AZC Weekly talks
In this podcast you can find almost all the talks given at the Auckland Zen Centre, back to 2016. Most talks are by Roshi Amala Wrightson, but there are also talks from Sensei Richard von Sturmer and senior students too.
Auckland Zen Centre
Show overview
AZC Weekly talks has been publishing since 2016, and across the 10 years since has built a catalogue of 309 episodes. That works out to roughly 250 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 44 min and 53 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Religion & Spirituality show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 25 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2020, with 44 episodes published. Published by Auckland Zen Centre.
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In this podcast you can find almost all the talks given at the Auckland Zen Centre, back to 2016. Most talks are by Roshi Amala Wrightson, but there are also talks from Sensei Richard von Sturmer and senior students too.
Latest Episodes
View all 309 episodes2026-09-29 Giving
2026-09-10 Bodhidharma's Wake Up Sermon
2026-09-09 Bodhidharma's Bloodstream Sermon 3
2026-09-08 Bodhidharma's Bloodstream Sermon 2
2026-09-07 Master Dōgens Extensive Record 2
2026-09-06 Master Dōgens Extensive Record 1
2026-09-05 Bodhidharma's Bloodstream Sermon 1
2026-08-25 How Long Will It Take?
2026-08-11 Patience
2026-07-21 Nature Koans 5: Mumonkan Case 6, 'The Buddha Holds Up a Flower'
2026-07-07 The Bodhisattva Precepts 3
2026-06-23 The Bodhisattva Precepts 2
2026-06-09 The Bodhisattva Precepts 1
2026-05-26 Nature Koans 4: Mumonkan Case 2, 'Hyakujo and the Fox'
2026-04-21 Ahimsa
07-04-2026 Term Intensive Tips
Some thoughts on making the most of a Term Intensive.Sources: Silent Illumination by Guo Gu, Self-help for your Nerves by Claire Weekes, and Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg.
2026-03-24 Peace and War
Peace must always be given precedence, in particular making peace with ourselves. But war is always present; there has never been a time in human history when a war has not been waged on some part of our planet. So, in this teisho we take a clear-eyed look at war as well.Text: Essay by James Hillman, "Wars, Arms, Rams, Mars: On the Love of War".
2026-02-10 Nature Koans 3: Wu-tsu's Buffalo Passes Through the Window
This is the third in a series of koans centred on the natural world. The koan is Case 38 in the MumonkanBooks used in the teisho:Zen's Chinese Heritage by Andy Ferguson and The Gateless Barrier by Robert Aitken.
2026-01-27 The Three Fruits of Zen Practice
The three fruits of Zen practice are, 1. joriki or concentration, 2. kensho, or seeing your True Nature and 3. mujo do no taigen, or embodiment of the peerless way.Source: Ruben Habito's Foreword to The Flowing Bridge by Elaine MacInnes, Wisdom 2007.
2026-01-10 Master Dōgen's Life and Teaching 6
More from the Shobogenzo Zuimonki on effort.Source: A Primer of Soto Zen translated by Reiho Masunaga.