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A podcast of original teachings and music by Zenkai Taiun Michael Elliston Roshi, guiding teacher of the Atlanta Soto Zen Center and abbot of the Silent Thunder Order.

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59. Dogen’s Vow: To Hear the True Dharma
59. Dogen’s Vow: To Hear the True Dharma

So, what is the point?
No — the point of life, itself?
Hearing the Dharma?

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Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonOctober 6, 2021
58. Self-Fulfilling Samadhi Duet 2: Jijuyuzammai II
58. Self-Fulfilling Samadhi Duet 2: Jijuyuzammai II

What are we doing?
Buddha’s great activity!
So is everything…

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Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonSeptember 29, 2021Self-Fulfilling Samadhi Duet
57. Self-Fulfilling Samadhi Duet 1: Jijuyuzammai I
57. Self-Fulfilling Samadhi Duet 1: Jijuyuzammai I

Oh, self-fulfilling!
What samadhi is that, now?
It is the real one.

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Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonSeptember 22, 2021Self-Fulfilling Samadhi Duet
56. Actualizing the Fundamental Point Duet 2: Genjokoan II
56. Actualizing the Fundamental Point Duet 2: Genjokoan II

Is enlightenment
dewdrops reflecting the moon —
or is it your mind?

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Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonSeptember 15, 2021Actualizing the Fundamental Point Duet
55. Actualizing the Fundamental Point Duet 1: Genjokoan I
55. Actualizing the Fundamental Point Duet 1: Genjokoan I

All things do exist.
On the other hand, they don’t.
Truth is in-between.

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Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonSeptember 8, 2021Actualizing the Fundamental Point Duet
54. Principles of Zazen Duet 2: Upright Seated Meditation
54. Principles of Zazen Duet 2: Upright Seated Meditation

For your heart’s content,
all you have to do is sit —
still, and long enough.

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Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonSeptember 1, 2021Principles of Zazen Duet
53. Principles of Zazen Duet 1: Source of the Way
53. Principles of Zazen Duet 1: Source of the Way

Though not far away,
you have to enter the gate
found on your cushion.

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Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonAugust 25, 2021Principles of Zazen Duet
52. Trusting Mind Quartet 4: Precious Mirror Samadhi
52. Trusting Mind Quartet 4: Precious Mirror Samadhi

What is so precious
About the mirror of Mind?
You cannot break it!

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Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonAugust 18, 2021Trusting Mind Quartet
51. Trusting Mind Quartet 3: Harmony of Difference and Sameness
51. Trusting Mind Quartet 3: Harmony of Difference and Sameness

Harmony is great!
But must include everything —
It’s the same diff’rence!

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Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonAugust 11, 2021Trusting Mind Quartet
50. Trusting Mind Quartet 2: Trusting Mind, Period
50. Trusting Mind Quartet 2: Trusting Mind, Period

Who said it was yours?
What if they are all liars?
Who you gonna call?

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Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonAugust 4, 2021Trusting Mind Quartet
49. Trusting Mind Quartet 1: Trusting Your Mind
49. Trusting Mind Quartet 1: Trusting Your Mind

A novel idea!
What if it’s untrustworthy?
Then what will you do?

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Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonJuly 28, 2021Trusting Mind Quartet
48. Bodhidharma in China: Nothing Holy, Don’t Know
48. Bodhidharma in China: Nothing Holy, Don’t Know

What a Zen monster!
Walking back to India —
Dead, with one sandal!

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Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonJuly 21, 2021
47. Surangama Sutra Sextet Coda: Fifty False States
47. Surangama Sutra Sextet Coda: Fifty False States

Warning, practicers:
Spawn of the Five Aggregates —
Don’t be fooled again!

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Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonJuly 14, 2021Surangama Sutra Sextet
46. Surangama Sutra Sextet 6: Further Instructions
46. Surangama Sutra Sextet 6: Further Instructions

Further instruction
Is apparently called for —
Don’t eat those onions!

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Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonJuly 7, 2021Surangama Sutra Sextet
45. Surangama Sutra Sextet 5: Practice Instructions
45. Surangama Sutra Sextet 5: Practice Instructions

What is instruction?
Who can tell you what to do?
The Thus-Come One can!

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Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonJune 30, 2021Surangama Sutra Sextet
44. Surangama Sutra Sextet 4: World of Illusion
44. Surangama Sutra Sextet 4: World of Illusion

What is illusion?
Not what you may think it is —
Thought is delusion

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Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonJune 23, 2021Surangama Sutra Sextet
43. Surangama Sutra Sextet 3: The Matrix
43. Surangama Sutra Sextet 3: The Matrix

What is the Matrix
of the so-called Thus-Come One?
Just thus — this suchness.

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Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonJune 16, 2021Surangama Sutra Sextet
42. Surangama Sutra Sextet 2: What Is It That Sees?
42. Surangama Sutra Sextet 2: What Is It That Sees?

What is it that sees?
Is it the eye or the mind?
Or anything else?

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Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonJune 9, 2021Surangama Sutra Sextet
41. Surangama Sutra Sextet 1: Where Is the Mind?
41. Surangama Sutra Sextet 1: Where Is the Mind?

Inside the body?
Outside it or in-between?
Or anywhere else?

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Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonJune 2, 2021Surangama Sutra Sextet
40. Metta Sutta Quartet 4: Standing or Walking
40. Metta Sutta Quartet 4: Standing or Walking

It doesn’t matter
what posture you may adopt —
the truth is the same.

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Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonMay 26, 2021Metta Sutta Quartet
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