Thousand Harbours Zen

Episode 228: THZ 228 - Those Who Are Able to Let Go 20.08.2022 25:57 ↓

We may not be able to let go of our preferences, but we can learn to let go.

Episode 227: THZ 227 - Make an Altar of the World 16.07.2022 12:26 ↓

What are we capable of offering? Everything. And it starts now, where you are.

Episode 226: THZ 226 - Where Jizo (and we) Can Go 01.06.2022 18:26 ↓

Jizo can go anywhere—including to hell. Where can we go? Where are we afraid to go?

Episode 225: THZ 225 - The Power of Asking Questions 24.04.2022 13:41 ↓

The Buddha started with a question. Dogen started with a question. What's yours?

Episode 224: THZ 224 - We Vow to Mature Into the Awakened Way 03.03.2022 16:55 ↓

A re-examination of the fourth bodhisattva vow: "The awakened way is unsurpassable; I vow to embody it.".

Episode 223: THZ 223 - We Vow to Learn Infinite Skillful Means 06.02.2022 19:32 ↓

A re-examination of the third bodhisattva vow: "Dharma gates are infinite; I vow to enter them."

Episode 222: THZ 222 - We Vow to Cut Through Kleshas 25.01.2022 17:12 ↓

A re-examination of the second bodhisattva vow: "Delusions are inexhaustible; I vow to put an end to them."

Episode 221: THZ 221 - We Vow to Free Us All 31.12.2021 16:25 ↓

A re-examination of the first bodhisattva vow: "Beings are countless; I vow to free them all."

Episode 220: THZ 220 - Don't Stop There (Racism and the Bodhisattva Path) 23.12.2021 15:31 ↓

In the face of injustice, don't let compassion be an endpoint. Don't let not-knowing be an endpoint. Move, somehow—that's what a bodhisattva does.

Episode 219: THZ 219 - For As Long As Space Endures 28.11.2021 15:54 ↓

On Shantideva's Prayer, and what it means to commit to something—to really commit— forever .

Episode 218: THZ 218 - Ritual is How We Hold the World 20.11.2021 12:53 ↓

Those who are staying at home right now may find themselves falling into little rituals meant to make things feel regular, and safe; in this practice, ritual is something else.

Episode 217: THZ 217 - Does a Virus Have Buddhanature? 30.10.2021 14:47 ↓

Does Covid-19 have buddhanature? Do you? Why do we even ask things like that?

Episode 216: THZ 216 - Can You Feel Yourself Falling? 03.10.2021 12:35 ↓

Dogen likened the spiritual life to the experience of falling off a horse. Can you feel it happening?

Episode 215: THZ 215 - When It Feels Like Too Much 02.09.2021 10:24 ↓

It can feel like it's all too much, too much to hold. We need to look at that.

Episode 214: THZ 214 - The Three Treasures are Teflon (Tenth Precept) 16.08.2021 14:13 ↓

On the tenth precept, "Not defiling the three treasures." The three treasures are just fine, but still, we forget who we are in relationship to them.

Episode 213: THZ 213 - Freedom 31.07.2021 11:06 ↓

Freedom—the freedom we want (perhaps especially in the age of social distancing), and the freedom we already have.

Episode 212: THZ 212 - Fearlessness is Generosity 10.07.2021 9:28 ↓

Fearlessness is one of the four types of generosity. Why? And how do we get there?

Episode 211: THZ 211 - The Practice of Not Touching Your Face 29.06.2021 11:04 ↓

A simple act of refraining, like not touching your face in a pandemic, can be both a practice of mindfulness and an act of generosity.

Episode 210: THZ 210 - Everything is Old, Everything is New 15.06.2021 14:25 ↓

Buddhism offers what looks like two contradictory ways of meeting our mind in each moment. But maybe we can hold both.

Episode 209: THZ 209 - Act Like You're Dying 29.05.2021 15:52 ↓

If you knew you were dying, how would that change how you see others? Because you are.

Episode 208: THZ 208 - The Intoxication of Anger (Ninth Precept) 16.05.2021 15:50 ↓

On Precept 9 (not indulging in anger)—it doesn't say there aren't good reasons to feel anger, just that we should learn not to be seduced by it.

Episode 207: THZ 207 - Offer It All Up (Eighth Precept) 01.05.2021 10:36 ↓

On Precept 8 (not withholding dharma assets), clinging vs. letting go, and realizing what you're capable of giving.

Episode 206: THZ 206 - You Don't Know What You Would Do (Seventh Precept) 18.04.2021 15:27 ↓

On Precept 7 (not elevating yourself and blaming others). We have more capacity for sympathy—and for delusion—than we're comfortable admitting.