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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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The Rabbit Time |
Jan 01 2025 |
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Awakening Through Zen and PoetrySerial: 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 |
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Intersection of Zen and ClowningSerial: 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 |
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Zen Embodiment: Path to FreedomSerial: 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 |
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Awakening Authenticity in Zen PracticeSerial: 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 |
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Chasing Illusions, Finding ContentmentSerial: 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 |
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Awakening Through Mindful LiberationSerial: 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 |
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Presence Over Performance in ZenSerial: 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 |
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Zen on the Cutting BoardSerial: 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 |
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Embracing Meditation: Experience Over IdealSerial: EB-00228Y Short introduction to meditation. Instruction, Bell |
Oct 03 2009 |
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Embrace Reality: Zen Without IllusionsSerial: 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 |
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Embrace Activity for True EnlightenmentSerial: EB-00228V Short introduction to meditation. Way-Seeking Mind |
Oct 02 2009 |
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Mindful Attention: Beyond Surface AllureSerial: 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 |
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Embracing Life's Chaos and ConnectionSerial: EB-00228X Visiting the Apple Store; noticing attachments, desires and cravings. Attachment, Desire, Sangha, Greed, Intimacy |
Oct 02 2009 |
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Cultivating Connection Through Conscious CookingSerial: EB-00228U Cooking demonstration; practice of eating just one potato chip Money, Mill Valley, Ceremony, Culture, Community |
Sep 22 2009 |
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Love Beyond Illusions and ExpectationsSerial: EB-00228T Use of the word love; controlling reality so as not to feel disappointment. Causation, Sangha, Doubt, Liberation |
Sep 04 2009 |
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Zen Amidst Everyday ChaosSerial: EB-00233 Visiting the Apple Store; visiting with Maureen Stuart Roshi; dealing with our problems. Passions, Death, Priest, Delusion |
Aug 12 2009 |
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Embracing Impermanence in Zen PracticeSerial: 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 |
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Mind's Emptiness, Buddha's RealitySerial: 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 |
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Finding Purpose Through Spiritual PracticeSerial: 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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Pathways: Embracing Life's Spiritual Journey Priest, confusion, Realization, War |
Jul 03 2009 |
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You Have to Save Your Own LifeSerial: EB-00228S You have to save your own life. Rumi, Death, Posture, Bell |
Jul 03 2009 |
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Genuine Presence in Zen Journey Bell, Lineage, Rinzai |
Jun 29 2009 |
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Flowing Silence: Harnessing Spiritual Energy Samadhi, Silence, Building, Letting Go, Concentration |
Jun 28 2009 |
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Awakening the Teacher Within You Realization, Silence, Delusion, Desire |
Jun 27 2009 |
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Embracing Life's Unscripted Flow Bell, Balance, Causation, Daily Life |
Jun 26 2009 |
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Zen Insight: Balancing Structure and Flow Buddha Mind, Demons, Doubt, Priest, Ordination |
Jun 25 2009 |
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Zen Silence and Self-Acceptance Path Monkey Mind, Silence, Vow, Bell |
Jun 24 2009 |
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Embracing Dualities in Zen Harmony Demons, Passions, Ordinary Mind, Enthusiasm |
Jun 18 2009 |
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Presence in Everyday Zen Practice Big Mind, Dragons, Tenzo, Beginners, Offering |
Jun 17 2009 |
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Mindful Cooking, Authentic Living Heart Sutra, Sutra, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Uchiyama |
Jun 16 2009 |
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Savoring Life Through Wholehearted Presence Silence, Evil, Offering, Posture, Enthusiasm |
Jun 15 2009 |
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Embracing Compassion in Zen Practice Practice Period, Letting Go, Posture, Community, Death |
May 13 2009 |
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Zen Living: Mindfulness in Action Practice Period, Soto Zen, Baso |
May 12 2009 |
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Zen in the Everyday Kitchen Politics, Tenzo, Money, Don't Know Mind |
May 11 2009 |
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Zen and the Art of Cutting Mindfulness, Japan |
May 11 2009 |
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Zen Authenticity and Status Dynamics Priest, Mill Valley, Ceremony |
May 11 2009 |
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Shifting from Approval to Love Emotions, Tenzo, Addiction, Lay, confusion |
Nov 23 2008 |
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Embracing Fluid Identity Through Zen Desire, Emotions, Chanting, Don't Know Mind, Letting Go |
Nov 22 2008 |
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Embracing Life's Ordinary Wonder Intention, Precepts, Right Speech, Lay, Soto Zen |
Oct 26 2008 |
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Awakening Through Lifes Inner Battles Letting Go, Intention, Way-Seeking Mind, Emotions, Thich Nhat Hanh |
Sep 28 2008 |
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Embracing Ordinary for True Wisdom Work, Suzuki Roshi, Letting Go |
Sep 28 2008 |
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Authentic Connection Through Zen Presence Death, Emotions, Intention |
Sep 28 2008 |
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Transformative Energy Through Meditation Intuition, Desire, Interview, Emotions |
Sep 27 2008 |
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Rooted Presence, Living Enlightenment Ordinary Mind, Global Warming, Emptiness, Mill Valley, Desire |
Feb 10 2008 |
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The Mindful Taste of Life Death, Addiction, Sutra, Karma, Buddha Nature |
Oct 14 2007 |
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Embodied Zen: Practice Through Action War, Mill Valley, Sutra, Rumi, Freedom |
Oct 07 2007 |
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Embrace the Hidden Love Within Money, Thich Nhat Hanh, Big Mind, Building, Rumi |
Apr 22 2007 |
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Embracing Imperfection on the Spiritual Path Blue Cliff Record, Intimacy, Thich Nhat Hanh, Realization, Sangha |
Mar 26 2007 |
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Embracing Life's True Essence Chanting, Rumi, Desire |
Jan 21 2007 |