Andrew Tootell's OzZen Podcast

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From Australian Zen teacher Dr Andrew Tootell.

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2021
Stages Of Practice
In this talk Andrew seeks to clarify and de-mystify the traditional pathways of Zen practice. Starting as a seeker and moving to finding a teacher and sangha, formalising a relationship with a teacher and then receiving the precepts. The talk also includes a discussion of the three stages of transmission.
November 21, 2021
50 min
Meditation: Taking Refuge
In this guided meditation I explore the nature of taking refuge in Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.
November 16, 2021
41 min
Buddha Nature 4: Nonduality in a Nutshell
In this series of talks, we commence with developing our understanding of the Mahayana teachings about Buddha Nature and Awakening to our True Self. We conclude that although awakening to our True Self is necessary, it is not sufficient. After having awoken to our True Self, we need to do the hard work of integrating the Parts of the personality that are still in exile, carrying the burdens of developmental trauma or fixed in rigid protective stances and strategies. This is the process of integrating the Parts with the Self. 1. The Four Turnings 2. Does a Dog Have Buddha Nature? 3. Integration of Zen and Psychotherapy 4. Nonduality in a Nutshell.
November 7, 2021
21 min
Buddha Nature 3: Integration of Zen and Psychotherapy
In this series of talks, we commence with developing our understanding of the Mahayana teachings about Buddha Nature and Awakening to our True Self. We conclude that although awakening to our True Self is necessary, it is not sufficient. After having awoken to our True Self, we need to do the hard work of integrating the Parts of the personality that are still in exile, carrying the burdens of developmental trauma or fixed in rigid protective stances and strategies. This is the process of integrating the Parts with the Self. 1. The Four Turnings 2. Does a Dog Have Buddha Nature? 3. Integration of Zen and Psychotherapy 4. Nonduality in a Nutshell.
November 6, 2021
91 min
Buddha Nature 2: Does a Dog Have Buddha Nature?
In this series of talks, we commence with developing our understanding of the Mahayana teachings about Buddha Nature and Awakening to our True Self. We conclude that although awakening to our True Self is necessary, it is not sufficient. After having awoken to our True Self, we need to do the hard work of integrating the Parts of the personality that are still in exile, carrying the burdens of developmental trauma or fixed in rigid protective stances and strategies. This is the process of integrating the Parts with the Self. 1. The Four Turnings 2. Does a Dog Have Buddha Nature? 3. Integration of Zen and Psychotherapy 4. Nonduality in a Nutshell.
November 5, 2021
77 min
Buddha Nature 1: The Four Turnings
In this series of talks, we commence with developing our understanding of the Mahayana teachings about Buddha Nature and Awakening to our True Self. We conclude that although awakening to our True Self is necessary, it is not sufficient. After having awoken to our True Self, we need to do the hard work of integrating the Parts of the personality that are still in exile, carrying the burdens of developmental trauma or fixed in rigid protective stances and strategies. This is the process of integrating the Parts with the Self. 1. The Four Turnings 2. Does a Dog Have Buddha Nature? 3. Integration of Zen and Psychotherapy 4. Nonduality in a Nutshell.
November 4, 2021
81 min
Zen and Self Psychology
This is my last talk, in a series of talks, on Zen as religious practice. In the first part of the talk, I will summarise some of the reasons why I view Zen as a religious practice, and how I was drawn to Zen because of its teaching of the direct realisation of our true nature in this life – not in some future life to come. From the Zen perspective, “the goal of life is to live fully as a human being, with one’s inherent potential completely developed (Guo Gu, 2012, page 6)”. In the second half of the talk, I will suggest that human development naturally leads to the realisation of our inherent Buddha Nature, given these favourable circumstances and conditions. The seed needs to be nurtured. The realisation that we are Buddha Nature, that all sentient beings are Buddha Nature, can be understood as the most mature form of what Heinz Kohut, the founder of Self Psychology, called healthy narcissism.
October 24, 2021
55 min
Meditation: Just This
This meditation focuses primarily on the last two lines of the practice principles: Each moment, life as it is, the only teacher. Being just this moment, compassion’s way. It explores just this moment, as being complete, right here and right now.
October 19, 2021
39 min

About the podcast Andrew Tootell's OzZen Podcast

From Australian Zen teacher Dr Andrew Tootell.

Andrew Tootell's OzZen Podcast

About the podcast Andrew Tootell's OzZen Podcast

Categories

Stages Of Practice

Meditation: Taking Refuge

Buddha Nature 4: Nonduality in a Nutshell

Buddha Nature 3: Integration of Zen and Psychotherapy

Buddha Nature 2: Does a Dog Have Buddha Nature?

Buddha Nature 1: The Four Turnings

Zen and Self Psychology

Meditation: Just This

About the podcast Andrew Tootell's OzZen Podcast

Categories