Category: Talks

‘It’s Mutual.’

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

Teacher: Roshi Susan Murphy with comment by Sensei Kynan Sutherland
13 June 2021

zen open circle · It's Mutual

Tags Country, Daopi, I have already become like this (Case 41), Joanna Macy, Sickness and medicine, You are welcome here, Zhàozhōu

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

‘Become like this.

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

Teisho #5 from Term 1 of Taking Part in the Gathering 2021. Click here to listen to other talks from this event.

Teacher: Roshi Susan Murphy
9 May 2021

zen open circle · Become like this.

Tags Country, Daopi, Denkoroku (Transmission of the Light), Dogen, Fool of grace, I have already become like this (Case 41), Mu, Rafael Jesus Gonzales, Rumi, Sickness and medicine, The Beatles, Yunmen, Zhàozhōu

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

‘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’

Post author By Zen Open Circle
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’

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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’

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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