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Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast

Greater Boston Zen Center

Welcome to our podcast coming to you from the Greater Boston Zen Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. We are a sangha-led sangha, and our podcasts (beginning in 2024) feature talks given by knowledgeable sangha members and guest speakers, often accompanied by group discussion. For more information about our sangha go to our website: bostonzen.org.

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All Episodes

38:04

(Discussion) What Inspires Your Practice?

Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast ·

2023/02/28

Karen McCormack leads a discussion of the question "What inspires your practice?" (with an introduction to this format by Jill Gaulding). (February 18, 2023)

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39:38

The Five Skandas

Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast ·

2023/02/05

Julie Nelson speaks about the five skandhas: form, sensation, perception, mental reaction, and consiousness. (February 4, 2023)

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07:41

(Short) Engaged Effort

Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast ·

2023/02/04

Julie Nelson speaks about the Virya Paramita. The quotes are from Diane Rizzetto's book Deep Hope. (February 3, 2023)

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04:14

(Short) Love the Questions

Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast ·

2023/01/27

Julie Nelson speaks about practicing with a heavy heart and with worry. The quote is from the work of Rainer Maria Rilke. (January 27, 2023)

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07:51

(Short) Skandas

Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast ·

2023/01/22

Julie Nelson speaks briefly about the five skandas (or aggregates) in Buddhist psychology. (January 20, 2023)

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05:52

(Short) Where is Our Practice?

Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast ·

2023/01/16

Julie Nelson speaks about the story of "Chiyono's No Water, No Moon." (January 13, 2023)

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08:52

(Short) "Are You Afraid of this Happiness?"

Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast ·

2023/01/06

Julie Nelson speaks about taking the phrase "Are you afraid of this happiness?" as a koan through the day. (January 6, 2023)

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19:04

Rohatsu Without a Hero

Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast ·

2022/12/19

Julie Nelson speaks about how framing the Buddha's Enlightenment as a story of a "hero going forth" hides other elements. (December 16, 2020; Rohatsu Sesshin; Dharma Discussion not recorded.)

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08:41

(Short) The Story of Rohatsu

Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast ·

2022/12/10

Julie Nelson talks about how our affection for certain kinds of stories may distort our understanding of the Buddha's (and our own) enlightenment. (December 9, 2022)

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04:42

(Short) Walking Freely in the Universe

Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast ·

2022/12/06

Julie Nelson reflects on Wumen's verse about "walking freely in the universe." (December 2, 2022)

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07:27

(Short) Do We Need a "Great Hero"?

Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast ·

2022/11/27

Julie Nelson reads and comments on the story "Ziyong's Earth," from The Hidden Lamp. (November 25, 2022)

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03:14

(Short) Daoism and Zen

Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast ·

2022/11/25

Julie Nelson reads two passsages from the Tao Te Ching. (November 25, 2022)

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31:12

Some Fruits of our Practice

Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast ·

2022/11/10

Julie Nelson speaks about some the fruits of our practice. The text (abridged) is from Richard Rohr's book The Naked Now. (November 8, 2022)

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09:46

(Short) Which Came First...?

Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast ·

2022/11/06

Julie Nelson gives an encouragement talk based on Robert Sharf's essay, "The Looping Structure of Buddhist Thought." (November 5, 2022)

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22:14

Dedications

Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast ·

2022/10/31

Ed Oberholtzer speaks about dedications of merit. (October 29, 2022)

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06:55

(Short) Equanimity

Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast ·

2022/10/30

Julie Nelson gives an encouragement talk about being able to ride out our upswings and downswings. (October 28, 2022)

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39:12

Kinhin

Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast ·

2022/10/28

James Peregrino speaks about the history and practice of kinhin, or walking meditation. (October 25, 2022)

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31:23

Home

Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast ·

2022/10/24

Ed Oberholtzer speaks about our true home. (October 22, 2022)

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54:33

Imagination, Interdependence, and Liberation

Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast ·

2022/10/21

Ben Connelly of the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center gives a guest talk at the Greater Boston Zen Center. His topic is practicing Yogacara Buddhism with Vasubandhu's Three Natures. (October 18, 2022)

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29:21

What is Transmitted?

Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast ·

2022/10/20

Julie Nelson speaks about the question of what is transmitted in Zen teaching transmission. (October 15, 2022)

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