All Episodes

Episode 258: THZ 258 - I Have Already Exhausted Myself for You

Episode 257: THZ 257 - What Tools Do We Gain from Zen?

Episode 256: THZ 256 - Speaking and Hearing

Episode 255: THZ 255 - Community

Episode 254: THZ 254 - Awe in the Mundane

Episode 253: THZ 253 - Basic Principles

Episode 252: THZ 252 - You're Where You Need to Be

Episode 251: THZ 251 - What is Now the Time For?

Episode 250: THZ 250 - Zen is Not About Zen

Episode 249: THZ 249 - The Wisdom to Know the Difference

Episode 248: THZ 248 - Practice Like a Thief

Episode 247: THZ 247 - Getting Trapped By Right Intention

Episode 246: THZ 246 - What About Passion?

Episode 245: THZ 245 - Zazen is Colourless and Transparent

Episode 244: THZ 244 - Meeting Death in Everyday Life

Episode 243: THZ 243 - Five Remembrances

Episode 242: THZ 242 - Equanimity and Congruence

Episode 241: THZ 241 - No Secular World in Buddhadharma

Episode 240: THZ 240 - Zen Practice as Form

Episode 239: THZ 239 - Resolute Stability

Episode 238: THZ 238 - Let Yourself Break Open

Episode 237: THZ 237 - Desire vs Attachment

Episode 236: THZ 236 - Lean in to Letting Go

Episode 235: THZ 235 - Nanquan, The Cat and Us

Episode 234: THZ 234 - When It All Seems Too Big

Episode 233: THZ 233 - Sangha We Make

Episode 232: THZ 232 - Knowing Ourselves as Animals

Episode 231: THZ 231 - Mindfulness, Concentration and Superman

Episode 230: THZ 230 - Fairness

Episode 229: THZ 229 - Spiritual Confidence

Episode 228: THZ 228 - Those Who Are Able to Let Go

Episode 227: THZ 227 - Make an Altar of the World

Episode 226: THZ 226 - Where Jizo (and we) Can Go

Episode 225: THZ 225 - The Power of Asking Questions

Episode 224: THZ 224 - We Vow to Mature Into the Awakened Way

Episode 223: THZ 223 - We Vow to Learn Infinite Skillful Means

Episode 222: THZ 222 - We Vow to Cut Through Kleshas

Episode 221: THZ 221 - We Vow to Free Us All

Episode 220: THZ 220 - Don't Stop There (Racism and the Bodhisattva Path)

Episode 219: THZ 219 - For As Long As Space Endures

Episode 218: THZ 218 - Ritual is How We Hold the World

Episode 217: THZ 217 - Does a Virus Have Buddhanature?

Episode 216: THZ 216 - Can You Feel Yourself Falling?

Episode 215: THZ 215 - When It Feels Like Too Much

Episode 214: THZ 214 - The Three Treasures are Teflon (Tenth Precept)

Episode 213: THZ 213 - Freedom

Episode 212: THZ 212 - Fearlessness is Generosity

Episode 211: THZ 211 - The Practice of Not Touching Your Face

Episode 210: THZ 210 - Everything is Old, Everything is New

Episode 209: THZ 209 - Act Like You're Dying

Episode 208: THZ 208 - The Intoxication of Anger (Ninth Precept)

Episode 207: THZ 207 - Offer It All Up (Eighth Precept)

Episode 206: THZ 206 - You Don't Know What You Would Do (Seventh Precept)

Episode 205: THZ 205 - You're Just Like Everyone Else (Sixth Precept)

Episode 204: ZNS 204 - We're All Addicted (Fifth Precept)

Episode 203: ZNS 203 - What Do You Think You're Protecting? (Fourth Precept)

Episode 202: ZNS 202 - Let's Talk About Sex (Third Precept)

Episode 201: ZNS 201 - What We Think is Ours (Second Precept)

ZNS 200 - Being Clean is Not the Point (First Precept)

ZNS 199 - Falling into Refuge

ZNS 198 - Get Clear About What You Need to Do

ZNS 197 - Are the Precepts Artificial?

ZNS 196 - The Three Poisons

ZNS 195 - Inspiration and the Three Pure Precepts

ZNS 194 - Traps of Identity

ZNS 193 - Actualizing the Buddha Ancestors

ZNS 192 - Being a Teacher, Being a Student

ZNS 191 - A Special Transmission Outside the Scriptures

ZNS 190 - Awakening vs Awakened Activity

ZNS 189 - Being Awake is Enough

ZNS 188 - Feeling Trapped

ZNS 187 - We're All Sarah Connor Now

ZNS 186 - You're Going to Lose it All

ZNS 185 - Why Do We Do Any of This?

ZNS 184 - The Noble Eightfold Path (8 of 8) - Right Resolve

ZNS 183 - The Noble Eightfold Path (7 of 8) - Right View

ZNS 182 - The Noble Eightfold Path (6 of 8) - Right Concentration

ZNS 181 - The Noble Eightfold Path (5 of 8) - Right Mindfulness

ZNS 180 - The Noble Eightfold Path (4 of 8) - Right Effort

ZNS 179 - The Noble Eightfold Path (3 of 8) - Right Livelihood

ZNS 178 - The Noble Eightfold Path (2 of 8) - Right Action

ZNS 177 - The Noble Eightfold Path (1 of 8) - Right Speech

ZNS 176 - Proper Care and Feeding of Delusions

ZNS 175 - No Hope, No Despair

ZNS 174 - The Emotions You Think You Don't Want

ZNS 173 - When Arrow Points Meet

ZNS 172 - Compassion

ZNS 171 - You're Holding It All

ZNS 170 - What Practice Is and Isn't

ZNS 169 - You Don't Know What This Moment Offers

ZNS 168 - Resolve - Just Don't Move

ZNS 167 - Opening the Eyes of the Buddha

ZNS 166 - You'll Never Get it Right

ZNS 165 - Listen With This Attitude

ZNS 164 - Bodhidharma

ZNS 163 - Let Go of Inspiration

ZNS 162 - Reality is a Fabrication

ZNS 161 - Why Do We Practice?

ZNS 160 - How Not to Hold the Precepts

ZNS 159 - No Need to Get Unstuck

ZNS 158 - The Rocks in Our Pockets

ZNS 157 - Answer Only on the Basis of the True Dharma

ZNS 156 - It Starts With What You Do

ZNS 155 - Don't Lie About the Burning House

ZNS 154 - Who is the Teacher?

ZNS 153 - Start From a Hopeless Place

ZNS 152 - No Excuses

ZNS 151 - How Did We Get Here from There?

ZNS 150 - Don't Rely on the Words of the Ancients

ZNS 149 - Buddhahood and Artificial Intelligence

ZNS 148 - Mist and Dew

ZNS 147 - The Big Thing

ZNS 146 - Awakening With the Body

ZNS 145 - Beyond Sitting

ZNS 144 - What is the Most Important

ZNS 143 - Cool Your Mind

ZNS 142 - The Toad - Buddha and the Hundred Foot Pole

ZNS 141 - The Snake in the Box

ZNS 140 - Inside the Walls

ZNS 139 - Spiritual Heroes

ZNS 138 - Genjo Koan - When One Side is Illuminated

ZNS 137 - You Can't Just Act Ordinary

ZNS 136 - Confusion vs Clarity

ZNS 135 - If It Isn't Real, What is It?

ZNS 134 - What We Do When We Don't Know What to Do

ZNS 133 - Institutions, Traditions and Fighting the Power

ZNS 132 - What is it to be Awake

ZNS 131 - The Awakened Way is Unsurpassable

ZNS 130 - Dharma Gates Are Infinite

ZNS 129 - Delusions Are Inexhaustible

ZNS 128 - Beings Are Countless

ZNS 127 - All My Past and Harmful Karma

ZNS 126 - Dogen's "Buddha Nature" (5 of 5) - I Have a Name But It's Not an Ordinary Name

ZNS 125 - Dogen's "Buddha Nature" (4 of 5) - If the Time Arrives, Buddha Nature Appears

ZNS 124 - Dogen's "Buddha Nature" (3 of 5) - To Master That One is to Master This One

ZNS 123 - Dogen's "Buddha Nature" (2 of 5) - Who Said That Buddha Nature Knows and Comprehends

ZNS 122 - Dogen's "Buddha Nature" (1 of 5) - The Tathagatha Always Abides

ZNS 121 - Newcomers Talk - Breathe Easy

ZNS 120 - What is Invisible and What is Not

ZNS 119 - What Scares Us

ZNS 118 - You Will Never Be Ready

ZNS 117 - OK Has Nothing to Do With It

ZNS 116 - How Does a Weak-Minded Person Change Bad Habits

ZNS 115 - Always Let Your Heart Break

ZNS 114 - Going Through the Motions

ZNS 113 - Zazen Snowmen

ZNS 112 - How We Talk About Karma

ZNS 111 - Newcomers Talk: Lineage, Repentance, Vow

ZNS 110 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (13 of 13) - Immediately Hitting the Mark

ZNS 109 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (12 of 13) - Practice Throughout the Way

ZNS 108 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (11 of 13) - The Conduct of Zen Monks

ZNS 107 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (10 of 13) - For Those Who Long to Leave the World

ZNS 106 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (9 of 13) - It Doesn't Take a Genius

ZNS 105 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (8 of 13) - What You Should Know for Practicing Zen

ZNS 104 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (7 of 13) - You Should Seek a True Teacher

ZNS 103 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (6 of 13) - Do Not Practice With the Idea of Gain

ZNS 102 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (5 of 13) - Always Enter Enlightenment Through Practice

ZNS 101 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (4 of 13) - Once You See or Hear the True Teaching

ZNS 100 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (3 of 13) - Just Forget Yourself for Now

ZNS 099 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (2 of 13) - Enlightenment, Fame, Profit.

ZNS 098 - Dogen's "Guidelines for Studying the Way" (1 of 13) - Arousing the Thought of Enlightenment

ZNS 097 - Happiness is Overrated

ZNS 096 - Drive All Blames Into One

ZNS 095 - Begin at the End

ZNS 094 - Vow, Enlightenment and the View from Inside the Palace Walls

ZNS 093 - What to Expect When You're Expecting (Something From Zen)

ZNS 092 - Newcomers Talk: Zen and All Its Picky Rules

ZNS 091 - The Paramitas (14 of 14) - Knowledge

ZNS 090 - The Paramitas (13 of 14) - Spiritual Power

ZNS 089 - The Paramitas (12 of 14) - Skillful Means

ZNS 088 - The Paramitas (11 of 14) - Meditation

ZNS 087 - The Paramitas (10 of 14) - Equanimity

ZNS 086 - The Paramitas (9 of 14) - Loving Kindness

ZNS 085 - The Paramitas (8 of 14) - Determination & Vow

ZNS 084 - The Paramitas (7 of 14) - Honesty

ZNS 083 - The Paramitas (6 of 14) - Patience

ZNS 082 - The Paramitas (5 of 14) - Effort

ZNS 081 - The Paramitas (4 of 14) - Wisdom

ZNS 080 - The Paramitas (3 of 14) - Renunciation

ZNS 079 - The Paramitas (2 of 14) - Ethical Conduct

ZNS 078 - The Paramitas (1 of 14) - Generosity

ZNS 077 - Being Yourself

ZNS 076 - Dealing With Kleshas

ZNS 075 - Just The Facts

ZNS 074 - The Prodigal Son

ZNS 073 - Meditation, The Hulk and Making Friends with our Mind

ZNS 072 - Waiting for Spring

ZNS 071 - Keizan's "Notes on What To Be Aware of in Zazen" (6 of 6) - Get Out of Your Head

ZNS 070 - Keizan's "Notes on What To Be Aware of in Zazen" (5 of 6) - Avoid Getting Caught Up

ZNS 069 - Keizan's "Notes on What To Be Aware of in Zazen" (4 of 6) - Like a Fool, Like an Idiot

ZNS 068 - Keizan's "Notes on What To Be Aware of in Zazen" (3 of 6) - No Back or Front, No Inside or Outside

ZNS 067 - Keizan's "Notes on What To Be Aware of in Zazen" (2 of 6) - Do Nothing At All

ZNS 066 - Keizan's "Notes on What To Be Aware of in Zazen" (1 of 6) - Keizan, Zazen and Trusting Yourself

ZNS 065 - Navigating the Dark

ZNS 064 - Looking at Our Own Eyeballs

ZNS 063 - Don't Be a Ghost

ZNS 062 - Newcomers Talk: Being Alert vs Being Awake

ZNS 061 - It's Not About Transcendence

ZNS 060 - Not Slandering the Three Treasures

ZNS 059 - Not Indulging Anger

ZNS 058 - Not Withholding

ZNS 057 - Not Taking Credit, Not Placing Blame

ZNS 056 - Not Speaking of the Faults of Others

ZNS 055 - Not Indulging in Intoxicants

ZNS 054 - Not Lying

ZNS 053 - Not Misusing Sex

ZNS 052 - Not Stealing

ZNS 050 - The Three Pure Precepts

ZNS 051 - Not Killing

ZNS 049 - What's At the Center

ZNS 048 - Madness, Goodness and Seeing Who We Are

ZNS 047 - Daichi, Zenji and the Buddha's birthday

ZNS 046 - Religion and Spirituality

ZNS 045 - Diversity and the Buddha's Blind Spots

ZNS 044 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (8 of 8) - Do Not Pass Your Days and Nights in Vain

ZNS 043 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (7 of 8) - There is Only This Way

ZNS 042 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (6 of 8) - Zazen is Not Meditation Practice

ZNS 041 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (5 of 8) - What Kind of Thinking is Non-Thinking?

ZNS 040 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (4 of 8) - At Your Sitting Place

ZNS 039 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (3 of 8) - Have No Designs on Becoming a Buddha

ZNS 038 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (2 of 8) - Consider the Buddha

ZNS 037 - Dogen's "Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen" (1 of 8) - The Way is Perfect

ZNS 036 - Gratitude and the Four Signs

ZNS 035 - The Heart Sutra

ZNS 034 - Not Holding Back

ZNS 033 - Finding the Zen in Citizen

ZNS 032 - In the Mist

ZNS 031 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (8 of 8) - Not to Engage in Hollow Discussions

ZNS 030 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (7 of 8) - Cultivating Wisdom

ZNS 029 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (6 of 8) - Practicing Meditation

ZNS 028 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (5 of 8) - Not to Forget the Object of One's Attention

ZNS 027 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (4 of 8) - Diligent Effort

ZNS 026 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (3 of 8) - Enjoying Serenity

ZNS 025 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (2 of 8) - How Much is Enough

ZNS 024 - Dogen's "8 Awakenings of Great Beings" (1 of 8) - Few Desires

ZNS 023 - Identity Action (The Bodhisattva's Fourth Method of Guidance)

ZNS 022 - Beneficial Action (The Bodhisattva's Third Method of Guidance)

ZNS 021 - Kind Speech (The Bodhisattva's Second Method of Guidance)

ZNS 020 - Giving (The Bodhisattva's First Method of Guidance)

ZNS 019 - Not Just Here Not Just Now

ZNS 018 - The Raw Honest Heart