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Nouvelle Acropole France Podcast
Les 7 portails de la Voix du Silence

Nouvelle Acropole France Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2026 7:57


Texte de la sagesse tibétaine, la Voix du Silence trace un chemin intérieur où la morale devient une voie de transformation. A travers les 7 portes initiatiques, le disciple est invité à purifier ses intentions et à incarner les vertus qui éveillent l'âme.Article de la revue Acropolis de février 2026, par Marine Verguet de Nouvelle Acropole Lyon, lu par Noëlle Vannini.Abonnez-vous gratuitement à notre newsletter philosophique : www.revue-acropolis.comSaviez-vous que Nouvelle Acropole est réalisée à 100% par des bénévoles ? Nous dépendons donc beaucoup de nos étudiants et amis pour la divulgation !  N'oubliez pas de vous abonner à la chaîne et si possible de la partager sur vos réseaux sociaux.  Ce sera d'une grande aide !

Young Urban Zen SF
Six Paramitas Talk 6: Wisdom (Prajñā)

Young Urban Zen SF

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2026


In our final paramita talk, Kristen Digs leads a talk regarding the Paramita of Wisdom. What is complete and perfect wisdom? How can we look to find it?

Young Urban Zen SF
Six Paramitas Talk 5: Concentration (Samadhi)

Young Urban Zen SF

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2026


Tim Wicks leads a talk regarding the Paramitas (aka crossing over) focusing on Concentration. Why do we meditate, and what is it that we are trying to do facing the wall? Working with the mind and our thoughts is central to Zen practice and, for many of us, the most difficult part. “We are trying to cross over away from the distractions and delusions that prevent us from full awareness.”

Young Urban Zen SF
Six Paramitas Talk 4: Vīrya

Young Urban Zen SF

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2026


How do we keep showing up in our work, relationships, and the world without exhausting ourselves or betraying what matters most to us?Eli discusses joyful effort (virya): an approach to effort that isn't about grinding harder, chasing outcomes, or measuring worth through productivity. Drawing on Zen practice and lived experience, we unpack questions many of us carry quietly: Am I doing enough? What does sustainable commitment look like? How do I stay engaged when trust is low and fatigue is high?

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Cultivating Intimacy With Our Body

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2026 35:48


01/24/2026, Kiku Christina Lehnherr, dharma talk at City Center. Kiku Christina Lehnherr explores how the body is completely and inseparably intertwined and interconnected with the mind and with everything in this universe, and how the practice of slowing down a fraction in all our activities can support us in becoming intimate with our body.

Young Urban Zen SF
Six paramitas talk 3: Generosity (dana)

Young Urban Zen SF

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2026


In this talk, Kōgetsu discusses generosity also known as Dana. Buddhist practice invites us to look more deeply at how we can meet the roots of suffering. We will explore how generosity includes how we relate to ourselves and others, how we listen, how we repair, how we set limits, and how wisdom guides what actually helps rather than what simply feels good in the moment. Zazen trains us to meet generosity with clarity rather than compulsion.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Virya, Joyful Effort and M.L.K.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2026 34:34


01/17/2026, So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson, dharma talk at City Center. So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson reflects on Dr. King's legacy as a practice of staying human in the face of fear, polarization, and fatigue. Through Zen teachings on virya or joyful effort, we explore how commitment, courage, and hope can be sustained without hardening the heart.

Young Urban Zen SF
six paramitas talk 2: Sila (ethical conduct)

Young Urban Zen SF

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2026


In this talk Mei discusses the paramita of ethical conduct. Sila (ethical conduct) is one of the six paramitas (perfections) that develops a practitioner on the path of freedom, while simultaneously manifesting awakened activity. Though most Westerners don't initially delight in the topic of ethical behavior, Mei explains that virtue is one of the most beautiful expressions of the awakened mind.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Patience: The Buddhist Practice of Showing Up for the World

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2026 35:37


01/07/2026, Sozan Michael McCord, dharma talk at City Center. Sozan Michael McCord explores how waiting is not necessarily patience. And it is not a passive default. In this talk, the subject of patience is explored as one of the Buddhist "paramitas" (perfections) that are both fruits of practice and an area of one's life that is actively cultivated.

Young Urban Zen SF
six paramitas talk 1: Patience

Young Urban Zen SF

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2026


This talk is the beginning of a series on the paramitas which are the fruits of living the precepts of Buddhism. Michael will be discussing the paramita of patience in this talk. Paramitas are viewed as perfections to be addressed directly as a way of working with one's practice. Please come and turn over not only this paramita but how it relates to our everyday life, no matter where we spend our day (in the monastery, out in the world, in the home...).

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Undivided Giving: Empty Hands, Full Life

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2025 35:33


12/27/2025, Nyokai Kristin Diggs, dharma talk at City Center. Nyokai Kristin Diggs talks about the non-separation of feeling, sensing, and thinking as they relate to giving, as a whole-being practice and a state of mind that reflects the always-unhindered, underlying truth of our undivided lives.

Learn Buddhism with Alan Peto
85 - The Six Paramitas (Perfections)

Learn Buddhism with Alan Peto

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2025 31:33


In this episode, we explore the Six Paramitas, the “perfections” that form the gradual training path of a Bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism. From generosity and ethical discipline to patience, joyful effort, concentration, and wisdom, each Paramita is both a practice and an antidote to the obstacles that keep us bound to suffering.We look at how the Paramitas align with the Eightfold Path, why Mahayana emphasizes them as the Bodhisattva's toolkit, and how they embody the vow to liberate all beings before oneself. Along the way, we uncover what these perfections mean in daily life and how anyone can begin applying them, not as distant ideals but as practical steps toward compassion, clarity, and transformation.By the end, you will see how the Six Paramitas offer a gradual, cumulative path, a way to cultivate enlightened qualities step by step while carrying others with you across the shore of liberation.Contact Alan: alanpeto.com/contactPodcast Homepage: alanpeto.com/podcastPodcast Disclaimer: alanpeto.com/legal/podcast-disclaimer

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Freedom in Limitation

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2025 39:16


10/19/2025, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler reflects on the “Finding Yourself” chapter of “Becoming Yourself,” in which Suzuki Roshi teaches that finding real freedom is not about overcoming the limitations of our life, but rather embracing them: “To find true joy under some limitation is the way to realize the whole universe."

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Expanding How We See Things

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2025 43:08


10/18/2025, Zenju Earthlyn Manuel Osho, dharma talk at City Center. Zenju Earthlyn Manuel Osho teaches that when we remain in the mode of discovery we open to new portals to engage and activate in tending to today's suffering.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
The Power of Non-Retaliation

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2025 45:14


10/11/2025, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma talk at City Center. Shosan Victoria Austin teaches that we can deepen our understanding of the causes and cures of dispute, and practice with a unifying value of kindness that has the power to transform our conflicts to occasions for mutual curiosity, intimacy, and growth.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
The Struggle Is the Medicine

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 43:58


09/17/2025, Kim Kogen Daiho Hart, dharma talk at City Center. Kim Kōgen Daihō Hart explores her personal journey through anxiety to the realization that it is our own, all too real human struggles that light the path to liberation.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

08/17/2025, Doshin Dan Gudgel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Doshin Dan Gudgel explores how feeling the preciousness of life can support deep practice, kindness and gentleness.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Indiscriminate Devotion

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 41:24


09/10/2025, Doshin Dan Gudgel, dharma talk at City Center. Doshin Dan Gudgel discusses gratitude and devotional practices, using his personal altars as examples, and reading “The Angel Handed Me a Book” by Paul Valéry.

Paramita
Disciplina = libertad real - Las 6 Perfecciones [Lección 5] Sakya Trizin 42 - Lama Rinchen

Paramita

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2025 74:29


Dancing Buddhas
# 262 Six Paramitas engl.

Dancing Buddhas

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2025 8:07


In this episode you will hear a Daily Reminder from Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim about the six Paramitas. In Buddhism, these are the so-called transcendent virtues that lead to enlightenment and why it is so important to attain them, especially in these times of great change.Thank You very much Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim,Hapchang,Yours in the dharma, Gak Duk

Dancing Buddhas
# 262 Sechs Paramitas

Dancing Buddhas

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2025 7:52


In dieser Folge hörst Du ein Daily Reminder von Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim über die sechs Paramitas. Das sind im Buddhismus die sogenannten transzendenten Tugenden, welche zur Erleuchtung führen und warum es so wichtig ist, sie gerade in der jetzigen Zeit der starken Veränderungen zu erlangen.Vielen Dank Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim,Hapchang,Deine Gak Duk

Paramita
Domina Tu Mente - Las 6 Perfecciones [Lección 2] Sakya Trizin 42 - Lama Rinchen

Paramita

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2025 44:09


San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Virya / Hypernormalisation

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2025 23:51


07/13/2025, Gengyoko Tim Wicks, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Gengyoko Tim Wicks explores cultivating joyful energy in times of crisis, with reference to Eihei Dogen Zenji and the Dhammapada.

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Appamada
2025-07-08 | Dharma Talk | Living the Paramitas in Troubled Times | Ellen Hippard

Appamada

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025 45:19


2025-07-08 | Dharma Talk | Living the Paramitas in Troubled Times | Ellen Hippard by Appamada

Open Question
OQ 602 - Sujata's Offering

Open Question

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 22:38


In the context of a recent pilgrimage in India, Elizabeth opens up the topic of “engaged” bodhicitta and the six paramitas. She weaves in the story of Sujata, the young woman known for generously offering a bowl of sweet milk-rice to Siddhartha who was debilitated after years of austerities. Revived and refocused, Siddhartha then made his way to the shade of a pipal tree and attained enlightenment, becoming The Buddha. Join the pilgrimage and explore India's conspiracy of great giving.

Achtsam - Deutschlandfunk Nova
Buddhistische Tugenden - Wie sie uns und der Welt helfen

Achtsam - Deutschlandfunk Nova

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 44:54


Mahayana ist eine der Hauptströmungen im Buddhismus. Ihren sechs Tugenden, den sechs Paramitas, ist diese Achtsam gewidmet. Hier trifft alte östliche Philosophie auf aktuelle Erkenntnisse aus der Wissenschaft. **********An dieser Stelle findet ihr die Übung:00:39:36 - Geleitete Motivation, die alle sechs Tugenden beinhaltet**********Quellen aus der Folge:Boulware, J. N., Huskey, B., Mangelsdorf, H. H., & Nusbaum, H. C. (2019). The effects of mindfulness training on wisdom in elementary school teachers. Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science, 30(3), 1-10. Chen, S., & Jordan, C. H. (2020). Incorporating ethics into brief mindfulness practice: Effects on well-being and prosocial behavior. Mindfulness, 11(1), 18-29. Park, S. Q., Kahnt, T., Dogan, A., Strang, S., Fehr, E., & Tobler, P. N. (2017). A neural link between generosity and happiness. Nature communications, 8(1), 15964. Vogt, T., Kluge, F., & Lee, R. (2020). Intergenerational resource sharing and mortality in a global perspective. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(37), 22793-22799. **********Dianes und Main Huongs Empfehlungen:Goleman, D.,Rinpoche, T. (2023). Meditieren: 7 einfache Praktiken für einen ruhigen Geist.Nhat Hanh, T. (1998). Das Herz von Buddhas Lehrer. Leiden verwandeln. Die Praxis des glücklichen Lebens. Herder.Kingsland, J. (2020). Die Hirnforschung auf Buddhas Spuren: wie Meditation das Gehirn und das Leben verändert. Beltz.**********Den Artikel zum Stück findet ihr hier.**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: TikTok und Instagram .**********Ihr habt Anregungen, Ideen, Themenwünsche? Dann schreibt uns gern unter achtsam@deutschlandfunknova.de

Upaya Zen Center's Dharma Podcast
The Ten Paramitas: Crossing to the Other Shore

Upaya Zen Center's Dharma Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 48:57


In this dharma talk during Spring Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Shinzan thoroughly explores the Ten Paramitas (Perfections) of Mahayana Buddhism. He works backward from the tenth to the first, covering knowledge, powers, vow, […]

Dharma Talks by Dana Kojun Lederhos
The 4th and 5th Paramitas

Dharma Talks by Dana Kojun Lederhos

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 12:21


Dharma talk given Sunday, April 6, 2025.

Zen Community of Oregon Dharma Talks
Prajna Paramitas Great No! - Kisei Sensei

Zen Community of Oregon Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 33:47


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San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
In This Dark Time, Cherish All Beings, Including Yourself

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2024 35:06


12/14/2024, Zenki Mary Mocine, dharma talk at City Center. Zenki Mary Mocine asks: How should we practice with dis-ease, fear and even anger? Remember your connection with and compassion for all beings, including yourself.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
The Womb of Emptiness and the Paramitas

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 30:18


12/10/2024, Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, dharma talk at Tassajara.

Upaya Zen Center's Dharma Podcast
Practicing the Paramitas at 17000 ft is Awakened Action

Upaya Zen Center's Dharma Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 54:03


In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk and prequel to the upcoming Awakened Action program at Upaya, Dr. Wendy Lau offers a heartfelt reflection on the intertwined relationship between practice and […]

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Meeting What Scares You in Four Immeasurable Ways

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 38:45


11/03/2024, Eijun Linda Cutts, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this practice period talk, Senior Dharma Teacher Eijun asks: how do we practice when we are anxious and fearful —especially when there are great challenges in our life. Back to the basics!

Spiritually Queer | Contemplations w. Jane Lyon
Episode 109 | Exploring the 6 Paramitas - Simple Buddhist Wisdom for Everyday Enlightenment

Spiritually Queer | Contemplations w. Jane Lyon

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 62:48


Welcome back to Spiritually Queer! This week, we're diving deep into one of my favorite Buddhist teachings: the Six Paramitas, or Six Transcendent Perfections. These are essential qualities on the path to Enlightenment—and they're valuable for everyone, no matter your spiritual path (or lack thereof!).  In this episode, I'll break down each of the Six Paramitas and share how these teachings resonate with me personally. Whether you're looking to deepen your spiritual practice, connect with yourself in new ways, or simply cultivate more kindness and compassion, there's something here for everyone. ✨Listen in to explore: - The origins and significance of the Six Paramitas in Buddhist philosophy - Practical ways to apply these teachings in daily life - Personal reflections on how these qualities can guide us toward inner peace and self-understanding

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

This dharma talk was given at Beginner's Mind Temple by Fall 2024 Practice Period co-leader So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson. This talk centers on the Zen practice of welcoming, rooted in Suzuki Roshi's teachings. We explore how welcoming everything—joy, discomfort, and impermanence—brings us into deeper alignment with the present moment. Through the metaphor "The body is the temple, and awareness is the host," we uncover how zazen allows us to meet life with openness, breaking down the boundaries between self and the world. By fully welcoming our experience, we connect with our true nature and the interconnectedness of all things.

Wild Heart Meditation Center
The Parami of Equanimity

Wild Heart Meditation Center

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 39:19


In this episode Andrew Chapman offers a dharma talk on the Buddhist parami of equanimity. The ten paramis are: generosity, ethics, renunciation, insight, energy, patience, truthfulness, resolve, loving kindness, and equanimity. Enjoy!Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.orgDONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit:https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donateFollow Us on Socials!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WildHeartNashville/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildheartnashville/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wildheartmeditation

The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast
Paramitas – Buddhist Study (4 of 5): Patience

The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2024 99:19


Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief
Episode 92: The Paramitas: Challenging the False Promise of Security

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2024 7:28


[This episode originally aired on October 25, 2022]  The six paramitas challenge the mistaken view that we can make ourselves secure by grasping more and more tightly  •  to practice the paramita of generosity, we need to make a point of letting go, of giving away  •  the paramita of discipline challenges our attachment to sloppiness and comfort, to cruising through life in a superficial way  •  the paramita of patience works with our attachment to speed and aggression as a way to sustain or protect ourselves  •  the paramita of exertion addresses our attachment to laziness, inertia, and the avoidance of effort and hard work  •  the paramita of meditation deals with our attachment to our thoughts as solid and real, challenging their power and their influence  •  the prajna paramita is an assault on our deep-rooted tendencies of denial and ignorance  •  each paramita gives us ways to chip away at the deep-rooted habit of trying to secure ourselves through our grasping. 

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Zen Practices for Anger

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2024 35:27


10/05/2024, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma talk at City Center. This dharma talk was given at Beginner's Mind Temple by Shosan Victoria Austin. When we are challenged by anger, it's easy to react and difficult to respond. How might Zen practices of giving, tolerance and enthusiasm help us let go of relational barriers, transforming them into gateways to increased intimacy? In times of conflict and unwanted change, what tools might the tradition offer to refresh our deeper intention? What do we need to remember and to do, to nourish ourselves, the other, and the space of trust that we share?

The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast
“Going Straight on an Ever-Twisting Path” – Fall 2024 Ango Opening Talk at ZCNYC

The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 47:29


Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - 9/1/24 - Hojin Sensei introduces the theme of the Ango: "Going Straight on an Ever-Twisting Path: The Bodhisattva Path and The Paramitas."

The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast
“The Bodhisattva Path and The Paramitas” – Fall 2024 Ango Opening Talk at ZMM

The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 42:19


Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - 9/1/24 - Shugen Roshi introduces the theme of the Ango: "Going Straight on an Ever-Twisting Path: The Bodhisattva Path and The Paramitas."

SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery
2024.04.19 BBT The Six Paramitas - Meditation

SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 39:05


SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery
The Six Paramitas - Exertion - 04-12-24 with Chiezan - sokukoji.org

SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024 38:09


Groundless Ground Podcast
Awakened Heartmind

Groundless Ground Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2024 32:31


Lisa Dale Miller starts this episode with an explanation of why the Groundless Ground Podcast has been on hiatus for the last year. Then the episode presents a dharma talk Lisa gave at Marin Sangha one month ago. Her talk is a reminder that every moment is an invitation to decrease the mass of human suffering by seeding the world with at least one more quiescent, wise, and compassionate mind committed to non-harming. Lisa explicates why cultivation of Bodhicitta is the ultimate path to accomplishing that aim, right in the midst of ordinary daily life. Longchenpa's Finding Rest in the Nature of MindLisa Dale Miller, LMFT, LPCC, SEP specializes in working with high-performing professionals (engineers, scientists, executives, physicians/psychologists, first responders) struggling with unresolved traumatic experiences: particularly medical trauma, C-PTSD, combat and war trauma, moral injury, high-impact injuries, burnout, workplace harassment, traumatic grief, and challenging life transitions.Lisa authored Effortless Mindfulness: Genuine mental health through awakened presence a highly regarded textbook on Buddhist psychology for mental health professionals. Lisa has been an outpatient clinician for the VA San Jose, has taught a variety of Mindfulness-based Interventions, and is an AAMFT Clinical Fellow. Lisa is a Buddhist teacher and has been a yogic and Buddhist meditation practitioner for over four decades.

SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery
The Six Paramitas - Patience - 04-05-24- Basic Buddhist teachings with Chiezan - sokukoji.org

SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2024 44:56


San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Walls Are Gates Of Liberation

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2024 29:52


03/03/2024, Thiemo Blank, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk Thiemo Blank uses a scene from "Harry Potter" to playfully teach about penetrating the "Walls" in our lives as a journey of liberation.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Dualistic and Non-Dualistic Practice

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2023 38:53


This talk, from Beginner's Mind Temple, was given by senior dharma teacher Ryushin Paul Haller. Practicing with the Paramitas brings initially asks us to see the dualistic perspectives of the absence of the virtues of the Paramitas and to practice remedy that lacking. As we bring our lives into alignment with the Paramitas, we start to see how “perfection” and imperfection” are both merely aspects of discriminating mind. Recorded on Nov. 8, 2023.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

This talk, from Beginner's Mind Temple, was given by senior dharma teacher Ryushin Paul Haller. As we witness the war in the Middle East and the suffering it creates, it's challenging not to get caught in choosing which side has virtue and which is the aggressor. Practicing with the Paramitas of Mutual Benefit, Ethical Conduct and Patience can help us acknowledge the humanitarian tragedy of war that ravages everyone involved. Recorded on Nov. 4, 2023.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
The Challenge of Anger, the Power of the Paramitas

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2023 42:36


In this talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, Shosan Victoria Austin discusses working skillfully with anger. Many ancient texts mention anger as an unwholesome emotion that undercuts or destroys our relationships and our true intention. However, we can practice using anger in wholesome ways, as an internal warning system for unmet needs, violated boundaries, and withheld respect. Developing skill with the energy of anger, we drop harmful habits of perception and action to cultivate appropriate response in ways that give life, embodying generosity, morality, tolerance and wise effort. Recorded on Oct. 28, 2023.

Mindrolling with Raghu Markus
Ep. 513 – Practicing Paramitas with Tenzin Palmo

Mindrolling with Raghu Markus

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 60:02


Mindfully infused with various Buddhist skills, this episode features a dialogue between Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo and Raghu Markus on the many opportunities for practice in our daily lives.This time on Mindrolling, Raghu Markus and Tenzin Palmo explore:Tenzin Palmo's earliest experiences of connecting to The BuddhaThe imminence of deathTenzin's Book, Reflections on a Mountain LakeWhat perfection is and how we can realize itTenzin's journey to the guru in IndiaWomen on the path of BuddhismThe process of starting a nunneryNon-self, the ego, and Becoming nobodyRecommendations from the BuddhaTaming the mindStarting with ourselves when we cultivate compassionThe six paramitas (perfections) of the Bodhisattva pathOpportunities for practice in our daily livesDeath, letting people go, and expressing loveSpirituality as a path of joyA brief mindfulness meditation“During our daily life, we have so much opportunity to practice. To practice being generous, to practice being patient in the face of other people's problems, the opportunity to keep pure ethical conduct and never harm or lie or cause any problems for others. During our day, we have these endless opportunities for practicing these qualities of the heart, so we should be grateful because sitting on a cushion is not an opportunity really to practice being generous, ethical, or patient.” – Tenzin PalmoAbout Tenzin Palmo:Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo (born 1943) is a bhikṣuṇī in the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. She is an author, teacher and founder of the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery in Himachal Pradesh, India. She is best known for having spent twelve years living in a remote cave in the Himalayas, three of those years in strict meditation retreat.Links & Recommendations From this Episode:Pick up your copy of Tenzin Palmo's Reflections on a Mountain Lake or one of her other works HERESee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.