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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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47:27

2025-09-06 Pointers for sitting

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2025/09/06

Some pointers and cautions for zazen at the beginning of our 7-day sesshin.Sources: Various.

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48:53

2025-08-19 Suffering

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2025/08/20

Second in a series of talks on The Three Marks of Existence, Impermanence, Suffering and Not-Self. Suffering is a core teachingof Buddhism. The Buddha said "I teach but two things; suffering and the way out of suffering." Buddhism addresses our personal suffering as well as equipping us to be able to effectively help other beings to find liberation.Sources:Dharma Raineds Stephanie Kaza and Kenneth Kraft andThere Is No SufferingMaster Sheng Yen.

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42:31

2025-08-05 Nature Koans 1: Jingqing's Sound of the...

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2025/08/05

This is thefirstin a series of koans centred on the natural world. The koan is Case 46 in theBlue Cliff Record.Sources:Zen's Chinese Heritageby Andy Ferguson andA Step Away from Paradiseby Thomas Shor.

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49:03

2025-07-22 Impermanence

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2025/07/23

Description: Sabbe anicca. Everything that arises passes. Impermanence is one of the Three Marks, or Characteristics, of Existence, and a cornerstoneof Buddhist teaching. The Buddha says thatwhat is real is changeitself,and that there's order in that change. The Bodhisattva's practice of ego-attrition happens both on the meditation cushion and in our work in the world.Source:Dharma Rain, Sources of Buddhist Environmentalismeds Stephanie Kaza and Kenneth Kraft, Shambhala 2000.

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47:32

2025-07-08 Grief

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2025/07/08

Adrian Croucher givesa dharma talk on grief and Zen, drawing on a range of sources and his own recent experiences after the loss of his father.References:Domyo Burk, "Grief in Buddhism", Zen Studies Podcast, May 2020 (two parts):https://zenstudiespodcast.com/grief-in-buddhism-1/Lucy Hone, "Resilient Grieving - How to Find Your Way Through Devastating Loss", Allen and Unwin, 2023.

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40:24

2025-06-24 I Don't Know

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2025/06/24

In this teisho we explore the different meanings of "I don't know", which are the three most famous words in Zen.

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50:09

2025-06-10 Why Jukai?

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2025/06/11

What is the receiving- the-precepts, or Jukai, ceremony and why do we participate in it?Main Source:Invoking Reality, moral and ethical teachings of Zenby John Daido Loori, Shambhala 2007.

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2025-05-27 Linji's Great Enlightenment

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2025/05/27

Richard-sensei's teisho on the koan "Linji's Great Enlightenment". The teisho also looks at the use of the kyosaku, the encouragement stick, in Zen.Main references:Zen's Chinese Heritageby Andy Ferguson.

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47:07

2025-05-13 M46 Step Forward from the Top of a...

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2025/05/14

Description: To die the Great Death means letting go of everything, even our precious awakening experience. We go up the pole to free ourselves of the three poisons, but then we leap back down into the world of duality and suffering to help others to liberate themselves. A Zen master said, "Zen training is preparation for life in the world, not thegoal of life in the world."Sources: Awakening to Zen, Roshi Philip Kapleau;Zen's Chinese Heritage, Andy Fergusson;Two Zen Classics, KatsukiSekida; The

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34:25

2025-04-29 Yunmen's "Every Day Is a Good Day"

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2025/04/30

Texts:Urs App,Master YunmenMaster Sheng-yen,The Sword of Wisdom.

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40:38

2025-04-19 S 67 The Huayen Sutra's Wisdom

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2025/04/26

Description: According to the Avatamsaka (Huayen) Sutra the Buddha proclaimed at his great awakening that all beings are endowed with wisdom and virtue. Why then do we cause so much suffering for others and ourselves?Source:The Book of Equanimityby Jerry Shishin Wick.

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2025-04-15 Non-abiding

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2025/04/26

Description: The third of Master Hui Neng's antidotes for attachment. Having the courage to be open and vulnerable and making peace with not beingin control, are skilful strategies in an impermanentworld.

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46:32

2025-04-01 Dharma Ancestors: Hakuun Yasutani Roshi

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2025/04/02

Main text: Flowers Fall: A Commentary on Zen Master Dogen's Genjokoan translated by Paul Jaffe.

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43:32

2025-03-11 Attachment and Nonattachment

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2025/03/12

Description: Master Hui Neng's antidotes to our attachment to our inner world, outer relationships and identity.Source:Silent Illuminationby Guo Gu.

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43:55

2025-02-25 Ahimsa and Insects

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2025/02/27

Main references:Nine Livesby William DalrympleTheSecret Lifeof Flies by Erica McAlisterIchi Tantei: talks by Tangen Roshi

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48:24

2025-02-04 Patience and Contentment

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2025/02/09

Description: A look at two of the essential qualities we need to practise Zen and ways we can cultivate them.Sources:Throw Yourself into the House of Buddhaby Tangen Harada Roshi, Shambhala 2023, Silent Illumination by Guo Gu, Shambhala 2021, NOON e-Newsletter January 2025Discipline of the Good Mindarticle by Freida J. Jacques.

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46:32

2025-01-09 Teachings of Tangen Roshi 6

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2025/01/09

Readings from: Throw Yourself Into the House of Buddha : the Life & Zen Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi / translated by Belenda Attaway Yamakawa ; edited by Kogen Czarnik.

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40:51

2025-01-08 Teachings of Tangen Roshi 5

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2025/01/08

Readings from: Throw Yourself Into the House of Buddha : the Life & Zen Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi / translated by Belenda Attaway Yamakawa ; edited by Kogen Czarnik.

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45:30

2025-01-07 Teachings of Tangen Roshi 4

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2025/01/07

Readings from: Throw Yourself Into the House of Buddha : the Life & Zen Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi / translated by Belenda Attaway Yamakawa ; edited by Kogen Czarnik.

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45:37

2025-01-06 Teachings of Tangen Roshi 3

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2025/01/06

Readings from: Ichi Tantei = One Doing / Tangen Roshi of Bukkokuji ; teisho translations by Belenda Attaway Yamakawa ; edited by Ron Klein.

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