Appamada

Appamada

Appamada is a contemporary center for Zen practice, inquiry, and community, located in Austin, Texas. If you appreciate these offerings, please consider making a contribution to support Appamada with the link below.

  1. 1D AGO

    2026-02-02 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story

    2026-02-02 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story by Appamada

    1h 19m
  2. 2026-02-01 | Dharma Talk | Sangha, Part 1 | Nate Smalley

    3D AGO

    2026-02-01 | Dharma Talk | Sangha, Part 1 | Nate Smalley

    This Sunday, Nate opens our practice period theme, "Living in Sangha". In the first of a three-part series of dharma talks, we explore sangha not as comfort or belonging alone, but as the ground that reshapes how we show up in the world. Grounding in Dogen’s teachings in Tenzo Kyōkun (Instructions to the Cook), we remind ourselves how practicing fierce, attentive care together becomes both a refuge and an act of resistance.

    44 min
  3. 2026-01-27 I Inquiry I Zazen and running toward the fire with water I Joel Barna

    JAN 28

    2026-01-27 I Inquiry I Zazen and running toward the fire with water I Joel Barna

    link to science and zen https://scienceofzen.org Link to Mary Oliver poem https://wordsfortheyear.com/2018/04/14/at-the-river-clarion-by-mary-oliver/

    58 min

  4. JAN 27

    2026-01-26 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story

    2026-01-26 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story by Appamada

    1h 4m
  5. 2026-01-25 | Head Student Entering Ceremony | Seren8y

    JAN 25

    2026-01-25 | Head Student Entering Ceremony | Seren8y

    2026-01-25 | Head Student Entering Ceremony | Seren8y by Appamada

    40 min

  6. JAN 22

    2026-01-19 | Depth In Practice Not Two: The Appamada Story

    2026-01-19 | Depth In Practice Not Two: The Appamada Story by Appamada

    1h 22m
  7. 2026-01-20-2026 I A Patchwork of Possibilities I Inquiry I Trudy Johnston

    JAN 21

    2026-01-20-2026 I A Patchwork of Possibilities I Inquiry I Trudy Johnston

    May the vulnerable be guarded with love. May the powerful awaken to wisdom. May the earth and its being be cherished. May peace take root in every direction. ~Jack Kornfield Praying It doesn’t have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few words together and don’t try to make them elaborate, this isn’t a contest but the doorway into thanks, and a silence in which another voice may speak. Thank you ~ Mary Oliver Instructions for Having a Soul Take it out in the rain sometimes. It has vast, invisible wings that gather dirt and need rinsing. When it tries to kill you that is because you've forgotten to let it look into someone's eyes for longer than a minute. It needs that the way a bee needs nectar in the early morning dew. Every so often, take it on a journey. Let it read long, hard books and let it stare into the depths of the sea. Yes, you can give it chips and whiskey but from time to time let it kneel in a place that is holy like the simple cathedral of the willows. All it wants is to live, to keep becoming. Nourish it, and it puts down roots, it opens. But starve it, and the mind, the flesh is empty; the world breaks down; symphonies go unwritten; the rockets fall; the children die in flames. Listen. It is not too late to wake it. Say the names of the wild, the forgotten things: bluebird, red wolf, robin; violet, child, clover. You cannot save the world but you can open the window for the trapped wren in the cellar. Read a book to a blind man, to your father. Tell a child you do believe her anger. Make your life the first life that you save. —Joseph Fasano

    59 min
  8. 2026-01-18 | Way-Seeking Mind Talk | Q.

    JAN 18

    2026-01-18 | Way-Seeking Mind Talk | Q.

    2026-01-18 | Way-Seeking Mind Talk | Q. by Appamada

    53 min
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Appamada is a contemporary center for Zen practice, inquiry, and community, located in Austin, Texas. If you appreciate these offerings, please consider making a contribution to support Appamada with the link below.

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  • Creator
    Appamada
  • Years Active
    2011 - 2026
  • Episodes
    524
  • Rating
    Clean
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