AZC Weekly talks

By Auckland Zen Centre

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 ... more

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January 19, 2022 2022-01-10 Harada Tangen-roshi Part 3: Life and Teachings
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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56min
January 19, 2022 2022-01-11 Harada Tangen-roshi Part 4: Life and Teachings
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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51min
January 19, 2022 2022-01-09 Harada Tangen-roshi Part 2: Life and Teachings
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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49min
January 19, 2022 2022-01-08 Harada Tangen-roshi Part 1: Life and Teachings
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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55min
November 24, 2021 2021-11-23 Cultivating right attitudes for practice and life 2
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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55min
November 11, 2021 2021-11-09 Cultivating right attitudes for practice and life 1
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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56min
October 20, 2021 2021-10-19 The power of chanting and bowing
Wholehearted chanting can be a bridge that connects us with loved ones and with more-than-human realms. It can also take us into a present which contains both past and future, the living and the dead.
Sources: Article "Why do we recite sutras?" by Hakuun Yasutani-roshi, and Zen Wisdom, Knowing and Doing by Master Sheng Yen
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58min
October 10, 2021 2021-10-03 Arrogance
Exploring how the self-centred emotion of arrogance (or pride) causes pain in ourselves and others, plus a glimpse of what it feels like to be on the other end of arrogance.
Automated transcript https://otter.ai/u/G62yeu0YvzLI9DH2UabB-HRgMXk
Text: Light Comes Through by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
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58min
October 10, 2021 2021-09-28 Information and Misinformation
Who do we trust for our information? How open-minded are we? Can we see beyond the views of the people we disagree with and stay connected?
Automated transcript https://otter.ai/u/XzTeGS3N0GbY_WzQ5slHpLLY-_k
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56min
September 17, 2021 21-09-14 Learning from Te Ao Māori
Talk given in recognition of Māori Language Week (Te Wiki o te Reo Māori). Some background on our 4 vows translation, Ko ngā Oati e Whā. Beginning to explore key concepts of the Maōri worldview, with a look at whanaungatanga, or right relationship.
Text(s): In right relationship -- whanaungatanga by Haylee Kiroi in Climate Aotearoa ed. Helen Clark
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