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zengateway"s podcast

The Zen Gateway

The Zen Gateway is an online magazine on Chan/Zen Buddhism and can be found at www.thezengateway.com We feature articles on Zen, Buddhism, meditation & mindfulness. We also write about art, culture, news, reviews and lots of teachings. What"s more its all free for users with no ads etc. You can follow us on Facebook, Twitter or sign up to our weekly newsletter that drops discreetly into your inbox.

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35:46

Unpacking Desire

zengateway"s podcast ·

2020/08/27

If I didn’t obey my hunger I would starve. Animals obey their instincts in order to survive. Why did the Buddha link desire to unhappiness and dissatisfaction? This, O Monks, is the Truth of the Arising of Suffering. It is this thirst or craving (tṛṣṇā) which gives rise to rebirth.which is bound up with passionate delight and which seeks fresh pleasure now here and now there in the form of thirst for sensual pleasure, thirst for existence, and thirst for non-existence. (First Sermon of Buddha) In

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01:11:06

The Gateway Interview: Tim Barlow

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2020/08/18

Tim Barlow is an actor of stage, film and TV. He has worked in Hollywood and the UK from 'Hot Fuzz' to Dr Who. He is also a Zen Buddhist practitioner. In this interview he discusses the spiritual side of life and lessons that he has learned over the years in this frank and wide-ranging discussion.

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24:15

Troubleshooting Zen Study & Practice 30

zengateway"s podcast ·

2020/08/08

Q) I have read that Buddha was a man not a deity and yet some of the stories from the scriptures make him sound god-like. Who or what is he? …………………. In this podcast: The Buddha is asked about himself… who is he? The development of the notion of Buddha from man to transcendent figure Buddha, buddhas and bodhisattvas What is a dhyani Buddha Development of the notion of Buddha nature

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29:22

Troubleshooting Zen Study & Practice 29

zengateway"s podcast ·

2020/07/09

In this podcast: Aeons, kalpas and the re-making of Genesis Myth, memory and history: The contrast between the literal and metaphor, perfuming the present Impermanence, karma and The Wheel of Life Re-making the future

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28:42

Gentling the Bull: The Poems - Entering the Market-Place

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2020/06/25

1. Bare-chested and bare-footed he enters the market, Face streaked with dust and head covered with ashes, But a mighty laugh spreads from cheek to cheek. Without troubling himself to work miracles, suddenly dead trees break into bloom. 2. In friendly fashion this fellow comes from a foreign race, with features like those of a horse, or again like a donkey. But on shaking his iron staff, all of a sudden All gates and doors fly wide open for him. 3. From out of his sleeve the iron rod

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38:52

Troubleshooting Zen Study & Practice 28

zengateway"s podcast ·

2020/06/05

This month: You have mentioned the ‘alaya’ which you call ‘store’ consciousness a few times in your talks. What is this exactly? ……………………………… In this podcast: The definitions of the terms ‘alaya’ and ‘vijñana The problem of the seeds - bijas The genesis of the Yogacara school: Asanga and Maitreya in the Tushita heaven From 18 Dhatus to 8 Consciousnesses via the dharma samtana - stream of conscious elements The feedback loop: seeds > ripening fruit > karmic action > seeds:

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32:50

Gentling the Bull - The Poems IX Return to the Origin

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2020/05/15

1. Returned to the origin, back at the source, all is completed. Nothing is better than suddenly being as blind and deaf. Inside his hermitage he does not look out. Boundless, the river runs as it runs. Red bloom the flowers just as they bloom. 2. The great activity does not pander to being or not being. And so, to see and to hear he need not be as one deaf and blind. Last night the golden bird flew down into the sea, Yet today as of old, the red ring of dawn flares up in the sky. 3. Done

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32:14

Troubleshooting Zen Study & Practice 27

zengateway"s podcast ·

2020/05/09

This month’s question: I’ve heard you use the phrase ‘daily life practice’ in some of the talks. Is this different from mindfulness practice? …. In this podcast: The meaning of a word is in how it is used. The basis of Buddhist practice, the three pillars and the Satipatthana sutta. Differences between the schools of Buddhism Principles and styles Translations into English and the adoption of mind/mindfulness Why ‘daily life practice’ and its relationship to zazen.

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01:14:04

An Interview with Roberta Mansell

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2020/05/01

Roberta Mansell is a Buddhist artist whose magnum opus has been to illuminate the Lotus Sutra. The Zen Gateway has been privileged to feature her work. In this interview she talks to us about life, art and her spiritual journey.

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42:36

Gentling the Bull: The Poems - VIII Both Bull & Man...

zengateway"s podcast ·

2020/04/15

1. Whip and rein, bull and man, are all gone and vanished. No words can encompass the blue vault of the sky. How could snow pile up on read-hot hearth? Only when arrived at this place can a man match the old masters. 2. Shame! Up till now I wanted to save the whole world; Now, what a surprise! There is no wold to be saved! Strange! Without ancestors or successors, Who can inherit, who pass on this truth? 3. Space shattered at one blow and holy and worldly both vanished. In the Untreadable

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28:28

Culture Trip 7th April 2020

zengateway"s podcast ·

2020/04/07

A talk on insight meditation and Separating work and leisure when working full time from home.

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Troubleshooting Zen Study & Practice 26

zengateway"s podcast ·

2020/04/02

This month’s question: What is the best way to help someone who is dying and afraid? ……………………………………. In this podcast: Jung’s letter to the bereaved mother and finding meaning in death. The personal and the mythic, the phenomenal and the eternal. Prince Gotama and the question of ‘loss’. Passing through the opposites of birth and death Vedas x 3 Dying as a natural process. Sudden death and the landscape of Spring. Being with the dying - staying out of the way of the process. Listening not

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18:50

Culture Trip 22nd March 2020

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2020/03/22

At home - what is it to feel 'at home'. How can we use mindfulness to explore this concept?

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36:44

Gentling the Bull - The Poems: VII Bull Forgotten Man...

zengateway"s podcast ·

2020/03/18

1. The herdsman had already come home on the back of the bull. Now the bull is forgotten and the man is at ease. He may still sleep though the sun is high in mid-heaven. Whip and rein are now useless, and put away under the eaves. 2. Though the herdsman has brought the bull down from the mountain, the stable is empty. Straw coat and bamboo hat, too, have become useless. Not bound by anything and at leisure, singing and dancing, Between heaven and earth he has become his own master. 3. The

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29:08

Troubleshooting Zen Study & Practice 25

zengateway"s podcast ·

2020/03/07

This month’s question is: What is ‘mu-shin’, and what is the importance of it in Zen training? ……………………… In this podcast: Etymology of ‘mu-shin’, and its appearance in the Mumonkan. Good and bad translations of sunyata. The Buddha’s dilemma under the Bodhi tree. The Bodhisattva Path and the practice of the paramitas The centrality of Prajña in The Platform Sutra - ‘Wisdom and zazen is of one essence’. Torei’s “There begin’s a different life.”

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32:12

Gentling the Bull - The Poems: V Gentling the Bull

zengateway"s podcast ·

2020/01/15

1. Not for a moment may the herdsman drop whip and rein Or the bull would break free and stampede into the dust. But once patiently trained and made truly gentle, He follows the herdsman without halter or chain. 2. Now the bull may saunter through the hill forests, Or else walk the much travelled roads, covered in dust. Never will he touch fodder from another man’s meadow. Coming or going requires no effort - the bull quietly carries the man. 3. In patient training the bull got used to the

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21:29

Culture Trip 9th January 2020

zengateway"s podcast ·

2020/01/09

First talk of 2020, a review of where we have been and looking ahead to where we are going.

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29:17

Walking the Way in 2020

zengateway"s podcast ·

2020/01/09

A podcast talk to take us into 2020. This month takes its name from the Roman God Janus, a threshold deity with two faces, one looking backwards at where we have come from and one forwards to where we are going. This podcast takes a closer look at Buddhist daily life practice and offers suggestions for going forward. In this podcast: The importance of reflection in developing insight wisdom. The three aspects of all Buddhist practice. Meditation practice, cultivating the mind of meditation on

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33:25

Troubleshooting Zen Study & Practice 23

zengateway"s podcast ·

2019/12/24

This month’s questions: Buddhist practice places an emphasis on ones own training, but how can this help when faced with all the very real problems in the world such as war, environmental catastrophes, injustice etc.? As a Buddhist should I celebrate Christmas? …………………………………………. In this podcast: The problem of ‘Right View’ and the Wisdom pillar. Ananda becomes and arhat. The story of The Wooden Sword - Karma and the butterfly wing. Buddhism as a traveling religion and how it relates to

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33:50

Gentling the Bull The Poems: IV Gentling the Bull

zengateway"s podcast ·

2019/12/11

1. With great effort the herdsman succeeded in catching the bull. But stubborn, wilful and strong, this bull is not easily gentled! At times he breaks out and climbs up to the high plains, Or rushes down into foggy marshlands to hide himself there. 2. Hold the rein tight and do not let go. Many of the subtlest faults are not yet up-rooted. No matter how gently the herdsman pulls at the nose-rope, The bull may still rear and try to bolt back to the wild. 3. Though caught where the

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