AZC Weekly talks
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In this podcast you can find almost all the talks given at the Auckland Zen Centre, back to 2016. Most talks are by Roshi Amala Wrightson, but there are also talks from Sensei Richard von Sturmer and senior students too.
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2026-04-21 Ahimsa
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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2026-04-07 Term Intensive Tips
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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2026-03-24 Peace and War
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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2026-02-10 Nature Koans 3: Wu-tsu's Buffalo Passes Through the Window
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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2026-01-27 The Three Fruits of Zen Practice
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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2026-01-10 Master Dōgen's Life and Teaching 6
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Jan 10, 2026 |
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2026-01-09 Master Dōgen's Life and Teaching 5
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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2026-01-08 Master Dōgen's Life and Teaching 4
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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2026-01-07 Master Dōgen's Life and Teaching 3
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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2026-01-06 Master Dōgen's Life and Teaching 2
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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2026-01-05 Master Dōgen's Life and Teaching 1
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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2025-12-16 The Ten Precepts as Expressions of our "Inconceivably Wondrous" True Nature
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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2025-11-04 Nature Koans 2: The Cypress Tree in the Courtyard
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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2025-10-21 Not-self
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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2025-09-23 Dharma Ancestors: Soen Nakagawa Roshi
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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2025-09-11 Teisho beads from Tangen-roshi
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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2025-09-10 Sangha stories about Tangen-roshi 2
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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2025-09-09 Sangha stories about Tangen-roshi 1
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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2025-09-08 H 80 Zhaozhou's "Newborn baby" Part Two
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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2025-09-07 H 80 Zhaozhou's "Newborn baby" Part One
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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2025-09-06 Pointers for sitting
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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2025-08-19 Suffering
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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2025-08-05 Nature Koans 1: Jingqing's Sound of the Raindrops
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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2025-07-22 Impermanence
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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2025-07-08 Grief
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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2025-06-24 I Don't Know
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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2025-06-10 Why Jukai?
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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2025-05-27 Linji's Great Enlightenment
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May 27, 2025 |
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2025-05-13 M46 Step Forward from the Top of a Hundred-Foot Pole
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May 14, 2025 |
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2025-04-29 Yunmen's "Every Day Is a Good Day"
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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2025-04-19 S 67 The Huayen Sutra's Wisdom
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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2025-04-15 Non-abiding
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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2025-04-01 Dharma Ancestors: Hakuun Yasutani Roshi
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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2025-03-11 Attachment and Nonattachment
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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2025-02-25 Ahimsa and Insects
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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2025-02-04 Patience and Contentment
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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2025-01-09 Teachings of Tangen Roshi 6
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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2025-01-08 Teachings of Tangen Roshi 5
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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2025-01-07 Teachings of Tangen Roshi 4
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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2025-01-06 Teachings of Tangen Roshi 3
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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2025-01-05 Teachings of Tangen Roshi 2
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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2025-01-04 Teachings of Tangen Roshi 1
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Jan 04, 2025 |
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2024-11-26 The Nature of Mara.
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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2024-11-05 Remembering Parihaka
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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2024-10-27 Zen and Character Part Two (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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2024-10-15 Zen and Character Part One (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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2024-09-12 Subtle Sound 4
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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2024-09-11 Subtle Sound 3
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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2024-09-10 Subtle Sound 2
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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2024-09-09 Teachings of Nagarjuna 2 (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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2024-09-08 Teachings of Nagarjuna 1 (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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2024-09-07 Subtle Sound: Teachings from Maurine Stuart Roshi 1
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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2024-09-03 Dharma Ancestors: Daiun Sogaku Harada Roshi (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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2024-08-20 The Four Nutriments 3
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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2024-08-06 The Four Nutriments 2
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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2024-07-23 The Four Nutriments 1
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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2024-07-09 Questions of King Milinda (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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2024-06-28 Authorising a Teacher in Zen (Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede)
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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2024-06-11 The Three Treasures
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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2024-05-28 Matariki Jukai - Right Speech
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May 29, 2024 |
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2024-05-14 Vesak
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May 21, 2024 |
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2024-04-24 Life and Teachings of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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2024-04-23 Transforming Anger
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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2024-04-02 Responding to difficult and uncertain times
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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2024-03-19 Affirming Faith in Faith in Mind 8
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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2024-02-13 Affirming Faith in Mind 7
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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2024-01-30 Affirming Faith in Mind 6
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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2024-01-11 H 2 Joshu's "The Great Way is Not Difficult"
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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2024-01-10 Affirming Faith in Mind 5
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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2024-01-09 Affirming Faith in Mind 4
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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2024-01-08 Affirming Faith in Mind 3
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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2024-01-07 Affirming Faith in Mind 2
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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2024-01-06 Affirming Faith in Mind 1
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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2023-12-03 True Self- No Self (Jissai Prince-Cherry)
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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2023-11-19 After the Final No There Comes a Yes (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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2023-11-05 Meeting Kannon (Adrian Croucher)
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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2023-10-22 Encouragement and Praise (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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2023-09-02 Life and Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi 1
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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2023-09-03 Life and Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi 2
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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2023-09-04 Life and Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi 3
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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2023-09-05 Life and Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi 4
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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2023-09-06 Life and Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi 5
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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2023-09-07 Life and Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi 6
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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2023-08-22 Helpful Guidance on Koan Work
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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2023-08-08 M5 Kyogen's Man up a Tree
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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2023-07-25 The First Precept, or not to kill the mind of compassion and reverence
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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2023-07-11 The Bodhisattva Precepts
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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2023-06-27 Diamond Sutra Koans
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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2023-04-18 Why We Celebrate Earth Day
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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2023-04-04 Mumonkan 18 Tozan and Three Pounds of Flax
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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2023-03-21 Work
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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2023-03-07 Effort and Aimlessness
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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2023-02-21 Working with change and loss
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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2023-01-17 A better Way to Live Alone 4
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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23-01-12 Koans
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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2023-01-11 The Life and Teachings of Master Bankei 5 (fragment)
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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2023-01-10 The Life and Teachings of Master Bankei 4
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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2023-01-09 The Life and Teachings of Master Bankei 3
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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2023-01-08 The Life and Teachings of Master Bankei 2
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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2023-01-07 The Life and Teachings of Master Bankei 1
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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2022-11-26 A Better Way to Live Alone 1
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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2022-11-27 A Better Way to Live Alone 2
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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2022-11-29 A Better Way to Live Alone 3
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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2022-11-08 Zen and Nature Part Three (Richard von Sturmer)
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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2022-10-25 Zen and Nature Part Two (Richard von Sturmer)
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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2022-10-11 Zen and Nature Part One (Richard von Sturmer)
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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2022-08-23 Throwing Out the Four False Views 2
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Aug 27, 2022 |
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2022-08-16 Throwing Out the Four False Views 1
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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2022-08-02 Frugality
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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2022-07-22 H84 Vimalakirti's Gate of Non-Duality
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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2022-07-21 Pitfalls 3
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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2022-07-20 Pitfalls 2
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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2022-07-19 Pitfalls 1
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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2022-07-17 Dukkha 2
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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2022-07-18 Dukkha 3
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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2022-07-16 Dukkha 1
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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2022-07-05 The Courage to Be Happy 2
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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2022-06-28 The Courage to Be Happy 1
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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2022-06-14 Meditation and Anger
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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2022-05-24 The Way of Zazen 2
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May 25, 2022 |
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2022-05-10 The Way of Zazen 1
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May 25, 2022 |
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2022-04-26 Earth Day reflections
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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2022-04-12 Sun Face Buddha, Moon Face Buddha (Richard von Sturmer)
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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2022-04-02 Working with anxiety and panic 2
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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2022-04-03 Working with anxiety and panic 3
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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2022-03-22 Working with anxiety and panic 1
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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2022-03-15 Ukraine Ceremony of Aid
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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2022-02-22 Beyond Wellness
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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2022-01-25 H86 Ummon's "Everyone has their own light"
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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2022-01-14 H89 The Hands and Eyes of Kanzeon
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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2022-01-13 M:23 Think Neither Good Nor Evil
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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2022-01-12 Harada Tangen-roshi Part 5: Life and Teachings
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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2022-01-10 Harada Tangen-roshi Part 3: Life and Teachings
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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2022-01-11 Harada Tangen-roshi Part 4: Life and Teachings
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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2022-01-09 Harada Tangen-roshi Part 2: Life and Teachings
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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2022-01-08 Harada Tangen-roshi Part 1: Life and Teachings
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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2021-11-23 Cultivating right attitudes for practice and life 2
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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2021-11-09 Cultivating right attitudes for practice and life 1
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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2021-10-19 The power of chanting and bowing
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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2021-10-03 Arrogance
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Oct 09, 2021 |
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2021-09-28 Information and Misinformation
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Oct 09, 2021 |
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21-09-14 Learning from Te Ao Māori
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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2021-08-31 Working with our suffering
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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2021-08-17 H46 Kyosei's Sound of the Raindrops
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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2021-08-06 Yu Uses Her Full Strength
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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2021-08-05 The Life and Teachings of Russel Williams 6
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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2021-08-04 The Life and Teachings of Russel Williams 5
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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2021-08-03 The Life and Teachings of Russel Williams 4
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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2021-08-02 The Life and Teachings of Russel Williams 3
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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2021-08-01 The Life and Teachings of Russel Williams 2
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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2021-07-31 The Life and Teachings of Russel Williams 1
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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2021-06-29 Precepts 3 - discussion
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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2021-06-29 Precepts 3
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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2021-06-15 Precepts 2 - discussion
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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2021-06-15 Precepts 2
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Jun 19, 2021 |
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2021-06-09 M10 Sozan and Poor Seizei
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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2021-06-08 An Experience of Enlightenment 4
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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2021-06-07 An Experience of Enlightenment 3
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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2121-06-06 An Experience of Enlightenment 2
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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2021-06-05 An Experience of Enlightenment 1
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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2021-06-01 Precepts Part 1
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Jun 05, 2021 |
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2021-06-01 Precepts Part 1 - discussion
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Jun 05, 2021 |
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2021-03-30 Grass and Weeds
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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2021-04-20 Teachings of Jodo Shinshu 3
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Apr 25, 2021 |
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2021-04-13 Teachings of Jodo Shinshu 2
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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2021-03-21 Teachings of Jodo Shinshu 1
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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2021-02-16 Vows, Faith, Compassion and Renunciation 2
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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2021-01-26 Vows, Faith, Compassion and Renunciation
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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2021-01-15 H18 The National Teacher's Seamless Monument
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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2021-01-14 H17 Kyorin's Sitting Long and Getting Tired
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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2021-01-13 Teachings of Zen Master Dahui 5
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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2021-01-12 Teachings of Zen Master Dahui 4
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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2021-01-11 Teachings of Zen Master Dahui 3
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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2021-01-10 Teachings of Zen Master Dahui 2
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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2021-01-09 Teachings of Zen Master Dahui 1
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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2020-11-24 Chiyono's "No Water, No Moon"
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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2020-11-10 "These Mountains, They Are in Pain"
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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2020-07-31 Master Hongzhi's Cultivating the Empty Field 4
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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2020-07-30 Master Hongzhi's Cultivating the Empty Field 3
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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2020-07-29 Master Hongzhi's Cultivating the Empty Field 2
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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2020-07-28 Master Hongzhi's Cultivating the Empty Field 1
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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2020-10-25 Navigating by the stars
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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2020-10-20 Coming to the Path - Sally
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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2020-09-26 Questions Raised by the Cannabis Legalisation Ref
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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2020-09-26 Term Intensive Introduction
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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20-09-15 End Of Life Choice Referendum
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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2020-07-30 Day Three 4-day Online Sesshin
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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2010-08-26 M 9 Daitsu Chisho Buddha
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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2020-08-25 Masters Dahui and Sheng Yen on Koan Practice 4
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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2020-08-24 Masters Dahui and Sheng Yen on Koan Practice 3
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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2020-08-23 Masters Dahui and Sheng Yen on Koan Practice 2
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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2020-08-22 Masters Dahui and Sheng Yen on Koan Practice 1
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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2020-07-31 Day Four 4-day Online Sesshin
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Aug 09, 2020 |
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2020-07-29 Day Two 4-day Online Sesshin
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Aug 09, 2020 |
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2020-07-28 Day One 4-day Online Sesshin
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Aug 09, 2020 |
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2020-07-28 Cultivating Delight
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Aug 09, 2020 |
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2020-07-07 Matariki Jukai
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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2020-07-05 Dharma class Heart Sutra 4
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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2020-06-28 Dharma Class - Heart Sutra 3
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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2020-06-21 Dharma Class Heart Sutra 2
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Jun 28, 2020 |
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2020-06-16 Black Lives Matter
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Jun 20, 2020 |
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2020-06-14 Dharma Class Heart Sutra 1
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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2020-06-02 Optimism, Pessimism, Realism
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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2020-05-19 Lenses for Lock-down
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May 24, 2020 |
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2020-05-12 The Hunter of Stories
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May 13, 2020 |
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2020-04-21 S:83 Daowu Tending the Sick
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Apr 25, 2020 |
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2020-04-07 S94 Dongshan is Sick
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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2020-03-24 H:87 Ummon's 'Medicine and sickness'
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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2020-03-10 H3 Baso's 'Sun-faced Buddha, Moon-faced Buddha'
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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2020-02-09 Zen and Marriage - panel discussion
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Feb 09, 2020 |
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2019-11-12 Coming to the Path - Hamish Bartle
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Feb 09, 2020 |
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2020-01-11 The Old Woman, Zhaozhou, and the Tiger
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Jan 18, 2020 |
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2020-01-10 Master Chinul's "Straight Talk on the True Mind 6
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Jan 18, 2020 |
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2020-01-09 Master Chinul's "Straight Talk on the True Mind 5
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Jan 18, 2020 |
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2020-01-08 Master Chinul's "Straight Talk on the True Mind 4
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Jan 18, 2020 |
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2020-01-07 Master Chinul's "Straight Talk on the True Mind 3
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Jan 18, 2020 |
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2020-01-06 Master Chinul's "Straight Talk on the True Mind 2
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Jan 18, 2020 |
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2020-01-05 Master Chinul's "Straight Talk on the True Mind 1
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Jan 18, 2020 |
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2019-11-27 Yashodhara's Path
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Jan 18, 2020 |
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22019-10-08 Entangling vines (RvS)
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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2019-09-10 Dogen sets the record straight 2
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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2019-08-20 Dogen sets the record straight 1
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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2019-08-06 Two stories
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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2019-07-23 End of Life Choice Bill
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Aug 17, 2019 |
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2019-07-05 Bodhidharma's Outline of Practice 7
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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2019-07-04 Bodhidharma's Outline of Practice 6
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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2019-07-03 Bodhidharma's Outline of Practice 5
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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2019-07-02 Bodhidharma's Outline of Practice 4
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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2019-07-01 Bodhidharma's Outline of Practice 3
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Jul 15, 2019 |