Zen Talking

By ewk

Zen is a tradition from India that passed into China. Zen culture is based on the Five Lay Precepts, teachings compatible with the Four Statements of Zen, and Zen's only practice: Public Interview.

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The podcast currently has 263 episodes available.

Zen Talking episodes:

October 12, 2023 8-13 Strategic Death – Dot2anub
r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice.

Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/15pybbu/strategic_death_on_how_zen_masters_get_out_of/

Post Summary:

A monk asked Master Dasui Fazhen, "When the kalpa of fire burns through, and the universe is destroyed, I was wondering, will this be destroyed or not?"

The Master said, "Destroyed."

"Let it be."

The monk did not agree.

Zen Teaching: First we've got case 48 in P.E. Stonegather's Baiyun Duan case collection:

Post Cast Overview: Death and stuff! I don’t know! It’s from the Lost then Found Archives

Zen Lineage: www.reddit.com/r/zensangha/wiki/getstarted
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39min
October 12, 2023 9-22 TF NarJeffcon and The Lately Show
r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice.

Reddit Post: https://reddit.com/r/zen/s/zB2q3gVfdP

Post Summary: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/16pim0m/temet_nosce/

Zen Teaching: Not really?

Post Cast Overview: I’m not even going to try

Zen Lineage: www.reddit.com/r/zen/wiki/getstarted
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40min
October 12, 2023 9-20 Video Cast Wumenguan 2
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40min
September 25, 2023 9-18 Zen ≠ Anxiolytics
r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice.

Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/15rfjyf/why_are_your_here_or_why_zen_anxiolytics/

Post Summary: Gasdark - I recently made a post asking redditors whether or not they were afraid of their own thoughts. Though a small sample size, of 12 respondents, 9 indicated that, to some degree or another, they were.

The Sixth Patriarch heard a monk quote a verse by Wolun saying, "Wolun has a skill, able to cut off a hundred thoughts; when mind is not aroused in face of objects, enlightenment grows day by day." The patriarch said, "This verse does not clarify the ground of mind; if you practice based on this, it increases bondage." Accordingly he presented a verse saying, "Huineng has no skills, does not cut off a hundred thoughts. Mind is aroused repeatedly in face of objects; how can enlightenment grow?"

https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/16jxea8/no_escape/

Zen Teaching: Huineng and Baizhang

Post Cast Overview: Exercise in empathy? Middle fingers. Fighting with other people who run a script. Why are people suffering? Self injury or self medication. Who/what is ordinary?

Zen Lineage: www.reddit.com/r/zensangha/wiki/getstarted

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40min
September 25, 2023 9-14 Shit sticks
r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice.

Reddit Post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/14uiyc0/shit_filth_and_david_foster_wallace/?rdt=54057

Post Summary: Shit sticks, history. Somebody already thought that. Uninventing the wheel.

Zen Teaching: Is this another shit stick one? Check the stick.

Post Cast Overview: Do perspectives matter?

Zen Lineage: www.reddit.com/r/zensangha/wiki/getstarted
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39min
September 25, 2023 9-13 Wumenguan: Preface (aka Gateless Gate, aka Wumen’s Checkpoint)
r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice.

Reddit Post: None! We're off book!

Post Summary: Preface of the most famous book of Zen instruction in human history.

Zen Teaching: Wumenguan; I recommend the following translations: JC Cleary's Three Chan Classics or Blyth's Mumonkan.

Post Cast Overview: Wumen's preface is snappy.

Zen Lineage: www.reddit.com/r/zensangha/wiki/getstarted
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40min
September 12, 2023 Admission of Defeat
TBD. See forum.
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39min
September 12, 2023 Why Fakers Stay Away from r/Zen
TBD.

See forum.
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36min
September 12, 2023 The Nose You Were Born With
TBD. See forum.
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40min
September 06, 2023 9-6 Zen’s Big Questions (and Ranting)
r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice.

Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1699v0z/zens_big_questions/

Post Summary: Can you identify famous examples of Zen Masters asking Big Questions?

Zen Teaching: www.reddit.com/r/zensangha/wiki/getstarted

Post Cast Overview: Zen Masters ask and answer big questions… and big questions can make people uncomfortable… but that discomfort turns to censorship and lying on social media in the blink of an eye.

Zen Lineage: www.reddit.com/r/zen/wiki/getstarted
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40min

FAQs about Zen Talking:

How many episodes does Zen Talking have?

The podcast currently has 263 episodes available.