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Talks

Part of the programme at our retreats is the study of Buddhist philosophy, through talks, questions and answers, and discussion among participants. Below you will find recordings of some of these talks. For help playing audio recordings stored on Google Drive, see this guide. Video recordings are available on our YouTube channel. You can also watch video recordings by our teacher Gudo Nishijima.

All 109 talks

2021

July 2021 · Humpolec, Czech Republic

Retreat at Skalní Fara

2015

September 2015 · Banský Studenec, Slovakia

Retreat in Banský Studenec

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2014

August 2014 · Banský Studenec, Slovakia

Retreat in Banský Studenec

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May 2014 · Banský Studenec, Slovakia

Retreat in Banský Studenec

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May 2014 · Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia

Public talk in Banská Štiavnica

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Tomorrow Will Never ComeVideo

2013

September 2013 · Banský Studenec, Slovakia

Retreat in Banský Studenec

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2012

August 2012 · Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic

Retreat at Dibbavana

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May 2012 · Nová Dedinka, Slovakia

Day of zazen in Nová Dedinka

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2011

August 2011 · Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic

Retreat at Dibbavana

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June 2011 · Banský Studenec, Slovakia

Retreat in Banský Studenec

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March 2011 · Zhoř near Pacov, Czech Republic

Winter retreat in Zhoř near Pacov

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2010

March 2010 · Cholín, Czech Republic

Retreat in Cholín

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2009

July 2009 · Brno, Czech Republic

Weekend retreat in Brno

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July 2009 · Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic

Retreat at Dibbavana Meditation Centre

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February 2009 · Cholín, Czech Republic

Winter retreat in Cholín

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2007

October 2007 · Glastonbury, England

Summer Sesshin at Earth Spirit Centre, Glastonbury, UK

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Uji — Session 1Mike’s own name for Uji: time-present, suggesting a oneness of time and existence in timeTranscript Audio
Uji — Session 2Audio
Uji — Session 3Audio
Uji — Session 4Audio
Uji — Session 5Audio

June 2007 · Bělá u Jevíčka, Czech Republic

Retreat at Padmafarma

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2006

September 2006 · Glastonbury, England

Summer Sesshin at Earth Spirit Centre, Glastonbury, UK

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Ikka-no-myoju — Session 1Realising One Bright Pearl in Ordinary Things and a Real EncounterTranscript Audio
Ikka-no-myoju — Session 2One Bright Pearl as Shared Reality Before Thought and DivisionTranscript Audio
Ikka-no-myoju — Session 3Living the Whole Reality Beyond Intellectual Explanations and Perfect ImagesTranscript Audio
Ikka-no-myoju — Session 4The Recorded Portion: The Universe Teaching Us Through Ordinary Encounters and Hidden PearlsTranscript Audio
The Four ViewsFour Views for Integrating Ideals, Bodily Limits, and Present ActionTranscript Audio

June 2006 · Bělá u Jevíčka, Czech Republic

Retreat at Padmafarma

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2005

September 2005 · Glastonbury, England

Summer Sesshin at Earth Spirit Centre, Glastonbury, UK

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Bussho — Session 1Buddha-Nature Is Not a Quality Beings Get and Keep, and Dogen’s Play with Having and Lacking It Points Beyond ConceptsTranscript
Bussho — Session 2Freedom and Independence Belong to the Present Moment, So the Splendid and Pure World Is This World, Not HeavenTranscript
Bussho — Session 3Buddha-Nature and the Dog Exist Without Concepts, and Although We Cannot Help Mistaking Thoughts for Reality, We Can Recognise ItTranscript
Bussho — Session 4Mike Reads Dogen Turning the Question of Which Half of a Cut Earthworm Has Buddha-Nature Toward Plain Reality Here and NowTranscript

June 2005 · Prague, Czech Republic

Weekend retreat at Lotus Centre

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January 2005 · Rowardennan, Loch Lomond, Scotland

Winter Sesshin with Glasgow Zen Group, Loch Lomond, Scotland

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Bussho — Session 1Buddha-Nature as the Real Mountains, Rivers, and People Beyond Names, While Names Still Have Their PlaceTranscript
Bussho — Session 2Being Without Buddha-Nature as Being Free of Pretensions and Concepts, So That We Are Buddha-Nature Instead of Having ItTranscript
Bussho — Session 3Buddha-Nature Exists Just at the Present Moment, and Being Fully in It Means Acting, Not Thinking About ItTranscript
Bussho — Session 4Present Understanding as Hearing and Understanding in One Act, and Being a Buddha as Manifesting Ourselves Just as We AreTranscript
Bussho — Session 5Belief as the Direction That Zazen and Study Uncover in Buddha-Nature, the Body Manifesting Itself Just as It IsTranscript

2004

August 2004 · Glastonbury, England

Summer Sesshin at Earth Spirit Centre, Glastonbury, UK

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Bussho — Session 1Buddha-Nature as Fully Manifesting Existence Beyond Achievement or LabelsTranscript
Bussho — Session 2Wordless Balance in Action Without Division Between Self-Centred and External WorldsTranscript
Bussho — Session 3Mike Reads Fully Manifesting Existence as This Moment, Not an Enduring Self or a ProcessTranscript
Bussho — Session 4Mike Reads Buddha-Nature as Real Present Time, Not a Nature That Arrives LaterTranscript

January 2004 · Rowardennan, Loch Lomond, Scotland

Winter Sesshin, Rowardennan, Scotland

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Uji — Session 1Mike’s reading of Uji: time-present as an alternative to time as a journeyTranscript Audio
Uji — Session 2Time-present beyond the linear track: process, reality, and the human worldTranscript Audio
Uji — Session 3The imperfect present: zazen, effort, and the reality we cannot escapeTranscript Audio
Uji — Session 4Time-present, natural action, and the contradictions made by thoughtTranscript Audio
Uji — Session 5Time-present in speech, inquiry, and the reality of ordinary actionTranscript Audio
Performance by Ralph HoyteRalph HoyteAudio

2003

August 2003 · Glastonbury, England

Summer Sesshin at Earth Spirit Centre, Glastonbury, UK

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Introductions to Shobogenzo Chapters — Session 1Acting in Reality Rather Than Holding Rules or Concepts Too TightlyTranscript
Introductions to Shobogenzo Chapters — Session 2Reality as It Is: From One Bright Pearl to Ordinary PracticeTranscript
Introductions to Shobogenzo Chapters — Session 3Without Intention, Zazen and Kinhin Pass Through the MiddleTranscript
Introductions to Shobogenzo Chapters — Session 4Ordinary Balance in This Moment, Not a High or a Picture of RightTranscript
Introductions to Shobogenzo Chapters — Session 5A Clear Explanation for Simple zazen, Not Therapy or a Mystery Apart from PracticeTranscript

2002

summer 2002 · Glastonbury, England

Summer Sesshin at Earth Spirit Centre, Glastonbury, UK

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Genjo-koan — Session 1Why Practice Cannot Be Forced: Four Views, Balance, and Present ActionTranscript
Genjo-koan — Session 2Realising Delusion Without Seeking Perfection: Attention, Action, and the Forgetting of SelfTranscript
Genjo-koan — Session 3Action Here and Now: Reality, Time, and Realisation in zazenTranscript
Genjo-koan — Session 4Wholeness in Action: Realisation, Perception, and the Ordinary Present MomentTranscript
Genjo-koan — Session 5Action as Place: Freedom, Reality, and Finding the Way as We MoveTranscript

1996

January 1996 · Japan

Talk by Gudo Wafu Nishijima

Mulamadhyamakakarika – A talk on the meaning of Nagarjuna's seminal workAccepting this world as it is: Nishijima reads Nagarjuna as a philosophy of action that points to zazen and moralsGudo Wafu NishijimaTranscript