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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 senior students too.

  1. 19/12/2025

    2025-12-16 The Ten Precepts as Expressions of our "Inconceivably Wondrous" True Nature

    Looking at all ten cardinal precepts from the angle of Bodhidharma's One Mind teachings. Source(s): Invoking Reality by John Daido Loori.

    51 min

  2. 06/11/2025

    2025-11-04 Nature Koans 2: The Cypress Tree in the Courtyard

    This is the second in a series of koans centred on the natural world. The koan is Case 37 in the Mumonkan, Zhaozhou's Cypress Tree in the Courtyard. Sources: Pilgrim at Tinker's Creek by Annie Dillard and Two Zen Classics by Katsuki Sekida.

    43 min

  3. 21/10/2025

    2025-10-21 Not-self

    Not-self is the third of the Three Marks of Existence, and is also referred to as emptiness of self, or just Emptiness. It can be understood intellectually when examined through the lenses of impermanence and dependent co-arising. It can also be directly experienced when we forget ourself. Sources: There is No Suffering by Master Sheng Yen, Dharma Drum 2001, and What makes you not a Buddhist, by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, Shambhala 2008.

    42 min

  4. 23/09/2025

    2025-09-23 Dharma Ancestors: Soen Nakagawa Roshi

    This is the third in a series on teachers in the Auckland Zen Centre's lineage. Sources: Endless Vow: the Path of Soen Nakagawa Roshi by Roko Sherry Chayat Original Dwelling Place by Robert Aitken Remembering Nakagawa Soen Roshi by Estelle Gerard.

    49 min

  5. 10/09/2025

    2025-09-11 Teisho beads from Tangen-roshi

    Description: Teachings on determination, generosity and gratitude. Source: Ichi Tantei One Doing -- Tangen-roshi of Bukkokuji Teisho, translations by Belenda Attaway Yamakawa, Edited by Ron Klein.

    47 min

  6. 09/09/2025

    2025-09-10 Sangha stories about Tangen-roshi 2

    Description: Anecdotes and teachings. Source: Ichi Tantei - One doing, Tangen-roshi of Bukkokuji, teisho translations by Belenda Attaway Yamakawa, edited by Ron Klein.

    51 min

  7. 09/09/2025

    2025-09-09 Sangha stories about Tangen-roshi 1

    Description: Anecdotes and teachings. Source: Ichi Tantei - One doing, Tangen-roshi of Bukkokuji, teisho translations by Belenda Attaway Yamakawa, edited by Ron Klein.

    47 min

  8. 07/09/2025

    2025-09-08 H 80 Zhaozhou's "Newborn baby" Part Two

    Description: Constant flow. Source: Zen's Chinese Heritage by Andy Fergusson.

    42 min
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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 senior students too.

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  • Creator
    Auckland Zen Centre
  • Years Active
    2012 - 2025
  • Episodes
    229
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    Explicit
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