The third in a series of seven talks given by Roshi Amala Wrightson during the 2022 Auckland Zen Centre summer sesshin.

Karma is not a predetermined mold, "rather, by virtue of one's own efforts, it is possible to move, even just a step, closer to one's aim."

Sources: Awaken to the True Self: https://www.rzc.org/news/awaken-to-the-true-self/

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The fourth of seven talks given by Roshi Amala Wrightson at the 2022 Auckland Zen Centre summer sesshin.

Tangen-roshi's vow to become like a chair.

Sources: Awaken to the True Self, https://www.rzc.org/news/awaken-to-the-true-self/

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The second in a series of seven talks given by Roshi Amala Wrightson during the 2022 Auckland Zen Centre summer sesshin.

This talk covers training at Bukkoku-ji and the emphasis on inner discipline.

Sources: Zen Bow article by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede, Summer 2018: https://www.rzc.org/news/harada-tangen-roshi/

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The first in a series of seven talks given by Roshi Amala Wrightson during the 2022 Auckland Zen Centre summer sesshin.

Tangen-roshi's close calls with death reinforce his sense of being held and protected by a benevolent universe.

Sources: Zen Bow article by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede, Summer 2018: https://www.rzc.org/news/harada-tangen-roshi/

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Roshi Amala Wrightson explores Huineng's three antidotes to grasping; no thought, no form, and non-abiding.

Main Text: Silent Illumination by Guo Gu.

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Roshi Amala Wrightson explores contentment from a Zen perspective.

Contentment, usually rather dryly called "non-grasping" in Zen, is an essential attitude in our practice life; an antidote to restlessness and a middle way between attachment and aversion.

Main Text(s): Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening by Guo Gu

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