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Edward Espe Brown Talks

"Kainei" Edward Espé Brown (born March 24, 1945) is an American Zen teacher and writer. He is the author of The Tassajara Bread Book, written at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, as well as the co-author of The Greens Cookbook, with Deborah Madison.

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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, 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, Religion, Bell
Aug 25 2010
Tassajara

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, 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, 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

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

Embracing Meditation: Experience Over Ideal

Serial: EB-00228Y

Short introduction to meditation.

Instruction, Bell
Oct 03 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

Embrace Activity for True Enlightenment

Serial: EB-00228V

Short introduction to meditation.

Way-Seeking Mind
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

Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side C

Serial: BZ-01549C

Very end of Session 1 and start of Session 2: The American Reception

Precepts, Culture, Bodhisattva Precepts, Politics, Repentance, Platform Sutra,...
Aug 28 2009
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San Francisco Zen Center

Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side D

Serial: BZ-01549D

Afternoon discussion by panelists and audience

Cultivation, Conversation, Don't Know Mind, Transmission, Fundraising,...
Aug 28 2009
4
San Francisco Zen Center

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.

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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

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