Appamada

Epizody

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  2026-07-28 I Slippery words I Inquiry Joel Barna 31.07.2026 56min

  2026-07-28 I Slippery words I Inquiry Joel Barna by Appamada
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  2026-07-27 | Depth In Practice | The Sutra of Hui-neng Grand Master of Zen 29.07.2026 58min

  2026-07-27 | Depth In Practice | The Sutra of Hui-neng Grand Master of Zen by Appamada
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  2026-07-26 | Dharma Talk | What is a Moment? | Nate Smalley 27.07.2026 31min

  2026-07-26 | Dharma Talk | What is a Moment? | Nate Smalley by Appamada
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  2026-07-21 I Choosing Life - Being Chosen By Life I Inquiry I Flint Sparks 23.07.2026 1h 1min

  “The precept today is giving, the joy of giving. Everything is something which was given; every existence in nature, every existence in human world, every cultural work we do is something which was given to us or which is being given to us, relatively speaking. But actually everything is originally one. So it may be better to say we are giving out everything. It is the same thing. Relatively speaking everything is something given to us but actually we are giving everything -- giving out or expressing out moment after moment we are creating something, moment after moment. This is the joy of our life.” ~ Shunryu Suzuki
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  2026-07-22 | Depth In Practice | The Sutra of Hui-neng Grand Master of Zen 22.07.2026 1h 7min

  2026-07-22 | Depth In Practice | The Sutra of Hui-neng Grand Master of Zen by Appamada
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  2026-07-19 | Dharma Talk | What Are We Seeking? | Peg Syverson 19.07.2026 50min

  It’s been a surreal week. We must recognize that we are in a fundamentally altered reality. It’s quite disorienting, so perhaps we can come together and begin to explore how to navigate it. Peg offers this Dharma talk: “What are we seeking?” It’s an important inquiry, so we hope you will join us! Photo by Ben Syverson Chicago, July 16, 2026
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  2026-07-14 I Inquiry I Why did Bodhidharma come to the west? I Trudy Johnston 18.07.2026 1h 1min

  Case 37, A monk asked Jōshū, “What is the meaning of Bodhidharma’s coming to China?” Jōshū replied, “The oak tree in the garden.” Case 5, titled “Kyōgen’s Man Up a Tree.” Kyōgen said: “It’s like a man up a tree, hanging from a branch by his mouth. His hands can’t grasp a bough, his feet can’t touch the trunk. Another man comes and asks from below, ‘What is the meaning of Bodhidharma’s coming from the West?’ If he doesn’t answer, he evades his duty. If he answers, he falls and dies. What must he do?”
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  2026-07-13 | Depth In Practice | The Sutra of Hui-neng Grand Master of Zen 16.07.2026 1h 11min

  2026-07-13 | Depth In Practice | The Sutra of Hui-neng Grand Master of Zen by Appamada
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  2026-07-12 | Precepts Ceremony 15.07.2026 39min

  The Buddhist Precepts are not a checklist. They are a practice — a genuine looking at the ways we speak, take, react, and cause harm without quite meaning to. For the past year, a group of students has been sitting with these teachings and letting them ask hard questions. Come be part of the ceremony that honors their practice.
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  2026-07-07 I Inquiry I Too Busy I Flint Sparks 09.07.2026 56min

  Yunyan was sweeping the ground. Daowu said, “Too busy.” Yunyan replied, “You should know there is one who is not busy.” Daowu answered, “If so, then there is a second moon.” Yunyan lifted what he was holding and asked, “Which moon is this?”
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  2026-07-06 | Depth In Practice | The Sutra of Hui-neng Grand Master of Zen 07.07.2026 1h 10min

  2026-07-06 | Depth In Practice | The Sutra of Hui-neng Grand Master of Zen by Appamada
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  2026-07-05 | Dharma Talk | Facing Fear | Joel Barna 07.07.2026 37min

  Joel shares reflections on Pema Chodran’s book “How We Live is How We Die” and Tibetan Buddhists’ work to live life to prepare for the transition from life to death. Joel also reads from Stephen Levine’s book “A Year to Live.” We hear a reading from the chapter titled “Fear of Fear." Joel leads us in Levine’s “soft belly meditation.”
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  2026-06-30 I Inquiry I No bridge needed? I Joel Barna 01.07.2026 1h

  2026-06-30 I Inquiry I No bridge needed? I Joel Barna by Appamada
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  2026-06-29 | Depth In Practice | The Sutra of Hui-neng Grand Master of Zen 01.07.2026 1h 9min

  2026-06-29 | Depth In Practice | The Sutra of Hui-neng Grand Master of Zen by Appamada
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  2026.06.28 | Dharma Talk | The Life Not Preferred | Nate Smalley 30.06.2026 42min

  What might it look like to live a life energized by something other than preference? Recently, while getting feedback on a decision the teachers were considering, Nate was challenged by a council member to consider if a life outside of preference is even possible. Nate thinks it is, though it’s not easy to come by. In this talk, we explore possibilities together. The text of the Hsin Hsin Ming can be found in the Appamada chant book at https://appamada.org/study.
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  2026-06-23 I Inquiry I Embodying Harmony I Flint Sparks 25.06.2026 1h

  SFZC Great robe of liberation Field far beyond form and emptiness Wearing the Tathagata’s teaching Saving all beings Upaya Vast is the robe of liberation, A formless field of benefaction. I wear the Tathagata’s teachings, To awaken countless beings. Appamada (Ordinary Mind) Vast is the robe of liberation A formless field of benefaction Wearing the universal teaching I realize the one true nature Thus harmonizing all being.
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  2026-06-22 | Depth In Practice | The Sutra of Hui-neng Grand Master of Zen 24.06.2026 1h 6min

  2026-06-22 | Depth In Practice | The Sutra of Hui-neng Grand Master of Zen by Appamada
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  2026-06-14 | Dharma Talk | Drawing Koans | Kim Mosley 21.06.2026 55min

  Kim gives a dharma talk on "Coleus in the Garden" and other koans.
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  2026-06-21 | Dharma Talk | Getting Stuck | Nate Smalley 21.06.2026 36min

  Most of us have a favorite way of getting stuck. A particular dance we do — the old pattern in new clothes, the familiar mistake in a new context, the same persistent bad habit, again. Today, we look at stuckness not as a problem to be solved but as something we might actually need. The Buddha had something to say about this, as did Suzuki Roshi. And you’ll get to find out which kind of horse you are.
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  2026-06-16 I Inquiry I Great Determination? I Trudy Johnston 19.06.2026 52min

  2026-06-16 I Inquiry I Great Determination? I Trudy Johnston by Appamada