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Talks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer

Sensei Richard von Sturmer

Sensei Richard von Sturmer has a long history in Zen: from 1993 to 2003 he lived and worked at the Rochester Zen Center, a Buddhist community in upstate New York, then in 2004, back in New Zealand, he co-founded the Auckland Zen Centre along with Roshi Amala Wrightson. In 2024 he was sanctioned as a Zen teacher. He has given many talks at the Centre, and some of them are collected here. Richard-sensei is also a writer and poet. Seven collections of his writing have been published including: A

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36:34

2026-02-10 Nature Koans 3: Wu-tsu's Buffalo Passes...

Talks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer ·

2026/02/10

This is the third in a series of koans centred on the natural world. The koan is Case 38 in the MumonkanBooks used in the teisho:Zen's Chinese Heritage by Andy Ferguson and The Gateless Barrier by Robert Aitken.

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42:36

2025-11-04 Nature Koans 2: The Cypress Tree in the...

Talks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer ·

2026/02/10

This is the second in a series of koans centred on the natural world. The koan is Case 37 in the Mumonkan, Zhaozhou's Cypress Tree in the Courtyard.Sources: Pilgrim at Tinker's Creek by Annie Dillard and Two Zen Classics by Katsuki Sekida.

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42:31

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

Talks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer ·

2026/02/10

This is the first in a series of koans centred on the natural world. The koan is Case 46 in the Blue Cliff Record.Sources: Zen's Chinese Heritage by Andy Ferguson and A Step Away from Paradise by Thomas Shor.

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43:55

2025-02-25 Ahimsa and Insects

Talks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer ·

2026/02/10

Main references:Nine Lives by William DalrympleThe Secret Life of Flies by Erica McAlisterIchi Tantei: talks by Tangen Roshi.

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41:24

2024-11-26 The Nature of Mara

Talks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer ·

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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42:12

2024-10-15 Zen and Character Part One (Sensei Richard...

Talks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer ·

2024/11/19

Book quoted from:The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Callingby James Hillman.

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2024-10-27 Zen and Character Part Two.

Talks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer ·

2024/10/29

Book quoted from:The Force of Characterby James Hillman.

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