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The Physical, Energetic, and Mental Posture of Zazen

46 min • 26 februari 2022

This bonus episode is the introductory talk to a recent Weekend Sitting retreat. It offers detailed instructions for how to hold the body-mind in sitting meditation (zazen) with an emphasis on energetic flow and balance.

Senaste avsnitt

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Zen Ethics

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No Inside, No Outside

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The Moment-to-Moment Path to Being Present

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Continuous Practice

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Good For Nothing

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Liberation and Aliveness

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The Practice of Bodyfulness

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The Four Gates of Mindfulness

16 september 2022 | 50 min

Existential Darkness and Everyday Practice

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18 augusti 2022 | 59 min

Enlightenment, Practice, Aliveness

5 augusti 2022 | 51 min

Taking Your Seat in Emptiness

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The Body and Mind of the Precepts

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Working with Habits/Karma (Part 3)

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Working with Habits/Karma (Part 2)

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Working with Habits/Karma (Part 1)

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The Physical, Energetic, and Mental Posture of Zazen

Senaste avsnitt

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Undivided Activity (Guided Meditation): Life as It Appears Here Now

Undivided Activity (Part 2): Liberation and Actualization

Undivided Activity (Part 1): The Buddha Way

Everything Is Functioning Together to Create This Moment

Committed to Here (Practice Period Opening Talk)

Each Moment Is Material for Awakening (Everyday Bodhisattva Practice) - Sesshin Day 7

Happiness, Contentment, and Attentional Presence

Our Entanglement with Thinking- Sesshin Day 3

Stepping Back (and Back In)

Transforming Habits and the Rewards of Open Awareness

Welcoming Beginner's Mind–A Conversation with Gaylon Ferguson

Expressing Buddha Mind through the Precepts

The Craft of Habit Transformation

How to Mind Your Problems

Attention, Openness, and Pace in Daily Life

Attention to Attention (Part 2)

Attention to Attention (Part 1)

What Would A Buddha Do?

On Community (Part 2)

Pause for the Pause

Zen and Focusing as Personal Practice, an interview with Dr. Greg Madison

On Community (Part 1)

Effortless Effort: Republished from 2022

What's Love Got to Do With It? (Sesshin Day 1)

On Formal and Daily Practice

Genjo Koan (Part 9): Buddha-Nature in Action

Genjo Koan (Part 8): Life Is a Bird, Life Is a Fish

Genjo Koan (Part 2): Flowers Fall, Weeds Spread

Genjo Koan (Part 1): To Complete That Which Appears

An Appropriate Way of Life (Everyday Bodhisattva Practice)

Continuous Opening

Beginning Anew

What is Being Authentic?

Thorough Practice of the Great Way

On Gratitude

Zen Ethics

No Inside, No Outside

Don't Worry, Stay Present

An Appropriate Response

Ask Me Anything with Zenki Roshi

The Every Day Dance of Form and Emptiness (Meaning and Meaninglessness)

The Everyday Dance of Form and Emptiness (Birth and Death)

The Everyday Dance of Form and Emptiness (Order and Chaos)

The Everyday Dance of Form and Emptiness (Introduction)

Doing No Harm

A Culture of Transformation (in the Age of Ecological Crisis)

Every Day Is a Good Day

Giving Aliveness to Life

Why Bodyfulness?

Present, Spacious, Alive

Open to Complexity

The Moment-to-Moment Path to Being Present

Empty of a Separate Self

Continuous Practice

Good For Nothing

What Am I?

On Intent and Hope

Longing for Resonance

Don't Try to Control

Liberation and Aliveness

The Inmost Request

Participating in the Great Mystery

What is Wisdom?

The Practice of Bodyfulness

The Four Gates of Mindfulness

Existential Darkness and Everyday Practice

The Dharma Gate of Ease and Joy

Enlightenment, Practice, Aliveness

Taking Your Seat in Emptiness

The Body and Mind of the Precepts