Category: Covid-19

‘I am sick because the whole world is sick’

Post author By Zen Open Circle
Post date September 16, 2021

Teisho #1 from Term 3 of Taking Part in the Gathering 2021. Click here to listen to other talks from this event.

Teacher: Roshi Susan Murphy
12 September 2021

zen open circle · I am sick because the whole world is sick

Tags Dongshan, Santoka, Sickness and medicine, The Record of Empty Hall, Vimilarkirti

Covid-19 Koans Sensei Kynan Sutherland Talks Teachers

‘Baizhang’s Fox’

Post author By Zen Open Circle
Post date April 19, 2021

Teisho #3 from Autumn Sesshin 2021. Click here to listen to other talks from this event.

Teacher: Roshi Susan Murphy
19 April 2021

zen open circle · Baizhang's Fox

Tags Baizhang's Fox, Dane Cervine, Les Murray, Nanchuan's Cat, The Heart Sutra, Upside Down Zen

Covid-19 Koans Sensei Kynan Sutherland Talks Teachers

‘Nanchuan’s Cat: The Crisis of Human Separation’

Post author By Zen Open Circle
Post date April 18, 2021

Teisho #2 from Autumn Sesshin 2021. Click here to listen to other talks from this event.

Teacher: Sensei Kynan Sutherland
18 April 2021

zen open circle · Nanchuan's Cat: The crisis of human separation

Tags Anna Swir, Bill Naigi, Louise Gluck, Mu, Nanchuan's Cat, Zhàozhōu

2021 Term 1 Covid-19 Eco-Dharma Koans Online Zen Group Roshi Susan Murphy Talks Teachers

‘Medicine & Sickness’

Post author By Zen Open Circle
Post date March 31, 2021

Teisho #2 from Term 1 of Taking Part in the Gathering 2021. Click here to listen to other talks from this event.

Teacher: Roshi Susan Murphy
28 March 2021

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zen open circle · Medicine & Sickness

2021 Term 1 Covid-19 Eco-Dharma Koans Online Zen Group Roshi Susan Murphy Talks Teachers

‘In a dark time, the eye begins to see.’

Post author By Zen Open Circle
Post date March 15, 2021

Teisho #1 from Term 1 of Taking Part in the Gathering 2021. Click here to listen to other talks from this event.

Teacher: Roshi Susan Murphy
14 March 2021

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zen open circle · In a dark time, the eye begins to see…

Tags Dai-o Kokushi, It's Alive!, Liberation within obstruction, Sickness and medicine, Unravelling, You are welcome here, Yunmen, Zhàozhōu

2020 Term 3 Covid-19 Koans Online Zen Group Roshi Susan Murphy Sensei Kynan Sutherland Talks Teachers

‘Moon in the churning waters’

Post author By Zen Open Circle
Post date November 14, 2020

“Distinctly outstanding, the moon in the churning, rushing water.“
Hsueh Tou

Talk #5 from Term 3 of our Online Zen Group for 2020. Click here for other talks in this series.

Teachers: Roshi Susan Murphy & Sensei Kynan Sutherland
8 November 2020

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zen open circle · Moon in the churning waters

Tags 2020 USA Elections, Anna Swir, Bonnie Nadzam, Courage, Entangling Vines Case:59 'Hold to the centre', Gary Snyder, Gratitude, Hsueh Tou, Keizan, Not-Knowing

2020 Term 2 Black Lives Matter Covid-19 Eco-Dharma Online Zen Group Roshi Susan Murphy Sand Talk Talks Teachers

‘Guilty as charged’

Post author By Zen Open Circle
Post date August 30, 2020

Talk #6 from Term 2 of our Online Zen Group for 2020. Click here for other talks in this series.

Teacher: Roshi Susan Murphy
23 August 2020

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zen open circle · Guilty as charged

Tags Black Lives Matter, Country, Covid-19, Interbeing, It's my fault, Sand Talk, Thich Nhat Hanh, Tyson Yunkaporta

2020 Term 2 Black Lives Matter Covid-19 Eco-Dharma Koans Online Zen Group Roshi Susan Murphy Sand Talk Talks Teachers

‘Tell me, who is that other?’

Post author By Zen Open Circle
Post date August 12, 2020

Talk #5 from Term 2 of our Online Zen Group for 2020. Click here for other talks in this series.

Teacher: Roshi Susan Murphy
8 August 2020

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zen open circle · 'Tell me, who is that other?'

Tags 'Who is that other?' - MMK Case 45, Black Lives Matter, Covid-19, Praction, Sand Talk, Tyson Yunkaporta, You are welcome here

2020 Term 2 Black Lives Matter Covid-19 Online Zen Group Roshi Susan Murphy Sand Talk Talks Teachers

‘Save a ghost | So that we can breathe…’

Post author By Zen Open Circle
Post date June 14, 2020

Talk #1 from Term 2 of our Online Zen Group for 2020. Click here for other talks in this series.

Teacher: Roshi Susan Murphy
14 June 2020

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zen open circle · Save a ghost | So that we can breathe…

Tags Black Lives Matter, Sand Talk, Save a ghost, Tyson Yunkaporta, Unmute

2020 Term 1 Covid-19 Eco-Dharma Online Zen Group Roshi Susan Murphy Talks Teachers

‘What the world abandons, the Way uses’

Post author By Zen Open Circle
Post date May 25, 2020

Talk #6 from Term 1 of our Online Zen Group for 2020. Click here for other talks in this series.

Teacher: Roshi Susan Murphy

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zen open circle · 6. 'What the world abandons, the Way uses.'

Tags Basho, Digital Dharma, Dogen, Shelter in place, Unmute