Thousand Harbours Zen

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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.
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Episode Date
Episode 258: THZ 258 - I Have Already Exhausted Myself for You
Sep 03, 2024
Episode 257: THZ 257 - What Tools Do We Gain from Zen?
Jul 28, 2024
Episode 256: THZ 256 - Speaking and Hearing
Jun 19, 2024
Episode 255: THZ 255 - Community
May 04, 2024
Episode 254: THZ 254 - Awe in the Mundane
Apr 07, 2024
Episode 253: THZ 253 - Basic Principles
Mar 24, 2024
Episode 252: THZ 252 - You're Where You Need to Be
Mar 03, 2024
Episode 251: THZ 251 - What is Now the Time For?
Feb 03, 2024
Episode 250: THZ 250 - Zen is Not About Zen
Jan 27, 2024
Episode 249: THZ 249 - The Wisdom to Know the Difference
Dec 27, 2023
Episode 248: THZ 248 - Practice Like a Thief
Dec 17, 2023
Episode 247: THZ 247 - Getting Trapped By Right Intention
Nov 28, 2023
Episode 246: THZ 246 - What About Passion?
Nov 11, 2023
Episode 245: THZ 245 - Zazen is Colourless and Transparent
Oct 22, 2023
Episode 244: THZ 244 - Meeting Death in Everyday Life
Oct 06, 2023
Episode 243: THZ 243 - Five Remembrances
Sep 17, 2023
Episode 242: THZ 242 - Equanimity and Congruence
Sep 03, 2023
Episode 241: THZ 241 - No Secular World in Buddhadharma
Aug 13, 2023
Episode 240: THZ 240 - Zen Practice as Form
Jul 30, 2023
Episode 239: THZ 239 - Resolute Stability
Jul 16, 2023
Episode 238: THZ 238 - Let Yourself Break Open
Jun 28, 2023
Episode 237: THZ 237 - Desire vs Attachment
Jun 10, 2023
Episode 236: THZ 236 - Lean in to Letting Go
Jun 03, 2023
Episode 235: THZ 235 - Nanquan, The Cat and Us
May 20, 2023
Episode 234: THZ 234 - When It All Seems Too Big
May 06, 2023
Episode 233: THZ 233 - Sangha We Make
Apr 22, 2023
Episode 232: THZ 232 - Knowing Ourselves as Animals
Apr 08, 2023
Episode 231: THZ 231 - Mindfulness, Concentration and Superman
Jan 21, 2023
Episode 230: THZ 230 - Fairness
Dec 03, 2022
Episode 229: THZ 229 - Spiritual Confidence
Oct 15, 2022
Episode 228: THZ 228 - Those Who Are Able to Let Go
Aug 20, 2022
Episode 227: THZ 227 - Make an Altar of the World
Jul 16, 2022
Episode 226: THZ 226 - Where Jizo (and we) Can Go
Jun 01, 2022
Episode 225: THZ 225 - The Power of Asking Questions
Apr 24, 2022
Episode 224: THZ 224 - We Vow to Mature Into the Awakened Way
Mar 03, 2022
Episode 223: THZ 223 - We Vow to Learn Infinite Skillful Means
Feb 06, 2022
Episode 222: THZ 222 - We Vow to Cut Through Kleshas
Jan 25, 2022
Episode 221: THZ 221 - We Vow to Free Us All
Dec 31, 2021
Episode 220: THZ 220 - Don't Stop There (Racism and the Bodhisattva Path)
Dec 23, 2021
Episode 219: THZ 219 - For As Long As Space Endures
Nov 28, 2021
Episode 218: THZ 218 - Ritual is How We Hold the World
Nov 20, 2021
Episode 217: THZ 217 - Does a Virus Have Buddhanature?
Oct 30, 2021
Episode 216: THZ 216 - Can You Feel Yourself Falling?
Oct 03, 2021
Episode 215: THZ 215 - When It Feels Like Too Much
Sep 02, 2021
Episode 214: THZ 214 - The Three Treasures are Teflon (Tenth Precept)
Aug 16, 2021
Episode 213: THZ 213 - Freedom
Jul 31, 2021
Episode 212: THZ 212 - Fearlessness is Generosity
Jul 10, 2021
Episode 211: THZ 211 - The Practice of Not Touching Your Face
Jun 29, 2021
Episode 210: THZ 210 - Everything is Old, Everything is New
Jun 15, 2021
Episode 209: THZ 209 - Act Like You're Dying
May 29, 2021
Episode 208: THZ 208 - The Intoxication of Anger (Ninth Precept)
May 16, 2021
Episode 207: THZ 207 - Offer It All Up (Eighth Precept)
May 01, 2021
Episode 206: THZ 206 - You Don't Know What You Would Do (Seventh Precept)
Apr 18, 2021
Episode 205: THZ 205 - You're Just Like Everyone Else (Sixth Precept)
Mar 16, 2021
Episode 204: ZNS 204 - We're All Addicted (Fifth Precept)
Jan 11, 2021
Episode 203: ZNS 203 - What Do You Think You're Protecting? (Fourth Precept)
Dec 23, 2020
Episode 202: ZNS 202 - Let's Talk About Sex (Third Precept)
Dec 09, 2020
Episode 201: ZNS 201 - What We Think is Ours (Second Precept)
Nov 26, 2020
ZNS 200 - Being Clean is Not the Point (First Precept)
Nov 10, 2020
ZNS 199 - Falling into Refuge
Oct 28, 2020
ZNS 198 - Get Clear About What You Need to Do
Sep 28, 2020
ZNS 197 - Are the Precepts Artificial?
Sep 05, 2020
ZNS 196 - The Three Poisons
Aug 18, 2020
ZNS 195 - Inspiration and the Three Pure Precepts
Aug 01, 2020
ZNS 194 - Traps of Identity
Jul 15, 2020
ZNS 193 - Actualizing the Buddha Ancestors
Jul 05, 2020
ZNS 192 - Being a Teacher, Being a Student
Jun 25, 2020
ZNS 191 - A Special Transmission Outside the Scriptures
Jun 17, 2020
ZNS 190 - Awakening vs Awakened Activity
Jun 08, 2020
ZNS 189 - Being Awake is Enough
May 25, 2020
ZNS 188 - Feeling Trapped
May 14, 2020
ZNS 187 - We're All Sarah Connor Now
May 09, 2020
ZNS 186 - You're Going to Lose it All
May 01, 2020
ZNS 185 - Why Do We Do Any of This?
Apr 26, 2020
ZNS 184 - The Noble Eightfold Path (8 of 8) - Right Resolve
Apr 17, 2020
ZNS 183 - The Noble Eightfold Path (7 of 8) - Right View
Apr 10, 2020
ZNS 182 - The Noble Eightfold Path (6 of 8) - Right Concentration
Apr 04, 2020
ZNS 181 - The Noble Eightfold Path (5 of 8) - Right Mindfulness
Mar 28, 2020
ZNS 180 - The Noble Eightfold Path (4 of 8) - Right Effort
Mar 21, 2020
ZNS 179 - The Noble Eightfold Path (3 of 8) - Right Livelihood
Mar 15, 2020
ZNS 178 - The Noble Eightfold Path (2 of 8) - Right Action
Mar 07, 2020
ZNS 177 - The Noble Eightfold Path (1 of 8) - Right Speech
Feb 29, 2020
ZNS 176 - Proper Care and Feeding of Delusions
Feb 23, 2020
ZNS 175 - No Hope, No Despair
Feb 15, 2020
ZNS 174 - The Emotions You Think You Don't Want
Feb 08, 2020
ZNS 173 - When Arrow Points Meet
Feb 01, 2020
ZNS 172 - Compassion
Jan 25, 2020
ZNS 171 - You're Holding It All
Jan 18, 2020
ZNS 170 - What Practice Is and Isn't
Jan 12, 2020
ZNS 169 - You Don't Know What This Moment Offers
Jan 04, 2020
ZNS 168 - Resolve - Just Don't Move
Dec 27, 2019
ZNS 167 - Opening the Eyes of the Buddha
Dec 21, 2019
ZNS 166 - You'll Never Get it Right
Dec 14, 2019
ZNS 165 - Listen With This Attitude
Dec 06, 2019
ZNS 164 - Bodhidharma
Nov 30, 2019
ZNS 163 - Let Go of Inspiration
Nov 23, 2019
ZNS 162 - Reality is a Fabrication
Nov 16, 2019
ZNS 161 - Why Do We Practice?
Nov 10, 2019
ZNS 160 - How Not to Hold the Precepts
Nov 03, 2019
ZNS 159 - No Need to Get Unstuck
Oct 25, 2019
ZNS 158 - The Rocks in Our Pockets
Oct 18, 2019
ZNS 157 - Answer Only on the Basis of the True Dharma
Oct 11, 2019
ZNS 156 - It Starts With What You Do
Oct 03, 2019
ZNS 155 - Don't Lie About the Burning House
Sep 26, 2019
ZNS 154 - Who is the Teacher?
Sep 22, 2019
ZNS 153 - Start From a Hopeless Place
Sep 14, 2019
ZNS 152 - No Excuses
Sep 04, 2019
ZNS 151 - How Did We Get Here from There?
Aug 28, 2019
ZNS 150 - Don't Rely on the Words of the Ancients
Aug 21, 2019
ZNS 149 - Buddhahood and Artificial Intelligence
Aug 14, 2019
ZNS 148 - Mist and Dew
Aug 09, 2019
ZNS 147 - The Big Thing
Jul 24, 2019
ZNS 146 - Awakening With the Body
Jul 16, 2019
ZNS 145 - Beyond Sitting
Jul 10, 2019
ZNS 144 - What is the Most Important
Jul 06, 2019
ZNS 143 - Cool Your Mind
Jun 28, 2019
ZNS 142 - The Toad - Buddha and the Hundred Foot Pole
Jun 23, 2019
ZNS 141 - The Snake in the Box
Jun 16, 2019
ZNS 140 - Inside the Walls
Jun 11, 2019
ZNS 139 - Spiritual Heroes
Jun 07, 2019
ZNS 138 - Genjo Koan - When One Side is Illuminated
Jun 01, 2019
ZNS 137 - You Can't Just Act Ordinary
May 23, 2019
ZNS 136 - Confusion vs Clarity
May 16, 2019
ZNS 135 - If It Isn't Real, What is It?
May 09, 2019
ZNS 134 - What We Do When We Don't Know What to Do
May 01, 2019
ZNS 133 - Institutions, Traditions and Fighting the Power
Apr 27, 2019
ZNS 132 - What is it to be Awake
Apr 18, 2019
ZNS 131 - The Awakened Way is Unsurpassable
Apr 08, 2019
ZNS 130 - Dharma Gates Are Infinite
Apr 01, 2019
ZNS 129 - Delusions Are Inexhaustible
Mar 27, 2019
ZNS 128 - Beings Are Countless
Mar 21, 2019
ZNS 127 - All My Past and Harmful Karma
Mar 16, 2019
ZNS 126 - Dogen's "Buddha Nature" (5 of 5) - I Have a Name But It's Not an Ordinary Name
Mar 11, 2019
ZNS 125 - Dogen's "Buddha Nature" (4 of 5) - If the Time Arrives, Buddha Nature Appears
Mar 06, 2019
ZNS 124 - Dogen's "Buddha Nature" (3 of 5) - To Master That One is to Master This One
Feb 28, 2019
ZNS 123 - Dogen's "Buddha Nature" (2 of 5) - Who Said That Buddha Nature Knows and Comprehends
Feb 22, 2019
ZNS 122 - Dogen's "Buddha Nature" (1 of 5) - The Tathagatha Always Abides
Feb 16, 2019
ZNS 121 - Newcomers Talk - Breathe Easy
Feb 10, 2019
ZNS 120 - What is Invisible and What is Not
Feb 04, 2019
ZNS 119 - What Scares Us
Jan 31, 2019
ZNS 118 - You Will Never Be Ready
Jan 24, 2019
ZNS 117 - OK Has Nothing to Do With It
Jan 12, 2019
ZNS 116 - How Does a Weak-Minded Person Change Bad Habits
Jan 05, 2019
ZNS 115 - Always Let Your Heart Break
Dec 31, 2018
ZNS 114 - Going Through the Motions
Dec 25, 2018
ZNS 113 - Zazen Snowmen
Dec 14, 2018
ZNS 112 - How We Talk About Karma
Dec 08, 2018
ZNS 111 - Newcomers Talk: Lineage, Repentance, Vow
Dec 04, 2018
ZNS 110 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (13 of 13) - Immediately Hitting the Mark
Nov 25, 2018
ZNS 109 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (12 of 13) - Practice Throughout the Way
Nov 21, 2018
ZNS 108 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (11 of 13) - The Conduct of Zen Monks
Nov 18, 2018
ZNS 107 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (10 of 13) - For Those Who Long to Leave the World
Nov 09, 2018
ZNS 106 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (9 of 13) - It Doesn't Take a Genius
Nov 03, 2018
ZNS 105 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (8 of 13) - What You Should Know for Practicing Zen
Oct 29, 2018
ZNS 104 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (7 of 13) - You Should Seek a True Teacher
Oct 24, 2018
ZNS 103 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (6 of 13) - Do Not Practice With the Idea of Gain
Oct 17, 2018
ZNS 102 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (5 of 13) - Always Enter Enlightenment Through Practice
Oct 07, 2018
ZNS 101 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (4 of 13) - Once You See or Hear the True Teaching
Sep 30, 2018
ZNS 100 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (3 of 13) - Just Forget Yourself for Now
Sep 24, 2018
ZNS 099 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (2 of 13) - Enlightenment, Fame, Profit.
Sep 19, 2018
ZNS 098 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (1 of 13) - Arousing the Thought of Enlightenment
Sep 13, 2018
ZNS 097 - Happiness is Overrated
Sep 10, 2018
ZNS 096 - Drive All Blames Into One
Sep 06, 2018
ZNS 095 - Begin at the End
Aug 31, 2018
ZNS 094 - Vow, Enlightenment and the View from Inside the Palace Walls
Aug 26, 2018
ZNS 093 - What to Expect When You're Expecting (Something From Zen)
Aug 23, 2018
ZNS 092 - Newcomers Talk: Zen and All Its Picky Rules
Aug 16, 2018
ZNS 091 - The Paramitas (14 of 14) - Knowledge
Aug 08, 2018
ZNS 090 - The Paramitas (13 of 14) - Spiritual Power
Aug 03, 2018
ZNS 089 - The Paramitas (12 of 14) - Skillful Means
Jul 27, 2018
ZNS 088 - The Paramitas (11 of 14) - Meditation
Jul 25, 2018
ZNS 087 - The Paramitas (10 of 14) - Equanimity
Jul 12, 2018
ZNS 086 - The Paramitas (9 of 14) - Loving Kindness
Jul 08, 2018
ZNS 085 - The Paramitas (8 of 14) - Determination & Vow
Jun 28, 2018
ZNS 084 - The Paramitas (7 of 14) - Honesty
Jun 21, 2018
ZNS 083 - The Paramitas (6 of 14) - Patience
Jun 14, 2018
ZNS 082 - The Paramitas (5 of 14) - Effort
May 29, 2018
ZNS 081 - The Paramitas (4 of 14) - Wisdom
May 23, 2018
ZNS 080 - The Paramitas (3 of 14) - Renunciation
May 09, 2018
ZNS 079 - The Paramitas (2 of 14) - Ethical Conduct
Apr 30, 2018
ZNS 078 - The Paramitas (1 of 14) - Generosity
Apr 21, 2018
ZNS 077 - Being Yourself
Apr 20, 2018
ZNS 076 - Dealing With Kleshas
Apr 10, 2018
ZNS 075 - Just The Facts
Apr 01, 2018
ZNS 074 - The Prodigal Son
Mar 25, 2018
ZNS 073 - Meditation, The Hulk and Making Friends with our Mind
Feb 21, 2018
ZNS 072 - Waiting for Spring
Feb 12, 2018
ZNS 071 - Keizan's "Notes on What To Be Aware of in Zazen" (6 of 6) - Get Out of Your Head
Feb 02, 2018
ZNS 070 - Keizan's "Notes on What To Be Aware of in Zazen" (5 of 6) - Avoid Getting Caught Up
Jan 28, 2018
ZNS 069 - Keizan's "Notes on What To Be Aware of in Zazen" (4 of 6) - Like a Fool, Like an Idiot
Jan 23, 2018
ZNS 068 - Keizan's "Notes on What To Be Aware of in Zazen" (3 of 6) - No Back or Front, No Inside or Outside
Jan 19, 2018
ZNS 067 - Keizan's "Notes on What To Be Aware of in Zazen" (2 of 6) - Do Nothing At All
Jan 17, 2018
ZNS 066 - Keizan's "Notes on What To Be Aware of in Zazen" (1 of 6) - Keizan, Zazen and Trusting Yourself
Jan 13, 2018
ZNS 065 - Navigating the Dark
Jan 08, 2018
ZNS 064 - Looking at Our Own Eyeballs
Jan 05, 2018
ZNS 063 - Don't Be a Ghost
Jan 02, 2018
ZNS 062 - Newcomers Talk: Being Alert vs Being Awake
Dec 28, 2017
ZNS 061 - It's Not About Transcendence
Dec 26, 2017
ZNS 060 - Not Slandering the Three Treasures
Dec 22, 2017
ZNS 059 - Not Indulging Anger
Dec 19, 2017
ZNS 058 - Not Withholding
Dec 15, 2017
ZNS 057 - Not Taking Credit, Not Placing Blame
Dec 12, 2017
ZNS 056 - Not Speaking of the Faults of Others
Dec 04, 2017
ZNS 055 - Not Indulging in Intoxicants
Dec 04, 2017
ZNS 054 - Not Lying
Nov 27, 2017
ZNS 053 - Not Misusing Sex
Nov 27, 2017
ZNS 052 - Not Stealing
Nov 22, 2017
ZNS 050 - The Three Pure Precepts
Nov 20, 2017
ZNS 051 - Not Killing
Nov 14, 2017
ZNS 049 - What's At the Center
Nov 14, 2017
ZNS 048 - Madness, Goodness and Seeing Who We Are
Nov 06, 2017
ZNS 047 - Daichi, Zenji and the Buddha's birthday
Nov 06, 2017
ZNS 046 - Religion and Spirituality
Oct 30, 2017
ZNS 045 - Diversity and the Buddha's Blind Spots
Oct 30, 2017
ZNS 044 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (8 of 8) - Do Not Pass Your Days and Nights in Vain
Oct 23, 2017
ZNS 043 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (7 of 8) - There is Only This Way
Oct 23, 2017
ZNS 042 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (6 of 8) - Zazen is Not Meditation Practice
Oct 16, 2017
ZNS 041 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (5 of 8) - What Kind of Thinking is Non-Thinking?
Oct 16, 2017
ZNS 040 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (4 of 8) - At Your Sitting Place
Oct 10, 2017
ZNS 039 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (3 of 8) - Have No Designs on Becoming a Buddha
Oct 10, 2017
ZNS 038 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (2 of 8) - Consider the Buddha
Oct 02, 2017
ZNS 037 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (1 of 8) - The Way is Perfect
Oct 02, 2017
ZNS 036 - Gratitude and the Four Signs
Sep 26, 2017
ZNS 035 - The Heart Sutra
Sep 26, 2017
ZNS 034 - Not Holding Back
Sep 18, 2017
ZNS 033 - Finding the Zen in Citizen
Sep 18, 2017
ZNS 032 - In the Mist
Sep 11, 2017
ZNS 031 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (8 of 8) - Not to Engage in Hollow Discussions
Sep 11, 2017
ZNS 030 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (7 of 8) - Cultivating Wisdom
Sep 06, 2017
ZNS 029 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (6 of 8) - Practicing Meditation
Sep 06, 2017
ZNS 028 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (5 of 8) - Not to Forget the Object of One's Attention
Aug 29, 2017
ZNS 027 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (4 of 8) - Diligent Effort
Aug 29, 2017
ZNS 026 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (3 of 8) - Enjoying Serenity
Aug 21, 2017
ZNS 025 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (2 of 8) - How Much is Enough
Aug 21, 2017
ZNS 024 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (1 of 8) - Few Desires
Aug 15, 2017
ZNS 023 - Identity Action (The Bodhisattva's Fourth Method of Guidance)
Aug 15, 2017
ZNS 022 - Beneficial Action (The Bodhisattva's Third Method of Guidance)
Aug 08, 2017
ZNS 021 - Kind Speech (The Bodhisattva's Second Method of Guidance)
Aug 08, 2017
ZNS 020 - Giving (The Bodhisattva's First Method of Guidance)
Aug 04, 2017
ZNS 019 - Not Just Here Not Just Now
Aug 02, 2017
ZNS 018 - The Raw Honest Heart
Aug 01, 2017