Kōbun Otogawa ~ Facing Buddha ~ Zen Buddhism

Kōbun Otogawa ~ Facing Buddha ~ Zen Buddhism

Kōbun Otogawa (乙川 弘文, Otogawa Kōbun) (February 1, 1938 – July 26, 2002) was an American Sōtō Zen priest. Otogawa, who preferred to be called by his first name, rather than by either of the Japanese Zen honorifics: sensei (teacher) or roshi (master), came to San Francisco, California, United States, from Japan in 1967 in response to an invitation from Shunryu Suzuki-roshi, serving as his assistant at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center until 1970. Otogawa was the son of a Sōtō Zen priest and was ordained a priest himself at the age of 12. He did undergraduate studies at Komazawa University and received a master's degree in Mahayana Buddhism from Kyoto University. He then trained for three years at Eiheiji. Among his primary teachers was the unconventional Zen master Kodo Sawaki, known as the last of the unsui, or wandering monks.

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Padmasambhava ~ Self-Liberation Through Seeing with Naked Awareness~ Dzogchen

Padmasambhava ~ Self-Liberation Through Seeing with Naked Awareness~ Dzogchen

These excerpts for meditation have been taken from the text, "Self-Liberation through seeing with Naked Awareness" by Padmasambhava. Translated by John Reynolds. A text belonging to the same cycle as ...

15 Okt 202335min

Aware Right at Awareness ~ Upasika Kee Nanayon ~ Thai Forest Buddhism

Aware Right at Awareness ~ Upasika Kee Nanayon ~ Thai Forest Buddhism

A clear and powerful teaching given by Upasika Kee Nanayon - taken from the book "An Unentangled Knowing" - translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Upasika Kee Nanayon or Kor Khao-suan-luang was a realized...

11 Okt 202352min

Zen Master Ryōkan ~ A Cool Breeze ~ Zen Buddhism

Zen Master Ryōkan ~ A Cool Breeze ~ Zen Buddhism

Ryōkan Taigu 良寛大愚 (1758–1831) was a quiet and unconventional Sōtō Zen Buddhist monk who lived much of his life as a hermit. Ryōkan is remembered for his poetry and calligraphy, which present the essen...

8 Okt 202312min

Bede Griffiths ~ The Unfathomable Mystery

Bede Griffiths ~ The Unfathomable Mystery

Bede Griffiths (17 December 1906 – 13 May 1993), born Alan Richard Griffiths and also known by the end of his life as Swami Dayananda ("bliss of compassion"), was a British-born Catholic priest and Be...

5 Okt 202312min

The Buddha's Teaching on Not Self ~ Anattalakkhana Sutta - Pali Buddhism

The Buddha's Teaching on Not Self ~ Anattalakkhana Sutta - Pali Buddhism

The Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta (Pali) or Anātmalakṣaṇa Sūtra (Sanskrit), is traditionally recorded as the second discourse delivered by Gautama Buddha. The title translates to the "Not-Self Characteristic D...

30 Sep 202310min

The Record of Linji ~ Linji Yixuan ~ Zen Buddhism (Chan)

The Record of Linji ~ Linji Yixuan ~ Zen Buddhism (Chan)

A reading of selected excerpts from the Record of Linji. The Linji lu (Record of Linji) has been an essential text of Chinese and Japanese Zen Buddhism for nearly a thousand years. A compilation of se...

24 Sep 202324min

Listening to the Silence (Guided Meditation) ~ Samaneri Jayasara

Listening to the Silence (Guided Meditation) ~ Samaneri Jayasara

This is a guided meditation on the power of listening as an effective means of entering into a meditative state. It encourages a gentle letting go of our reactivity to the sense world, and to the thou...

20 Sep 202336min

Abhinavagupta ~ Living Liberation (Jivanmukti) ~ Kashmir Shaivism

Abhinavagupta ~ Living Liberation (Jivanmukti) ~ Kashmir Shaivism

This is a selection of some key teachings of Abhinavagupta extracted from various sources and texts. Abhinavagupta (c. 950 – 1016 CE ) was a philosopher, mystic and aesthetician from Kashmir. He was a...

10 Sep 202325min

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