Intro to Zen Online

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Welcome to “Intro to Zen Online,” a meditation podcast series. Episodes consist of a variety of meditation-related content: (1) guided meditations; (2) general discussions of meditation practice (sometimes taken from books about meditation); and (3) beginning Oct. 6, audio recordings of the weekly “Intro to Zen” class on Zoom. All are welcome to make use of these recordings. For more info, visit: https://williamstownzengroup.org/intro-to-zen-online/

Bernie Rhie


    • Jun 4, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 47m AVG DURATION
    • 260 EPISODES


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    Ep. 241: Sitting on 6-3-25 (practice off the cushion)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2025 63:54


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    Ep. 240: Sitting on 5-27-25 (Zen and goal-orientedness)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 64:13


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    Ep. 239: Body Scan Open Awareness Meditation (Recorded 5/20/25)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 28:44


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    Ep. 238: Sitting on 5-20-25 (working with our fear-based conditioning)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 60:38


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    Ep. 237: Sitting on 5-14-25

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 66:44


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    Ep. 236: Sitting on 5-6-25 (picking and choosing)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 60:27


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    Ep. 235: Sitting on 4-29-25 (Q&A)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 60:43


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    Ep. 234: Sitting on 4-15-25 ("not knowing is most intimate")

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 62:05


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    Ep. 233: Sitting on 4-8-25 (on goallessness)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 58:33


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    Ep. 231: Sitting on 3-25-25 (practicing with pain)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 64:39


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    Ep. 230: Sitting on 3-18-25 (breath counting)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 62:21


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    Ep. 229: Sitting on 3-11-25

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 61:04


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    Ep. 228: Sitting on 3-4-25 (a bit about equanimity)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 61:40


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    Ep. 227: Sitting on 2-25-25 (Ten Oxherding Pictures)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 64:36


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    Ep. 226: Sitting on 2-18-25

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 62:30


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    Ep. 225: Sitting on 2-11-25

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 62:02


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    Ep. 224: Sitting on 2-4-25 (on grief)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 61:05


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    Ep. 223: Sitting on 1-28-25

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 60:42


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    Ep. 222: Sitting on 1-21-25

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 58:23


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    Ep. 221: Sitting on 1-14-25 (experiencing the body)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 65:03


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    Ep. 219: Letting Be Guided Meditation (recorded 12-10-24)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 29:12


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    Ep. 218: Sitting on 12-10-24 (mindfulness & awakening)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 63:38


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    Ep. 217: Sitting on 12-3-24 (concentration)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024 60:07


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    Ep. 216: Sitting on 11-26-24 (breath-following meditation)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 62:37


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    Ep. 215: Sitting on 11-29-24 (working with thoughts)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 58:10


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    Ep. 214: Sitting on 11-12-24 (block-build-be)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 65:55


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    Ep. 213: Sitting on 11-5-24 (election night)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 61:02


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    Ep. 212: Sitting on 10-29-24 (loving-kindness)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2024 67:19


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    Ep. 211: Sitting on 10-22-24 (Toni Packer on "expectations")

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 63:21


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    Ep. 210: Sitting on 10-15-24

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 61:34


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    Ep. 209: BBSSBB (guided meditation only; recorded 10-8-24)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 26:15


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    Ep. 208: Sitting on 10-8-24 (BBSSBB meditation -- cultivating open awareness)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 66:35


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    Ep. 207: Sitting on 10-2-24

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 63:42


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    Ep. 206: Sitting on 9-24-24 (on not picking and choosing / body scan)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 63:48


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    Ep. 205: Sitting on 9-17-24

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 61:12


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    Ep. 204: Sitting on 9-10-24

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2024 62:21


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    Ep. 202: Sitting on 8-27-24

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 64:13


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    Ep. 201: Sitting on 8-12-24

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2024 63:24


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    Ep. 199: Sitting on 7-29-24

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 63:34


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    Ep. 198: Sitting on 7-16-24 (meditation and sensory awareness)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 61:13


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    Ep. 197: Sitting on 7-8-24 (more on breath counting)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024 62:54


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    Ep. 196: Sitting on 7-2-24 (Counting the Breath)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2024 62:54


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    Ep. 195: Sitting on 6-25-24

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 64:49


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    Ep. 194: Sitting on 6-18-24

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 63:35


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    Ep. 193: Sitting on 6-11-24

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 58:05


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    Sitting on 6-4-24 (Emptiness, Compassion, Loving-kindness)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2024 61:24


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    Ep. 191: Sitting on 5-28-24 (body scan & practicing with unpleasant sensations)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 60:17


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