Thousand Harbours Zen

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Dharma talks by Koun Franz at Thousand Harbours Zen in Halifax, NS. If you find these talks beneficial, please consider joining Thousand Harbours Zen or making a donation at https://thousandharbourszen.com/support.

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Thousand Harbours Zen episodes:

05.04.2024
Episode 255: THZ 255 - Community
THZ 255 - Community
04.07.2024
Episode 254: THZ 254 - Awe in the Mundane
From a retreat held on Earth Day, a talk on taking how we look at “nature” and applying it to ordinary stuff. (April 22, 2023; Koun Franz)
03.24.2024
Episode 253: THZ 253 - Basic Principles
At the start of the year, a return to the basics of the practice. Koun Franz; January 4, 2022
03.03.2024
Episode 252: THZ 252 - You're Where You Need to Be
THZ 252 - You're Where You Need to Be
02.03.2024
Episode 251: THZ 251 - What is Now the Time For?
THZ 251 - What is Now the Time For?
01.27.2024
Episode 250: THZ 250 - Zen is Not About Zen
THZ 250 - Zen is Not About Zen
12.27.2023
Episode 249: THZ 249 - The Wisdom to Know the Difference
THZ 249 - The Wisdom to Know the Difference
12.17.2023
Episode 248: THZ 248 - Practice Like a Thief
THZ 248 - Practice Like a Thief
11.28.2023
Episode 247: THZ 247 - Getting Trapped By Right Intention
THZ 247 - Getting Trapped By Right Intention
11.11.2023
Episode 246: THZ 246 - What About Passion?
THZ 246 - What About Passion?
10.22.2023
Episode 245: THZ 245 - Zazen is Colourless and Transparent
THZ 245 - Zazen is Colourless and Transparent
10.06.2023
Episode 244: THZ 244 - Meeting Death in Everyday Life
THZ 244 - Meeting Death in Everyday Life
09.17.2023
Episode 243: THZ 243 - Five Remembrances
THZ 243 - Five Remembrances
09.03.2023
Episode 242: THZ 242 - Equanimity and Congruence
THZ 242 - Equanimity and Congruence
08.13.2023
Episode 241: THZ 241 - No Secular World in Buddhadharma
No Secular World in Buddhadharma
07.30.2023
Episode 240: THZ 240 - Zen Practice as Form
THZ 240 - Zen Practice as Form
07.16.2023
Episode 239: THZ 239 - Resolute Stability
THZ 239 - Resolute Stability
06.28.2023
Episode 238: THZ 238 - Let Yourself Break Open
THZ 238 - Let Yourself Break Open
06.10.2023
Episode 237: THZ 237 - Desire vs Attachment
THZ 237 - Desire vs Attachment
06.03.2023
Episode 236: THZ 236 - Lean in to Letting Go
THZ 236 - Lean in to Letting Go
05.20.2023
Episode 235: THZ 235 - Nanquan, The Cat and Us
THZ 235 - Nanquan, The Cat and Us
05.06.2023
Episode 234: THZ 234 - When It All Seems Too Big
THZ 234 - When It All Seems Too Big
04.22.2023
Episode 233: THZ 233 - Sangha We Make
THZ 233 - Sangha We Make
04.08.2023
Episode 232: THZ 232 - Knowing Ourselves as Animals
THZ 232 - Knowing Ourselves as Animals
01.21.2023
Episode 231: THZ 231 - Mindfulness, Concentration and Superman
THZ 231 - Mindfulness, Concentration and Superman
12.03.2022
Episode 230: THZ 230 - Fairness
10.15.2022
Episode 229: THZ 229 - Spiritual Confidence
08.20.2022
Episode 228: THZ 228 - Those Who Are Able to Let Go
We may not be able to let go of our preferences, but we can learn to let go.
07.16.2022
Episode 227: THZ 227 - Make an Altar of the World
What are we capable of offering? Everything. And it starts now, where you are.
06.01.2022
Episode 226: THZ 226 - Where Jizo (and we) Can Go
Jizo can go anywhere—including to hell. Where can we go? Where are we afraid to go?
04.24.2022
Episode 225: THZ 225 - The Power of Asking Questions
The Buddha started with a question. Dogen started with a question. What's yours?
03.03.2022
Episode 224: THZ 224 - We Vow to Mature Into the Awakened Way
A re-examination of the fourth bodhisattva vow: "The awakened way is unsurpassable; I vow to embody it.".
02.06.2022
Episode 223: THZ 223 - We Vow to Learn Infinite Skillful Means
A re-examination of the third bodhisattva vow: "Dharma gates are infinite; I vow to enter them."
01.25.2022
Episode 222: THZ 222 - We Vow to Cut Through Kleshas
A re-examination of the second bodhisattva vow: "Delusions are inexhaustible; I vow to put an end to them."
12.31.2021
Episode 221: THZ 221 - We Vow to Free Us All
A re-examination of the first bodhisattva vow: "Beings are countless; I vow to free them all."
12.23.2021
Episode 220: THZ 220 - Don't Stop There (Racism and the Bodhisattva Path)
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.
11.28.2021
Episode 219: THZ 219 - For As Long As Space Endures
On Shantideva's Prayer, and what it means to commit to something—to really commit—forever.
11.20.2021
Episode 218: THZ 218 - Ritual is How We Hold the World
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.
10.30.2021
Episode 217: THZ 217 - Does a Virus Have Buddhanature?
Does Covid-19 have buddhanature? Do you? Why do we even ask things like that?
10.03.2021
Episode 216: THZ 216 - Can You Feel Yourself Falling?
Dogen likened the spiritual life to the experience of falling off a horse. Can you feel it happening?
09.02.2021
Episode 215: THZ 215 - When It Feels Like Too Much
It can feel like it's all too much, too much to hold. We need to look at that.
08.16.2021
Episode 214: THZ 214 - The Three Treasures are Teflon (Tenth Precept)
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.
07.31.2021
Episode 213: THZ 213 - Freedom
Freedom—the freedom we want (perhaps especially in the age of social distancing), and the freedom we already have.
07.10.2021
Episode 212: THZ 212 - Fearlessness is Generosity
Fearlessness is one of the four types of generosity. Why? And how do we get there?
06.29.2021
Episode 211: THZ 211 - The Practice of Not Touching Your Face
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.
06.15.2021
Episode 210: THZ 210 - Everything is Old, Everything is New
Buddhism offers what looks like two contradictory ways of meeting our mind in each moment. But maybe we can hold both.
05.29.2021
Episode 209: THZ 209 - Act Like You're Dying
If you knew you were dying, how would that change how you see others? Because you are.
05.16.2021
Episode 208: THZ 208 - The Intoxication of Anger (Ninth Precept)
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.
05.01.2021
Episode 207: THZ 207 - Offer It All Up (Eighth Precept)
On Precept 8 (not withholding dharma assets), clinging vs. letting go, and realizing what you're capable of giving.
04.18.2021
Episode 206: THZ 206 - You Don't Know What You Would Do (Seventh Precept)
On Precept 7 (not elevating yourself and blaming others). We have more capacity for sympathy—and for delusion—than we're comfortable admitting.

What's Thousand Harbours Zen about?

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Thousand Harbours Zen episodes:

Episode 255: THZ 255 - Community

Episode 254: THZ 254 - Awe in the Mundane

Episode 253: THZ 253 - Basic Principles

Episode 252: THZ 252 - You're Where You Need to Be

Episode 251: THZ 251 - What is Now the Time For?

Episode 250: THZ 250 - Zen is Not About Zen

Episode 249: THZ 249 - The Wisdom to Know the Difference

Episode 248: THZ 248 - Practice Like a Thief

Episode 247: THZ 247 - Getting Trapped By Right Intention

Episode 246: THZ 246 - What About Passion?

Episode 245: THZ 245 - Zazen is Colourless and Transparent

Episode 244: THZ 244 - Meeting Death in Everyday Life

Episode 243: THZ 243 - Five Remembrances

Episode 242: THZ 242 - Equanimity and Congruence

Episode 241: THZ 241 - No Secular World in Buddhadharma

Episode 240: THZ 240 - Zen Practice as Form

Episode 239: THZ 239 - Resolute Stability

Episode 238: THZ 238 - Let Yourself Break Open

Episode 237: THZ 237 - Desire vs Attachment

Episode 236: THZ 236 - Lean in to Letting Go

Episode 235: THZ 235 - Nanquan, The Cat and Us

Episode 234: THZ 234 - When It All Seems Too Big

Episode 233: THZ 233 - Sangha We Make

Episode 232: THZ 232 - Knowing Ourselves as Animals

Episode 231: THZ 231 - Mindfulness, Concentration and Superman

Episode 230: THZ 230 - Fairness

Episode 229: THZ 229 - Spiritual Confidence

Episode 228: THZ 228 - Those Who Are Able to Let Go

Episode 227: THZ 227 - Make an Altar of the World

Episode 226: THZ 226 - Where Jizo (and we) Can Go

Episode 225: THZ 225 - The Power of Asking Questions

Episode 224: THZ 224 - We Vow to Mature Into the Awakened Way

Episode 223: THZ 223 - We Vow to Learn Infinite Skillful Means

Episode 222: THZ 222 - We Vow to Cut Through Kleshas

Episode 221: THZ 221 - We Vow to Free Us All

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

Episode 219: THZ 219 - For As Long As Space Endures

Episode 218: THZ 218 - Ritual is How We Hold the World

Episode 217: THZ 217 - Does a Virus Have Buddhanature?

Episode 216: THZ 216 - Can You Feel Yourself Falling?

Episode 215: THZ 215 - When It Feels Like Too Much

Episode 214: THZ 214 - The Three Treasures are Teflon (Tenth Precept)

Episode 213: THZ 213 - Freedom

Episode 212: THZ 212 - Fearlessness is Generosity

Episode 211: THZ 211 - The Practice of Not Touching Your Face

Episode 210: THZ 210 - Everything is Old, Everything is New

Episode 209: THZ 209 - Act Like You're Dying

Episode 208: THZ 208 - The Intoxication of Anger (Ninth Precept)

Episode 207: THZ 207 - Offer It All Up (Eighth Precept)

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