Austin Zen Center

Austin Zen Center Dharma Talks

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Public lectures offered by AZC teachers and visiting teachers at The Austin Zen Center in Austin, Texas since 2018.If you benefit from these talks, please consider making an offering of generosity to help support our center temple and teachers. Visit our website at: https://www.austinzencenter.org

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2024-10-12 Fall Ango: We Could be Heroes, by Rev. Choro Antonaccio 28.02.2025 44:06

About Practice Periods: Practice Period (Jp. Ango , or “peaceful dwelling”) offer a rare and ideal opportunity for both beginners and experienced Zen practitioners to support each other in bringing zazen into daily life. Over this eight-week period we will have the chance to renew and focus our practice and study our way-seeking-mind. There are some minimum requirements for participation, but...

2024-08-24 Path of Healing, Path of Liberation, by Rev. Choro Antonaccio 09.12.2024 55:10

Dharma talk by Reverend Choro Antonaccio, recorded at the Austin Zen Center on August 24, 2024.

2024-08-17 Austin Goes to Tassajara, by Rev. Choro Antonaccio 09.12.2024 45:46

Dharma talk by Reverend Choro Antonaccio, recorded at the Austin Zen Center on August 17, 2024.

2024-07-13 Saving All Beings, by Kyosho Valorie Beer 09.12.2024 45:50

Dharma talk by Kyosho Valorie Beer, recorded at the Austin Zen Center on July 13, 2024.

2024-07-06 Throw Yourself Into the House of Buddha, by Rev. Choro Antonaccio 09.12.2024 53:31

Dharma talk by Reverend Choro Antonaccio, recorded at the Austin Zen Center on July 6, 2024.

2024-06-29 Some Thoughts on Equanimity, by ShiOn Pat Yingst 09.12.2024 48:29

Dharma talk by ShiOn Pat Yingst, recorded at the Austin Zen Center on June 9, 2024.

2024-06-22 Can You Dig It? by Shijun Heather Martin 09.12.2024 45:42

Dharma talk by Shijun Heather Martin, recorded at the Austin Zen Center on June 22, 2024.

2024-06-15 Enlightened Women Go On Vacation, by Rev. Choro Antonaccio 09.12.2024 1:00:45

Dharma talk by Reverend Choro Antonaccio, recorded at the Austin Zen Center on June 15, 2024.

2024-06-01 The Heart of Jizo, by Rev. Ryushin Andrea Thach 09.12.2024 53:02

Dharma talk by Reverend Ryushin Andrea Thach, recorded at the Austin Zen Center on June 1, 2024.

2024-05-25 The Intimacy of Not Knowing, by Rev. Choro Antonaccio, 09.12.2024 59:11

Dharma talk by Reverend Choro Antonaccio, recorded at the Austin Zen Center on May 25, 2024.

2024-05-18 Stealing and Killing, by ShiOn Pat Yingst 09.12.2024 44:29

Dharma talk by ShiOn Pat Yingst, recorded at the Austin Zen Center on May 18, 2024.

2024-05-11 Practicing With Sexual Energy, by Rev. Daigan Gaither 09.12.2024 49:33

Dharma talk by Reverend Daigan Gaither, recorded at the Austin Zen Center on May 11, 2024.

2024-04-06 A Dharma Talk with Rev. Teah Strozer 09.12.2024 58:38

Dharma talk by Reverend Teah Strozer, recorded at the Austin Zen Center on April 6, 2024.

2024-03-23 Staying Home, Crossing Over, by Rev. Choro Antonaccio 09.12.2024 50:59

Dharma talk by Reverend Choro Antonaccio, recorded at the Austin Zen Center on March 23, 2024.

2024-03-16 The Experience of Sesshin, by ShiOn Pat Yings 09.12.2024 1:02:58

Dharma talk by ShiOn Pat Yingst, recorded at the Austin Zen Center on March 16, 2024.

2024-02-10 Finding Spaciousness in Challenging Times, by Rev. Tova Green 09.12.2024 51:35

Dharma talk by Reverend Tova Green, recorded at the Austin Zen Center on February 10, 2024.

2024-02-03 Zen is Made of Stories, by Rev. Choro Antonaccio 09.12.2024 1:05:15

Dharma talk by Reverend Choro Antonaccio, recorded at the Austin Zen Center on February 3, 2024.

2024-01-13 Compassion and Safety, by Rev. Steven Tierney 08.12.2024 1:08:31

Dharma talk by Reverend Steven Tierney, recorded at the Austin Zen Center on January 13, 2024

2024-01-06 Seeing One Thing Through to the End, by Rev. Choro Antonaccio 08.12.2024 55:26

Dharma talk by Reverend Choro Antonaccio, recorded at the Austin Zen Center on January 6, 2024.

2024-01-14 Crossing Over: A Dharma Talk by Rev. Choro Antonaccio 13.10.2023 1:02:23

This talk by Rev. Choro Antonaccio was given at the Austin Zen Center on January 14, 2023. Rev. Choro Antonaccio began formal Zen practice at Chapel Hill Zen Center in 1999. She received lay precepts from her teacher, Rev. Josho Patricia Phelan, in 2001 and priest ordination in 2010. She was shuso in Chapel Hill in 2016. Rev. Choro has practiced at the three temples of San Francisco Zen Center in...

2023-01-07 Putting the Joy in Jukai: A Dharma Talk by Rev. Dōshin Mako Voelkel 13.10.2023 58:49

Rev. Dōshin Mako Voelkel began practicing at San Francisco Zen Center in 1997. In 2002, she ended a teaching position in philosophy to enter 10 years of monastic practice at Tassajara. Ordained by Ryushin Paul Haller in 2004, and Shuso in 2009. Mako landed at the Austin Zen Center in 2013 and served as the Head Teacher until June of 2022.

2023-09-16 The Five Hindrances: A Dharma Talk by ShiOn Pat Yingst 13.10.2023 50:56

This talk was given Saturday, September 16th, 2023 at The Austin Zen Center Buddha himself laid out the five hindrances to meditation. Of course, they are also hindrances to a boundless life. This is an overview of a topic that could easily be covered in 5 dharma talks but you will get all 5 for the price of 1. If you enjoy this talk, please consider offering dana to our Center by visiting our w...