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.

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June 26, 2024 6-26 || Gateless 29 - Wind, Flag, Mind | Astroemi
https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1dnzb7q/is_your_mind_moving/

Twenty-nine: Neither wind nor banner
The Sixth Patriarch, because the wind blew the temple banner, two monks debated. One said the banner moves. One said the wind moves. Repeatedly, they did not reach the truth.

The Patriarch said, "It is not the wind that moves, nor the banner that moves. It is the mind of the virtuous that moves."

The two monks were startled.
Wumen says
It is not the wind that moves, not the banner that moves, not even the mind that moves. Where then, do you see the Patriarch? If you perceive this closely, then you know the two monks traded iron for gold. The Patriarch, hardly able to restrain his amusement, let out a joke.
# The verse says,
Wind, banner, and mind stirred,

one of these surpasses the others.

Only knowing how to talk,

not sensing the failure of speaking.
# Discussion
Is this free will or determinism? Or nature or nrture? Is there "Freedom to not buy the BS"? What is "Free will" in spanish? Abiter of your own liberty. Catholics, and Free Will vs God's Pocket Watch is being mean to us. ARBITER OF LIBERTY Zen Masters in the no-man's land between science and religion monks vs huineng vs wumen vs 4 statements Would you save a drowning child Zen is scientific. Ayn Rand, Pascal's Wager, and Huineng's Hypothesis
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1h 1min
June 21, 2024 6-21 || Zhaozhou and those Pesky Hermits-1
https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1dk7nnv/25_zhaozhou_visits_two_hermits_miaozongs_verses/

Translation questions.

Who thinks they are different?

Is Zhaozhou saying they are, or are we reading they are?

What's the difference between academic and personal?
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52min
June 20, 2024 6-20 || Case 28. Long Have We Heard of Longtan || Astroemi
Translating the verse, why does Wumen say Deshan ended up blind?

https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1di4ifp/you_have_to_go_in_the_dark/
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1h 5min
June 14, 2024 6-14 || An Addict, a Felon, and a Garland of Flowers
Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1dfpkbz/zen_irl_an_addict_a_felon_and_a_garland_of_flowers/

Why a myth Case?

Is the baby afraid to be born?

Is Zen Master Buddha that helpful?

Do people change? Can they? What does change look like?

Can you step in the same river twice?

Do Straight Edgers get the grief that Zen precepts have garnered?
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1h 4min
June 12, 2024 6-12 || Wuymenguan 27: Not Mind, Not Buddha || Astroemi-1
Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1dd7rfo/nanquans_treasured_words/
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1h
June 10, 2024 6-10 || Wumenguan 26: Two Monks Raise the Blinds || Astroemi-1
Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1dc7hiz/not_about_gain_and_loss/
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1h 17min
June 09, 2024 6-9 || Answer Quickly! || Thatkir-1
Original Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1daaq0r/zen_in_real_life_answer_quickly/
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42min
June 06, 2024 6-6 || Wumenguan Case 25 || Astroemi
Post in Question: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1d7pckl/yangshan_preaches_the_dharma_in_his_dream

Gateless Gate, Wumen's Checkpoint, Case 25
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1h 5min
June 05, 2024 6-1 || Wumenguan - Gateless's Barrier #24 || Astroemi
Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1d5d0vg/passing_through_without_getting_stuck/

Podcast: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1d8y0fx/rzen_post_of_the_week_podcast_not_speech_not/?
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1h 15min
May 31, 2024 5-31 || Wumenguan - Gateless Checkpoint - Case 23: Original Face || Astroemi-1
Original face post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1d4mlb4/your_original_face/

Podcast episode discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1d515us/rzen_post_of_the_week_podcast_your_original_face/?
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1h 7min

FAQs about Zen Talking:

How many episodes does Zen Talking have?

The podcast currently has 263 episodes available.