Awakening from the self-centred dream, by Andrew Sono Tootell
In this talk I am going to share some self-reflections on the metaphor of awakening from the self-centred dream. Self-reflection means I sim...
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From Australian Zen teacher Dr Andrew Tootell.
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Not Forcing/Right Effort, by Louise Shinso Cranny
This talk is about working with Right Effort in everyday life and noticing the tendency to want to control and force outcomes. Seeing how th...
Denkai talk, by Zenko Jack Wicks
On receiving transmission of the precepts in the denkai ceremony, it is customary in our tradition, that the recipient gives a dharma talk a...
Denkai talk, by Louise Shinso Cranny
On receiving transmission of the precepts in the denkai ceremony, it is customary in our tradition, that the recipient gives a dharma talk a...
Denkai transmission, by Andrew Sono Tootell
This dharma talk reflects on the meaning of denkai transmission as a deep commitment to receive, embody, and pass on the Zen precepts within...
Love and fear: finding the middle way in relationships, by Andrew Sono Tootell
This dharma talk explores how the Zen teaching of “not two, not one” offers a middle way for relationships by holding together intimacy and...
Settled today, unsettled tomorrow, by Andrew Sono Tootell
This talk explores how Zen practice is supported by a felt sense of safety in three interconnected ways: having a secure home or practice en...
This is it! By Andrew Sono Tootell
This nondual wisdom is the realisation that this is it. To me this is the meaning of realisation, awakening and enlightenment. To be enlight...
Taking Refuge, by Andrew Sono Tootell
I take refuge in Buddha. I take refuge in Dharma. I take refuge in Sangha. In this talk invite you all to contemplate what the three Buddhis...
Interbeing, by Louise Shinsho Cranny
In this talk, we explore dependent arising: our deep interconnections in time and space with all existence. Deeply realising this, brings us...
Why Practice?, by Andrew Sono Tootell
In this dharma talk Sono explores the question, what does practice mean to you? He begins by discussing his own understanding of what practi...
Practicing with Anxiety, by Andrew Sono Tootell
I have become more aware of the presence of anxiety in my life over the past six months. Perhaps triggered by my health (heart); my precario...
Meditation: The Dharma Gate of Not Two, by Louise Shinso Cranny
In exploring the Koan : Zen master Jui Yen talks to himself, we came to see the mundane and the supramundane in our lives and the importance...
Meditation: Being Just This Moment, by Andrew Sono Tootell
“Each moment, as it is, is complete and full in itself. Seeing this no matter what arises in each moment, we can let it be.” – Joko Beck. In...
Case 94, Book of Serenity, by Andrew Sono Tootell
When Joko Beck broke away from the White Plum Asanga to form her own sangha which she named the Ordinary Mind Zen School, she also stopped w...
Getting Used to Dying, by Jamie Yakusan Irvine
A hospice nurse discusses some Zen practices and perspectives around death and asks – Can we get used to the idea of dying?
Our Core Practices Part Three: The Three Treasures, by Andrew Sono Tootell
Zen practice is premised on the identity of the Absolute and the Relative. They are both the same and different. Which is why in Zen we say,...
Meditation: I – Here – Now, by Elisabeth Barrett
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Genjokoan, by Larry Kodo Hancock
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Meditation: Giving, by Louise Shinso Cranny
'Enlightenment,' says Joko Beck 'is the ability to give totally in every moment. In this guided meditation we explore what it is to give and...