Heart of Compassion Zen Sangha
The Heart of Compassion Zen Sangha is a member-community of Everyday Zen and Branching Streams, West Marin, CA. Donations: westmarincommunityservices.org/donate. Please scroll down to "Where can we designate your gift?" and indicate HOC sangha.
Episodes
191 episodes
HOC - May 30, 2025 - "Precept 12: 'Do Not Kill'" - Jaune Evans, Nora Burnett
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hein Precepts, 196612. Do not kill. Do not let others kill. Find whatever means possible to protect life and prevent war. Note: This recording begins with Jaune reading the 14 Precepts. It comple...
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HOC - May 25, 2025 - "Precept 11: 'Do Not Live with a Vocation that is Harmful to Humans and Nature....'" - Jaune Evans, Jane Flint
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hein Precepts, 196611. Do not live with a vocation that is harmful to humans and nature. Do not invest in companies that deprive others of their chance to live. Select a vocation that helps realize your idea...
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HOC - May 16, 2025 - "Precept 10: 'Not Using Our Spiritual Community for Personal or Political Gain'" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hein Precepts, 196610. Do not use the Buddhist community for personal gain or profit, or transform your community into a political party. A religious community, however, should take a clear stand against opp...
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HOC - May 9, 2025 - "Precept 9: '...Have Courage to Speak Out About Situations of Injustice...'" Ruth White and Jaune Evans
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hein Precepts, 19669th Precept:Do not say untruthful things for the sake of Personal interest or to impress people. Do not utter words that cause division and hatred. Do not spread news that you do no...
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HOC - May 2, 2025 - "Precept 8: 'Do not utter words that can create discord....'" Wendy Johnson and Patricia Starr
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Toep Hein Precepts, 1966Recommended: 'Beginning a New' by Sister Chan ChongPrecept 8:Do not utter words that can create discord and cause the community to break. Make every effort to reconcile and r...
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HOC - April 25, 2025 - "Precept 7: 'Do Not Lose Yourself In Dispersion....'" - Wendy Johnson and Barbara Bernier
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hein Precepts, 1966Precept 7:Do not lose yourself in dispersion and in your surroundings. Practice mindful breathing to come back to what is happening in the present moment. Be in touch with what is w...
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HOC - April 18, 2025 - "Precept 6: 'Do Not Maintain Anger or Hatred...'" - Jaune Evans, Irene Borger
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 1966Included in the talk were a dozen or so slides depicting paintings and photos that show anger throughout time in various expressions.Precept 6:Do not maintain anger or hatred...
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HOC - April 11, 2025 - "Precept 5: 'Do Not Accumulate Wealth...'" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson, and Steve Costa
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 19665. Do not accumulate wealth while millions are hungry. Do not take as the aim of your life fame, profit, wealth, or sensual pleasure. Live simply and share time, energy, and material resou...
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HOC - April 4, 2025 - "Precept 4: 'Do Not Avoid Contact with Suffering'" - Wendy Johnson, Mary Christy-Cirillo
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 19664. Do not avoid contact with suffering or close your eyes before suffering. Do not lose awareness of the existence of suffering in the life of the world. Find ways to be with those who are...
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HOC - March 28, 2025 - "Precept 3: 'Do Not Force Others to Adopt Your Views' " - Wendy Johnson, Patricia Starr
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 19663. Do not force others, including children, by any means whatsoever, to adopt your views, whether by authority, threat, money, propaganda, or even education. However, through compassionate...
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HOC - March 21, 2025 - "Precept 2: 'Practicing Non-attachment to Views'" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson, Audrey Meinertzhagen
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 19662. Do not think the knowledge you presently possess is changeless, absolute truth. Avoid being narrow-minded and bound to present views. Learn and practice nonattachment from views in orde...
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HOC - March 14, 2025 - "Tiep Hien Precepts: Precept 1 'Do Not Be Idolatrous' " - Wendy Johnson, Eden Clearbrook
Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 19661. Do not be idolatrous about or bound to any doctrine, theory, or ideology, even Buddhist ones. Buddhist systems of thought are guiding means; they are not absolute truth.
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HOC - March 7, 2025 - "Welcoming the 14 Precepts of the Order of Interbeing" - Wendy Johnson
References: Interbeing by Thich Nhat HanhFor A Future To Be Possible by Thich Nhat Hanh
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HOC - February 28, 2025 - "Serving Others as a Bridge" - Jaune Evans
Reference: Zen Seeds by Shundo Aoyama
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HOC - February 21, 2025 - "The World of Mutual Sympathy" - Wendy Johnson
Book referenced: 'Zen Seeds" by Shundo Aoyama
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HOC - February 14, 2025 - "Finding Courage/Knowing When it's Time to Wait, Gather, Act" - Jane Flint
Book referenced: 'Zen Seeds', chapter: 'Plum Blossoms Open the Early Spring' by Shundo Aoyama
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HOC - February 7, 2025 - "Parental Mind" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson, and Anlor Delvin
Book referenced: 'Zen Seeds' by Shundo Aoyama
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HOC - January 31, 2025 - "Looking for a Good Teacher" - Jane Flint and Jaune Evans
Book referenced: "Zen Seeds" Shundo Aoyama
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HOC - January 24, 2025 - "Embracing the Wanted and the Unwanted" - Jaune Evans
Reading from 'Zen Seeds' by Shundo Aoyama
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HOC - January 17, 2025 - "An Eye-Opening" - Jaune Evans
The reading is from ' Zen Seeds' by Shundo Aoyama.
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