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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.

religion & spirituality buddhism

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12:53

Episode 218: THZ 218 - Ritual is How We Hold the World

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2021/11/20

Those who are staying at home right now may find themselves falling into little rituals meant to make things feel regular, and safe; in this practice, ritual is something else.

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14:47

Episode 217: THZ 217 - Does a Virus Have Buddhanature?

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2021/10/30

Does Covid-19 have buddhanature? Do you? Why do we even ask things like that?

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12:35

Episode 216: THZ 216 - Can You Feel Yourself Falling?

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2021/10/03

Dogen likened the spiritual life to the experience of falling off a horse. Can you feel it happening?

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10:24

Episode 215: THZ 215 - When It Feels Like Too Much

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2021/09/02

It can feel like it's all too much, too much to hold. We need to look at that.

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14:13

Episode 214: THZ 214 - The Three Treasures are Teflon...

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2021/08/16

On the tenth precept, "Not defiling the three treasures." The three treasures are just fine, but still, we forget who we are in relationship to them.

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11:06

Episode 213: THZ 213 - Freedom

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2021/07/31

Freedom—the freedom we want (perhaps especially in the age of social distancing), and the freedom we already have.

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9:28

Episode 212: THZ 212 - Fearlessness is Generosity

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2021/07/10

Fearlessness is one of the four types of generosity. Why? And how do we get there?

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11:04

Episode 211: THZ 211 - The Practice of Not Touching...

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2021/06/29

A simple act of refraining, like not touching your face in a pandemic, can be both a practice of mindfulness and an act of generosity.

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14:25

Episode 210: THZ 210 - Everything is Old, Everything...

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2021/06/15

Buddhism offers what looks like two contradictory ways of meeting our mind in each moment. But maybe we can hold both.

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15:52

Episode 209: THZ 209 - Act Like You're Dying

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2021/05/29

If you knew you were dying, how would that change how you see others? Because you are.

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15:50

Episode 208: THZ 208 - The Intoxication of Anger...

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2021/05/16

On Precept 9 (not indulging in anger)—it doesn't say there aren't good reasons to feel anger, just that we should learn not to be seduced by it.

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10:36

Episode 207: THZ 207 - Offer It All Up (Eighth Precept)

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2021/05/01

On Precept 8 (not withholding dharma assets), clinging vs. letting go, and realizing what you're capable of giving.

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15:27

Episode 206: THZ 206 - You Don't Know What You Would...

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2021/04/18

On Precept 7 (not elevating yourself and blaming others). We have more capacity for sympathy—and for delusion—than we're comfortable admitting.

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15:56

Episode 205: THZ 205 - You're Just Like Everyone Else...

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2021/03/16

On Precept 6 (not speaking of the faults of others) and how the keyword isn't "faults," it's "others."

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25:06

Episode 204: ZNS 204 - We're All Addicted (Fifth...

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2021/01/11

On Precept 5 (not indulging in intoxicants) and the ways in which we feed our addictions.

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19:10

Episode 203: ZNS 203 - What Do You Think You're...

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2020/12/23

On Precept 4 (not lying) and the reasons why we lie. What narrative are we trying to control?

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2:22

Episode 202: ZNS 202 - Let's Talk About Sex (Third...

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2020/12/09

On Precept 3 (not misusing sex) and the messiness of intimacy.

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18:13

Episode 201: ZNS 201 - What We Think is Ours (Second...

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2020/11/26

On Precept 2 (not stealing) and the question of what we have been offered versus what we just think belongs to us.

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16:49

ZNS 200 - Being Clean is Not the Point (First Precept)

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2020/11/10

On Precept 1 (not killing) and the mindset we can bring to all the precepts. It's not about becoming more pure.

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19:41

ZNS 199 - Falling into Refuge

Thousand Harbours Zen ·

2020/10/28

Imagine that taking refuge in buddha, dharma, and sangha isn't about choosing to enter some new space, but rather that it's an act of falling without any hope of control.

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