Thousand Harbours Zen

ZNS 055 - Not Indulging in Intoxicants 04.12.2017 19:21 ↓

The sixth in a series of talks on the precepts: on the fifth precept of not indulging in intoxicants. What is an intoxicant? And what does it mean to indulge?

ZNS 054 - Not Lying 27.11.2017 15:53 ↓

The fifth in a series of talks on the precepts: on the fourth precept of not lying. To anyone.

ZNS 053 - Not Misusing Sex 27.11.2017 10:30 ↓

The fourth in a series of talks on the precepts: on the third precept of not misusing sex—or anything.

ZNS 052 - Not Stealing 22.11.2017 35:58 ↓

The third in a series of talks on the precepts: on the second precept of not stealing, or not taking what is not freely given.

ZNS 050 - The Three Pure Precepts 20.11.2017 19:48 ↓

The first in our series on the precepts: on the three pure precepts and fundamental choice not to add and not to take away.

ZNS 051 - Not Killing 14.11.2017 20:07 ↓

The second in the series of talks on the precepts: on the first precept of not killing.

ZNS 049 - What's At the Center 14.11.2017 16:49 ↓

On a reading from Zuimonki on focusing on just one thing and letting go of the rest.

ZNS 048 - Madness, Goodness and Seeing Who We Are 06.11.2017 19:46 ↓

On what we see when we start really paying attention to the nature of our mind.

ZNS 047 - Daichi, Zenji and the Buddha's birthday 06.11.2017 25:47 ↓

Talk at a one-day sitting marking the Buddha's enlightenment—the beauty of the story, and not getting caught by it.

ZNS 046 - Religion and Spirituality 30.10.2017 14:10 ↓

What is it about "religion" that makes us uncomfortable? And what is spirituality without it?

ZNS 045 - Diversity and the Buddha's Blind Spots 30.10.2017 25:31 ↓

On Buddhism's legacy of racism, sexism, nationalism, and more; the nature of realization; the inevitability of blind spots.

ZNS 044 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (8 of 8) - Do Not Pass Your Days and Nights in Vain 23.10.2017 22:06 ↓

The concluding eighth in a series of talks on Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen"

ZNS 043 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (7 of 8) - There is Only This Way 23.10.2017 26:34 ↓

The seventh in a series of talks on Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen"

ZNS 042 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (6 of 8) - Zazen is Not Meditation Practice 16.10.2017 19:10 ↓

The sixth in a series of talks on Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen"

ZNS 041 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (5 of 8) - What Kind of Thinking is Non-Thinking? 16.10.2017 25:21 ↓

The fifth in a series of talks on Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen"

ZNS 040 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (4 of 8) - At Your Sitting Place 10.10.2017 28:05 ↓

The forth in a series of talks on Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen"

ZNS 039 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (3 of 8) - Have No Designs on Becoming a Buddha 10.10.2017 18:19 ↓

The third in a series of talks on Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen"

ZNS 038 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (2 of 8) - Consider the Buddha 02.10.2017 25:41 ↓

The second in a series of talks on Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen"

ZNS 037 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (1 of 8) - The Way is Perfect 02.10.2017 27:53 ↓

First in a series of talks on Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen.": The Way is originally perfect and all-pervading.

ZNS 036 - Gratitude and the Four Signs 26.09.2017 25:13 ↓

On how we need to be jolted awake by the same things as the Buddha. And how we can be.

ZNS 035 - The Heart Sutra 26.09.2017 35:35 ↓

A quick overview of what the Heart Sutra is really talking about—emptiness, yes, but not just emptiness.

ZNS 034 - Not Holding Back 18.09.2017 18:31 ↓

On the ways in which we don't commit to what we know is true. 

ZNS 033 - Finding the Zen in Citizen 18.09.2017 21:59 ↓

How do we stay grounded in practice while trying to affect change? How can we be effective citizens of the world?

ZNS 032 - In the Mist 11.09.2017 17:49 ↓

On how we automatically become a student of what we're close to.

ZNS 031 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (8 of 8) - Not to Engage in Hollow Discussions 11.09.2017 1:04 ↓

The eighth and concluding talk in our series on Dogen's "Eight Awakenings of Great Beings": on which conversations we can let go.