Consciousness Talks

Consciousness, at its simplest, is awareness of a state or object either internal to oneself or in one's external environment. However, its nature has led to millennia of analyses, explanations, and debate among philosophers, scientists, and theologians. Opinions differ about what exactly needs to be studied or even considered consciousness. In some explanations, it is synonymous with the mind, and at other times, an aspect of it. In the past, it was one's "inner life", the world of introspection, of private thought, imagination, and volition. Today, it often includes any kind of cognition, experience, feeling, or perception. It may be awareness, awareness of awareness, metacognition, or self-awareness, either continuously changing or not. The disparate range of research, notions, and speculations raises a curiosity about whether the right questions are being asked.
Examples of the range of descriptions, definitions or explanations are: ordered distinction between self and environment, simple wakefulness, one's sense of selfhood or soul explored by "looking within"; being a metaphorical "stream" of contents, or being a mental state, mental event, or mental process of the brain.
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Practicing with AngerSerial: TL-00780 ADZG Sunday Morning, Abhidharma, Heart Sutra, Consciousness, Skillful Means, Anger, Patience, Precepts... |
Feb 04 2024 Hybrid |
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Sitting in the Presence of BuddhaA Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for a gathering of the No Abode community.
Mindfulness, Birth-and-Death, resistance, Consciousness |
Nov 04 2023 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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Excerpts from Dogen’s Extensive RecordSerial: TL-00814 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dogen, Extensive Record, Consciousness, realization, Birth-and-Death |
Oct 22 2023 Hybrid |
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What is a Zen Practitioner?A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community Enlightened Activity, Consciousness, War, Bodhisattva Precepts |
Jul 09 2022 No Abode Hermitage |
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Zen Meditation on Karma and Awakening - May 24th, 2022#YRB-2022-Spring, Consciousness, Fox, Karma |
May 24 2022 8 Yoga Room |
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Zen Meditation on Karma and Awakening - May 17th, 2022#YRB-2022-Spring, Consciousness, Buddha Nature, true dharma |
May 17 2022 7 Yoga Room |
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Finding One's Place Is The Fundamental PointA virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community Genjokoan, Karmic Consciousness, Consciousness, Buddha Nature, Bowing |
May 14 2022 No Abode Hermitage |
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Zen Meditation on Karma and Awakening - May 10th, 2022#YRB-2022-Spring, Consciousness, true dharma, Delusion |
May 10 2022 6 Yoga Room |
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Zen Meditation on Karma and Awakening - May 3rd, 2022#YRB-2022-Spring, Consciousness, true dharma, Delusion |
May 03 2022 5 Yoga Room |
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Zen Meditation on Karma and Awakening - April 26th, 2022#YRB-2022-Spring, Consciousness, Karma, Mindfulness |
Apr 26 2022 4 Yoga Room |
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Zen Meditation on Karma and Awakening - April 19th, 2022#YRB-2022-Spring, Consciousness, confusion, Karma |
Apr 19 2022 3 Yoga Room |
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Zen Meditation on Karma and Awakening - April 12th, 2022#YRB-2022-Spring, Consciousness, Karma, confusion |
Apr 12 2022 2 Yoga Room |
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Freedom from Delusion through studying DelusionA virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community Eihei Koso Hotsuganmon, Karmic Consciousness, Suzuki Roshi, Ordination, Consciousness... |
Apr 09 2022 Zoom |
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Zen Meditation on Karma and Awakening - April 5th, 2022#YRB-2022-Spring, Consciousness, Karma, Delusion |
Apr 05 2022 1 Yoga Room |
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Bodhisattva Awakening Is MetaphysicalA virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community Lotus Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Bodhisattva Way, Daily Life, Bodhisattva Way,... |
Dec 11 2021 Zoom |
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Yoga Room Class - November 30th, 2021#YRB-2021-Autumn, Consciousness, Intimacy, Observe |
Nov 30 2021 The Yoga Room |
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Yoga Room Class - November 23rd, 2021#YRB-2021-Autumn, Intuition, Observe, Consciousness |
Nov 23 2021 The Yoga Room |
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November 17th, 2021, Serial No. 04585 Consciousness, Karmic Consciousness, Study |
Nov 17 2021 |
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Yoga Room Class - November 16th, 2021#YRB-2021-Autumn, Consciousness, Attachment, confusion |
Nov 16 2021 The Yoga Room |
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The Science of CompassionA virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community Enlightenment, Compassion, Karmic Consciousness, Yangshan, Non-thinking, ... |
Nov 13 2021 Zoom |
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November 13th, 2021, Serial No. 04584 Consciousness, Karmic Consciousness, Compassion |
Nov 13 2021 |
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The Four Establishments Of Mindfulness Mindfulness, Shikantaza, Consciousness, Concentration, Mahayana |
Jun 18 2021 |
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Sit Where We Are and Practice GenerosityA virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community Generosity, Face-To-Face Transmission, Evil, Consciousness, Repentance |
Jun 12 2021 Zoom |
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The Five Skandhas Consciousness, Heart Sutra, Zazen Mind, Avalokiteshvara, Money |
Jun 05 2021 |
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Yoga Room Class - March 16th, 2021This recording is intended to be shared with class members only #YRB-2021A, Consciousness, Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra |
Mar 16 2021 The Yoga Room |
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Our Original HomeHuman consciousness limits reality so that it can grasp "things". Torei Zenji, Consciousness, Book of Serenity, Enemies, Evil, Emotions |
Jul 13 2019 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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July 13th, 2019, Serial No. 04490 Compassion, Buddha, Consciousness |
Jul 13 2019 |
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March 28th, 2019, Serial No. 04478 Karmic Consciousness, Consciousness, Karma |
Mar 28 2019 |
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March 17th, 2019, Serial No. 04474 Buddha, Consciousness, Stillness |
Mar 17 2019 |
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February 25th, 2019, Serial No. 04468 Discrimination, Karma, Consciousness |
Feb 25 2019 |
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January 2019 talk, Serial No. 04458 Consciousness, Practice, Delusion |
Jan 2019 |
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Teachings and Meditations On Our True NatureOur true nature is that we fully possess the wisdom and virtues of the buddhas. But because of misconceptions and attachments we do not realize our buddha nature. Therefore, teachings are given to... YRB-2018-Summer, Buddha Nature, Evil, Consciousness |
Jul 24 2018 5/7 The Yoga Room |
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The Womb of the Tathagata #3: Our Buddha Nature PreceptsVerifying the truth of the teachings through words and phrases Precepts, Bodhisattva, Suffering, Consciousness |
Jun 09 2018 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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April 15th, 2018, Serial No. 04430 Consciousness, Compassion, Delusion |
Apr 15 2018 |
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Bodhidharma Listening to the Cries of the WorldAvalokiteshvara's eyes of compassion observing all sentient beings; Bodhidharma and Emperor Wu, facing the wall for nine years; the Sixth Ancestor's training; Buddha Ancestors, Consciousness, Compassion, Bodhisattva, Bodhidharma, cognitive... |
Mar 03 2018 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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March 3rd, 2018, Serial No. 04419 Consciousness, Bodhidharma, Bodhisattva |
Mar 03 2018 |
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January 18th, 2018, Serial No. 04406 Stillness, Consciousness, Mindfulness |
Jan 18 2018 |
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July 9th, 2017, Serial No. 04382 Consciousness, Buddha, Perfect Wisdom |
Jul 09 2017 |
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June 20th, 2017, Serial No. 04378 Consciousness, Generosity, Practice |
Jun 20 2017 |
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June 6th, 2017, Serial No. 04373 Consciousness, Buddha Mind, Stillness |
Jun 06 2017 |
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June 3rd, 2017, Serial No. 04372 Buddha Mind, Silence, Consciousness |
Jun 03 2017 |
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April 23rd, 2017, Serial No. 04369 Consciousness, Sanctuary, Transmission |
Apr 23 2017 |
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Zazen Is World TransformationKoans, using consciousness to go beyond consciousness; the path which can be spoken is not the true path. Enlightenment, Consciousness, Meditation, Conversation, Priest, japanese, lecture,... |
Apr 01 2017 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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April 1st, 2017, Serial No. 04363 Consciousness, Enlightenment, Priest |
Apr 01 2017 |
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March 28th, 2017, Serial No. 04361 Passions, Effort, Consciousness |
Mar 28 2017 |
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March 7th, 2017, Serial No. 04358 resistance, Ceremony, Consciousness |
Mar 07 2017 |
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Torah as Monastic Pathway Consciousness, Silence, American |
Feb 2017 Mt. Saviour Monastery |
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Forgiveness: The Path to Divine Love Forgiveness, Peace, Consciousness |
Feb 2017 Mt. Saviour Monastery |
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Since You Cannot Waste Time, Don’tWisdom, Karmic Consequences, Consciousness, Rumi, Karmic Consequences, cognitive... |
Oct 08 2016 AM No Abode Hermitage |