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North Carolina Zen Center


    • May 1, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 34m AVG DURATION
    • 97 EPISODES


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    Not Just the Cushion-Practicing Community

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 33:05


    Not Just the Cushion-Practicing Community by North Carolina Zen Center

    Gratitude 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2025 32:08


    Gratitude 2024 by North Carolina Zen Center

    One Road to Nirvana

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 36:23


    One Road to Nirvana by North Carolina Zen Center

    Sunday Chanting Service

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 9:28


    Sunday Chanting Service by North Carolina Zen Center

    Mumonkan case 16-The Sound of the Bell and the Seven Piece Robe

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 26:18


    Mumonkan case 16-The Sound of the Bell and the Seven Piece Robe by North Carolina Zen Center

    How Should We Practice Zen?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 43:17


    How Should We Practice Zen? by North Carolina Zen Center

    The Way Out Is To Go In! (Mumonkan Case 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 42:47


    The Way Out Is To Go In! (Mumonkan Case 2) by North Carolina Zen Center

    The Curves Are the Good Part

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 39:42


    The Curves Are the Good Part by North Carolina Zen Center

    Zen Mind Haiku Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 23:30


    Zen Mind Haiku Mind by North Carolina Zen Center

    All Shall Be Well (?)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2024 29:53


    All Shall Be Well (?) by North Carolina Zen Center

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    Turning Our Minds Towards The Dharma

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 43:19


    Turning Our Minds Towards The Dharma by North Carolina Zen Center

    Refrain From All Unwholesome Actions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 39:51


    Refrain From All Unwholesome Actions by North Carolina Zen Center

    Process Not Product (A Talk During Buddha's Birthday)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 29:58


    Process Not Product (A Talk During Buddha's Birthday) by North Carolina Zen Center

    Drilling Holes In Mr. Chaos

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 40:50


    Drilling Holes In Mr. Chaos by North Carolina Zen Center

    Resolving To Wake Up-Yunmen's Staff Becomes a Dragon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 45:05


    Resolving To Wake Up-Yunmen's Staff Becomes a Dragon by North Carolina Zen Center

    Standing Up To Our Destructive Forces

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2024 29:14


    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.

    Arguing With Reality (Nansen Kills The Cat)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 35:46


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

    The Buddha's Journey - How Is It Relevant?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 25:21


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

    The Importance Of Leaving Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 18:15


    The Importance Of Leaving Home by North Carolina Zen Center

    Cultivating Gratitude

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023 27:16


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

    An Example of a Lifetime of Practice

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2023 42:58


    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.

    Stepping Back to Step In

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2023 29:41


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

    Vast, Void, and Not Knowing

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2023 42:26


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2023 43:31


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

    Zazen as a Yogic Practice

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2023 40:29


    Zazen as a Yogic Practice by North Carolina Zen Center

    A Story of Mu

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2023 5:28


    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.

    Roshi James Ford, Guest Speaker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2023 19:37


    Roshi James Ford, Guest Speaker by North Carolina Zen Center

    Koshin Chris Cain, Guest Speaker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2023 27:26


    Koshin Chris Cain, Guest Speaker by North Carolina Zen Center

    The Paramita of Patience

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2023 22:07


    The Paramita of Patience by North Carolina Zen Center

    Jesus, Buddha And The Tools Of Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 17:24


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

    All Sounds are the Sounds of the Buddha

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 46:54


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

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    It Is Your Mind That Moves

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 45:56


    It Is Your Mind That Moves by North Carolina Zen Center

    Facing Ourselves

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 48:02


    Facing Ourselves by North Carolina Zen Center

    Some Thoughts about Precepts 6 and 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2023 19:44


    For the Precepts Class. Precepts 6 and 7.

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2023 32:38


    Case 56 of the Book of Equanimity

    The Buddha's Enlightenment - Closing The Distance

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022 30:18


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

    Guest Teacher: Shana Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2022 24:33


    Guest Teacher: Shana Smith by North Carolina Zen Center

    When It Is Cold, the Cold Kills You. When It Is Hot, the Heat Kills You

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2022 32:34


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

    A Fervent and Necessary Arrangement

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2022 18:45


    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.

    Approaching Difficult Interactions

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2022 30:48


    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.

    Approaching Difficult Interactions

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022 30:08


    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.

    How Does The Bodhisattva Use Many Hands And Eyes?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2022 36:23


    This track serves as an introduction to the following two talks, each touching on the four Bodhisattva Vows.

    A Zen View Of Abortion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2022 30:59


    A Zen View Of Abortion by North Carolina Zen Center

    The Four Vows, part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2022 46:39


    The Four Vows, part 2 by North Carolina Zen Center

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    The Four Vows, part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2022 47:17


    The Four Vows, part 1 by North Carolina Zen Center

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    The Difficulty and Ease of Relationships

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022 20:54


    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.

    One Finger Zen

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2022 49:31


    Case 19 of the Blue Cliff Record: Gutei's One Finger

    Reflections On Spring 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2022 33:38


    Reflections On Spring 2021 by North Carolina Zen Center

    Breaking Out Of Our Shell

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2022 40:46


    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.

    Change, Impermanance And The New Year 1 - 3-2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2022 34:41


    The first Dharma talk of 2021 regarding impermanence and change.

    Navigating the Various Realms of the Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2021 42:41


    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.

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