Recorded Talks

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

Talks from October 2007 Cleveland (USA) sesshin:

What Sesshin Is and Is Not click to listen
Master Dogen’s Universal Recommendation for Zazen

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.

Click to listen:	Part 1
	Part 2

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.”

Year for the Planet (January 2007)
           
Talks on Various Topics:

Sangha & Interbeing 3 (August 2004, Rochester)
Re-thinking the Buddhist community. Talk given by Sensei following her teacher-sanctioning ceremony.  click to listen

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.

Karma of War (July 2006) 
Comments on the karmic consequences of war, with particular focus on the war in Iraq.

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)
                       
Talks on the precepts:

The Three Treasures (October 2004)
The Three Pure Precepts (October 2004)  
Precept 1: Not To Kill (November 2004)
Fouling the Nest:  The First Precept and Global Warming (October 2007)
Precepts 2 and 8: Giving (November 2004)  
Precept 3: Sexuality (2 parts; Jan-Feb 2006)
Precepts 4, 6, & 7: Right Speech (December 2006)                 
Precept 5: Intoxicants (July 2005)                                       
Precept 9: Anger (4 parts; July-Aug 2005)

Selected talks on individual koans:
Hekiganroku 29: It Goes Along With Everything Else (2 parts; Sept 2005) 
Mumonkan 12: Zuigan Calls Master (July 2006)
Hekiganroku 96: Three Turning Words (July 2006; RvS)     
Mumonkan 26: Two Monks Roll Up the Bamboo Blinds (December 2006)
Hekiganroku 27: Ummon's Body Exposed in the Golden Breeze (Jan 2007)  

For a complete list of available talks link to http://www.librarything.com/catalog/aucklandzen

• 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.”

FOR NEW ZEALAND ORDERS 
Send cheque and order to:
Auckland Zen Centre
P.O. Box 109 729
Newmarket, Auckland, 1149

FOR NORTH AMERICAN ORDERS
Send order to:  kargetsi@gmail.com

All proceeds from the sale of these talks are to benefit the Auckland Zen Centre.