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Zen Talking

Zen is a tradition from India that passed into China. Zen culture is based on the Five Lay Precepts, the Four Statements of Zen, and Zen"s only practice: Public Interview, which is where we get Zen koans. This podcast covers topics like: What does that koan mean? How is Zen different from Buddhism/Christianity/Zazen? Why isn"t Zen a philosophy? What do Zen Masters say that is applicable to modern life? What does it mean to have a community/sangha?

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01:02:33

Zen Talking - Sangha, Fear, Mental Health, Ignorance

Zen Talking ·

2026/01/13

Read the History, Talk the History, #288 #Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1p6gkae/zen_talking_poverty/ (that's right, a podcast about a podcast episode) ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Barriers in Zen? Interest in public interviews, yet fear of not knowing enough or not being general enough? Loose assocations are a problem in

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50:38

Zen Talking: Why so famous? r/Zen's most...

Zen Talking ·

2026/01/06

Read the History, Talk the History #Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/wiki/famous_cases ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Aggressiveness bad in the modern world. Virtue essential to Christianity, Buddhism, Zazen, Yoga, etc. Who is "good"? Sidewalks, Clean trains and buses? Sheepy people in religion, politics, and society is the norm in West.

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50:15

Zen Talking: Linji Teaching... but What is he talking...

Zen Talking ·

2025/12/30

Read the History, Talk the History #286 #Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1p5gwt7/from_the_dms_linjis_never_been/ ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? What are the three vehicles? How about "obedience, compassion, and esoteric knowledge" as translations? *

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48:36

Zen Talking: Nanquan Reincarnated as Bull

Zen Talking ·

2025/12/16

Post(s) in Question Ep. 285 Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1p0bgci/from_rzensangha_nanquan_form_of_a_water_buffalo/? Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 What did we talk about? Multiple level of meanings of Zen koans * Zen Master traditional challenge questions: What are you doing? What is that? * Material world level, metaphorical level, Zen doctrine level Explaining the meaning of the Zen Bull: www.reddit.com/r/zen/wiki/bull Why the 5 Zen bulls are NOT NOT NOT

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55:14

Zen Talking: That's no moon... that's Silent...

Zen Talking ·

2025/12/09

Read the History, Talk the History #Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1olllu9/moon_face_zen_master/ and https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1ojb7tp/silent_illumination_exposed/ ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Virtual communites. Limited time. Chatgpt translation. How much time do we have? Foreign Jesus vs Bodhidharma How fast we

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42:54

Zen Talking: Foyan's Facing It Directly... Facing What?

Zen Talking ·

2025/12/02

Read the History, Talk the History #Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1ot5j59/foyan_qingyuan_facing_it_directly_dont_miss_whats/ ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Entering from the East isn't going to work because it's relative. Relatives? Why East becomes West. Can you know too much? Study too much? Travel too much? Who is the

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01:03:39

Zen Talking: Nanquan breaks the precepts

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2025/11/28

Read the History, Talk the History #Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1ovutd7/nanquan_breaks_the_precepts/ ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? How to explain one culture to another? Who is to blame for a series of events? Who do rules matter to? Good for the goose, good for the gander: asymetric rule breaking The threat Nanquan posed to

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01:06:13

Zen Talking: Poverty and Dependence

Zen Talking ·

2025/11/25

Read the History, Talk the History #Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1ou8o2m/from_the_open_thread_not_lacking/ ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Ascetism and poverty... Huangbo? Eating in context. Is there any standard for greed or gluttony or is it always relative? Huangbo: 12. Thus, there is sensual eating and wise eating

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39:46

Zen Talking: Zhaozhou's Nothing Lacking

Zen Talking ·

2025/11/18

Read the History, Talk the History #Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1ou8o2m/from_the_open_thread_not_lacking/? ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? What is poverty? Zen Masters bragging on poverty of possessions vs possesion of faith/wisdom/truth. Zhaozhou's chair brag. Racism/sexism/bias of all kinds are

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41:08

Zen Talking: Moon Face Buddha - Social Media and...

Zen Talking ·

2025/11/11

Read the History, Talk the History #Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1olllu9/moon_face_zen_master/ ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Social media... rZen... health... Zen has always been "social media" in it's history 95 Theses and Periodic table of the Elements as personal Zazen and LSD appeal to schiotypical thinkers..

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33:54

Zen Talking: Bodhidharma's Mind and Anxiety Pacification

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2025/11/05

Read the History, Talk the History #Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1op5z79/bodhidharmas_mind_pacification_from_the_dms/ ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Short term clarity, long term confusion... or contrarywise. Mental health and transitory crisis versus chemical crisis... how

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53:08

Zen Talking: Zhaozhou's Bright or Dark

Zen Talking ·

2025/11/04

Read the History, Talk the History #Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1oo6nj2/light_or_dark_recorded_sayings_of_zen_master/ ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Bright and dark: jewel and mirror. Lanka and Platform sutras have jewel in the tile? What?? The Zen

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45:06

Zen Talking - Eating Grass: Reincarnated Almsgiver's Ox

Zen Talking ·

2025/10/26

#Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1o6d09y/lonely_footnote_60_feeding_grass/ ###Link to episode: Alms Giver's Ox, Tribeless Men, and the Loneliness Epidemic ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? THE MALE LONELINESS EPIDEMIC IS ROOTED IN NOT HAVING A "TRIBE" IN BOOKS Knowing: Blurt vs know-where-to-search vs believe it must be "somewhere". Five Ox herding Zen pictures IS NOT NOT NOT the Buddhist 10 bulls. New word

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44:19

Zen Talking: Zen's Traditional Violence... which goes...

Zen Talking ·

2025/10/19

#Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1nwytsk/i_choose_violence_zen_study_in_a_violent_tradition/ ###Link to episode: ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Cancel Culture as violence. Zen Cancel Culture via Xiangyang. Physical violence. Psychological violence. Political speech, political violence. And some nerd segues into Asian desserts, Asian studies funding, the monkey in Edgar Allen Poe, the 49th Case. # Keep

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27:10

Zen Talking: How hard are koans?

Zen Talking ·

2025/09/06

#Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1n9p3s9/some_zen_koans_can_be_incredibly_absurd_but_how/ ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Theory of study: If you can't read French, then of course French confuses you. If confusing yourself is your religion, you still can't claim that the French intended to confuse you by using French language. Specific translations questions. How the Case makes total sense if you translate it

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32:01

Zen Talking: Belly for Zen

Zen Talking ·

2025/08/15

#Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1mgiv6r/building_a_single_belly_for_zen/ The Illusory Man by Zhonfeng Mingben 12. Enter The Gate Abruptly Understand that the Great Illusory Dharma Gate is right at the soles of your feet and has never moved a single hair. You just need for your delusions to be snuffed out, for your point of view to end. When you take a false step and trample on your attachments, then you'll know that Taiyuan heard a gong at the same moment

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35:37

Zen Talking: Xuefeng's Grain of Rice

Zen Talking ·

2025/08/07

#Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/askZen/comments/1mg51jw/making_sense_of_the_bcr_case_5_xuefengs_grain_of/ Xuefeng said to his group, (One blind man leading a crowd of the blind. It's not beyond him.) . "Pick up the whole world, and it;s as big as a grain of rice." (What technique is this> I myself have never sported devil eyes.) ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Reading this case from two viewpoints: original

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36:05

Zen Talking: Zen and Buddhism

Zen Talking ·

2025/08/03

#Post(s) in Question ### Post: There wasn't a post! ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Despite connection problems and mic quality, an interesting conversation with someone who knocked on some doors and has thoughts about that. I didn't edit the longest part because of integrity! No? It's because low production value is our brand! Not really? Okay, then... because it takes too long and I'm busy? # Keep in Touch Add a comment if there is a

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01:02:52

Zen Talking: Cause, Effect, and Community

Zen Talking ·

2025/07/11

#Post(s) in Question Post: Cause Effect and Community Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? 1. cause & effect 2. "chilling effect" - people being discouraged from participation 3. Hermits v.s. socialites (retreating from public v.s. being beholden to public) 4. Being dangerous 5. Seeing with the same eyes as all the buddhas The hermit delusion loop vs community conformity loop # Keep in Touch Add a comment if there is a post you want somebody to get

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48:28

Zen Talking - Don't Misconceive, from Dahui's Shobogenzo

Zen Talking ·

2025/07/07

#Post(s) in Question Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1ls8bau/treasury_492_dont_misconceive/ 'Muslin Robe' Zhao one night pointed to the half moon and asked elder Pu, "Where has the other part gone?" Pu said, "Don't misconceive." Zhao said, "You've lost a piece." Dahui said, "He gets up by himself and falls down by himself." Link to episode: Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? When is it not a metaphor? When you can't see the moon? Is

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