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AZC Weekly talks episodes
- 2026-10-27 Nature Koans 5: Shoyoroku Case 69, Nanquan's Cats and Cows
"The buddhas of past, present and future do not know it, but cats and cows know it." In this teisho we look at what animals know.
Texts: Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home by Rupert Sheldrake
Being a Beast by Charles Foster
The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild by Craig Childs.
45 min - 2026-10-13 Giving 2
The power of generosity -- like the rays of the sun.
Source: The World Could Be Otherwise by Norman Fisher.
43 min - 2026-09-29 Giving 1
Beginning to explore the Dāna Pāramitā.
Main Source: The Practice of Perfection by Robert Aitken.
47 min - 2026-09-10 Bodhidharma's Wake Up Sermon
Description: Non-Attachment.
Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma by Red Pine.
47 min - 2026-09-09 Bodhidharma's Bloodstream Sermon 3
Description: Buddhas and cause and effect.
Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma by Red Pine.
47 min - 2026-09-08 Bodhidharma's Bloodstream Sermon 2
Description: Mind is Buddha.
Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma by Red Pine.
44 min - 2026-09-07 Master Dōgens Extensive Record 2
Description: A selection ōf Dōgen's encouragement talks to inspire our practice.
Main sources: Dogen's Extensive Record: Eihei Kōroku, translated by Taigen Dan Leighton and Shohaku Okumura (same as yesterday)
The Art of Just Sitting edited by John Daido Loori.
44 min - 2026-09-06 Master Dōgens Extensive Record 1
Description: A selection ōf Dōgen's encouragement talks to inspire our practice.
Main sources: Dogen's Extensive Record: Eihei Kōroku, translated by Taigen Dan Leighton and Shohaku Okumura.
45 min - 2026-09-05 Bodhidharma's Bloodstream Sermon 1
Description: Mind is Buddha.
Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma by Red Pine.
49 min - 2026-08-25 How Long Will It Take?
To think of practice as having a goal takes us away from the present moment. We can become impatient when we don't see the desired results of our zazen, and this impatience can become a hindrance in our practice.
Texts: The Gateless Barrier, Robert Aitken
The Three Pillars of Zen, Philip Kapleau.
37 min
About AZC Weekly talks
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In this podcast you can find almost all the talks given at the Auckland Zen Centre, back to 2016. Most talks are by Roshi Amala Wrightson, but there are also talks from Sensei Richard von Sturmer and…
senior students too.
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