Just a Person
Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast
Carol Morley speaks about our need to feel special. She beings with the poem by Jane Hirschfield, "Like Others." (January 16, 2021)
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(Short) Enter Wherever You Like
Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast
Laura Wallace gives an encouragement talk. The text is the poem "Wandering Star" by the nun Rohini, from page 21 of the GBZC Sutra Book (2019 edition). (January 5, 2021)
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(Short) Just Observe and Observe
Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast
Fran Ludwig gives an encouragement talk about how to live the life we actually have, rather than the one we think we want to have. (December 28, 2020)
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(Short) Faith and generosity: a Rohatsu reflection
Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast
Kate Hartland gives an encouragement talk on the topic of faith. (December 11, 2020)
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Light
Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast
Fran Ludwig speaks about the image of light and enlightenment in Zen practice. (December 26, 2020) (Does not include a Dharma Dialog.)
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(Short) Karma
Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast
Julie Nelson gives an encouragement talk on the subjects of karma, contrition, and liberation. (December 24, 2020)
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(Short) Gratitude
Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast
Laura Wallace gives an encouragement talk. The texts are "Invocation of Kanzeon" from our Sutra book and "The Guest House" by Jalaluddin Rumi. (December 22, 2020)
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Not Finding Fault
Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast
Diane Fitzgerald speaks about the precept of ·not finding fault with others.· (December 12, 2020) (Does not include a Dharma Dialog.)
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(Short) Fake It Till You Make It
Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast
Fran Ludwig gives a short encouragement talk about how our behavior plays an important role in shaping what we become. One of the texts is from Reb Anderson, "The goal of zazen is the liberation of all living beings from suffering...but the goal is exactly the same as the practice." (November 23, 2020. Posted December 13, 2020)
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(Short) The Mistaken Thought, “I am ordinary"
Greater Boston Zen Center Podcast
James Cordova gives an encouragement talk based on a passage from The Collected Teachings of Zen Master Bassui. (December 2, 2020)
info_outlineJosh Bartok (Jiun Roshi) talks about the unintended harm we do. (March 2018)