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AZC Weekly talks

Auckland Zen Centre

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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08:26

2021-06-15 Precepts 2 - discussion

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2021/06/20

A discussion following the talk Precepts 2.

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48:02

2021-06-09 M10 Sozan and Poor Seizei

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2021/06/14

Working with spiritual poverty.

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50:52

2021-06-08 An Experience of Enlightenment 4

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2021/06/14

Arrival, loss and return -- the universe changes on its axis, but how to share this amazing experience with others? Searching for a context for 20 years and finally finding one. Text: An Experience of Enlightenment by Flora Curtois Quest Books 1986

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51:40

2021-06-07 An Experience of Enlightenment 3

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2021/06/14

A turning point -- no need to look further than the mind itself. Text: An Experience of Enlightenment by Flora Curtois Quest Books 1986

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50:20

2121-06-06 An Experience of Enlightenment 2

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2021/06/14

Flora Curtois' search for Reality, or the ground of being. Text: An Experience of Enlightenment by Flora Curtois Quest Books 1986

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50:20

2021-06-05 An Experience of Enlightenment 1

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2021/06/14

Introduction to the text by Yasutani-roshi Text: An Experience of Enlightenment by Flora Curtois Quest Books 1986

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08:52

2021-06-01 Precepts Part 1 - discussion

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2021/06/05

Discussion following the teisho on precepts (part 1) Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/TzR5AgJe8tXU1xqsnAIJoxaEYkg

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32:50

2021-03-30 Grass and Weeds

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2021/06/04

The teaching and poetry of grass and weeds, from Zen to Walt Whitman.

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57:41

2021-04-20 Teachings of Jodo Shinshu 3

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2021/04/25

All is a circle -- an exploration of some of the circles to be found in nature and in Mind. Main Texts: River of Fire, River of Water: An Introduction to the Pure Land Tradition of Shin Buddhism by Taitetsu Unno, article From Anthropocene to Noosphere: The Great Acceleration in AGU (Advancing Earth and Space Science), 2021, by Boris Shoshitaishvili

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54:09

2021-04-13 Teachings of Jodo Shinshu 2

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2021/04/16

Learning from spiritual friends, practising humility. Main text: River of Fire, River of Water by Taitetsu Unno

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56:21

2021-03-21 Teachings of Jodo Shinshu 1

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2021/04/02

What we can learn from the Japanese Pure Land tradition Main Text: River of Fire, River of Water: An introduction to The Pure Land tradition of Shin Buddhism by Taitetsu Unno

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53:46

2021-02-16 Vows, Faith, Compassion and Renunciation 2

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2021/02/18

More on how and why our sitting practice is woven with vows. Examples of other formulations of vows within the Mahayana tradition.

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43:16

2021-01-26 Vows, Faith, Compassion and Renunciation

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2021/01/27

A look at four essential ingredients of our practice of the Buddhadharma, (besides zazen), and an introduction to Ko Ngā Oati e Whā (the four great vows in te reo).

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38:02

2021-01-15 H18 The National Teacher's Seamless Monument

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2021/01/20

The Emperor of China doesn't understand the National Teacher's request for him to build a 'seamless monument'. After he dies, his heir Tangen recites a poem to answer the Emperor's query, saying, "Beneath the shadowless tree a community ferryboat."

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36:02

2021-01-14 H17 Kyorin's Sitting Long and Getting Tired

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2021/01/20

What is the meaning of Zen? What is the meaning of life?

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38:07

2021-01-13 Teachings of Zen Master Dahui 5

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2021/01/20

How we cling to the self-identities we create, even when they are painful. Main Source(s): Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui Translated by Christopher Cleary

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39:11

2021-01-12 Teachings of Zen Master Dahui 4

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2021/01/20

Renunciation is not an outward but an inward action, a gradual transformation of our attitude toward the world around us. Main Source(s): Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui Translated by Christopher Cleary

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38:00

2021-01-11 Teachings of Zen Master Dahui 3

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2021/01/20

Who or what is in the way of our waking up? How do we get out of the way? Main Source(s): Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui Translated by Christopher Cleary

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38:42

2021-01-10 Teachings of Zen Master Dahui 2

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2021/01/20

How subjective emotional consciousness distorts our experience. Main Source(s): Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui Translated by Christopher Cleary

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36:33

2021-01-09 Teachings of Zen Master Dahui 1

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2021/01/20

Some historical background on Master Dahui and his championing of koan practice. Source(s): Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui Translated by Christopher Cleary, and Circle of the Way by Barbara O'Brien

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