Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast

Julie Nelson gives an encouragement talk, referring to Wumen's warnings. (August 12, 2022)

Julie Nelson speaks on the topic of spiritual authority. (August 9, 2022). (This talk was also given at the at the GBZC Summer 2022 sesshin.)

Jill Gaulding speaks about how her Zen practice is reflected in her chaplaincy work. (July 23, 2022)

Julie Nelson gives an encouragement talk about where radiance appears in our daily lives. (July 15, 2022)

Following the lively discussion on Saturday July 8 (see previous podcast) Julie Nelson gives a modified talk regarding the cultivated or deliberate side of our practice, the wild or liberating side, and the dangers that arise when either side is neglected. Dharma Discussion begins at 22:00. (July 12, 2022)

Julie Nelson speaks about the cultivated or deliberate side of our practice, the wild or liberating side and the dangers that arise when either side is neglected. This talk was given on a Saturday, and Dharma Discussion begins at 18:00. (July 8, 2022)

Julie Nelson gives an encouragement talk, addressing how we care for each other in the sangha. The book mentioned is A Thousand Hands edited by N.J. Michon and D. C. Fisher. (July 8, 2022)

Fran Ludwig gives an encouragement talk, discussing how we can hold people accountable in a compassionate way. (July 6, 2022)

Fran Ludwig gives an encouragement talk about how great determination is an essential part of waking up to our heart of compassion. (June 29, 2022)

Fran Ludwig gives an encouragement talk about how being fully present to what we're already doing in our daily lives is fundamental to living a life of compassion. (June 22, 2022)

Julie Nelson gives an encouragement talk about the cultivation of mudita , sympathetic joy. (June 17, 2022)

Fran Ludwig gives an encouragement talk, speaking about how our longing leads us to our true selves and the source of compassion. (June 15, 2022)

Fran Ludwig gives an encouragement talk about how rather than fighting our demons, offering them acceptance and love can diminish their power over us. (June 8, 2022)

Julie Nelson gives an encouragement talk during the week of the Uvalde, TX school shooting. (May 26, 2022)

Fran Ludwig gives an encouragement talk, reflecting on how we can hold confusion and difficulty in vast Awareness. (May 25, 2022)

Fran Ludwig speaks about how, by more fully meeting our own pain and suffering, we can bring more genuine compassion to the pain and suffering of others. (May 21, 2022)

Ed Oberholtzer speaks about the Zen Precept of not speaking falsely. (May 18, 2022)

Fran Ludwig gives an encouragement talk about how cultivating gratitude is part of cultivating compassion. (May 16, 2022)

Julie Nelson speaks about how identifying our own tendencies in regard to the Three Poisons (greed, anger, and ignorance), and treating them tenderly, can unlock our strengths. (May 14, 2022)

Jeff Seul continues speaking about Sengcan's "Affirming Faith in Mind." (May 7, 2022)

Fran Ludwig gives an encouragement talk addressing how turning toward the difficulty in our life can open us to a life of compassion. (May 2, 2022)

Jeff Seul speaks about Sengcan's "Affirming Faith in Mind" (on p. 28 of the GBZC Sutra Book, 2019 Edition). (April 30, 2022)

Fran Ludwig gives an encouragement talk about the practice of "tonglen," which receives pain and suffering and transforms it into healing and compassion. (April 25, 2022)

Julie Nelson gives an encouragement talk, reflecting on Koun Yamada's "3 Types of Zen." (April 21, 2022)

Fran Ludwig gives an encouragement talk, about how our bodies can transform pain and suffering into love and compassion. (April 18, 2022)