Heart of Compassion Zen Sangha

HOC - April 25, 2025 - "Precept 7: 'Do Not Lose Yourself In Dispersion....'" - Wendy Johnson and Barbara Bernier 26.04.2025 33:24 ↓

Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hein Precepts, 1966 Precept 7: Do not lose yourself in dispersion and in your surroundings. Practice mindful breathing to come back to what is happening in the present moment. Be in touch with what is wondrous, refreshing, and healing both inside and around you. Plant seeds of joy, peace, and understanding in yourself in order to facilitate the work of transformation...

HOC - April 18, 2025 - "Precept 6: 'Do Not Maintain Anger or Hatred...'" - Jaune Evans, Irene Borger 20.04.2025 20:01 ↓

Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 1966 Included in the talk were a dozen or so slides depicting paintings and photos that show anger throughout time in various expressions. Precept 6: Do not maintain anger or hatred. Learn to penetrate and transform them when they are still seeds in your consciousness. As soon as they arise, turn your attention to your breath in order to see and underst...

HOC - April 11, 2025 - "Precept 5: 'Do Not Accumulate Wealth...'" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson, and Steve Costa 12.04.2025 19:38 ↓

Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 1966 5. Do not accumulate wealth while millions are hungry. Do not take as the aim of your life fame, profit, wealth, or sensual pleasure. Live simply and share time, energy, and material resources with those who are in need.

HOC - April 4, 2025 - "Precept 4: 'Do Not Avoid Contact with Suffering'" - Wendy Johnson, Mary Christy-Cirillo 07.04.2025 35:35 ↓

Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 1966 4. Do not avoid contact with suffering or close your eyes before suffering. Do not lose awareness of the existence of suffering in the life of the world. Find ways to be with those who are suffering, including personal contact, images, and sound. By such means, awaken yourself and others to the reality of suffering in the world.

HOC - March 28, 2025 - "Precept 3: 'Do Not Force Others to Adopt Your Views' " - Wendy Johnson, Patricia Starr 30.03.2025 33:08 ↓

Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 1966 3. Do not force others, including children, by any means whatsoever, to adopt your views, whether by authority, threat, money, propaganda, or even education. However, through compassionate dialogue, help others renounce fanaticism and narrowness.

HOC - March 21, 2025 - "Precept 2: 'Practicing Non-attachment to Views'" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson, Audrey Meinertzhagen 22.03.2025 20:32 ↓

Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 1966 2. Do not think the knowledge you presently possess is changeless, absolute truth. Avoid being narrow-minded and bound to present views. Learn and practice nonattachment from views in order to be open to receive others' viewpoints. Truth is found in life and not merely in conceptual knowledge. Be ready to learn throughout your entire life and...

HOC - March 14, 2025 - "Tiep Hien Precepts: Precept 1 'Do Not Be Idolatrous' " - Wendy Johnson, Eden Clearbrook 16.03.2025 21:25 ↓

Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 1966 1. Do not be idolatrous about or bound to any doctrine, theory, or ideology, even Buddhist ones. Buddhist systems of thought are guiding means; they are not absolute truth.

HOC - March 7, 2025 - "Welcoming the 14 Precepts of the Order of Interbeing" - Wendy Johnson 08.03.2025 41:56 ↓

References:  Interbeing by Thich Nhat Hanh For A Future To Be Possible by Thich Nhat Hanh

HOC - February 28, 2025 - "Serving Others as a Bridge" - Jaune Evans 02.03.2025 31:00 ↓

Reference: Zen Seeds by Shundo Aoyama

HOC - February 21, 2025 - "The World of Mutual Sympathy" - Wendy Johnson 22.02.2025 23:27 ↓

Book referenced: 'Zen Seeds" by Shundo Aoyama

HOC - February 14, 2025 - "Finding Courage/Knowing When it's Time to Wait, Gather, Act" - Jane Flint 17.02.2025 18:13 ↓

Book referenced: 'Zen Seeds', chapter: 'Plum Blossoms Open the Early Spring' by Shundo Aoyama

HOC - February 7, 2025 - "Parental Mind" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson, and Anlor Delvin 10.02.2025 32:25 ↓

Book referenced: 'Zen Seeds' by Shundo Aoyama

HOC - January 31, 2025 - "Looking for a Good Teacher" - Jane Flint and Jaune Evans 02.02.2025 15:03 ↓

Book referenced: "Zen Seeds" Shundo Aoyama 

HOC - January 24, 2025 - "Embracing the Wanted and the Unwanted" - Jaune Evans 27.01.2025 28:10 ↓

Reading from 'Zen Seeds' by Shundo Aoyama

HOC - January 17, 2025 - "An Eye-Opening" - Jaune Evans 18.01.2025 29:16 ↓

The reading is from '  Zen Seeds' by Shundo Aoyama.

HOC - November 15, 2024 - "What Do We Really Care About?" Part 2 - Jaune Evans and Wendy Johnson 18.11.2024 7:10 ↓

Please note, this recording does not include shared thoughts from the sangha members.