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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 Anger

Serial: TL-00780

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Abhidharma, Heart Sutra, Consciousness, Skillful Means, Anger, Practice, Patience...
Feb 04 2024
Hybrid

Sitting in the Presence of Buddha

A 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

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

Zen Meditation on Karma and Awakening - May 24th, 2022

#YRB-2022-Spring, Consciousness, Fox, Karma
May 24 2022
8
Yoga Room

Zen Meditation on Karma and Awakening - May 17th, 2022

#YRB-2022-Spring, Consciousness, Buddha Nature, true dharma
May 17 2022
7
Yoga Room

Finding One's Place Is The Fundamental Point

A 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

Zen Meditation on Karma and Awakening - May 10th, 2022

#YRB-2022-Spring, Consciousness, true dharma, Delusion
May 10 2022
6
Yoga Room

Zen Meditation on Karma and Awakening - May 3rd, 2022

#YRB-2022-Spring, Consciousness, true dharma, Delusion
May 03 2022
5
Yoga Room

Zen Meditation on Karma and Awakening - April 26th, 2022

#YRB-2022-Spring, Consciousness, Karma, Mindfulness
Apr 26 2022
4
Yoga Room

Zen Meditation on Karma and Awakening - April 19th, 2022

#YRB-2022-Spring, Consciousness, confusion, Karma
Apr 19 2022
3
Yoga Room

Zen Meditation on Karma and Awakening - April 12th, 2022

#YRB-2022-Spring, Consciousness, Karma, confusion
Apr 12 2022
2
Yoga Room

Freedom from Delusion through studying Delusion

A 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

Zen Meditation on Karma and Awakening - April 5th, 2022

#YRB-2022-Spring, Consciousness, Karma, Delusion
Apr 05 2022
1
Yoga Room

Bodhisattva Awakening Is Metaphysical

A 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

Yoga Room Class - November 30th, 2021

#YRB-2021-Autumn, Consciousness, Intimacy, Observe
Nov 30 2021
The Yoga Room

Yoga Room Class - November 23rd, 2021

#YRB-2021-Autumn, Intuition, Observe, Consciousness
Nov 23 2021
The Yoga Room

November 17th, 2021, Serial No. 04585

Consciousness, Karmic Consciousness, Study
Nov 17 2021

Yoga Room Class - November 16th, 2021

#YRB-2021-Autumn, Consciousness, Attachment, confusion
Nov 16 2021
The Yoga Room

The Science of Compassion

A 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

November 13th, 2021, Serial No. 04584

Consciousness, Karmic Consciousness, Compassion
Nov 13 2021

The Four Establishments Of Mindfulness

Mindfulness, Shikantaza, Consciousness, Concentration, Mahayana
Jun 18 2021

Sit Where We Are and Practice Generosity

A 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

The Five Skandhas

Consciousness, Heart Sutra, Zazen Mind, Avalokiteshvara, Money
Jun 05 2021

Yoga Room Class - March 16th, 2021

This recording is intended to be shared with class members only

#YRB-2021A, Consciousness, Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra
Mar 16 2021
The Yoga Room

Embracing Uncertainty in Zen Practice

Serial: RB-03070

Zen-Riffs

Consciousness, Practice, Buddhism
Sep 14 2020
Johanneshof

Breathing Deep: Cultivating the Absorbent Mind

Serial: RB-03065

Zen-Riffs

Breath, Zazen, Consciousness
Aug 20 2020
Johanneshof

Reimagining Space Through Zen Attentionality

Serial: RB-03957

Dharma_Now_2

Practice, Consciousness, Time
Aug 16 2020
Johanneshof

Gateway to Deeper Zen Practice

Serial: RB-03955

Dharma_Now_2

Consciousness, Practice, Zazen
Jul 26 2020
Johanneshof

Zen Lab: Experiencing Consciousness Unbound

Serial: RB-02814

Practice-Period_Talks

Religion, Practice, Consciousness
Nov 05 2019
Johanneshof

Embodied Awareness and Ecological Interconnection

Serial: RB-02182

Door-Step-Zen

Practice, Consciousness, Intention
Nov 2019
Johanneshof

Embodied Alchemy in Zen Practice

Serial: RB-03183

Door-Step-Zen_City-Groups

Consciousness, Buddha, Practice
Aug 2019
Johanneshof

Our Original Home

Human 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

July 13th, 2019, Serial No. 04490

Compassion, Buddha, Consciousness
Jul 13 2019

Consciousness: Bridging East and West

Serial: RB-03187

Door-Step-Zen

Consciousness, Practice, Suzuki Roshi
Jul 2019
Johanneshof

Perceiving Wholes Beyond Cognitive Boundaries

Serial: RB-03833

Door-Step-Zen

Time, Consciousness, Koan
Jun 2019
Johanneshof

Liberating Karma Through Compassionate Wisdom

Karmic Consciousness, Consciousness, Karma
Mar 28 2019

March 17th, 2019, Serial No. 04474

Buddha, Consciousness, Stillness
Mar 17 2019

February 25th, 2019, Serial No. 04468

Discrimination, Karma, Consciousness
Feb 25 2019

January 2019 talk, Serial No. 04458

Consciousness, Practice, Delusion
Jan 2019

Circummediacy: Embracing Time's Texture

Serial: RB-03456

Seminar

Time, Practice, Consciousness
Oct 2018
Hannover

Zen Transformation Through Mindful Awareness

Serial: RB-03458

Seminar

Time, Consciousness, Practice
Oct 2018
Hannover

Gates to Zen Consciousness

Serial: RB-03459

Seminar

Time, Consciousness, Discrimination
Oct 2018
Hannover

Zen Now: Embrace the Buzz

Serial: RB-03453

Seminar

Time, Consciousness, Practice
Oct 2018
Hannover

Beyond Beginnings: Embracing Alwaysness

Serial: RB-02222

Practice-Period_Talks

Consciousness, Buddha, Time
Sep 2018
Johanneshof

Redefining Reality Through Zen Practice

Serial: RB-02231

Practice-Period_Talks

Practice, Practice Period, Consciousness
Sep 2018
Johanneshof

Teachings and Meditations On Our True Nature

Our 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

The Womb of the Tathagata #3: Our Buddha Nature Precepts

Verifying the truth of the teachings through words and phrases

Precepts, Bodhisattva, Suffering, Consciousness
Jun 09 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Zen Therapy Through Unconscious Presence

Serial: RB-02384

Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy

Consciousness, Culture, Samadhi
Jun 2018
Rastenberg

Exploring Interdependence Through Dynamic Space

Serial: RB-02799

Seminar

Time, Practice, Consciousness
May 2018
Rastenberg

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