AZC Weekly talks

How does cannabis legalisation relate to the precept of not taking intoxicants or causing others to do so? What legal framework will improve health and equity while reducing harm?

Introduction to the Spring Term Intensive

The first precept is "Not to Kill, but to cherish all life." How does this guidance play into how we might vote on the proposed euthanasia legislation? How will the legalisation of assisted suiside affect individuals, families and communities?

Comments on Master Hongzhi's Cultivating the Empty Field, 3: The Practice of True Reality

Main Source(s): Cultivating the Empty Field, The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi, translated by Taigen Daniel Leighton with Yi Wu.

Why does Great Penetration Supreme Wisdom Buddha sit for 10 eons and not attain buddhahood?

What is the point of practice if so few experience deep awakening? Practice as a process of tenderising. St Francis and the wolf of Gubbio.

Main source: Shattering the Great Doubt: the Chan Practice of Huado by Chan Master Sheng Yen

Pushing on an unlocked door that opens towards us -- getting beyond the self/other split

Main source: Shattering the Great Doubt: the Chan Practice of Huado by Chan Master Sheng Yen

Some of the different forms our doubt may take.

Main source: Shattering the Great Doubt: the Chan Practice of Huado by Chan Master Sheng Yen

The nature of Great Doubt and its origin in our sense of alienation

Main source: Shattering the Great Doubt: the Chan Practice of Huado by Chan Master Sheng Yen

Comments on Master Hongzhi's Cultivating the Empty Field, 4: With Total Trust Roam and Play in Samadhi

Main Source(s): Cultivating the Empty Field, The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi, translated by Taigen Daniel Leighton with Yi Wu.