Edward Brown Talks

Showing 357 talks
 

- Reset Search

Title Speaker

No Recipe

Passions, Mindfulness, Dharma Transmission, Anger, Happiness, Transmission,...
Jul 21 2018

Awakening Through Zen and Poetry

Serial: EB-00226

Joining the Tassajara practice period; reminiscences of the first Tassajara practice period; kitchen practice and the Tenzokyokun;

Practice Period, Way-Seeking Mind, Tenzo, Zendo, Ordinary Mind
Nov 02 2010

Intersection of Zen and Clowning

Serial: EB-00230

Being a child in an orphanage; learning to meditate; sitting with negative tendencies; five fears outlined by Buddha;

Kinhin, Demons, Zendo, Religion, Bell
Aug 25 2010

Zen Embodiment: Path to Freedom

Serial: EB-00227

Zen practice is doing what is expected whether you want to or not; learning to be in touch with our wounds.

Freedom, Intimacy, Doubt, Rumi
Jul 10 2010

Awakening Authenticity in Zen Practice

Serial: EB-00231

Impossible to keep everybody happy with style of teaching; story of coming to Tassajara in 1966; fundraising for the monastery; not hiding negative parts of personality; the...

realization, Practice Period, Delusion, Zendo, Samsara
May 11 2010

Chasing Illusions, Finding Contentment

Serial: EB-002284

Chasing after our mental images of things; images of perfection and how reality intervenes; Richard Baker and the events of 1983; David Chadwick at Tassajara, and preserving...

Practice Period, Zendo, Thich Nhat Hanh, Money, Don't Know Mind
Oct 24 2009

Awakening Through Mindful Liberation

Serial: EB-002283

Being free to make our own choices, following recipes or not; trying to make a difference in a world full of violence.

Evil, Passions, Buddha Nature, Don't Know Mind, Liberation
Oct 23 2009

Presence Over Performance in Zen

Serial: EB-002282

Being fully aware of our perceptions, of good and bad things; being authentic versus looking good; meditation as a safe place to meet what is arising.

Equanimity, Observe, Emotions
Oct 22 2009

Zen on the Cutting Board

Serial: EB-002281

Release of a new cookbook; being in a movie; intimacy with ingredients; sharing food can be sharing love.

Culture, Dharma Transmission, Thich Nhat Hanh, Intimacy
Oct 09 2009

Embracing Meditation: Experience Over Ideal

Serial: EB-00228Y

Short introduction to meditation.

Instruction, Bell
Oct 03 2009

Embrace Reality: Zen Without Illusions

Serial: EB-00228Z

Dogen's Genjo Koan; going to the Apple Store; meditation does not mean you will never feel uncomfortable.

Greed, Equanimity, Attachment, Delusion
Oct 03 2009

Embrace Activity for True Enlightenment

Serial: EB-00228V

Short introduction to meditation.

Way-Seeking Mind
Oct 02 2009

Mindful Attention: Beyond Surface Allure

Serial: EB-00228W

Release of a new cookbook; giving our whole-hearted attention to things; the lack of reality in packaged food; instructions on sitting and walking meditation.

Thich Nhat Hanh, Instruction, Posture, Bell, Silence
Oct 02 2009

Embracing Life's Chaos and Connection

Serial: EB-00228X

Visiting the Apple Store; noticing attachments, desires and cravings.

Attachment, Desire, Sangha, Greed, Intimacy
Oct 02 2009

Cultivating Connection Through Conscious Cooking

Serial: EB-00228U

Cooking demonstration; practice of eating just one potato chip

Money, Mill Valley, Ceremony, Culture, Community
Sep 22 2009

Love Beyond Illusions and Expectations

Serial: EB-00228T

Use of the word love; controlling reality so as not to feel disappointment.

causation, Sangha, Doubt, Liberation
Sep 04 2009

Embracing Impermanence in Zen Practice

Serial: EB-00235

Dogen's Genjo Koan; dealing with delusion, enlightenment and suffering; mastery is not getting rid of negative emotions and thoughts; story of Montana smoke-jumper.

...
realization, Delusion, Death, Soto Zen
Aug 12 2009

Zen Amidst Everyday Chaos

Serial: EB-00233

Visiting the Apple Store; visiting with Maureen Stuart Roshi; dealing with our problems.

Passions, Death, Priest, Delusion
Aug 12 2009

Mind's Emptiness, Buddha's Reality

Serial: EB-00236

Dogen's Genjo Koan; things and their attributes; mind itself is Buddha; we can't fix our minds.

Delusion, realization, Death, Sesshin
Aug 10 2009

Finding Purpose Through Spiritual Practice

Serial: EB-00225

Visiting aunt in Virginia; being at Tassajara in 1996; men and women practicing together; story of a sculptor friend having a lung transplant.

Passions, Greed, Dharma Transmission, Heart Sutra, Desire
Aug 03 2009

Pathways: Embracing Life's Spiritual Journey

Priest, confusion, realization, War, Zendo
Jul 03 2009

You Have to Save Your Own Life

Serial: EB-00228S

You have to save your own life.

resistance, Rumi, Death, Posture, Bell
Jul 03 2009

Genuine Presence in Zen Journey

Bell, Zendo, Lineage, Rinzai
Jun 29 2009

Flowing Silence: Harnessing Spiritual Energy

Samadhi, Silence, Building, Letting Go, Concentration
Jun 28 2009

Awakening the Teacher Within You

realization, Silence, Delusion, Desire
Jun 27 2009

Embracing Life's Unscripted Flow

Bell, Balance, Aspects of Practice, causation, Daily Life
Jun 26 2009

Zen Insight: Balancing Structure and Flow

Buddha Mind, Demons, Doubt, Priest, Ordination
Jun 25 2009

Zen Silence and Self-Acceptance Path

Monkey Mind, Silence, training, Vow, Bell
Jun 24 2009

Embracing Dualities in Zen Harmony

Demons, Passions, Ordinary Mind, Enthusiasm
Jun 18 2009

Presence in Everyday Zen Practice

Big Mind, Dragons, Tenzo, Beginners, Offering
Jun 17 2009

Mindful Cooking, Authentic Living

Heart Sutra, Sutra, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, uchiyama
Jun 16 2009

Savoring Life Through Wholehearted Presence

Silence, Evil, Offering, Posture, Enthusiasm
Jun 15 2009

Embracing Compassion in Zen Practice

Practice Period, Letting Go, Posture, Community, Death
May 13 2009

Zen Living: Mindfulness in Action

Practice Period, Zendo, Soto Zen, Baso
May 12 2009

Zen in the Everyday Kitchen

Politics, Zendo, Tenzo, Money, Don't Know Mind
May 11 2009

Zen and the Art of Cutting

May 11 2009

Zen Authenticity and Status Dynamics

Priest, Mill Valley, Ceremony, Zendo
May 11 2009

Shifting from Approval to Love

Emotions, Tenzo, Addiction, Lay, confusion
Nov 23 2008

Embracing Fluid Identity Through Zen

Desire, Emotions, Chanting, Don't Know Mind, Letting Go
Nov 22 2008

Embracing Life's Ordinary Wonder

Intention, Precepts, Right Speech, Lay, Soto Zen
Oct 26 2008

Awakening Through Lifes Inner Battles

Letting Go, Intention, Way-Seeking Mind, Emotions, Thich Nhat Hanh
Sep 28 2008

Embracing Ordinary: The Path to Wisdom

Letting Go, Emotions, Renunciation, Silence, Offering
Sep 28 2008

Authentic Connection Through Zen Presence

Death, Emotions, Intention
Sep 28 2008

Transformative Energy Through Meditation

Intuition, Desire, Interview, Emotions
Sep 27 2008

Rooted Presence, Living Enlightenment

Ordinary Mind, Global Warming, Emptiness, Mill Valley, Desire
Feb 10 2008

The Mindful Taste of Life

Death, Addiction, Sutra, Karma, Buddha Nature
Oct 14 2007

Embodied Zen: Practice Through Action

War, Mill Valley, Sutra, Rumi, Freedom
Oct 07 2007

Embrace the Hidden Love Within

Money, Thich Nhat Hanh, Big Mind, Building, Rumi
Apr 22 2007

Liberating Your Hands

Rumi, Health, Zazen, Letting Go, Ceremony, Freedom, Conversation
Apr 15 2007

Embracing Imperfection on the Spiritual Path

Blue Cliff Record, Intimacy, Thich Nhat Hanh, realization, Sangha
Mar 26 2007

Pages