All Episodes

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