Awakening Streams: The One River Zen Podcast
By Sensei Michael Brunner, One River Zen
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Awakening Streams features Dharma talks and Zen reflections from Sensei Michael Brunner of One River Zen Center in Ottawa, Illinois.
Each episode explores the living practice of Zen Buddhism through classic Zen koans, teachings from the Shōyōroku and Mumonkan, and direct encounters with everyday life.
Discover how awakening flows through every obstacle, every act of compassion, and every moment of wonder.
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Right and Wrong — The Zen Koan of Mayoku Thumping His Staff (Book of Equanimity Case 16)
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Book of Equanimity Case 21 — Ungan Sweeps the Ground
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Daitsu Chishō — Mumonkan Case 9
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Keichū Makes Carts — Mumonkan Case 8
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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The 200-Millisecond Gap: Free Will, Karma, and Zen
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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You Don’t Become Free — You Stop Pretending | A Zen Teaching from Shōyōroku 97
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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The Garuda Trap: How to Master Karmic Momentum and Sustain Presence
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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The Stream of Unhindered Life: Compassion, Koans, and the Unstoppable Function
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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Shōyōroku Case 19 | Ummon’s Mount Sumeru — A Zen Koan on Meeting the Obstacles of Mind
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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Zen Kōan on Ego and Original Nature — Mountains, Rivers, and the True Will
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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Hōgen's Hair's-Breadth: Shōyōroku Case 17
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage | Part Four
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage | Part Three
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage | Part Two
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage | Part One
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Hyakujo's Fox | Mumonkan Case 2
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Where'd You Get this Dust?
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Let the Dust Settle | Shōyōroku Case 33
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Jul 19, 2025 |
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The Radiant Thread of Being | Shōyōroku Case 67
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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The Taste of the Ordinary: Beyond Buddhas and Ancestors | Shōyōroku, Case 78
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Stop Trying to Understand, and See | Shōyōroku Case 80: Ryuge Passes the Chin Rest
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Walking in Daylight | Hekiganroku Case 41
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May 19, 2025 |
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Right Here. Now What? | Sensei Sōen Michael Brunner | Hekigan-roku – Case 23
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Mar 29, 2025 |
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Taming the Monkey Mind: Shōyōroku Case 72 – Chuyu’s Monkey
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Go Straight On: Seeing Through Illusion | Mumonkan Case 31
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Seeking Meaning and the Empty Search | Blue Cliff Record Case 20
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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The True Person of No Rank: Breaking Free from the Illusion of Self
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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Chanting the Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo: A Path to Boundless Life
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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Seeing Through the Eyes of the Universe | Mumonkan Case 36
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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The Hand That Moves: Zen and the Nature of True Compassion
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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The Gateway of Mu | Mumonkan 1
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Sweeping out the Dust, Finding the Buddha | Shōyōroku 68
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Joshu meets Wittgenstein: Beyond Knowing, Into Being | Shōyōroku 57
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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Timeless Abundance: The Wine of This Moment
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Jan 04, 2025 |
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Seeds of Sorrow–Harvest of Joy
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Dec 28, 2024 |
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Carl Jung Meets Master Zuigan: The Dialogue Within
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Sozan Shows Heidegger the Way
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Obedience to Reality: Letting Go of Ego and Resistance
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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Embracing Every (Mis)step
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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Put It Down: Embracing Compassion Beyond Judgment
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Nov 09, 2024 |
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Responding to the Call: Finding Freedom in Discipline
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Awakening the Master Within: Breaking Free and Leading the Way
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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Seeing Beyond Concepts: Embracing Life’s Boundless Mystery
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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Knock Down the Flagpole: Letting Go of Expectations and Awakening to Life
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Wandering in the Mountains: Living Fully
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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Embracing the Present: Letting Go of Stories and Finding Compassion
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Practice as if Your Life Depends on It | Shōyorōku Case 32 | Kyōzan's State of Mind
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Surrender | Shōyorōku Case #59 | Seirin’s Deadly Snake
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Daring Greatly | Mumonkan Case #46 | Stepping from the Top of a Pole
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Finding the Way | Mumonkan Case #19 | Ordinary Mind is the Way
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Banzo's Sword | Shaseki-shu Case #91 | The Taste of Banzo's Sword
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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In Living Color | Shoyoroku Case #6 | Baso's White and Black
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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What Loving-kindness? | Shasekishū Case #6 | No Loving-kindness
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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Working With the Flow | Hekiganroku Case #80 | Joshu's Newborn Baby
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Freedom from Other | Hekiganroku Case #57 | Joshu's Nondiscrimination
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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The Path is the Goal | Shaseki-shu Case #37 | Publishing the Sutras
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Beyond Ideas | Mumokan Case #29 | Not the Wind, Not the Flag
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Opening to Life | Hekiganroku Case #43 | No Cold or Heat
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Seeing Beyond | Mumonkan Case #31 | Joshu Sees Through an Old Woman
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Let Go and Live! | Mumonkan Case #38 | A Buffalo Passes Through a Window
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Taking the Plunge | Life Beyond Regret
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Nov 25, 2023 |
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Dying the Great Death | Book of Equanimity Case #63, Joshu Asks About Death
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Is that (really) so? | Book of Equanimity Case #36, Master Ma is Unwell
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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Life Beyond the Self | Blue Cliff Record Case #36, Roaming the Mountains
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Am I Dreaming? Blue Cliff Record Case #40, Nansen's "This Flower"
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Nov 13, 2023 |