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Podcasts of the Dharma Talks at the Ordinary Zen Sangha, a Zen Meditation Practice Center located in Sarasota, Florida. OZS is a non-profit organization made possible by donations from people like you.Thank you for listening,Will Rauschenberger, Abbot

Will Rauschenberger


    • Jun 16, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 15m AVG DURATION
    • 206 EPISODES


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    Episode 267: Dogan and the Buddha Way

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2025 10:19


    Dan Gulliford and Will Rauschenberger co-host this talk from Sarasota, FL, and Asheville, NC.

    Episode 266: Don’t Ignore It!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 14:59


    Ignoring, denying, or pushing away anything we consider uncomfortable is why we are uncomfortable!

    Episode 265: Just Be, No Great Shakes, Everything Just As It Is

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 12:44


    The ups and downs of the seesaw of karma.

    Episode 264: Sudden and Gradual Schools of Zen

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 16:28


    Chong An Sunim joins Abbot Will Rauschenberger in discussing Kongan practice, Linages, and the Lotus Sutra Parable of the Burning House.

    Episode 263: Dharma and Karma, What’s In Your Backpack?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 21:13


    In this podcast, visiting Zen Master Chong An Sunim joins Abbot Will (Hea An) Rauschenberger at our Sunday Session on May 4th, 2025. The talk includes chanting the Heart Sutra.

    Episode 262: The Precepts, Actuality and Flowering of Being

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 17:02


    Strip away who we think we are and experience the actuality of who we are.

    Episode 261: This Mind Alone is Buddha

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 12:54


    Zen is solving the problem of Birth and Death.

    Episode 260: Why do we practice Zazen, doing no-thing?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 9:28


    If we already have Buddha Nature, why do we meditate?

    Episode 259: This Mind Alone, There Is No Other

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 10:50


    Taking responsibility for your life and liberation are not different.

    Episode 258: Repose and Bliss

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 12:33


    “Bodhisattva Samadhi” is Repose and Bliss.

    Episode 257: The message of Zen, overcoming stupidity

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 16:17


    How ordinary stupid people cause great suffering.

    Episode 256: Life’s Trauma And Liberation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 13:27


    Zen is not mental replacement therapy for your self image.

    Episode 255: The Heart of Perfect Wisdom

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 19:09


    The lion's roar.

    Episode 254: Loving Kindness Is Not An Idea

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 11:25


    You cannot think your way into Loving Kindness…

    Episode 253: The Primordial Darkness of Ignorance

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 11:38


    Did Buddha pierce right through the primordial darkness of ignorance?

    Episode 252: A Safe Space

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 9:57


     What does it mean to be fearless? 

    Episode 251: Zen Is Life, Not A Hobby Or Pastime

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 15:31


    Hitching your Ox to the post of Emptiness.

    Episode 250: Relaxing In What Is

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 8:13


     Opening the hand of thought. 

    Episode 249: The Cosmic Mudra of Zazen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 14:10


    Zazen (Zen meditation), Awakening, and Buddhahood are no different.

    Episode 248: Seeking Validation

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 8:21


    You are a unique expression of the universal.

    Episode 247: Here We Are!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 8:48


     "One's presence makes for a good present" 

    Episode 246: Wind Blows, Old Songs End, New Ones Begin

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 7:14


    Episode 245: Attached to Name & Form, Talks with Chong An Sunim at OZS, part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 32:06


    This part is two of three sessions at Ordinary Zen Sangha in November 2024 with Zen Master Chong An Sunim and Abbot Will Rauschenberger.

    Episode 244: Dharma and Karma, Talks with Chong An Sunim at OZS, part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 33:33


    This part is one of three sessions at Ordinary Zen Sangha in November 2024 with Zen Master Chong An Sunim and Abbot Will Rauschenberger.

    Episode 243: Dark Times Ahead, Stars Will Shine

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 6:10


    What can we rely on in times like these?

    Episode 242: The Relative and Absolute, is it different or not?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 16:38


     A OZS sangha member asks: "Is there, or is there not, a balance between our absolute expansive selves and our relative selves that outflow into the world?" 

    Episode 241: Certainty in Uncertainty

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 6:49


    The transcendence of ever changing circumstances.

    Episode 240: Have you lost your way?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 16:17


    Today's talk is about an exchange between Zen Master Seung Sahn and a student, from the book “Dropping Ashes on the Buddha”.

    Episode 239: Illuminating Dangerous Times

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 12:06


    Don't believe anything you think…

    Episode 238: Inquiry, what is this, who am I?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 10:14


    “Thinking is just thinking, it is not who I am”.

    Episode 237: Undeniable Suchness of Being

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2024 6:01


    Inquiry into “What is this?”

    Episode 236: Forest Bathing

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 16:37


    Exploring Nature is exploring our nature.Benevolence is fearlessness.

    Episode 235: Koans 101

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 11:49


    Will gives an intro to Koans (Kongans) in this Dharma Talk.

    Episode 234: Letting Go Is Freedom

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2024 21:38


    What are we letting go? Are we falling into the same hole over and over?

    Episode 233: Ordinary Zen Practice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2024 10:51


    Getting to know ourselves.

    Episode 232: Asking The Correct Question In Zen?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 10:22


    How do I know my mirror is reflecting clearly?

    Episode 231: Where You Put Your Foot Down

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 10:55


    This first Podcast of July 2024 summates my June 2024 trip to Europe.

    Episode 230: Chewing Without Chewing Anything

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 10:22


    Leap directly to the Tathagata's realm. Chew without chewing anything, walk without walking anywhere.

    Episode 229: Tea Cup

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 7:42


    Exploring an exchange between two Zen Masters.  From 208 Kongans – compiled by Chong An Sunim, Original Light Zen Temple.

    Episode 228: Awareness Practice, getting to know ourselves

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 10:08


    Conceptualization perpetuates suffering.

    Episode 227: Causality

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024 13:27


     Accepting causality and letting go of the discriminating mind. 

    Episode 226: Our Burden’s Are Empty

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2024 10:37


    Realizing emptiness allows us the freedom to put down what burdens us.

    Episode 225: The Luminosity of Mahayana Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2024 4:55


     Coming off an all-day meditation workshop... 

    Episode 224: Smiling with Buddha Holding A Flower

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 10:52


    Episode 223: enlightenment

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 12:45


    enlightenment, how far away is it?

    Episode 222: Chopping Wood, Carrying Water

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2024 11:05


    The perfection of wisdom and suchness

    Episode 221: The Authentic View

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2024 16:08


    ‘Don't know mind' is being authentic.Includes an audio clip from an Audiobook "101 Zen Stories" by Paul Beck on Audible.

    Episode 220: Where Is Your Home?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2024 14:41


    Breath, coming and going, life.

    Episode 219: The Medicine of Together Action

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2024 10:53


    Buddha's prescriptions or remedies, also called expedient means, as they apply to Zendo etiquette.

    Episode 218: The Gateless Gate Of Your Own Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2024 27:08


    The path of enlightenment…

    Episode 217: What Are We Doing?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024 13:45


    In today's Dharma Talk, we ask the question “What is it we are doing?”

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