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Standing on the Platform of Now

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2021 49:46


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk inspired by poet laureate Amanda Gordon and the 2021 Inauguration, reflecting on the alchemy available in each moment as we stand in all the causes and conditions and fullness of our being and choosing to infuse our bodhisattva vow.

The Dance of Doing and Being

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2020 50:03


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a dharma talk on the Sandokai - a famous zen poem chanted daily throughout the world, and he offers an exploration of "the nourishing factors of our inter-being"

Practising with the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2020 50:23


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a dharma talk on practising with the upside-down mind knowing it's the very mind of Buddha.

Bodhisattva Vow and a Life of Service

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2020 47:39


Ryūshin Paul Haller gives insight into the inclination to reach beyond our limits. In Zen ceremonies, we vow discover a path to wider notion of wellbeing. Despite our karma, our stories, the challenges- we try to live in service of others. Navigating the paradox of existence gives vitality to each moment. This liberation and effort echoes far beyond what we can ever know.

The Six Perfections: Class 7 - Practicing with the Teachings

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020 92:20


In this series, Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a six-week class on the six paramitas (perfections) - giving, discipline, patience, effort, continuous contact and wisdom. The perfections are a traditional list of the virtues and wholesome dispositions that arise with dedicated practice. This class examines a variety of teachings on the paramitas from early Buddhism, Zen and contemporary commentaries to reveal in detail the qualities of mind and behaviour the paramitas promote and the afflictions and suffering they dissolve.

The Six Perfections: Class 6 - Wisdom

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2020 92:44


In this series, Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a six-week class on the six paramitas (perfections) - giving, discipline, patience, effort, continuous contact and wisdom. The perfections are a traditional list of the virtues and wholesome dispositions that arise with dedicated practice. This class examines a variety of teachings on the paramitas from early Buddhism, Zen and contemporary commentaries to reveal in detail the qualities of mind and behaviour the paramitas promote and the afflictions and suffering they dissolve.

The Six Perfections: Class 5 - Meditation

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020 84:08


In this series, Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a six-week class on the six paramitas (perfections) - giving, discipline, patience, effort, continuous contact and wisdom. The perfections are a traditional list of the virtues and wholesome dispositions that arise with dedicated practice. This class examines a variety of teachings on the paramitas from early Buddhism, Zen and contemporary commentaries to reveal in detail the qualities of mind and behaviour the paramitas promote and the afflictions and suffering they dissolve.

The Six Perfections: Class 4 - Effort

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2020 88:33


In this series, Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a six-week class on the six paramitas (perfections) - giving, discipline, patience, effort, continuous contact and wisdom. The perfections are a traditional list of the virtues and wholesome dispositions that arise with dedicated practice. This class examines a variety of teachings on the paramitas from early Buddhism, Zen and contemporary commentaries to reveal in detail the qualities of mind and behaviour the paramitas promote and the afflictions and suffering they dissolve.

The Six Perfections: Class 3 - Patience

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2020 80:25


In this series, Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a six-week class on the six paramitas (perfections) - giving, discipline, patience, effort, continuous contact and wisdom. The perfections are a traditional list of the virtues and wholesome dispositions that arise with dedicated practice. This class examines a variety of teachings on the paramitas from early Buddhism, Zen and contemporary commentaries to reveal in detail the qualities of mind and behaviour the paramitas promote and the afflictions and suffering they dissolve.

A World On Fire

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2020 48:29


Ryūshin Paul Haller gives a talk from Tassajara Zen Center shortly after the George Floyd and Black Live Matter protests. A dharma response to these times: deep radical presence and acceptance.

The Six Perfections: Class 2 - Discipline

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2020 68:13


In this series, Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a six-week class on the six paramitas (perfections) - giving, discipline, patience, effort, continuous contact and wisdom. The perfections are a traditional list of the virtues and wholesome dispositions that arise with dedicated practice. This class examines a variety of teachings on the paramitas from early Buddhism, Zen and contemporary commentaries to reveal in detail the qualities of mind and behaviour the paramitas promote and the afflictions and suffering they dissolve.

The Six Perfections: Class 1 - Generosity

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2020 52:33


In this series, Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a six-week class on the six paramitas (perfections) - giving, discipline, patience, effort, continuous contact and wisdom. The perfections are a traditional list of the virtues and wholesome dispositions that arise with dedicated practice. This class examines a variety of teachings on the paramitas from early Buddhism, Zen and contemporary commentaries to reveal in detail the qualities of mind and behaviour the paramitas promote and the afflictions and suffering they dissolve.

Tassajara and COVID19

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2020 96:06


The first livestreamed talk to ever be broadcast from Tassajara Zen Mountain Center.

Patience

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 34:37


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk during the Winter practice period at Tassajara on patience and what it is to turn towards unpleasant experience.

Qualities of Sati

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2020 39:18


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk during the Winter practice period at Tassajara on all-inclusive awareness.

Accepting and Resisting

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2020 45:27


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk during a Winter practice period sesshin at Tassajara on what we can learn from the mind of 'giving over' and the mind of resistance.

Resolve, Attention, Samadhi

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2020 41:46


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk on the first day of sesshin during the Winter practice period at Tassajara Zen Center. This talk is about the Fukanzazengi - a famous zen essay describing and encouraging the practice of zazen.

Engaging with the Tapestry of Existence

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2019 39:30


Ryūshin Paul Haller begins with a brief 10 min guided meditation and dharma talk on cultivating continuous contact with the present moment.

Virtue and Foolishness

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2019 34:42


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk at Black Mountain Zen Center in Belfast, Northern Ireland on virtue and our judgments about others and ourselves.

Entering the Moment

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2019 36:23


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk at Black Mountain Zen Center, Belfast on entering the moment and what these moments can teach us.

Alive or Dead?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2019 43:50


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk at Black Mountain Zen Center, Belfast, Northern Ireland about a famous koan - alive or dead?

The Spirit of Practice

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2019 44:24


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk at the San Francisco Zen Center on the spirit of religious practice. In this talk, he offers two zen stories to illustrate core teachings from the Tassajara workshop on Christianity and Zen.

The History of the Robe

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2019 45:45


Ryūshin Paul Haller gives a talk at Black Mountain Zen Center, Belfast, on the history and significance of the Buddist robe (okesa and rakusu).

What is God?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2019 47:09


Ryūshin Paul Haller gives a talk at Black Mountain Zen Center, Northern Ireland about God, Buddha and being alive.

The Wisdom of the Heart Sutra

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2019 37:11


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk at Black Mountain Zen Center, Belfast about the wisdom of the Heart Sutra - famous Buddhist sutra that teaches about insight into the nature of what is.

Resiliance

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2018 54:08


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk at the Insight Retreat Center on cultivating resilience.

Concentration Factor of Awakening

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2018 57:11


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk at the Insight Retreat Center on cultivating tranquility and concentration in retreat and in our lives.

Guided Meditation: Tranquility

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2018 40:10


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a 40 minute guided meditation at the Insight Retreat Center on tranquility.

Mindfulness Factor of Awakening

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2018 57:37


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk at the Insight Retreat Center on cultivating mindfulness in retreat and in our lives.

The Three Consciousnesses

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2018 30:00


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk at Black Mountain Zen Center, Northern Ireland about the three types of consciousnesses in Buddhist psychology and what it is to practice with these three minds.

Being Alive

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2018 40:01


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk at Black Mountain Zen Center in Belfast, Northern Ireland about being alive - drawing on poetry and zen koans.

What Do You Do in Zazen?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2018 55:38


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk and discussion at Black Mountain Zen Center, Belfast, Northern Ireland, exploring how to engage zazen without getting stuck in clinging and aversion.

Arousing the Bodhi Mind

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2018 78:04


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk during the Winter practice period at Tassajara about intention, vow, and arousing Bodhi mind in practice, reflecting on the question: "what does practice ask of you?".

Inner Aligning With Resolve to Practice

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2018 41:54


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk at Tassajara Zen Center during the Winter practice period on connecting with the resolve to practice and how we support each other in this process.

Investigating What We Think We Know

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2017 50:13


Ryūshin Paul Haller gives a talk at Black Mountain Zen Center, in Belfast, Northern Ireland about the importance of investigating what we think we know - and how our idea of 'knowing' can get in the way of experiencing what truly is.

The Koan of Time

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2017 38:01


Ryūshin Paul Haller gives a talk at Black Mountain Zen Center, in Belfast, Northern Ireland about our ways of relating to time and what we can learn about time from practice.

The Spirit of Practice

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2017 42:30


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk at Tassajara Zen Center during a weekend workshop on the Spirit of Practice -a retreat has been co-lead with Brother David David Steindl-Rast for the last 12 years.

The Path to Wholeness

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2017 38:24


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a dharma talk at Tassajara Zen Center during a weekend retreat on the path to wholeness.

Engaging the Forms of Zen

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2017 47:48


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk at Black Mountain Zen Center, Norther Ireland, on the forms in zen practice and what they can teach us.

Narratives and Awareness

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2017 51:30


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk at Black Mountain Zen Center in Belfast, Northern Ireland, about religious narratives and stories in zen practice and the role of narrative in our lives.

Sesshin Day 5: Black Mountain Zen

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2016 48:51


Ryūshin Paul Haller gives his fifth and final talk during his annual 5 day sesshin (meditation retreat) at Black Mountain Zen Center in Northern Ireland.

Sesshin Day 4: Black Mountain Zen

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2016 48:12


Ryūshin Paul Haller gives his fourth talk during his annual 5 day sesshin (meditation retreat) at Black Mountain Zen Center in Northern Ireland.

Sesshin Day 3: Black Mountain Zen

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2016 53:56


Ryūshin Paul Haller gives the third talk during his annual 5 day sesshin (meditation retreat) at Black Mountain Zen Center in Northern Ireland.

Sesshin Day 2: Black Mountain Zen

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2016 46:38


Ryūshin Paul Haller gives the second talk during his annual 5 day sesshin (meditation retreat) at Black Mountain Zen Center in Northern Ireland.

Sesshin Day 1: Black Mountain Zen

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2016 46:06


Ryūshin Paul Haller gives the first talk during his annual 5 day sesshin (meditation retreat) at Black Mountain Zen Center in Northern Ireland.

Guided Meditation: Breath, Body, Mind

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2016 41:33


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a 40min guided meditation at the Insight Retreat Center.

Guided Meditation: Awareness of Breathing

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2016 45:58


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a 40 min guided meditation on awareness of breathing at the Insight Mediation Center. At the end of the meditation, he briefly discusses this practice of attending and relating to the body and the breath.

Guided Meditation: The Stream of Awareness

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 20:47


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a 20min guided meditation at the Insight Retreat Center.

The Beauty of Imperfection

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2016 43:04


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a talk at the Insight Meditation Center about working with and appreciating the beauty of our humanness, fallibly and imperfection.

Guided Meditation: Awareness

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2016 42:09


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a guided meditation during a retreat at the Insight Meditation Center on cultivating awareness.

Path To Wholeness

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2015 42:50


Ryūshin Paul Haller offers a dharma talk at Tassajara during a weekend workshop called The Path to Wholeness.

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