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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.

religion & spirituality buddhism

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41:29

2025-01-05 Teachings of Tangen Roshi 2

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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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50:58

2025-01-04 Teachings of Tangen Roshi 1

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2025/01/04

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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41:48

2024-11-26 The Nature of Mara.

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2024/11/27

Texts used in the teisho:Karen Armstrong,BuddhaStephen Batchelor,Living with the DevilNyanaponika Thera and Hellmuth Hecker,Great Disciples of the Buddha

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50:32

2024-11-05 Remembering Parihaka

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2024/11/08

Educating ourselves about our colonial history can be a way of honouring Te Tiriti. We can learn much from Parihaka about waging peaceand the power of non-violence, as Gandhi did.Sources:Shifting Grounds, Deep Histories of Tamaki Makaurau Aucklandby Lucy Mackintosh Bridget Williams BooksAsk that Mountainby Dick Scott Raupo 1975

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46:53

2024-10-27 Zen and Character Part Two

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2024/10/29

Book quoted from:The Force of Characterby James Hillman.

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42:12

2024-10-15 Zen and Character Part One

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2024/10/16

Teisho by Sensei Richard von Sturmer.Book quoted from:The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Callingby James Hillman.

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45:11

2024-09-12 Subtle Sound 4

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2024/09/12

Daily life practice and "Whatis this and how did it get here?"Sources:Meetings with Remarkable Women, Lenore Friedman, Shambhala 1987Subtle Sounded. Roko Sherry Chayat Shambhala 1996

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47:57

2024-09-11 Subtle Sound 3

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2024/09/11

Painting legs on a snakeSources:Meetings with Remarkable Women, Lenore Friedman, Shambhala 1987Subtle Sounded. Roko Sherry Chayat Shambhala 1996

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43:31

2024-09-10 Subtle Sound 2

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2024/09/09

Sesshin mindReadings from Stephen Batchelor's Introduction to his translation of Nagarjuna'sVerses from the Centre.

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49:33

2024-09-09 Teachings of Nagarjuna 2

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2024/09/08

Nagarjuna'sVerses from the CentrePart Two. In this teisho we concentrate on the verses themselves.Sources:Verses from the Centretranslated by Stephen BatchelorThe Unborn: Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankeiby Norman Waddell

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48:00

2024-09-07 Subtle Sound: Teachings from Maurine...

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2024/09/07

Mostly biographical materialSources:Meetings with Remarkable Women, Lenore Friedman, Shambhala 1987Subtle Sounded. Roko Sherry Chayat Shambhala 1996

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45:39

2024-09-08 Teachings of Nagarjuna 1

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2024/09/07

Readings from Stephen Batchelor's Introduction to his translation of Nagarjuna'sVerses from the Centre.Nargajuna was an important Indian teacher and our 14th Zen Ancestor. Batchelor calls him "the poet of emptiness".

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45:29

2024-09-03 Dharma Ancestors: Daiun Sogaku Harada Roshi

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2024/09/05

Teisho by Sensei Richard von SturmerReadings from the autobiography of Daiun Sogaku Harada-roshi, Roshi Kapleau's first teacher.

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45:47

2024-08-20 The Four Nutriments 3

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2024/08/27

Individual consciousness, collective consciousness, universal consciousness.Sources:Zen and the Art of Savingthe Planetby Thich Nhat Hanh, Rider London 2021,Canticle to the Cosmosvideo series by Brian Swimme.

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47:10

2024-08-06 The Four Nutriments 2

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2024/08/07

We can learn toguard our mind and nurtureour aspirationby being careful of what weconsume.Source:Zen and the Art of Savingthe Planetby Thich Nhat Hanh, Rider London 2021.

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49:12

2024-07-23 The Four Nutriments 1

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2024/07/31

What we consume shapes us -- not just the foodand drink that nourishour physicalbody but also the impressions of our five senses, what we long for, and what we think. We can learn to be mindfulofour mind/body and be careful about what we consume.Sources:Zen and the Art of Savingthe Planetby Thich Nhat Hanh, Rider London 2021;The Universe is a Green Dragonby Brian Swimme, Bear and Company Publishing, Santa Fe New Mexico 1984.

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41:46

2024-07-09 Questions of Kind Milinda

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2024/07/10

Teisho by Sensei Richard von Sturmer.

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2024-06-28 Authorising a Teacher in Zen

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2024/07/08

Morality, Awakening and Meditation -- that is, good character, prajna wisdom and daily zazen -- are what is looked for in a Zen teacher.Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.

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50:38

2024-06-11 The Three Treasures

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2024/06/18

All the other precepts we take at Jukai flow from our taking refuge in Buddha (realisation), Dharma (truth) and Sangha (harmony).Various sources.

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46:55

2024-05-28 Matariki Jukai - Right Speech

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2024/05/29

Some background on why we receivethe sixteen precepts at Matariki. The importance of attending to our often harsh inner speech, and seeing through it.Source(s):Advice Not GIvenby Mark Epstein, Hay House 2018

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