North Carolina Zen Center

New Year's Talk-Uncle Mishi and the White Rabbit 03.01.2023 32:38 ↓

Case 56 of the Book of Equanimity

The Buddha's Enlightenment - Closing The Distance 07.12.2022 30:18 ↓

The Buddha's Enlightenment - Closing The Distance by North Carolina Zen Center

Guest Teacher: Shana Smith 30.11.2022 24:33 ↓

Guest Teacher: Shana Smith by North Carolina Zen Center

When It Is Cold, the Cold Kills You. When It Is Hot, the Heat Kills You 26.10.2022 32:34 ↓

When It Is Cold, the Cold Kills You. When It Is Hot, the Heat Kills You by North Carolina Zen Center

A Fervent and Necessary Arrangement 11.09.2022 18:45 ↓

In this talk, guest speaker and friend to the Center James Myoun Ford, Roshi offers his thoughts on Case 29 in the Blue Cliff Record.

Approaching Difficult Interactions 11.09.2022 30:48 ↓

In this talk, Sangha member Sheldon Clark reflects on the book, How to Cook Your Life and the Zen chant Affirming Faith in Mind. Using direct quotations from both texts, Sheldon looks at difficult personal and cultural interactions, pulling our ideas which offer guidance from a Zen perspective.

How Does The Bodhisattva Use Many Hands And Eyes? 27.07.2022 36:23 ↓

This track serves as an introduction to the following two talks, each touching on the four Bodhisattva Vows.

A Zen View Of Abortion 24.07.2022 30:59 ↓

A Zen View Of Abortion by North Carolina Zen Center

The Four Vows, part 2 24.07.2022 46:39 ↓

The Four Vows, part 2 by North Carolina Zen Center

The Four Vows, part 1 24.07.2022 47:17 ↓

The Four Vows, part 1 by North Carolina Zen Center

The Difficulty and Ease of Relationships 08.07.2022 20:54 ↓

How do we work on relationships? Our meditation practice holds the key. How do we work on our meditation practice? Our relationships hold the key.

One Finger Zen 23.03.2022 49:31 ↓

Case 19 of the Blue Cliff Record: Gutei's One Finger

Reflections On Spring 2021 23.03.2022 33:38 ↓

Reflections On Spring 2021 by North Carolina Zen Center

Breaking Out Of Our Shell 23.03.2022 40:46 ↓

A monk asked Jinguing, “I am breaking out; I ask the teacher to break in.”Jinquing said, “Can you live or not?” The monk said, “If I weren’t alive, I’d be laughed at by people.” Jinquing said, “You too are a man in the weeds.

Change, Impermanance And The New Year 1 - 3-2021 23.03.2022 34:41 ↓

The first Dharma talk of 2021 regarding impermanence and change.

Navigating the Various Realms of the Mind 01.09.2021 42:41 ↓

Using the classic Buddhist framework of the Six Realms, Teshin Sensei explores how to work with various mind states. This talks was given in 2018.

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness 01.09.2021 30:59 ↓

An exploration of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, a teaching of the Buddha.

Working With Our Individual And Collective Karma 01.09.2021 36:36 ↓

Using a classic koan from the Zen tradition, Teshin Sensei explores the idea of individual and collective karma--the law of cause and effect.

Living More Consciously 01.09.2021 34:39 ↓

A Dharma Talk given in 2018. This talk uses a classic koan to explore how to live less unconsciously but rather with more awareness and presence. To see what is always present.

Commitment 12.02.2021 59:13 ↓

In this Dharma Talk Teshin talks about the importance of commitment in practice.

Person Of 3 Disabilities 28.01.2021 53:05 ↓

Person Of 3 Disabilities by North Carolina Zen Center

The Thin Veneer 20.01.2021 33:40 ↓

Using a classic case from the Book Of Serenity, we look at the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and the thin veneer of society.

You Thieving Phony 30.12.2020 41:44 ↓

In this Dharma talk we explore a traditional koan from the Blue Cliff Record. Teshin begins by talking about the two great practices of our tradition, just sitting and koan practice.

Practice around the Holidays (2020) 24.12.2020 29:45 ↓

Practice around the Holidays (2020) by North Carolina Zen Center

Aliens, Climate Change, and the Bodhisattva Path 23.12.2020 32:40 ↓

Aliens, Climate Change, and the Bodhisattva Path by North Carolina Zen Center