Thousand Harbours Zen

ZNS 180 - The Noble Eightfold Path (4 of 8) - Right Effort 21.03.2020 13:09 ↓

The fourth of eight talks on the Noble Eightfold Path - Right Effort.

ZNS 179 - The Noble Eightfold Path (3 of 8) - Right Livelihood 15.03.2020 12:00 ↓

The third of eight talks on the Noble Eightfold Path - Right Livelihood.

ZNS 178 - The Noble Eightfold Path (2 of 8) - Right Action 07.03.2020 0:07 ↓

The second of eight talks on the Noble Eightfold Path - Right Action.

ZNS 177 - The Noble Eightfold Path (1 of 8) - Right Speech 29.02.2020 15:07 ↓

The first of eight talks on the Noble Eightfold Path - Right Speech.

ZNS 176 - Proper Care and Feeding of Delusions 23.02.2020 14:23 ↓

We don't just get rid of delusions, as much as we may want to. So how do we treat them?

ZNS 175 - No Hope, No Despair 15.02.2020 14:37 ↓

Hope and despair both come from the same place — no need to trust either one.

ZNS 174 - The Emotions You Think You Don't Want 08.02.2020 22:48 ↓

How do we deal with panic, fear, sadness, anger? Buddhism isn't therapy—it doesn't take any of it away. But it does raise some worthwhile questions about how we feel, and about how we feel about how we feel.

ZNS 173 - When Arrow Points Meet 01.02.2020 17:16 ↓

In both "Precious Mirror Samadhi" and "Harmony of Difference and Equality," there are references to arrow points meeting. This is how it works.

ZNS 172 - Compassion 25.01.2020 16:31 ↓

Zen traditionally doesn't talk so much about compassion, yet we chant about it a lot. What are we chanting about? Why?

ZNS 171 - You're Holding It All 18.01.2020 11:45 ↓

Zazen as a moment of silence in which we just hold everything. We're doing it already, but we can also choose to.

ZNS 170 - What Practice Is and Isn't 12.01.2020 8:10 ↓

We have a tendency to take ordinary activities like walking, insert a spiritual feeling, and call it "walking practice." But what this tradition asks us to explore is dharmic activity, which is not the same thing.

ZNS 169 - You Don't Know What This Moment Offers 04.01.2020 13:56 ↓

Zen practice is outside of any measurement—it's not a place where you can succeed or fail. So how to proceed?

ZNS 168 - Resolve - Just Don't Move 27.12.2019 14:46 ↓

What is at the core of resolve? We think of it as a decision to do something, but we can also understand it as a choice to plant ourselves where we are.

ZNS 167 - Opening the Eyes of the Buddha 21.12.2019 10:25 ↓

Following an eye-opening ceremony at ZNS's new location, a discussion of how we see the Buddha, and how buddhas see.

ZNS 166 - You'll Never Get it Right 14.12.2019 20:28 ↓

How do we commit to doing our best while honestly confronting the impossibility of getting it just right?

ZNS 165 - Listen With This Attitude 06.12.2019 24:04 ↓

From Dogen's Zuimonki 6-17: "Forget not only the different views on the dharma, but also worldly affairs, and hunger and cold as well... When you listen with this attitude, you will be able to clarify the truth and resolve your questions."

ZNS 164 - Bodhidharma 30.11.2019 22:21 ↓

On the legend and legacy of Bodhidharma, the first Zen ancestor in China.

ZNS 163 - Let Go of Inspiration 23.11.2019 15:59 ↓

We all want to be inspired, but inspiration can only get us so far. What do we feel, beyond inspiration, that drives us?

ZNS 162 - Reality is a Fabrication 16.11.2019 20:06 ↓

We know there's delusion, but what do we think we see if we see completely past delusion? Layer after layer, it's still our own creation. What do we do with that?

ZNS 161 - Why Do We Practice? 10.11.2019 56:21 ↓

Why do we practice? Why do we gather in this way, sit in this way? Why do any of it? It starts with not knowing why.

ZNS 160 - How Not to Hold the Precepts 03.11.2019 17:43 ↓

How we hold the precepts and what we might get wrong.

ZNS 159 - No Need to Get Unstuck 25.10.2019 14:32 ↓

On Buddhism, plateaus, and the idea that there are tools we can use to progress in the practice.

ZNS 158 - The Rocks in Our Pockets 18.10.2019 16:20 ↓

On the stories we carry with us and don't know how to let go.

ZNS 157 - Answer Only on the Basis of the True Dharma 11.10.2019 15:40 ↓

Dogen said, "When someone asks about the dharma or the essentials of practice, Zen monks must reply on the basis of the true dharma. Do not answer on the basis of expedient means that are not true, thinking the person is not a vessel (of the dharma), or is incapable of understanding because he is only a beginner."

ZNS 156 - It Starts With What You Do 03.10.2019 14:32 ↓

Dogen said, "If you first change your physical behavior, your mind will be reformed as well."