Category: Koans

‘Mutually save, Mutually save.’

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Post date April 28, 2021

Teisho #4 from Term 1 of Taking Part in the Gathering 2021. Click here to listen to other talks from this event.

Teacher: Roshi Susan Murphy
25 April 2021

zen open circle · Mutually save, mutually save

Tags Consent, Council of All Beings, Hakuin, Jacinda Ardern, Louise Gluck, Sickness and medicine, The Beatles, The National Teacher Cultivates Practice, The Record of Empty Hall, The Tiger, W.S. Merwin, Xutang Zhiyu, Xutang’s More, Yunmen

Koans Roshi Susan Murphy Sensei Kynan Sutherland Talks Teachers

‘Autumn Sesshin 2021’

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Post date April 21, 2021

A collection of 18 recordings from our Autumn Sesshin 2021. You can also access these talks on sound cloud here.

Teachers: Roshi Susan Murphy & Sensei Kynan Sutherland
16-21 April 2021.

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zen open circle · Autumn Sesshin 2021

Covid-19 Koans Sensei Kynan Sutherland Talks Teachers

‘Baizhang’s Fox’

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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

Koans Roshi Susan Murphy Talks Teachers

‘Fool of grace | Mu’

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Post date April 17, 2021

Teisho #1 from Autumn Sesshin 2021. Click here to listen to other talks from this event.

Teacher: Roshi Susan Murphy
17 April 2021

zen open circle · Fool of grace | Mu

Tags BCR16: Inside Outside, Case 1 Record of Empty Hall, Dane Cervine, Diamond Sutra, Fool of grace, John Tarrant, Mu, Ryokan, The Tiger, Zhàozhōu

2021 Term 1 Koans Online Zen Group Roshi Susan Murphy Talks Teachers

‘Fearless compassion at the quelling point’

Post author By Zen Open Circle
Post date April 12, 2021

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

Teacher: Roshi Susan Murphy
11 April 2021

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zen open circle · Fearless compassion at the quelling point

Tags Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Adam Zagajewski, Dogen, Fire, Not-Knowing, Sickness and medicine, W.S. Merwin

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

Koans Roshi Susan Murphy Sensei Kynan Sutherland Talks Teachers

‘A single grain of rice’

Teisho #4 from our Spring Sesshin 2020. Click here to listen to other talks from this event.

Teacher: Roshi Susan Murphy & Sensei Kynan Sutherland
6 October 2020

Note: This talk originally incorporated sections of interaction with the sesshin participants. Those sections have been removed in this publication.

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zen open circle · Teisho 4: One Grain of Rice

Tags One grain of rice