazen
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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267 - Ten Fields of Zen, Field Three - Mindfulness: Cultivating Awareness Every Moment
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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266 - What Would the Buddha Say About the Suffering in the World?
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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265 - Ten Fields of Zen, Field Two - Zazen: Our Total Response to Life (3 of 3)
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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264 - Ten Fields of Zen, Field Two - Zazen: Our Total Response to Life (2 of 3)
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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263 - Ten Fields of Zen, Field Two - Zazen: Our Total Response to Life (1 of 3)
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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262 - The Value, Care, and Feeding of Dharma Friendships (2 of 2)
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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261 – The Value, Care, and Feeding of Dharma Friendships (1 of 2)
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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260 – Ten Fields of Zen, Field One – Bodhicitta: Way-Seeking Mind
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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259 – Ten Fields of Zen, Introduction – What Is Zen Practice?
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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258 - One Reality, Many Descriptions Part 6: The Two Truths of Absolute and Relative 2
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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257 - One Reality, Many Descriptions Part 5: The Two Truths of Absolute and Relative – Part 1
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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256 - Do Your Own Practice: Spiritual Translation Versus Transformation
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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255 – The Medicine of Emptiness When Witnessing Suffering and Injustice
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Dec 02, 2023 |
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254 - Practice is How You Live Each and Every Moment – Part 2
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Nov 25, 2023 |
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253 - Practice is How You Live Each and Every Moment – Part 1
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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252 - Reflections on Dogen’s “Bussho, The Buddha-Nature” Part 2: Total Existence
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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251 – Reflections on Dogen’s “Bussho, The Buddha-Nature” Part 1: Being
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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250 - In Zazen We Stop Imposing Ourselves on the World and Meet It Instead
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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249 - Are the Buddha’s Teachings on Renunciation Relevant for Householders? – Part 2
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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248 - Are the Buddha’s Teachings on Renunciation Relevant for Householders? – Part 1
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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247 - Sangha Challenges: How and Why to Open Up to the Treasure of Sangha – Part 3
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Sep 16, 2023 |
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Two Episodes Recommended by Listeners
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Recommended Episodes on Zazen
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Announcement and Recommendation
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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246 - Sangha Challenges: How and Why to Open Up to the Treasure of Sangha – Part 2
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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245 - Sangha Challenges: How and Why to Open Up to the Treasure of Sangha – Part 1
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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244 - Zazen as a Religious Act
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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243 - The Buddha’s Life Story as Archetype and Teaching
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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242 - Reflections on Sansuikyo, Dogen’s Mountains and Waters Sutra
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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241 - What Does It Mean to Waste Time?
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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240 – One Reality, Many Descriptions Part 4: Buddha-Nature 2
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May 31, 2023 |
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239 – One Reality, Many Descriptions Part 3: Buddha-Nature 1
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May 28, 2023 |
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238 - Eco-Anxiety and Buddhism – Part 2
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May 12, 2023 |
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237 - Eco-Anxiety and Buddhism – Part 1
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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236 - Spiritual Inquiry Part 5: Koans and Awakening
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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235 – One Reality, Many Descriptions Part 2: Suchness or Thusness
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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234 – Spiritual Inquiry Part 4: Investigating and Resolving Karmic Issues
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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233 – Spiritual Inquiry Part 3: Identifying our Karmic Issues
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Mar 18, 2023 |
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232 – Spiritual Inquiry Part 2: Resistance to Questions and Karma Work Versus Awakening
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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231 – Spiritual Inquiry Part 1: What Spiritual Questions Are and Why They Matter
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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230 – The Importance of Bodhi-Mind, or Way-Seeking Mind
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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229 – One Reality, Many Descriptions Part 1: Emptiness
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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228 – Skillful Self-Discipline Part 2: Clarity of Purpose and Patient Determination
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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227 – Skillful Self-Discipline Part 1: Balancing Discipline and Gentleness
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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226 – How to Relate to Worldly Pleasure as a Buddhist – Part 2
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Dec 25, 2022 |
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225 – How to Relate to Worldly Pleasure as a Buddhist – Part 1
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Dec 25, 2022 |
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224 – Human Nature: Why Aren't We Born Enlightened?
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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223 – Integrating Insights
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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222 – Confronting the Buddha’s Sexist Discourse – Part 2
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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221 – Confronting the Buddha’s Sexist Discourse – Part 1
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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220 - Being the Only Buddhist in Your Family – Part 2
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Oct 29, 2022 |
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219 – Being the Only Buddhist in Your Family – Part 1
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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218 - The Fourfold Bodhisattva Vow Part 3: Entering Dharma Gates & Attaining Buddhahood
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Oct 15, 2022 |
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217 - The Fourfold Bodhisattva Vow Part 2: Ending All Delusions
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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216 - The Fourfold Bodhisattva Vow Part 1: Freeing All Beings
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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215 - We Will Die Soon: Using Impermanence to Motivate Practice
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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214 - How Do You DO Zazen, Anyway?
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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213 – Deconstructing Self: Which Aspects Are Fine, and Which Cause Suffering?
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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212 - The Wisdom of Play
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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211 - Book Review: Kosho Uchiyama's “Opening the Hand of Thought”
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Jul 31, 2022 |
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210 - Book Review: Kyogen Carlson’s “You Are Still Here”
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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209 - Book Review: Issho Fujita's "Polishing a Tile"
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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208 - Nine Benefits of Practice in Difficult Times
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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207 - Dirt Zendo, Cloud Zendo, One Sangha: Buddhist Community in the Digital Age
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Jun 25, 2022 |
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206 - Dirt Zendo, Cloud Zendo, One Sangha: Buddhist Community in the Digital Age – Part 1
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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205 - Motivation for Practice: What Do You Love Most Deeply?
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May 28, 2022 |
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204 - Buddha-Nature: What the Heck is It and How Do We Realize It? Part 2
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May 21, 2022 |
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203 - Buddha-Nature: What the Heck is It and How Do We Realize It? Part 1
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May 13, 2022 |
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202 - Two Truths: Everything is Okay and Everything is NOT Okay at the Same Time
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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201 – Story of My Spiritual Journey Part 5: Finding What I Was Looking For
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Apr 23, 2022 |
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200 – Story of My Spiritual Journey Part 4: Enlightenments
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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199 - Is My Practice Languishing? If So, What Can I Do About It?
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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198 - Renunciation as an Act of Love
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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197 – Neither Avoidance nor Identification: Being with the Reality of Painful Situations
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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196 - Death and the Emptiness of Self: What's the Meaning of Life If You've Got No Soul?
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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195 - Hongzhi’s “Wander into the Center of the Circle of Wonder”
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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194 - Pain in Meditation 2: Adjustments to Posture and When to Tolerate Discomfort
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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193 - Pain in Meditation 1: Why the Seated Posture?
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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192 – The Eight Worldly Winds: Gain, Loss, Status, Disgrace, Praise, Censure, Pleasure, Pain
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Jan 22, 2022 |
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191 – Contemplating the Future: The Middle Way Between Dread and Hope
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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190 – Leaping Beyond Fear of Rejection: Giving the Gift of Self
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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189 – Collecting the Heart-Mind: A Celebration of Sesshin – Part 1
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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188 - What Does Practice Look Like When Your Country Is Broken?
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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187 - Lotus Sutra 5: Step Right Up to Get YOUR Prediction of Buddhahood
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Nov 20, 2021 |
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186 - Making Peace with Ghosts: Unresolved Karma and the Sejiki (Segaki) Festival
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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185 – 14 Ways to Enliven Your Zazen – Part 2
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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184 – 14 Ways to Enliven Your Zazen – Part 1
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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183 – Natural Koans: Engaging Our Limitations as Dharma Gates
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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182 - Answers to Interview Questions from Eastern Horizon Magazine
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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181 - Bodhicitta: Way-Seeking Mind, or the Mind of Enlightenment
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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180 - The Dharma of Staying Calm When Facing Challenges
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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179 - Inadequacy to Abundance: Rewriting Our Self-Narrative
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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178 – Declaring War on Global Heating and What That Means to a Buddhist
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Aug 21, 2021 |
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177 - Unconditional Strength and Gratitude: The Medicine of Suchness
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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176 - A Story of My Spiritual Journey Part 3: A Phoenix Rises from the Ashes of Despair
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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175 – A Story of My Spiritual Journey Part 2: Why I Think Buddhism Is Awesome
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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174 - A Story of My Spiritual Journey Part 1: Conveyor Belt to Death
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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173 - True Satisfaction: Dogen's Everyday Activity (Kajo) - Part 2
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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172 - The Profound and Difficult Practice of Putting Everything Down
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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171 - Five Requirements for Effective Practice with Any Issue
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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170 - Looking to Buddhism to Support Values and Beliefs We Already Hold - Part 2
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May 28, 2021 |
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169 - Looking to Buddhism to Support Values and Beliefs We Already Hold – Part 1
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May 25, 2021 |
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168 - Is This IT? Dogen's Everyday Activity (Kajo) - Part 1
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May 13, 2021 |
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167 - If You're Not Making Mistakes, You're Not Practicing
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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166 - The Ceremony of Wesak: Celebrating and Expressing Gratitude for Our Teachers
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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165 - The Buddhist Moral Precepts as a Practice for Studying the Buddha Way
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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164 – Gratitude as a Dharma Gate
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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163 - Lotus Sutra 4: Parable of the Plants - Superior, Middling, or Inferior Beings and the Dharma
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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162 – Am I a Good Buddhist?
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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161 - The Parinirvana Ceremony and the Teaching of the Buddha's Dying and Death
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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160 - Bearing Witness without Burning Out
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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159 – Active Receptivity in Zazen: Surrounded by a Symphony
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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158 – Social Strife and the Forgotten Virtue of Decorum
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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157 – Bodhicitta: The Critical Importance of Dissatisfaction
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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156 – Ebb and Flow in Buddhist Practice: Cycles of Energy, Inspiration, and Focus
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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155 - Avatamsaka Sutra - Each One of Us Has Unique Bodhisattva Gifts to Offer - 2
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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154 - Avatamsaka Sutra - Each One of Us Has Unique Bodhisattva Gifts to Offer – Part 1
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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153 - Kshanti, The Perfection of Endurance: Life's Not Always a Bed of Roses
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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152 - Lotus Sutra 3: This Means YOU - The Parable of the Lost Son
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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151 - The Emptiness of Self and Why It Matters
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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150 - Zazen as the Dharma Gate of Joyful Ease
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Oct 17, 2020 |
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149 - Understanding People's Actions Through the Six Realms Teaching
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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148 – Three Ingredients for a Generous Life in a Crazy World
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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147 - Loving-Kindness (Metta) Practice as an Antidote to Fear and Anxiety
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Sep 19, 2020 |
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146 - Respect Even for Terrible People: What Does It Mean?
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Sep 12, 2020 |
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145 - No Matter What Happens to You, You Have Choice in the Matter
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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144 - Lotus Sutra 2: Wake Up! The Parable of the Burning House
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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143 - The Experience of Enlightenment and Why It’s for All of Us
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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142 - Direct Experience Is Liberation: When There Are No Stories, There Is No "You"
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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141 - The Practice of Vow 2: Choosing the Direction We Want Our Lives to Take
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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140 – Sustainable Buddhist Practice: Creating Form But Keeping It Flexible
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Jul 04, 2020 |
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139 - Suchness: Awakening to the Preciousness of Things-As-It-Is
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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138 - Buddhist Images of Fierceness and Compassionate Anger
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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137 - Sustainable Bodhisattva Practice when the World is (Literally) on Fire
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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136 - Grief in Buddhism 2: Some Buddhist Practices Helpful for Facing and Integrating Grief
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May 21, 2020 |
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Mini Episode - A Four "S" Approach to Shikantaza: Sit Upright, Still, Silent, Simply Be
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May 16, 2020 |
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135 - Grief in Buddhism 1: Buddhist Teachings on Grief and the Danger of Spiritual Bypassing
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May 11, 2020 |
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134 - Lotus Sutra 1: What Is Devotion, and How Does It Fulfill the Buddha Way?
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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133 - Restoring Wonder: Hongzhi's Guidepost of Silent Illumination - Part 2
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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132 - Restoring Wonder: Hongzhi's Guidepost of Silent Illumination - Part 1
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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131 – Facing Impermanence? Fortunately, Buddhism Is All About Life and Death
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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130 – A Buddhist Approach to Practicing with Fear
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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129 - Why Is Self-Esteem Essential When the Self is Empty?
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Feb 29, 2020 |
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128 – Taking Action: Getting Out of the House and Helping Others (Crisis Buddhism Part 3)
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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127 - Crisis Buddhism - Part 2: Bearing Witness
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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126 - Crisis Buddhism: Sustainable Bodhisattva Practice in a World on Fire – Part 1
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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125 - Liberation Through Understanding the Five Wisdom Energies
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Jan 21, 2020 |
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124 - Giving Shape to Our Lives: The Buddhist Practice of Vow
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Jan 07, 2020 |
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123 – Engaging Our Climate Emergency as a Koan and Opportunity
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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122 - Meditation Is NOT About Stopping Thoughts
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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Facing Extinction 2: A Personal Journal (Nov 14-22)
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Dec 12, 2019 |
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121 – The Practical Value of Awakening to the Absolute Aspect of Reality
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Dec 01, 2019 |
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120 - Dogen's Four Ways Bodhisattvas Embrace Living Beings - Part 5 - Identity Action
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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119 - Brightening the Mind: Refusing to be Tyrannized by Negative States
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Nov 17, 2019 |
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Facing Extinction 1: Nov. 3rd - 9th, 2019
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Nov 13, 2019 |
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118 - Buddha's Teachings 15: Nirvana as the Ultimate Goal of Original Buddhism
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Nov 02, 2019 |
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117 - Clarifying the Mind Ground According to Keizan's “Zazen-Yojinki”
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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116 - Do You Need a Zen or Buddhist Teacher?
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Oct 20, 2019 |
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115 - Dogen's Four Ways Bodhisattvas Embrace Living Beings - Part 4 - Beneficial Action
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Oct 06, 2019 |
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114 - Why Your (Real) Happiness Benefits Others
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Sep 28, 2019 |
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113 – Clarification: It’s Okay to Use Multiple Types of Meditation
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Sep 20, 2019 |
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2019-09-11 Off-Week Announcement about SFZC Talk
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Sep 11, 2019 |
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112 - Dogen's "Four Ways Bodhisattvas Embrace Living Beings" - Part 3 – Loving Words
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Sep 06, 2019 |
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111 – You Can't Hold on to Stillness: Practice in Activity
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Sep 01, 2019 |
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110 - How Understanding Impermanence Can Lead to Great Appreciation
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Aug 16, 2019 |
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109 - What Does Buddhism Have to Say About Mass Shootings?
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Aug 10, 2019 |
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108 - Buddha's Teachings 14: The Five Skandhas as Focus for the Practice of Not-Self (Anatta)
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Jul 30, 2019 |
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107 - Finding and Enacting Our Best Response to the World's Suffering
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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106 - Dogen's Shishobo: The Four Ways Bodhisattvas Embrace Living Beings – Part 2
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Jul 13, 2019 |
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105 - Dogen's Shishobo: The Four Ways Bodhisattvas Embrace Living Beings
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Jul 07, 2019 |
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104 – Buddhists: It’s Time to Address the Climate Emergency
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Jun 29, 2019 |
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103 – Twelve Pali Canon Suttas Every Buddhist Should Know – Part 3
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Jun 14, 2019 |
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102 – Nine Fields of Zen Practice: A Framework for Letting Practice Permeate Your Life – Part 3
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Jun 07, 2019 |
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101 – The Koan of Awakening: Do You Know the Essential Truth Yet, Or Not?
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Jun 03, 2019 |
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100 – Twelve Pali Canon Suttas Every Buddhist Should Know – Part 2
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May 17, 2019 |
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99 – Nine Fields of Zen Practice: A Framework for Letting Practice Permeate Your Life – Part 2
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May 10, 2019 |
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98 – Nine Fields of Zen Practice: A Framework for Letting Practice Permeate Your Life – Part 1
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May 03, 2019 |
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97 – Twelve Pali Canon Suttas Every Buddhist Should Know – Part 1
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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Off-Week Editorial - It’s Not Enough to Respond to What’s Right in Front of You
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Apr 19, 2019 |
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96 - Zazen Pamphlet: Essential (and Brief) Instructions for the Practice of Zazen
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Apr 12, 2019 |
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95 - Lineage in Buddhism: The Intersection Between the Individual and the Collective Tradition
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Apr 07, 2019 |
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94 - Buddha's Teachings 13 - The Five Hindrances - Part 3
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Mar 30, 2019 |
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93 - Buddha's Teachings 12: The Five Hindrances – Part 2
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Mar 23, 2019 |
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2019-03-15 Off-Week Book Review: Why Buddhism Is True
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Mar 15, 2019 |
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92 - Buddha's Teachings 11: The Five Hindrances – Part 1
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Mar 09, 2019 |
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91 – Unethical Buddhist Teachers: Were They Ever Really Enlightened?
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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90 - Buddhist History 11: Early Indian Buddhism - Stupas and Devotional Practice - Part 2
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Feb 23, 2019 |
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89 – Buddhist Practice as a Lifelong Path of Growth and Transformation
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Feb 15, 2019 |
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88 – Nyoho: Making Even Our Smallest, Mundane Actions Accord with the Dharma – Part 2
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Feb 02, 2019 |
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87 – Nyoho: Making Even Our Smallest, Mundane Actions Accord with the Dharma – Part 1
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Jan 28, 2019 |
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86 - Samvega and Pasada: Two Buddhist Emotions Indispensable for Practice
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Jan 18, 2019 |
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85 – I Shouldn’t Feel Like This: A Practitioner’s Conundrum
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Jan 11, 2019 |
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84 – Two Paths to Meditative Concentration: Directed Effort Versus Letting Go – Part 2
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Dec 24, 2018 |
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83 – Two Paths to Meditative Concentration: Directed Effort Versus Letting Go – Part 1
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Dec 14, 2018 |
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82 - Buddhist History 10: Early Indian Buddhism - Stupas and Devotional Practice - Part 1
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Dec 01, 2018 |
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81 – Five Steps for Positive Change without Waging War on the Self
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Nov 24, 2018 |
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80 - Four Foundations of Mindfulness Practice and Similarities in Zen
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Nov 17, 2018 |
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79 - Buddha's Teachings 10: The Four Foundations of Mindfulness
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Nov 13, 2018 |
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78 – The Ten Oxherding Pictures: Stages of Practice When You’re Going Nowhere
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Nov 01, 2018 |
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77 - Western Zen Grows Up and Faces the Koan of Race – Part 2
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Oct 28, 2018 |
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76 - Western Zen Grows Up and Faces the Koan of Race – Part 1
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Oct 12, 2018 |
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75 – Sekito Kisen’s Sandokai: The Identity of Relative and Absolute – Part 2
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Oct 04, 2018 |
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74 – Sekito Kisen’s Sandokai: The Identity of Relative and Absolute – Part 1
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Sep 27, 2018 |
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73 – Is Buddhism Secular, Spiritual, or Religious?
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Sep 11, 2018 |
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72 – Taking Care of Our Lives: More About the Karma Relationship Side of Practice
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Sep 01, 2018 |
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71 - Buddha's Teachings 9: The Four Brahmaviharas, or Sublime Social Attitudes - Part 3
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Aug 26, 2018 |
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70 - Buddhist Practice: Dealing with Intrusive Thoughts and Emotions
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Aug 18, 2018 |
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69 - The Soto Zen Goal of Goallessness: How to Awaken Without Trying
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Aug 04, 2018 |
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68 – Relating to Buddhist Teachings 2: Wrestling with the Teachings
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Jul 29, 2018 |
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67 – Relating to Buddhist Teachings 1: Their Abundance, Diversity & Authenticity
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Jul 21, 2018 |
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66 - Buddha's Teachings 8: Four Brahmaviharas, or Sublime Social Attitudes - Part 2
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Jul 14, 2018 |
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65 – Dealing with Fear, Anger, and Hatred as a Buddhist
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Jul 02, 2018 |
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64 - Shikantaza: Having the Guts to Just Sit and Let Go of Doing Anything
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Jun 23, 2018 |
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63 - Buddha's Teachings 7: The Four Brahmaviharas, or Sublime Social Attitudes - Part 1
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Jun 19, 2018 |
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62 - Listener's Questions: Practicing with Mental Illness
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Jun 08, 2018 |
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61 - Taking Refuge and Precepts: The Significance of Becoming a Buddhist – Part 2
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May 25, 2018 |
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60 - Taking Refuge and Precepts: The Significance of Becoming a Buddhist – Part 1
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May 18, 2018 |
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59 - The Buddha's Teachings Part 6: The Three Poisons as the Root of All Evil
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May 12, 2018 |
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58 - Dogen's Bendowa Part 2: Inconceivable Dharma, Practice, and Realization
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May 04, 2018 |
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57 - Dogen's Bendowa Part 1: What's the Big Deal about Zazen?
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Apr 30, 2018 |
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56 - Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva and the Power of Compassion
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Apr 22, 2018 |
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55 - Listener's Questions: Enlightened Behavior, Openings, Chanting, Recommended Books
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Apr 12, 2018 |
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54 – You Don’t Need to Improve or Get Anything to Fulfill the Buddha Way
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Mar 30, 2018 |
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53 - Buddha's Teachings Part 5: Karma, the Law of Moral Cause-and-Effect
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Mar 23, 2018 |
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52 - Profound, Practical, Mutable: Dharma Transmission in Zen – Part 2
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Mar 15, 2018 |
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51 - Profound, Practical, Mutable: Dharma Transmission in Zen – Part 1
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Mar 10, 2018 |
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50 - Buddhist History 8: Aśoka, First Buddhist Emperor – Facts and Legend Part 2
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Mar 04, 2018 |
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49 - Buddhist History 8: Aśoka, First Buddhist Emperor – Facts and Legend – Part 1
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Feb 27, 2018 |
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48 - How to Guide Your Own Meditation Part 2: First-Person Stories
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Feb 09, 2018 |
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47 - How to Guide Your Own Meditation Part 1: Do Something, Don’t Just Fall Asleep
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Feb 02, 2018 |
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46 - Dogen’s Genjokoan Part 5: Birds Fly, Fish Swim, a Zen Master Waves a Fan
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Jan 26, 2018 |
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45 - The Value of Buddhist Prayer Part 3: Prayer for Personal Transformation
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Jan 20, 2018 |
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44 - The Value of Buddhist Prayer Part 2: Aid-Seeking If There’s No God
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Jan 12, 2018 |
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43 - The Value of Buddhist Prayer Part 1: Paradox of Prayer in a Nontheistic Spiritual Tradition
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Jan 06, 2018 |
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42 - Buddha's Teachings Part 4: Right Speech - Factual, Helpful, Kind, Pleasant, and Timely
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Dec 21, 2017 |
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41 -Dogen’s Genjokoan Part 4: Moon in a Dewdrop and Views of the Ocean
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Dec 15, 2017 |
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40 - Being Beneficial Instead of Right: The Buddhist Concept of Skillful Means
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Dec 07, 2017 |
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39 - Buddhist History 7: Indian Buddhism After the Buddha - The First 200 Years
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Nov 30, 2017 |
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38 - The Two Sides of Practice: Samadhi Power and Karma Relationship
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Nov 18, 2017 |
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37 - Dogen’s Genjokoan Part 3: Seeking, Self, and the Matter of Life-and-Death
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Nov 10, 2017 |
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36 - Buddha's Teachings Part 3: The Noble Eightfold Path
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Nov 03, 2017 |
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35 - Dogen’s Genjokoan: A Verse by Verse Exploration – Part 2
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Oct 26, 2017 |
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34 - Dogen’s Genjokoan: A Verse by Verse Exploration – Part 1
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Oct 19, 2017 |
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October Break Message
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Oct 12, 2017 |
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33 – Life of Shakyamuni Buddha Part 4: Further Teachings and Colorful Stories
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Oct 05, 2017 |
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32 - The Practice of Not-Knowing: Relief, Intimacy, and Ground for Effective Action
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Sep 28, 2017 |
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31 - Six Realms of Existence Part 3: Hungry Ghost and Human Realms
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Sep 21, 2017 |
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30 - Six Realms of Existence Part 2: Asura, Beast, and Hell Realms
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Sep 14, 2017 |
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29 - Six Realms of Existence Part 1: Introduction and the Heaven Realm
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Sep 07, 2017 |
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Labor Day Message
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Aug 31, 2017 |
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28 - Q&A: The Teaching of Rebirth and Too Much Thinking During Zazen
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Aug 24, 2017 |
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27 - The Buddha's Teachings Part 2 – The Four Noble Truths
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Aug 17, 2017 |
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26 – Work as Spiritual Practice According to Dogen's “Instructions to the Cook” – Part 2
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Aug 10, 2017 |
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25 – Work as Spiritual Practice According to Dogen's “Instructions to the Cook” - Part 1
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Aug 03, 2017 |
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24 – Deepen Your Zazen by Not Getting Stuck in Satisfaction or Dissatisfaction
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Jul 27, 2017 |
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23 - How Buddhists Should Behave: Evolution of the Buddhist Precepts Part 2
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Jul 21, 2017 |
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22 - How Buddhists Should Behave: Evolution of the Buddhist Precepts Part 1
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Jul 13, 2017 |
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21 – Sesshin: 24-7 Silent Meditation Retreats
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Jun 29, 2017 |
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20 - The Heart Sutra Part 2: Line by Line Explanation, Continued
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Jun 21, 2017 |
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19 - The Heart Sutra Part 1: Introduction to the Most Common Mahayana Text
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Jun 15, 2017 |
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18 - Zen Forms (Customs and Rituals) and Why They Matter
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Jun 08, 2017 |
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Life of Shakyamuni Buddha Part 3: First Sermons and Students, and the Early Sangha
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Jun 01, 2017 |
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Sangha: The Joys, Challenges, and Value of Practicing in a Buddhist Community
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May 25, 2017 |
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To Study Buddhism Is to Study the Self (and Why That’s Not Selfish)
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May 18, 2017 |
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Buddha's Teachings Part 1: The Three Marks and the Teaching of Not-Self (Anatta)
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May 11, 2017 |
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What Zen “Acceptance” and “Non-Attachment” Really Are
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May 04, 2017 |
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Life of Shakyamuni Buddha Part 2: Spiritual Struggle, Enlightenment, Teaching, and Death
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Apr 27, 2017 |
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Life of Shakyamuni Buddha Part 1: Source Texts, and Birth Through Homeleaving
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Apr 20, 2017 |
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What Is "Zen Practice," Anyway?
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Apr 13, 2017 |
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Shakyamuni Buddha's Enlightenment: What Did He Realize?
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Apr 06, 2017 |
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It-with-a-Capital-I: The Zen Version of God
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Mar 30, 2017 |
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Dharma Talk - Beyond Mindfulness: The Radical Practice of Undivided Presence
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Mar 23, 2017 |
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Arising of Buddhism Part 2: New Religious Questions and Answers Around 500 BCE
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Mar 16, 2017 |
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Arising of Buddhism Part 1: Historical and Religious Context in India
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Mar 09, 2017 |
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Zazen Part 2: How to Deal with Thinking, Stay Engaged, and Maintain a Practice
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Mar 02, 2017 |
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Zazen (Seated Meditation) Part 1: What Zazen Is and How to Do It
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Jan 25, 2017 |
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The Three Treasures of Buddhism: Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha
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Jan 17, 2017 |
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How Does Zen Fit Within the Context of Buddhism as a Whole?
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Jan 17, 2017 |