AZC Weekly talks Podcast
1) 2026-01-27 The Three Fruits of Zen Practice
The three fruits of Zen practice are, 1. joriki or concentration, 2. kensho, or seeing your True Nature and 3. mujo do no taigen, or embodiment of the peerless way.Source: Ruben Habito's Foreword to T...Show More
2) 2026-01-10 Master Dōgen's Life and Teaching 6
More from the Shobogenzo Zuimonki on effort.Source: A Primer of Soto Zen translated by Reiho Masunaga.
3) 2026-01-09 Master Dōgen's Life and Teaching 5
Sources: How to Train an Ox and Primer of Soto Zen.
4) 2026-01-08 Master Dōgen's Life and Teaching 4
Dōgen's Fukan Zazengi, "General Recommendations for Doing Zazen"Source: How to Raise an Ox by Francis Dojun Cook.
5) 2026-01-07 Master Dōgen's Life and Teaching 3
Dōgen's talks from the Eihei Kōruku, Part Two.Sources: Dōgen's Extensive Record: Eihei Kōroku translated by Taigen Dan Leighton and Shohaku Okumura, and The Art of Just Sitting edited by John Daido Lo...Show More
6) 2026-01-06 Master Dōgen's Life and Teaching 2
Dōgen's talks from the Eihei Kōruku, Part One.Source: Dōgen's Extensive Record: Eihei Kōroku translated by Taigen Dan Leighton and Shohaku Okumura.
7) 2026-01-05 Master Dōgen's Life and Teaching
Dōgen's early life.Source: Zen Master Dōgen - An Introduction with Selected Writings by Yūhō Yokoi with Daizen Victoria.
8) 2025-12-16 The Ten Precepts as Expressions of our "Inconceivably Wondrous" True Nature
Looking at all ten cardinal precepts from the angle of Bodhidharma's One Mind teachings.Source(s): Invoking Reality by John Daido Loori.
9) 2025-11-04 Nature Koans 2: The Cypress Tree in the Courtyard
This is the second in a series of koans centred on the natural world. The koan is Case 37 in the Mumonkan, Zhaozhou's Cypress Tree in the Courtyard.Sources: Pilgrim at Tinker's Creek&nb...Show More
10) 2025-10-21 Not-self
Not-self is the third of the Three Marks of Existence, and is also referred to as emptiness of self, or just Emptiness. It can be understood intellectually when examined through the lenses o...Show More