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Recorded talks given at the Auckland and Rochester Zen Centres are available for in either audio CD or mp3 format. A sampling of available talks is listed below. Talks labeled “RvS” are by Richard von Sturmer; all others are by Amala-sensei.

NEW! Sunday teishos now podcast weekly:   Listen to these teishos at podbean.com

Talk from October 2007 Cleveland (USA) sesshin:

What Sesshin Is and Is Not

Talks on the interface between practice, the environment, and scientific understanding:
Fouling the Nest:  The First Precept and Global Warming (October 2007, Rochester)
Our Place in the Universe (2 parts; May 2004): Comments on Brian Swimme, “The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos.”
Tsunami; Fear and Loss (2 parts; January 2005): The nature of impermanence.
Hekiganroku 29: It Goes Along With Everything Else (2 parts; Sept 2005):  The threat of annihilation.
Breath: The Wind Within Us (Feb 2006): Comments on David Abram, “ The Spell of the Sensuous.”
       
Talks on Various Topics:
Sangha & Interbeing 3 (August 2004, Rochester):
    Re-thinking the Buddhist community. Talk given by Sensei following her teacher-sanctioning ceremony.   Listen to this talk at podbean.com
Peace Pilgrim (2 parts; September 2004):
    Life and teachings of Peace Pilgrim, a "modern day saint" who, from 1953, spent 28 years walking across North America on a pilgrimage for peace.
Master Dogen's Shoji (February 2006, RvS): Birth and Death.
Genjokoan 4:  Flowers Fall; Genjokoan 5:  Weeds Spring Up (2 parts; May-June 2007):
    Developmental and psychological basis of longing, aversion and narcissism, and methods for working with these.
Suicide and Despair (2 parts; February 2004)
Working with Pain (May 2006)


For a complete list of available talks link to LibraryThing.

  • Sort by title for a chronological list of talks.
  • To list most recent talks first, click on the “Date” column twice.
  • To search for talks on a particular topic, use the search engine provided, being sure to select “All Fields.”

If you would like to order a talk or talks, you may speak to Peter McQuarrie at the AZC or you may fill in the order form by clicking below. Volunteers donate the time and materials to produce these talks, and a donation is requested in return.  Suggested donation amounts are
$5.00 per audio CD (1 talk), or $15.00 per mp3 CD (any 7 talks, can be transferred to an iPod or mp3 player).  All proceeds are to benefit the Auckland Zen Centre.

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