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199 texts, 197 of them analysed
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624
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358
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209
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199
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137
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121
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118
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29
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22
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Varela 2026: A Conversation with Michael Pollan (Part 9)
Zen
· 2026-09-01
· Upaya Zen Center Santa Fe - Dharma Podcast
· Santa Fe
· Upaya Zen Center Santa Fe - Dharma Podcast
Joan Halifax tells how she sent Michael Pollan into a cave and he thereby came to a new insight about consciousness.
Humility · Community · Knowledge
— machine transcript of a recording
Varela 2026: Panel Discussion – AI, Experience, and Ethics (Part 10)
Zen
· 2026-09-01
· Upaya Zen Center Santa Fe - Dharma Podcast
· Santa Fe
· Upaya Zen Center Santa Fe - Dharma Podcast
A panel at the Varela Retreat 2026 discusses how the 'non-affiliative mode' in AI models makes the constructed persona visible without providing objective truth.
Knowledge · Truthfulness · Humility
— machine transcript of a recording
Varela 2026: Closing Q&A (Part 11)
Zen
· 2026-09-01
· Upaya Zen Center Santa Fe - Dharma Podcast
· Santa Fe
· Upaya Zen Center Santa Fe - Dharma Podcast
The text discusses the psychological and immunological damage caused by AI communication, as well as the criteria for genuine mystical transformations in contrast to transient experiences.
Community · Knowledge · Humility
— machine transcript of a recording
# 320 To encourage children
Zen
· 2026-09-01
· Denia Rositzki
· Hamburg
· Compassionate Buddha – Yun Hwa Sangha Hamburg
Buddhist practices such as meditation are meant to help children find concentration and thereby learn better, which benefits society.
Care · Knowledge · Community
— machine transcript of a recording
# 320 Encouraging Children
Zen
· 2026-09-01
· Denia Rositzki
· Hamburg
· Compassionate Buddha – Yun Hwa Sangha Hamburg
Buddhist practices such as meditation and mantra repetition are intended to help children think more clearly, learn better, and serve as integrated members of society.
Care · Knowledge · Community
— machine transcript of a recording
Outline of the School System at the Time of Nikāya Buddhism from Three Ancient Perspectives
Tibetan
· 2026-08-31
· Dharamsala
· Kagyu Office – Unterweisungen des 17. Gyalwang Karmapa
The text analyses the historical schism of the Sthaviravāda into eleven sub-schools from three Buddhist perspectives, based on Vasumitra's Wheel of Differences.
Knowledge · Community
— text from the feed
The Original Schism in Early Buddhism According to the Pāli Historical Tradition, and the Split of the Mahāsāṃghika into Sub-schools
Tibetan
· 2026-08-30
· Dharamsala
· Kagyu Office – Unterweisungen des 17. Gyalwang Karmapa
The text analyzes the Pāli tradition on the schism of the Saṅgha, the denigration of the Mahāsāṃghika, and the historical placement of the councils under Aśoka.
Knowledge · Truthfulness
— text from the feed
Changsha and Radiant Light
Zen
· 2026-08-30
· Kokyo Henkel
· San Francisco
· San Francisco Zen Center - Dharma Talks
The text explains the Zen teaching that the true self is not located in body or mind, but as radiant light encompasses the entire world.
Knowledge · Humility
— machine transcript of a recording
ทิ้งสิ่งสูงค่า เพื่อไขว่คว้าความว่างเปล่า [6935-5p]
Theravada
· 2026-08-27
· Panya Bhavana (ปัญญาภาวนา) – นิทานพรรณนา, thailaendisches Dhamma-Programmnetz
· Panya Bhavana (ปัญญาภาวนา) – นิทานพรรณนา, thailaendisches Dhamma-Programmnetz
A Jātaka story about an archer that serves as a Dharma teaching to attain wisdom and insight in everyday life.
Knowledge · Patience · Community
— machine transcript of a recording
# 319 Silkworms eat mulberry leaves - a parable
Zen
· 2026-08-25
· Denia Rositzki
· Hamburg
· Compassionate Buddha – Yun Hwa Sangha Hamburg
The parable of the silkworm illustrates how egoistic clinging blocks liberation; the text calls for meditation and compassion.
Mercy · Patience · Repentance
— machine transcript of a recording
Kindness and Oneness
Zen
· 2026-08-23
· Jiryu Rutschman-Byler
· San Francisco
· San Francisco Zen Center - Dharma Talks
A Zen talk that describes kindness and oneness as our already existing nature and calls for the practice of letting go in meditation.
Community · Mercy · Humility
— machine transcript of a recording
Nathan Glyde: Morning Instructions - This is a Perception, This is Fabricated
Theravada
· 2026-08-22
· Nathan Glyde
· Newton Abbot
· Gaia House (Devon) - Dharma Talks
A retreat teacher explains that self, time, and consciousness are constructed perceptions, and invites participants to bring this insight as a lens into meditation.
Knowledge · Patience · Community
— machine transcript of a recording
Zohar Lavie: Talk - Fulfilling Stillness - Journeying Beyond the Unknown
Theravada
· 2026-08-22
· Zohar Lavie
· Newton Abbot
· Gaia House (Devon) - Dharma Talks
Zohar Lavie explains 'playing with perception' as a way to recognize conditioned experiences and release attachment, in order to live freed in everyday life.
Knowledge · Humility · Community
— machine transcript of a recording
Z00265 Sejo's Soul Is Separated from Her Being. (Zentag Niederrhein 21.03.2026)
Zen
· 2026-08-22
· Rei Ho Christoph Hatlapa Roshi
· Steyerberg
· Teisho – Choka Sangha, Kloster ToGenJi
The text explains the Zen kōan of Sejo as a metaphor for the split of the self and calls for the integration of inner parts through mindful awareness.
Knowledge · Repentance · Truthfulness
— machine transcript of a recording
Mark Ovland: Morning Instructions - Letting Go of the Content of Experience
Theravada
· 2026-08-21
· Mark Ovland
· Newton Abbot
· Gaia House (Devon) - Dharma Talks
A guided meditation that shifts the focus from the content of experience to the underlying space of silence, in order to enable a letting go of experience.
Patience · Humility
— machine transcript of a recording
Nathan Glyde: Talk - Not What You Know
Theravada
· 2026-08-21
· Nathan Glyde
· Newton Abbot
· Gaia House (Devon) - Dharma Talks
The talk distinguishes between the enjoyment of meditative states and the necessity of letting go of conditioned awareness in order to find the unconditioned stillness.
Knowledge · Patience · Humility
— machine transcript of a recording
ผู้กลืนกินกาลเวลา [6934-5p]
Theravada
· 2026-08-20
· Panya Bhavana (ปัญญาภาวนา) – นิทานพรรณนา, thailaendisches Dhamma-Programmnetz
· Panya Bhavana (ปัญญาภาวนา) – นิทานพรรณนา, thailaendisches Dhamma-Programmnetz
The text warns against self-deception through knowledge and emphasizes the necessity of humility and reverence toward the depth of the Buddha's teaching.
Humility · Knowledge · Repentance
— machine transcript of a recording
Spiritual Friendship & Dharma Friends
Zen
· 2026-08-19
· Odo Ellen Simpson
· San Francisco
· San Francisco Zen Center - Dharma Talks
The text explains the central role of spiritual friendship and Sangha in Zen Buddhism as a relational practice, supported by vows and precepts.
Community · Responsibility · Humility
— machine transcript of a recording
พลิกทิฏฐิมุมมอง ปล่อยวางความขัดข้องด้วยกุศลธรรม [6933-5p]
Theravada
· 2026-08-13
· Panya Bhavana (ปัญญาภาวนา) – นิทานพรรณนา, thailaendisches Dhamma-Programmnetz
· Panya Bhavana (ปัญญาภาวนา) – นิทานพรรณนา, thailaendisches Dhamma-Programmnetz
The text teaches that verbal violence can be overcome through silence and softness of mind, so that virtue can arise.
Patience · Mercy · Repentance
— machine transcript of a recording
The Gift of Attention
Zen
· 2026-08-13
· Dan Zigmond
· San Francisco
· San Francisco Zen Center - Dharma Talks
Attention is the most precious gift in an economy that exploits it; Dāna as non-greed and letting go becomes the central practice.
Mercy · Care · Community
— machine transcript of a recording
September 2026: Let Each of Us Light a Single Lamp
Mahayana
· 2026-08-10
· Rissho Kosei-kai – Dharma-Ansprache des Praesidenten Nichiko Niwano (庭野日鑛会長の法話)
· Tokio
· Rissho Kosei-kai – Dharma-Ansprache des Praesidenten Nichiko Niwano (庭野日鑛会長の法話)
A call to kindle individual sources of light through small acts of care and peace in dark times, in order to create collective brightness.
Care · Hope · Community
— machine transcript of a recording
Cleaning Our Environment/Cleaning Our Mind
Zen
· 2026-08-09
· Kika Susan Hellein
· San Francisco
· San Francisco Zen Center - Dharma Talks
A Zen dharma talk on zazen posture, ordinary activity, and maintaining inner brightness despite personal and political burdens.
Community · Gratitude · Patience
— machine transcript of a recording
Z00264 Baso and the Hundred Negations. (Sesshin 08.03.2026)
Zen
· 2026-08-08
· Rei Ho Christoph Hatlapa Roshi
· Steyerberg
· Teisho – Choka Sangha, Kloster ToGenJi
The text teaches letting go of philosophical dualities and comparison in order to recognize the hidden unity and harmony of all things.
Community · Knowledge
— machine transcript of a recording
Z00263 What if all suffering results from confused thoughts? (Sesshin 07.03.2026)
Zen
· 2026-07-25
· Rei Ho Christoph Hatlapa Roshi
· Steyerberg
· Teisho – Choka Sangha, Kloster ToGenJi
Suffering arises from mental projections; the path to freedom leads through letting go of judgments and returning to the center of the heart.
Knowledge · Humility · Community
— machine transcript of a recording
The Bottom of the Wooden Bucket
Mahayana
· 2026-07-24
· Konen
· Einfach Buddha – Jodo-Buddhistische Gemeinschaft
The text connects Japanese waste cleanup with the Jodo Buddhist teaching on letting go of the ego and the Nembutsu practice as a path to inner peace and the equality of all beings.
Repentance · Humility · Community
— machine transcript of a recording
James Baraz in Conversation with Romy Schlichting (Part 2)
Theravada
· 2026-07-11
· Buddha-Haus München
· München
· Buddha-Haus München
James Baraz reflects on his 50 years of practice, emphasising trust in impermanence and the superiority of awareness over fear.
Gratitude · Patience · Hope
— subtitles of a video
James Baraz in Conversation with Romy Schlichting (Part 1)
Theravada
· 2026-07-11
· Buddha-Haus München
· München
· Buddha-Haus München
James Baraz leads a meditation at the Buddha-Haus München and introduces his projects on climate mindfulness and the men's movement.
Community · Gratitude · Patience
— subtitles of a video
Z00262 When you recognize where you come from, you are naturally tolerant. (Sesshin 17.01.2026)
Zen
· 2026-07-11
· Rei Ho Christoph Hatlapa Roshi
· Steyerberg
· Teisho – Choka Sangha, Kloster ToGenJi
The text uses the Zen kōan 'Every day is a good day' and personal anecdotes to teach the acceptance of suffering and joy as a path to inner peace.
Gratitude · Humility · Patience
— machine transcript of a recording
August 2026: Lighting a Fire for Others
Mahayana
· 2026-07-10
· Rissho Kosei-kai – Dharma-Ansprache des Praesidenten Nichiko Niwano (庭野日鑛会長の法話)
· Tokio
· Rissho Kosei-kai – Dharma-Ansprache des Praesidenten Nichiko Niwano (庭野日鑛会長の法話)
The President of Rissho Kosei-kai calls for understanding action for others not as self-sacrifice but as an expression of the Buddha-heart and of interdependence.
Community · Mercy · Care
— machine transcript of a recording
Feeling War with the Heart
Buddhism
· 2026-07-01
· München
· Buddhismus aktuell - Exklusiv online (Deutsche Buddhistische Union / DBU)
The text connects the personal consequences of trauma with Buddhist ethics to call for an active, empathetic response to war and violence around the world.
Mercy · Community · Truthfulness
— text from the feed
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