Teachings
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Going Back To The Source: Seeing With Complete Vision {VIDEO Clip}
December 13, 20142 min read
This is the 7th short video clip (4:03) from the conversation between Stephen Batchelor and Henry Shukman, on June 4, 2014, at the Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico on “Going Back to the Source.” The entire talk's video (1:03:15) can also be viewed on our YouTube channel. Their dialogue covers : Eastern and Western thought, the great doubt, dismantling of knowing, ancient greeks and buddhism, zen and classical philosophy, seeing with clarity, humanist enlightenment in the west, roots of...
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Going Back To The Source: Transcending The Law of the Excluded Middle {VIDEO Clip}
December 8, 20143 min read
This is the 6th short video clip (5:49) from the conversation between Stephen Batchelor and Henry Shukman, on June 4, 2014, at the Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico on “Going Back to the Source.” The entire talk's video (1:03:15) can also be viewed on our YouTube channel. Their dialogue covers : Eastern and Western thought, the great doubt, dismantling of knowing, ancient greeks and buddhism, zen and classical philosophy, seeing with clarity, humanist enlightenment in the west, roots of...
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Going Back To The Source: The Dharma Is Clearly Visible {VIDEO Clip}
December 3, 20145 min read
This is the 5th short video clip (4:46) from the conversation between Stephen Batchelor and Henry Shukman, on June 4, 2014, at the Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico on “Going Back to the Source.” The entire talk's video (1:03:15) can also be viewed on our YouTube channel. Their dialogue covers : Eastern and Western thought, the great doubt, dismantling of knowing, ancient greeks and buddhism, zen and classical philosophy, seeing with clarity, humanist enlightenment in the west, roots of...
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Going Back To The Source: Classical Philosophy and Zen {VIDEO Clip}
December 1, 20144 min read
This is the 4th short video clip (3:58) from the conversation between Stephen Batchelor and Henry Shukman, on June 4, 2014, at the Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico on “Going Back to the Source.” The entire talk's video (1:03:15) can also be viewed on our YouTube channel. Their dialogue covers : Eastern and Western thought, the great doubt, dismantling of knowing, ancient greeks and buddhism, zen and classical philosophy, seeing with clarity, humanist enlightenment in the west, roots of...
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About Suffering They Were Never Wrong: How Zen Relieves Suffering
November 22, 20141 min read
Episode Description: Zen's approach to suffering is extraordinary and brilliant. In a chain of koans concerning the early Chan masters, this talk examines that approach, and helps us to experience our self and our suffering in an entirely new light. This talk was given by our resident teacher, Henry Shukman, on September 28, 2014. Image Credit: Light bulb-My hands, by Jason Hickey, CC BY 2.0, from flickr.com: https://goo.gl/BjxQNc Featured Image Credit: by Jastoycagando, CC0 Public Domain, from www.pixabay.com...
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Going Back To The Source: In order to see the ground {VIDEO Clip}
November 10, 20144 min read
This is the 3rd short video clip (4:32) from the conversation between Stephen Batchelor and Henry Shukman, on June 4, 2014, at the Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico on “Going Back to the Source.” The entire talk's video (1:03:15) can also be viewed on our YouTube channel. Their dialogue covers : Eastern and Western thought, the great doubt, dismantling of knowing, ancient greeks and buddhism, zen and classical philosophy, seeing with clarity, humanist enlightenment in the west, roots of...
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