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Episodes
Appamada2026-01-12 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamda Story
2026-01-12 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamda Story by Appamada
Appamada2026-01-11 | Dharma Activity | Reflecting on Robert Aitken's gathas | Joel Barna
Selected Gathas from Zen Vows for Daily Life, by Robert Aitken Roshi Watching the sky before dawn I vow with all beings to open those flawless eyes that…
Appamada2026-01-06 I Inquiry I Actualization of love I Joel Barna
2026-01-06 I Inquiry I Actualization of love I Joel Barna by Appamada
Appamada2026-01-05 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story
2026-01-05 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story by Appamada
Appamada2026-01-04 | Dharma Talk | Vow | Sandra Medina Bocangel
2026-01-04 | Dharma Talk | Vow | Sandra Medina Bocangel by Appamada
Appamada2025-12-25 | Way-Seeking Mind Talk | C. Seren8y
2025-12-25 | Way-Seeking Mind Talk | C. Seren8y by Appamada
Appamada2025-12-16 I Annunciation I Inquiry I Flint Sparks
Annunciation ~Marie Howe Even if I don’t see it again - nor ever feel it I know it is and that if once it hailed me it ever does - And so it is myself I want…
Appamada2025-12-15 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story
2025-12-15 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story by Appamada
Appamada2025.12.14 | Dharma Talk | Forgiveness | Nate Smalley
2025.12.14 | Dharma Talk | Forgiveness | Nate Smalley by Appamada
Appamada2025-12-09 I Waking up and Growing up I Inquiry Suzanne Kilkus
link to poem : https://www.poetryverse.com/emily-dickinson-poems/you-cannot-put-a-fire-out
Appamada2025-12-08 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story
2025-12-08 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story by Appamada
Appamada2025.12.07 | Rohatsu Ceremony | Nishijima Roshi on the Buddha’s Enlightenment | Nate Smalley
2025.12.07 | Rohatsu Ceremony | Nishijima Roshi on the Buddha’s Enlightenment | Nate Smalley by Appamada
Appamada2025-12-02 I Inquiry I Go to the Limits of your Longing I Trudy Johnston
2025-12-02 I Inquiry I Go to the Limits of your Longing I Trudy Johnston by Appamada
Appamada2025-12-01 | Depth In Practice| Not Two: The Appamada Story
2025-12-01 | Depth In Practice| Not Two: The Appamada Story by Appamada
Appamada2025-11-30 | Dharma Talk | Shuzen is Not Zazen | Ellen Hippard
2025-11-30 | Dharma Talk | Shuzen is Not Zazen | Ellen Hippard by Appamada
Appamada2025-11-24 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story
2025-11-24 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story by Appamada
Appamada2025-11-25 I Inquiry I Bodhichitta Blessings I Suzanne Kilkus
2025-11-25 I Inquiry I Bodhichitta Blessings I Suzanne Kilkus by Appamada
Appamada2025-11-23 | Dharma Talk | Black Holes, Basic Goodness, and the Perfection of Wisdom | Jon-Eric Steinbomer
2025-11-23 | Dharma Talk | Black Holes, Basic Goodness, and the Perfection of Wisdom | Jon-Eric Steinbomer by Appamada
Appamada2025-11-18 I Inquiry I It is our shared pain that is the cord of our belonging I Trudy Johnston
2025-11-18 I Inquiry I It is our shared pain that is the cord of our belonging I Trudy Johnston by Appamada
Appamada2025-11-16 | Dharma Transmission Talk | Nathan Hōshin Kōnen Smalley
2025-11-16 | Dharma Transmission Talk | Nathan Hōshin Kōnen Smalley by Appamada
Appamada2025-11-04 I Inquiry I Meeting what is needed I Joel Barna
2025-11-04 I Inquiry I Meeting what is needed I Joel Barna by Appamada
Appamada2025-11-03 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story | Peg Syverson
2025-11-03 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story | Peg Syverson by Appamada
Appamada2025-11-02 | Dharma Talk | Living in a Polarized World: Cultivation of the Delusion of Separation | Rosemarie Gardella Gates
2025-11-02 | Dharma Talk | Living in a Polarized World: Cultivation of the Delusion of Separation | Rosemarie Gardella Gates by Appamada
Appamada2025-10-27 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story | Peg Syverson
2025-10-27 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story | Peg Syverson by Appamada
Appamada2025-10-28 I Inquiry I Zazen and Precepts I Flint Sparks
2025-10-28 I Inquiry I Zazen and Precepts I Flint Sparks by Appamada
Appamada2025-10-26 | Dharma Talk | Becoming a Riverbed of Mercy | Jessica Steinbomer
Mercy has no hands, yet carries the whole mountain down to the quiet. All are welcome to the river’s edge. Spelling note: Jessica cites from several sources…
Appamada2025-10-21 I Inquiry I Auden and Haga: active hope I Joel Barna
W.H. Auden clip https://youtu.be/oWtVYYoJFl4?si=MkPur0C6uJFKddz0
Appamada2025-10-20 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story | Peg Syverson
2025-10-20 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story | Peg Syverson by Appamada
Appamada2025-10-19 | Dharma Talk | Grace | Nate Smalley
2025-10-19 | Dharma Talk | Grace | Nate Smalley by Appamada
Appamada2025-10-15 I Inquiry I Enjoy Your Life I Josh Gifford
Songs arrive even in the mail box Songs keep coming even happy to be sad Josephine Foster
Appamada2025-10-13 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story | Peg Syverson
2025-10-13 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story | Peg Syverson by Appamada
Appamada2025-10-12 | Dharma Talk | American Zen Teachers Association Conference | Peg Syverson
Recording of Calling Out to Hungry Hearts by Krishna Das courtesy of Upaya Zen Center: https://youtu.be/2wI5zlF2eeQ?si=uK1PoeKDSyJMO_bw
Appamada2025-10-07 I Inquiry I Be like the Buddha was, before the Buddha was Buddha I Trudy Johnston
Fred LaMotte 'My Ancestry DNA results came in. Just as I suspected, my great great grandfather was a monarch butterfly. Much of who I am is still wriggling…
Appamada2025-05-12| Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra
2025-05-12| Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra by Appamada
Appamada2025-10-06 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra
2025-10-06 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra by Appamada
Appamada2025-10-05 | Dharma Talk | Sin and Repentance | Nate Smalley
2025-10-05 | Dharma Talk | Sin and Repentance | Nate Smalley by Appamada
Appamada2025-09-30 I Inquiry I Joanna Macy's Bodhisattva Check-in I Joel Barna
2025-09-30 I Inquiry I Joanna Macy's Bodhisattva Check-in I Joel Barna by Appamada
Appamada2025-09-29 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra
2025-09-29 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra by Appamada
Appamada2025-09-28 | Dharma Talk | Bodhisattva Check-In | Joel Barna
2025-09-28 | Dharma Talk | Bodhisattva Check-In | Joel Barna by Appamada
Appamada2025-09-23 I Inquiry I Being ourselves at Gate A-4 I Suzanne Kilkus
2025-09-23 I Inquiry I Being ourselves at Gate A-4 I Suzanne Kilkus by Appamada
Appamada2025-09-22 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra
2025-09-22 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra by Appamada
Appamada2025-09-15 | Fall '25 Intensive | Shikantaza | Peg Syverson
2025-09-15 | Fall '25 Intensive | Shikantaza | Peg Syverson by Appamada
Appamada2025-09-16 | Fall '25 Intensive | Nate Smalley
2025-09-16 | Fall '25 Intensive | Nate Smalley by Appamada
Appamada2025-09-17 | Fall '25 Integrated Intensive | Peg Syverson
2025-09-17 | Fall '25 Integrated Intensive | Peg Syverson by Appamada
Appamada2025-09-18 | Fall '25 Integrated Intensive | Nate Smalley
2025-09-18 | Fall '25 Integrated Intensive | Nate Smalley by Appamada
Appamada2025-09-19 | Fall '25 Integrated Intensive | Peg Syverson
2025-09-19 | Fall '25 Integrated Intensive | Peg Syverson by Appamada
Appamada2025-09-20 | Fall '25 Integrated Intensive | Nate Smalley
2025-09-20 | Fall '25 Integrated Intensive | Nate Smalley by Appamada
Appamada2025-09-20 | Fall '25 Intensive | Peg Syverson
2025-09-20 | Fall '25 Intensive | Peg Syverson by Appamada
Appamada2025-09-21 | Dharma Talk | Navigating the Dharma with Koans and other Mirrors | Kim Mosley
Kim's drawings available at https://blog.kimmosley.com.
Appamada2025-09-16 I Inquiry I In the Space of Absence I Flint Sparks
Thanks to Pádraig Ó Tuama, August 24, 2025 on Substack.
Appamada2025-09-14 | Dharma Talk | Who Are the Earth Store Bodhisattvas? | Peg Syverson
2025-09-14 | Dharma Talk | Who Are the Earth Store Bodhisattvas? | Peg Syverson by Appamada
Appamada2025-05-12 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra
2025-05-12 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra by Appamada
Appamada2025-09-09 I Inquiry I Take Care How You Place Your Feet in the Zendo I Josh Gifford
2025-09-09 I Inquiry I Take Care How You Place Your Feet in the Zendo I Josh Gifford by Appamada
Appamada2025-09-08 | Depth In Practice | Virmalakirti Sutra
2025-09-08 | Depth In Practice | Virmalakirti Sutra by Appamada
Appamada2025-09-07 | Dharma Talk | Worship & Transmission | Nate Smalley
2025-09-07 | Dharma Talk | Worship & Transmission | Nate Smalley by Appamada
Appamada2025-09-02 I Inquiry I Compassion has no enemies I Trudy Johnston
2025-09-02 I Inquiry I Compassion has no enemies I Trudy Johnston by Appamada
Appamada2025-09-01 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra
2025-09-01 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra by Appamada
Appamada2025-08-31 | Dharma Talk | Practice: What Is It? | Jess
Koan was from The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans by Koun Yamada. Case 7: Joshu's Washing the Bowls. Reflection questions: 1) What were you…
Appamada2025-08-26 I Inquiry I suffering and love I Suzanne Kilkus
2025-08-26 I Inquiry I suffering and love I Suzanne Kilkus by Appamada
Appamada2025-08-25 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra
2025-08-25 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra by Appamada