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Thousand Harbours Zen
Dharma talks by Koun Franz at Thousand Harbours Zen in Halifax, NS. If you find these talks beneficial, please consider joining Thousand Harbours Zen or making a donation at https://thousandharbourszen.com/support. Your support makes the practice and teachings available to others. Thank you.
Episodes
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ZNS 046 - Religion and Spirituality
What is it about "religion" that makes us uncomfortable? And what is spirituality without it?
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ZNS 045 - Diversity and the Buddha's Blind Spots
On Buddhism's legacy of racism, sexism, nationalism, and more; the nature of realization; the inevitability of blind spots.
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ZNS 044 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (8 of 8) - Do Not Pass Your Days and Nights in Vain
The concluding eighth in a series of talks on Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen"
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ZNS 043 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (7 of 8) - There is Only This Way
The seventh in a series of talks on Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen"
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ZNS 042 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (6 of 8) - Zazen is Not Meditation Practice
The sixth in a series of talks on Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen"
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ZNS 041 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (5 of 8) - What Kind of Thinking is Non-Thinking?
The fifth in a series of talks on Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen"
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ZNS 040 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (4 of 8) - At Your Sitting Place
The forth in a series of talks on Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen"
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ZNS 039 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (3 of 8) - Have No Designs on Becoming a Buddha
The third in a series of talks on Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen"
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ZNS 038 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (2 of 8) - Consider the Buddha
The second in a series of talks on Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen"
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ZNS 037 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (1 of 8) - The Way is Perfect
First in a series of talks on Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen.": The Way is originally perfect and all-pervading.
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ZNS 036 - Gratitude and the Four Signs
On how we need to be jolted awake by the same things as the Buddha. And how we can be.
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ZNS 035 - The Heart Sutra
A quick overview of what the Heart Sutra is really talking about—emptiness, yes, but not just emptiness.
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ZNS 034 - Not Holding Back
On the ways in which we don't commit to what we know is true.
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ZNS 033 - Finding the Zen in Citizen
How do we stay grounded in practice while trying to affect change? How can we be effective citizens of the world?
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ZNS 032 - In the Mist
On how we automatically become a student of what we're close to.
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ZNS 031 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (8 of 8) - Not to Engage in Hollow Discussions
The eighth and concluding talk in our series on Dogen's "Eight Awakenings of Great Beings": on which conversations we can let go.
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ZNS 030 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (7 of 8) - Cultivating Wisdom
The seventh in the series on "8 Awakenings of Great Beings": the way to wisdom is not aimed directly at wisdom.
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ZNS 029 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (6 of 8) - Practicing Meditation
The sixth in the series on "8 Awakenings of Great Beings": on meditation and what it really means to find stability
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ZNS 028 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (5 of 8) - Not to Forget the Object of One's Attention
The fifth in the series on "8 Awakenings of Great Beings": A talk on mindfulness, where we set our sights, and how easily we can slip up and become Darth Vader.
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ZNS 027 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (4 of 8) - Diligent Effort
The forth in the series on "8 Awakenings of Great Beings": also known as continuous practice.
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ZNS 026 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (3 of 8) - Enjoying Serenity
The third in the series on "8 Awakenings of Great Beings": enjoying serenity in seclusion. It's about knowing where you are.
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ZNS 025 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (2 of 8) - How Much is Enough
The second in the series on "8 Awakenings of Great Beings": knowing how much is enough (it's not easy).
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ZNS 024 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (1 of 8) - Few Desires
The first in a series on Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings." On the difference between attraction and attachment, and what it might mean to be an adult.
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ZNS 023 - Identity Action (The Bodhisattva's Fourth Method of Guidance)
On embracing function in our relationships with others; the concluding talk on Dogen's "The Bodhisattva's 4 Methods of Guidance."
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ZNS 022 - Beneficial Action (The Bodhisattva's Third Method of Guidance)
On doing good for the sake of doing good.
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ZNS 021 - Kind Speech (The Bodhisattva's Second Method of Guidance)
On what we can offer when we speak, and also what we can withhold.
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ZNS 020 - Giving (The Bodhisattva's First Method of Guidance)
On how the kinds of generosity that are right in front of us are the very ones that seem beyond us.
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ZNS 019 - Not Just Here Not Just Now
"Be here now"; the mistake is in thinking we know what that is.
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ZNS 018 - The Raw Honest Heart
The Great Way is not difficult if we are just completely honest.