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Thousand Harbours Zen

Zen Nova Scotia

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. Your support makes the practice and teachings available to others.

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16:20

ZNS 158 - The Rocks in Our Pockets

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2019/10/18

On the stories we carry with us and don't know how to let go.

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15:40

ZNS 157 - Answer Only on the Basis of the True Dharma

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2019/10/11

Dogen said, "When someone asks about the dharma or the essentials of practice, Zen monks must reply on the basis of the true dharma. Do not answer on the basis of expedient means that are not true, thinking the person is not a vessel (of the dharma), or is incapable of understanding because he is only a beginner."

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14:32

ZNS 156 - It Starts With What You Do

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2019/10/03

Dogen said, "If you first change your physical behavior, your mind will be reformed as well."

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18:27

ZNS 155 - Don't Lie About the Burning House

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2019/09/26

On the parable of the burning house, skillful means, and lying.

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15:36

ZNS 154 - Who is the Teacher?

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2019/09/22

On Buddhist teacher scandals and the notion that we should "not confuse the teachings with the teacher." Can we even do that? And if not, then what?

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16:31

ZNS 153 - Start From a Hopeless Place

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2019/09/14

Dogen in "Record of Things Heard": "You must practice the Way with the attitude of a person owing a vast debt and being forced to return it despite being penniless. If you have this frame of mind, it is easy to attain the Way.'"

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15:32

ZNS 152 - No Excuses

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2019/09/04

“I desire to practice the Way, but the world is in its last period (which is degenerate) and I have only inferior capabilities. I cannot endure the formal practice which accords with the dharma. I want to find an easier way which is suitable for me, make a connection, and attain enlightenment in the next lifetime.” Dogen replies, "This is entirely wrong."

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16:45

ZNS 151 - How Did We Get Here from There?

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2019/08/28

Causation: how did we get here from there? And now what?

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15:54

ZNS 150 - Don't Rely on the Words of the Ancients

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2019/08/21

"We should not necessarily rely on the words of the ancients, but we should grasp just true reality." From Dogen's "Record of Things Heard" 4-2.

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35:34

ZNS 149 - Buddhahood and Artificial Intelligence

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2019/08/14

Buddhahood, artificial intelligence, and how we see ourselves in others.

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17:22

ZNS 148 - Mist and Dew

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2019/08/09

“Associating with a good person is like walking through mist and dew; though you will not become drenched, gradually your robes will become damp.” From Dogen's "Record of Things Heard" 4-4.

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19:24

ZNS 147 - The Big Thing

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2019/07/24

What is the Big Thing? And how do we not lose sight of it?

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15:22

ZNS 146 - Awakening With the Body

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2019/07/16

From Dogen's "Record of Things Heard," 2-26: "As long as we only think about the buddhadharma with our minds, we will never grasp the Way, even in a thousand lifetimes or a myriad of eons."

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18:34

ZNS 145 - Beyond Sitting

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2019/07/10

An explanation of what we call the "private ceremony," a service we can perform at home every day.

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17:14

ZNS 144 - What is the Most Important

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2019/07/06

From Dogen's "Record of Things Heard," 2-17: "You should spend your time carrying out what is worth doing. Among the things you should do, what is the most important?"

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18:28

ZNS 143 - Cool Your Mind

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2019/06/28

From Dogen's "Record of Things Heard," 1-15: "A student of the Way must cool his mind as if he were giving up his life, and consider if what he is about to say or do is in accordance with reality or not. If it is, he should say or do it."

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19:38

ZNS 142 - The Toad - Buddha and the Hundred Foot Pole

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2019/06/23

From "Record of Things Heard" (Zuimonki) 1-13. Dogen: "You should believe your teacher if he says that buddha is nothing but a toad or an earthworm, and throw your former ideas away."

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21:31

ZNS 141 - The Snake in the Box

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2019/06/16

On the motivations and expectations we bring to practice—and what we actually find.

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19:27

ZNS 140 - Inside the Walls

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2019/06/11

What's the gap between what we see and what's really there? On the Zen imperative to look beyond simple appearances.

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23:59

ZNS 139 - Spiritual Heroes

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2019/06/07

How do we open ourselves to being inspired by our heroes without losing sight of them, and ourselves, as three-dimensional beings?

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