AZC Weekly talks

Feb 26 2025 229 ep. 50 mins 1.5k
AZC Weekly talks Podcast artwork

In this podcast you can find almost all the talks given at the Auckland Zen Centre, back to 2016. Most talks are by Roshi Amala Wrightson, but there are also talks from Sensei Richard von Sturmer and senior students too.

  Religion & Spirituality
RSS feed Share
Copy RSS


Subscribe on Podcast Addict


2025-02-25 Ahimsa and Insects

Feb 26 2025 43 mins  
Main references:Nine Lives by William DalrympleThe Secret Life of Flies by Erica McAlisterIchi Tantei: talks by Tangen Roshi

2025-02-04 Patience and Contentment

Feb 09 2025 48 mins  
Description: A look at two of the essential qualities we need to practise Zen and ways we can cultivate them.Sources: Throw Yourself into the House of Buddha by Tangen Harada Roshi, Shambhala 2023, Silent Illumination by Guo Gu, Shambhala 2021, NOON e-Newsletter January 2025 Discipline of the Good Mind article by Freida J. Jacques.

2025-01-09 Teachings of Tangen Roshi 6

Jan 08 2025 46 mins  
Readings from: Throw Yourself Into the House of Buddha : the Life & Zen Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi / translated by Belenda Attaway Yamakawa ; edited by Kogen Czarnik.

2025-01-08 Teachings of Tangen Roshi 5

Jan 07 2025 40 mins  
Readings from: Throw Yourself Into the House of Buddha : the Life & Zen Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi / translated by Belenda Attaway Yamakawa ; edited by Kogen Czarnik.

2025-01-07 Teachings of Tangen Roshi 4

Jan 06 2025 45 mins  
Readings from: Throw Yourself Into the House of Buddha : the Life & Zen Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi / translated by Belenda Attaway Yamakawa ; edited by Kogen Czarnik.

2025-01-06 Teachings of Tangen Roshi 3

Jan 05 2025 45 mins  
Readings from: Ichi Tantei = One Doing / Tangen Roshi of Bukkokuji ; teisho translations by Belenda Attaway Yamakawa ; edited by Ron Klein.

2025-01-05 Teachings of Tangen Roshi 2

Jan 05 2025 41 mins  
Readings from: Ichi Tantei = One Doing / Tangen Roshi of Bukkokuji ; teisho translations by Belenda Attaway Yamakawa ; edited by Ron Klein.

2025-01-04 Teachings of Tangen Roshi 1

Jan 03 2025 50 mins  
Readings from: Throw Yourself Into the House of Buddha : the Life & Zen Teachings of Tangen Harada Roshi / translated by Belenda Attaway Yamakawa ; edited by Kogen Czarnik.

2024-11-26 The Nature of Mara.

Nov 26 2024 41 mins  
Texts used in the teisho:Karen Armstrong, BuddhaStephen Batchelor, Living with the DevilNyanaponika Thera and Hellmuth Hecker, Great Disciples of the Buddha

2024-11-05 Remembering Parihaka

Nov 07 2024 50 mins  
Educating ourselves about our colonial history can be a way of honouring Te Tiriti. We can learn much from Parihaka about waging peace and the power of non-violence, as Gandhi did.Sources: Shifting Grounds, Deep Histories of Tamaki Makaurau Auckland by Lucy Mackintosh Bridget Williams BooksAsk that Mountain by Dick Scott Raupo 1975