Shows
Talks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer2024-11-26 The Nature of MaraTexts used in the teisho:Karen Armstrong, BuddhaStephen Batchelor, Living with the DevilNyanaponika Thera and Hellmuth Hecker, Great Disciples of the Buddha2024-11-2741 minTalks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer2024-10-15 Zen and Character Part One (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)Book quoted from: The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling by James Hillman.2024-11-1942 min
AZC Weekly talks2024-10-27 Zen and Character Part Two (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)Book quoted from: The Force of Character by James Hillman.2024-10-2946 minTalks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer2024-10-27 Zen and Character Part Two (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)Book quoted from: The Force of Character by James Hillman.2024-10-2946 minAZC Weekly talks2024-10-15 Zen and Character Part One (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)Book quoted from: The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling by James Hillman.2024-10-1642 minTalks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer2024-09-09 Teachings of Nagarjuna 2 (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)Nagarjuna's Verses from the Centre Part Two. In this teisho we concentrate on the verses themselves.Sources: Verses from the Centre translated by Stephen BatchelorThe Unborn: Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei by Norman Waddell2024-10-1049 minTalks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer2024-09-08 Teachings of Nagarjuna 1 (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)Readings from Stephen Batchelor's Introduction to his translation of Nagarjuna's Verses from the Centre. Nargajuna was an important Indian teacher and our 14th Zen Ancestor. Batchelor calls him "the poet of emptiness".2024-10-1045 minTalks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer2024-09-03 Dharma Ancestors: Daiun Sogaku Harada Roshi (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)Teisho by Sensei Richard von SturmerReadings from the autobiography of Daiun Sogaku Harada-roshi, Roshi Kapleau's first teacher.2024-10-0345 minTalks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer2024-07-09 Questions of King Milinda (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)Teisho by Sensei Richard von Sturmer.The Milindapañha (lit. 'Questions of Milinda') is a Buddhist text which dates from sometime between 100 BC and 200 AD. It is a dialogue between the Indian Buddhist sage Nāgasena, and the 2nd century BC Indo-Greek king Menander I (Pali: Milinda).2024-10-0341 minTalks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer2024-04-24 Life and Teachings of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)A Dharma talk by Sensei Richard von Sturmer.Texts used: Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Zen Teachings of Shunryu Suzuki by David Chadwick; To Shine One Corner of the World by David Chadwick.2024-10-0344 minTalks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer2023-11-19 After the Final No There Comes a Yes (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)Reflections on the situation in Gaza and readings from Carlo Rovelli's book, White Holes.A Dharma talk by Richard von Sturmer.2024-10-0339 minTalks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer2023-10-22 Encouragement and Praise (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)Main text used: 'Encouraging Words' by Robert Aitken"Dharma talk by Sensei Richard von Sturmer.2024-10-0345 minAZC Weekly talks2024-09-09 Teachings of Nagarjuna 2 (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)Nagarjuna's Verses from the Centre Part Two. In this teisho we concentrate on the verses themselves.Sources: Verses from the Centre translated by Stephen BatchelorThe Unborn: Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei by Norman Waddell2024-09-0849 minAZC Weekly talks2024-09-08 Teachings of Nagarjuna 1 (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)Readings from Stephen Batchelor's Introduction to his translation of Nagarjuna's Verses from the Centre. Nargajuna was an important Indian teacher and our 14th Zen Ancestor. Batchelor calls him "the poet of emptiness".2024-09-0745 minAZC Weekly talks2024-09-03 Dharma Ancestors: Daiun Sogaku Harada Roshi (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)Teisho by Sensei Richard von SturmerReadings from the autobiography of Daiun Sogaku Harada-roshi, Roshi Kapleau's first teacher.2024-09-0545 minAZC Weekly talks2024-07-09 Questions of King Milinda (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)Teisho by Sensei Richard von Sturmer.The Milindapañha (lit. 'Questions of Milinda') is a Buddhist text which dates from sometime between 100 BC and 200 AD. It is a dialogue between the Indian Buddhist sage Nāgasena, and the 2nd century BC Indo-Greek king Menander I (Pali: Milinda).2024-07-1041 minAZC Weekly talks2024-04-24 Life and Teachings of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)A Dharma talk by Sensei Richard von Sturmer.Texts used: Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Zen Teachings of Shunryu Suzuki by David Chadwick; To Shine One Corner of the World by David Chadwick.2024-04-3044 minAZC Weekly talks2023-11-19 After the Final No There Comes a Yes (Sensei Richard von Sturmer)Reflections on the situation in Gaza and readings from Carlo Rovelli's book, White Holes.A Dharma talk by Richard von Sturmer.2023-11-1939 minAZC Weekly talks2023-10-22 Encouragement and Praise (Sensei Richard von Sturmer) Main text used: 'Encouraging Words' by Robert Aitken"Dharma talk by Sensei Richard von Sturmer.2023-10-2345 minTalks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer2022-11-08 Zen and Nature Part Three (Richard von Sturmer)The third in a series of three dharma talks by Richard von Sturmer. In this talk Richard takes up Dōgen’s writings on nature as well as exploring the wilderness poetry of Tang Dynasty China.Texts used:Our National Parks by John MuirDogen's 'Mountains and Waters Sutra' from Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master DogenClassic Chinese Poetry translated and edited by David Hinton2022-11-1645 minTalks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer2022-10-25 Zen and Nature Part Two (Richard von Sturmer)"Zazen is not sensory deprivation — anything but. Birds and geckos and bullfrogs guide us. Be open to these natural teachers, wherever you may be practicing." -Aitken RoshiThis is the second of three Dharma Talks on 'Zen and Nature' given at the Auckland Zen Centre by Richard von Sturmer.Texts used:Poetry and Zen: Letters and Uncollected Writings of R. H. Blyth by Norman WaddellPassing Through the Gateless Barrier by Guo GuThe Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon translated by Ivan Morris.2022-10-2642 minTalks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer2022-04-12 Sun Face Buddha, Moon Face Buddha (Richard von Sturmer)In this Dharma talk given at the Auckland Zen Centre, Richard von Sturmer explores how Zen masters approach death and how their dying can act as their final teaching. Richard's title refers to the famous exchange between Master Mazu and his attendant, recorded in the Blue Cliff Record:Blue Cliff Record, Case 3Great Master Ma was unwell. The temple superintendent asked him, “Teacher, how has your venerable health been in recent days?”The Great Master said, “Sun Face Buddha, Moon Face Buddha.”Automated transcripthttps://otter.ai/u/dLq33lJrz09DG...2022-10-1940 minTalks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer2022-10-11 Zen and Nature Part One (Richard von Sturmer)In this talk Richard explores interconnection on both vast and intimate scales. This is the first of three talks on 'Zen and Nature' given by Richard at the Auckland Zen Centre. Texts used: A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth by Henry GeeEarth: An Intimate History by Richard ForteyPilgrim at Tinker's Creek by Annie Dillard2022-10-1939 minTalks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer2021-03-30 Grass and Weeds (Richard von Sturmer)A dharma talk by Richard von Sturmer, exploring the teaching and poetry of grass and weeds, from Zen to Walt Whitman.2021-06-2532 minTalks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer2006-07-02 Three Turning Words (Richard von Sturmer)2021-06-2548 minTalks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer2012-09-0 Tsu Tong Po and his Poetry (Richard von Sturmer)2021-06-2436 minTalks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer2018-04-24 Time in Zen (Richard von Sturmer)2021-06-2436 minTalks by Sensei Richard von Sturmer2019-10-08 Entangling Vines (Richard von Sturmer)2021-06-2438 min