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Dharma talks by Koun Franz at Thousand Harbours Zen in Halifax, NS.
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- 4 days ago20 min
Episode 297: THZ 297 - What a Temple Is
On how we understand and inhabit a temple--wherever we are. (Koun Franz; February 4, 2025)You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube Channel.Post-production by Tod Nyokai.
- 1 weeks ago21 min
Episode 296: THZ 296 - Supporting and Being Supported
This practice supports us, and we support it—not because we’re separate, but because we aren’t. (Koun Franz; January 21, 2025)You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube Channel.Post-production by Tod Nyokai.
- 2 weeks ago18 min
Episode 295: THZ 295 - Moving Through Impermanence and Loss
As we enter a new year, a look back at the experience of loss—and forward, to its inevitability. (Koun Franz; January 7, 2025)You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube Channel.Post-production by Tod Nyokai
- 3 weeks ago15 min
Episode 294: THZ 294 - The True Person of No Rank
Case 147 of Dōgen's Mana Shōbōgenzō (Koun Franz; December 17, 2024):Linji said to the assembly, “There is a true person of no rank. This person goes in and out of your senses. Those who are beginners and have not had realization, look, look!”—from The True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dōgen’s Three Hundred Koans, by John Daido Loori and Kazuaki TanahashiYou can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube Channel.Post-production by Tod Nyokai.
- Oct 7, 202620 min
Episode 293: THZ 293 - Spirituality vs Spiritual Practice
At our rohatsu retreat, a talk on why we might choose to do hard things. (Koun Franz; December 7, 2024)You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube Channel.Post-production by Tod Nyokai
- Sep 29, 202626 min
Episode 292: THZ 292 - Rohatsu
Reflections on the meaning of rohatsu and what was happening for Siddhartha in the week leading up to his awakening. (Koun Franz; December 3, 2024)You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube Channel.Post-production by Tod Nyokai
- Sep 25, 202621 min
Episode 291: THZ 291 - Where Do We See the Dharma?
Dōgen's Mana Shōbenzō, Case #141 (November 19, 2024; Koun Franz):One day the World-Honored One ascended the teaching seat and the assembly came together.Mahākāśyapa struck the mallet and announced: “The World-Honored One has just expounded the dharma.”The World-Honored One descended from the teaching seat.—from The True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dōgen’s Three Hundred Koans, by John Daido Loori and Kazuaki TanahashiYou can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube Channel.Post-production by Tod Nyokai.
- Sep 16, 202623 min
Episode 290: THZ 290 - How We Make Something Real
A talk on ceremony, and form, and how we make something real. (October 15, 2024; Koun Franz)You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube Channel.Post production by Tod Nyokai
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