Best North Carolina Zen Center Podcasts (2024)

In this talk from our October 2023 Sesshin, Teshin Roshi explores the second of 4 postures outlined by the Buddha and the famous koan: The Oak Tree In the Garden.By North Carolina Zen Center

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Arguing With Reality (Nansen Kills The Cat) 35:46

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Arguing With Reality (Nansen Kills The Cat) by North Carolina Zen CenterBy North Carolina Zen Center

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The Buddha's Journey - How Is It Relevant? 25:21

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The Buddha's Journey - How Is It Relevant? by North Carolina Zen CenterBy North Carolina Zen Center

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The Importance Of Leaving Home 18:15

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The Importance Of Leaving Home by North Carolina Zen CenterBy North Carolina Zen Center

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Cultivating Gratitude 27:16

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Through a classic koan, Teshin Roshi explores ways to cultivate gratitude and connect with the original intention of Thanksgiving.By North Carolina Zen Center

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An Example of a Lifetime of Practice 42:58

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Teshin Roshi reflects on James Ford Roshi's visit and explores what a matured practice looks like using Case 14 of the Book of Equanimity.By North Carolina Zen Center

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Stepping Back to Step In 29:41

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Teshin Roshi shares about his recent sabbatical and explores the wisdom of stepping back in order to step into our lives.By North Carolina Zen Center

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Vast, Void, and Not Knowing 42:26

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During our annual Bodhidharma Day ceremony we explore the famous interchange between the Emperor of China and Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen in China.By North Carolina Zen Center

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Guest Speaker: Roshi Meido Moore, Three Important Foundations of Zen 43:31

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Guest Speaker: Roshi Meido Moore, Three Important Foundations of Zen by North Carolina Zen CenterBy North Carolina Zen Center

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Zazen as a Yogic Practice 40:29

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Zazen as a Yogic Practice by North Carolina Zen CenterBy North Carolina Zen Center

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During a recent talk in our Summer Guest Speaker Series, Roshi Dosho Port and Sensei Tetsugan Zummach told a moving story about one practitioner’s experience with the koan Mu.By North Carolina Zen Center

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Roshi James Ford, Guest Speaker 19:37

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Roshi James Ford, Guest Speaker by North Carolina Zen CenterBy North Carolina Zen Center

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Koshin Chris Cain, Guest Speaker 27:26

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Koshin Chris Cain, Guest Speaker by North Carolina Zen CenterBy North Carolina Zen Center

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The Paramita of Patience 22:07

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The Paramita of Patience by North Carolina Zen CenterBy North Carolina Zen Center

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Jesus, Buddha And The Tools Of Love 18:10

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Jesus, Buddha And The Tools Of Love by North Carolina Zen CenterBy North Carolina Zen Center

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All Sounds are the Sounds of the Buddha 46:54

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All Sounds are the Sounds of the Buddha by North Carolina Zen CenterBy North Carolina Zen Center

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It Is Your Mind That Moves 45:56

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It Is Your Mind That Moves by North Carolina Zen CenterBy North Carolina Zen Center

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Facing Ourselves 48:02

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Facing Ourselves by North Carolina Zen CenterBy North Carolina Zen Center

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Some Thoughts about Precepts 6 and 7 19:44

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For the Precepts Class. Precepts 6 and 7.By North Carolina Zen Center

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New Year's Talk-Uncle Mishi and the White Rabbit 32:38

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Case 56 of the Book of EquanimityBy North Carolina Zen Center

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The Buddha's Enlightenment - Closing The Distance 30:18

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The Buddha's Enlightenment - Closing The Distance by North Carolina Zen CenterBy North Carolina Zen Center

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Guest Teacher: Shana Smith 24:33

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Guest Teacher: Shana Smith by North Carolina Zen CenterBy North Carolina Zen Center

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When It Is Cold, the Cold Kills You. When It Is Hot, the Heat Kills You 32:34

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When It Is Cold, the Cold Kills You. When It Is Hot, the Heat Kills You by North Carolina Zen CenterBy North Carolina Zen Center

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A Fervent and Necessary Arrangement 18:45

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In this talk, guest speaker and friend to the Center James Myoun Ford, Roshi offers his thoughts on Case 29 in the Blue Cliff Record.By North Carolina Zen Center

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Approaching Difficult Interactions 30:48

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In this talk, Sangha member Sheldon Clark reflects on the book, How to Cook Your Life and the Zen chant Affirming Faith in Mind.Using direct quotations from both texts, Sheldon looks at difficult personal and cultural interactions, pulling our ideas which offer guidance from a Zen perspective.By North Carolina Zen Center

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How Does The Bodhisattva Use Many Hands And Eyes? 36:23

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This track serves as an introduction to the following two talks, each touching on the four Bodhisattva Vows.By North Carolina Zen Center

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A Zen View Of Abortion 30:59

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A Zen View Of Abortion by North Carolina Zen CenterBy North Carolina Zen Center

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The Four Vows, part 2 46:39

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The Four Vows, part 2 by North Carolina Zen CenterBy North Carolina Zen Center

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The Four Vows, part 1 47:17

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The Four Vows, part 1 by North Carolina Zen CenterBy North Carolina Zen Center

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The Difficulty and Ease of Relationships 20:54

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How do we work on relationships? Our meditation practice holds the key. How do we work on our meditation practice? Our relationships hold the key.By North Carolina Zen Center

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One Finger Zen 49:31

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Case 19 of the Blue Cliff Record: Gutei's One FingerBy North Carolina Zen Center

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Reflections On Spring 2021 33:38

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Reflections On Spring 2021 by North Carolina Zen CenterBy North Carolina Zen Center

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Breaking Out Of Our Shell 40:46

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A monk asked Jinguing, “I am breaking out; I ask the teacher to break in.”Jinquing said, “Can you live or not?”The monk said, “If I weren’t alive, I’d be laughed at by people.”Jinquing said, “You too are a man in the weeds.By North Carolina Zen Center

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Change, Impermanance And The New Year 1 - 3-2021 34:41

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The first Dharma talk of 2021 regarding impermanence and change.By North Carolina Zen Center

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Navigating the Various Realms of the Mind 42:41

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Using the classic Buddhist framework of the Six Realms, Teshin Sensei explores how to work with various mind states. This talks was given in 2018.By North Carolina Zen Center

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The Four Foundations of Mindfulness 30:59

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An exploration of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, a teaching of the Buddha.By North Carolina Zen Center

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Working With Our Individual And Collective Karma 36:36

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Using a classic koan from the Zen tradition, Teshin Sensei explores the idea of individual and collective karma--the law of cause and effect.By North Carolina Zen Center

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Living More Consciously 34:39

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A Dharma Talk given in 2018. This talk uses a classic koan to explore how to live less unconsciously but rather with more awareness and presence. To see what is always present.By North Carolina Zen Center

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Commitment 59:13

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In this Dharma Talk Teshin talks about the importance of commitment in practice.By North Carolina Zen Center

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Person Of 3 Disabilities 53:05

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Person Of 3 Disabilities by North Carolina Zen CenterBy North Carolina Zen Center

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The Thin Veneer 33:40

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Using a classic case from the Book Of Serenity, we look at the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and the thin veneer of society.By North Carolina Zen Center

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In this Dharma talk we explore a traditional koan from the Blue Cliff Record. Teshin begins by talking about the two great practices of our tradition, just sitting and koan practice.By North Carolina Zen Center