Awakening Streams: The One River Zen Podcast
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Awakening Streams: The One River Zen Podcast is a religion podcast hosted by Sensei Michael Brunner, One River Zen. It has 65 episodes, with the latest published March 2026.
Awakening Streams features Dharma talks and Zen reflections from Sensei Michael Brunner of One River Zen Center in Ottawa, Illinois.Each episode explores the living practice of Zen Buddhism through classic Zen koans, teachings from the Shōyōroku and Mumonkan, and direct encounters with everyday life.Discover how awakening flows through every obstacle, every act of compassion, and every moment of wonder.🌐 Learn more: https://www.oneriverzen.org
religion ·en ·65 episodes
Right and Wrong — The Zen Koan of Mayoku Thumping His Staff (Book of Equanimity Case 16)
Book of Equanimity Case 21 — Ungan Sweeps the Ground
Daitsu Chishō — Mumonkan Case 9
Keichū Makes Carts — Mumonkan Case 8
The 200-Millisecond Gap: Free Will, Karma, and Zen
You Don’t Become Free — You Stop Pretending | A Zen Teaching from Shōyōroku 97
The Garuda Trap: How to Master Karmic Momentum and Sustain Presence
The Stream of Unhindered Life: Compassion, Koans, and the Unstoppable Function
Shōyōroku Case 19 | Ummon’s Mount Sumeru — A Zen Koan on Meeting the Obstacles of Mind
Zen Kōan on Ego and Original Nature — Mountains, Rivers, and the True Will
Hōgen's Hair's-Breadth: Shōyōroku Case 17
Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage | Part Four
Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage | Part Three
Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage | Part Two
Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage | Part One
Hyakujo's Fox | Mumonkan Case 2
Where'd You Get this Dust?
Let the Dust Settle | Shōyōroku Case 33
The Radiant Thread of Being | Shōyōroku Case 67
The Taste of the Ordinary: Beyond Buddhas and Ancestors | Shōyōroku, Case 78
Stop Trying to Understand, and See | Shōyōroku Case 80: Ryuge Passes the Chin Rest
Walking in Daylight | Hekiganroku Case 41
Right Here. Now What? | Sensei Sōen Michael Brunner | Hekigan-roku – Case 23
Taming the Monkey Mind: Shōyōroku Case 72 – Chuyu’s Monkey
Go Straight On: Seeing Through Illusion | Mumonkan Case 31
Seeking Meaning and the Empty Search | Blue Cliff Record Case 20
The True Person of No Rank: Breaking Free from the Illusion of Self
Chanting the Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo: A Path to Boundless Life
Seeing Through the Eyes of the Universe | Mumonkan Case 36
The Hand That Moves: Zen and the Nature of True Compassion
The Gateway of Mu | Mumonkan 1
Sweeping out the Dust, Finding the Buddha | Shōyōroku 68
Joshu meets Wittgenstein: Beyond Knowing, Into Being | Shōyōroku 57
Timeless Abundance: The Wine of This Moment
Seeds of Sorrow–Harvest of Joy
Carl Jung Meets Master Zuigan: The Dialogue Within
Sozan Shows Heidegger the Way
Obedience to Reality: Letting Go of Ego and Resistance
Embracing Every (Mis)step
Put It Down: Embracing Compassion Beyond Judgment
Responding to the Call: Finding Freedom in Discipline
Awakening the Master Within: Breaking Free and Leading the Way
Seeing Beyond Concepts: Embracing Life’s Boundless Mystery
Knock Down the Flagpole: Letting Go of Expectations and Awakening to Life
Wandering in the Mountains: Living Fully
Embracing the Present: Letting Go of Stories and Finding Compassion
Practice as if Your Life Depends on It | Shōyorōku Case 32 | Kyōzan's State of Mind
Surrender | Shōyorōku Case #59 | Seirin’s Deadly Snake
Daring Greatly | Mumonkan Case #46 | Stepping from the Top of a Pole
Finding the Way | Mumonkan Case #19 | Ordinary Mind is the Way
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