# zns (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover zns. Page: Feed: --- ## [Episode 286: THZ 286 - Mindfulness and Pain](https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/zennovascotia/episodes/2026-08-19T06_40_55-07_00) _2026-08-19 · Zen Nova Scotia · Thousand Harbours Zen_ On how pain can bring us into the present. (Koun Franz; August 20, 2024) You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube Channel. Post-production by Tod Nyokai. [Listen](https://zennovascotia.podomatic.com/enclosure/2026-08-19T06_40_55-07_00.mp3?_=1787146856.17852880) ## [Episode 285: THZ 285 - Butsudō- Produce a Buddha](https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/zennovascotia/episodes/2026-08-11T18_59_55-07_00) _2026-08-12 · Zen Nova Scotia · Thousand Harbours Zen_ In "The Way of the Buddhas" (Shōbōgenzō Butsudō), Dōgen recommends five practices. The third is "to work to produce a buddha during this life." (Koun Franz; August 6, 2024) You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube channel. Post-production by Tod Nyokai. [Listen](https://zennovascotia.podomatic.com/enclosure/2026-08-11T18_59_55-07_00.mp3?_=1786500011.17847219) ## [Episode 284: THZ 284 - Butsudō- Cultivate the Mind of Awakening](https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/zennovascotia/episodes/2026-08-05T07_47_30-07_00) _2026-08-05 · Zen Nova Scotia · Thousand Harbours Zen_ In "The Way of the Buddhas" (Shōbōgenzō Butsudō), Dōgen recommends five practices. In this talk, a look at the first: cultivating the mind of awakening. (Koun Franz; July 2 2 , 2024) You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube Channel. Post-production by Tod Nyokai. [Listen](https://zennovascotia.podomatic.com/enclosure/2026-08-05T07_47_30-07_00.mp3?_=1785941251.17841832) ## [Episode 283: THZ 283 - Butsudō: Revere the Three Treasures](https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/zennovascotia/episodes/2026-07-29T17_12_24-07_00) _2026-07-30 · Zen Nova Scotia · Thousand Harbours Zen_ In "The Way of the Buddhas" (Shōbōgenzō Butsudō), Dōgen recommends five practices. The second: "Next, we should deeply revere the three treasures of buddha, dharma, and sangha." (Koun Franz; July 9, 2024) You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube Channel. Post-production… [Listen](https://zennovascotia.podomatic.com/enclosure/2026-07-29T17_12_24-07_00.mp3?_=1785370345.17836045) ## [Episode 282: THZ 282 - We Hold the Aggressor with Compassion](https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/zennovascotia/episodes/2026-07-24T09_45_00-07_00) _2026-07-24 · Zen Nova Scotia · Thousand Harbours Zen_ On retreat, a talk about how we hold someone we see as an enemy versus how we hold a baby. (Koun Franz; June 22, 2024) You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen YouTube Channel. Post-production by Tod Nyokai. [Listen](https://zennovascotia.podomatic.com/enclosure/2026-07-24T09_45_00-07_00.mp3?_=1784911500.17831286) ## [Episode 281: THZ - 281 Hands and Eyes](https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/zennovascotia/episodes/2026-07-13T16_43_03-07_00) _2026-07-13 · Zen Nova Scotia · Thousand Harbours Zen_ Case #105 of Dōgen’s Mana Shobogenzo (Koun Franz; June 18, 2024): Yunyan asked Daowu, “How does the Bodhisattva of Great Compassion \[Avalokiteśvara\] use so many hands and eyes?” Daowu said, “It’s just like a person in the middle of the night reaching back in search of a pillow.” —from The True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen’s Three Hundred Koans, by John Daido Loori and Kazuaki Tanahashi You can… [Listen](https://zennovascotia.podomatic.com/enclosure/2026-07-13T16_43_03-07_00.mp3?_=1783986184.17822714) ## [Episode 280: THZ 280 - What We Are A Part Of](https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/zennovascotia/episodes/2026-06-16T05_09_24-07_00) _2026-06-16 · Zen Nova Scotia · Thousand Harbours Zen_ Our temple, Sensouji, has received official recognition as a temple by the Soto Zen School in Japan. Here, a talk about what it means for us to belong to something else: a sect, a school, a tradition, a lineage. (Koun Franz; June 4, 2024) You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours… [Listen](https://zennovascotia.podomatic.com/enclosure/2026-06-16T05_09_24-07_00.mp3?_=1781611765.17800845) ## [Episode 279: THZ 279 - Waiting For The Bell](https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/zennovascotia/episodes/2026-06-16T05_06_37-07_00) _2026-06-16 · Zen Nova Scotia · Thousand Harbours Zen_ When we sit in zazen, we’re waiting for the bell; when we notice that feeling, we notice we’re always waiting for something. What if we weren’t? (Koun Franz; May 21, 2024) You can support Thousand Harbours Zen and learn more about our practice by visiting thousandharbourszen.com; talks are also available on the Thousand Harbours Zen podcast. Post-production by Tod Nyokai. [Listen](https://zennovascotia.podomatic.com/enclosure/2026-06-16T05_06_37-07_00.mp3?_=1781611598.17800842) ## [Episode 278: THZ 278 - Each Stitch Like the Earth Exploding](https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/zennovascotia/episodes/2026-06-16T05_04_28-07_00) _2026-06-16 · Zen Nova Scotia · Thousand Harbours Zen_ Case 93 of Dogen's Mana Shobogenzo (Koun Franz; May 7, 2024): Shenshan was sewing when Dongshan said, “What are you doing?” Shenshan said, “I am sewing.” Dongshan said, “What is sewing?” Shenshan said, “Each stitch follows the other.” Dongshan said, “If my companion of twenty years says so, I guess there is a point.” Shenshan said, “What would you say, Elder?” Dongshan said, “Each stitch is like… [Listen](https://zennovascotia.podomatic.com/enclosure/2026-06-16T05_04_28-07_00.mp3?_=1781611469.17800839) ## [Open-source Screen Sharing with Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/mdcG9RXbWttF) _2026-06-16 · **Sponsored**_ WebRTC screen sharing with simultaneous mouse & keyboard control; viewers join in browser. ## [Episode 277: THZ 277 - You Are Not Anyone Else](https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/zennovascotia/episodes/2026-06-16T05_02_11-07_00) _2026-06-16 · Zen Nova Scotia · Thousand Harbours Zen_ Case 76 of Dogen's Mana Shobogenzo (Koun Franz; April 16, 2024): Dagui was once asked by a monastic, “What is the Way?” Dagui said, “No-mind is the Way.” The monastic said, “I don’t understand it.” Dagui said, “It’s good to understand not-understanding.” The monastic said, “What is not-understanding?” Dagui said, “It’s just that you are not anyone else.” —from The True Dharma Eye: Zen Master… [Listen](https://zennovascotia.podomatic.com/enclosure/2026-06-16T05_02_11-07_00.mp3?_=1781611332.17800837)