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The Great Way is not Difficult

The Gateway Talks
The 3rd patriarch of Zen says, ‘The Great Way is not difficult, it merely avoids picking and choosing.’ This week’s Gateway Talk unpacks what these lines mean and why it holds the essence of all Buddhist teachings within it.

Nothing Further To Seek is Attaining the Dharma

The Gateway Talks
WE take a look at the famous Zen Koan “What is the meaning of Bodhidharma’s coming from the West?"

Throwing Oneself Into Fire to Avoid Being Downed

The Gateway Talks
Because of our tendency to view opposites as being in conflict with each other, we can't see situations clearly. Martin reveals how we can use skillful means to let problems resolve themselves in harmony with natural rhythm of life.

Daito Kokushi's Admonition - A Dharma Talk

A Gateway Talk
Before his death he gave his admonition to his monk which gives the essence of his teaching and points to just that which is most important for the training of his monks.

Rinzai’s Neither Outside nor Inside

Gateway Talks
Is the truth within us or outside of us?

The Knower, The God of Buddhism

The Gateway Talks
Who is the one who sees, hears and smells? Who is the doer? Who is the one who knows?

Bankei’s ‘Unborn’

The Gateway Talks
If the natural state of mind is the Buddha mind why don’t we recognise it?

Records of the Transmission of the Lamp Vol. 2: Da'an's exchange with...

Gateway Talks
There is a quiet a spaciousness that already exists within us, but how do we find it?

Whose Song Do You Sing?

Gateway Talks
Although the Buddha’s teachings appear to come from the outside the Heart-Mind is their original source.

The Seed Shop

Gateway Talks
How to let causes and conditions (or Karma) work in your favor.

The Ever Turning Wheel | Part II

Gateway Talks
The Buddha said that to understand the teaching of the '12 Linked Chain of Causation' was to understand the Dharma itself. In this talk we take a deep dive into the teaching.

Dogen’s Falling Flowers

The Gateway Talks
What does liberation really mean for Buddhists? Master Dogen says, ‘The flower petals fall though we love them, the weeds grow though we hate them - that is just how it is.’ (Dogen).

How to Bow

Fundimentals of Zen 
The bow is an essential part of Zen training the teaches us how to surrender through the intelligence of the body, a crucial ingredient for Zen training and a necessary skill to experience awakening.

Ceasing of Notions

The Gateway Talks
What is the difference between knowing in the head and wisdom in the body and how does this work in practice?

Rohatsu Week Talk 2021

The Gateway Talks
Martin Goodson takes us through the inspiring journey of the Buddha's life and enlightenment, a journey that in some sense we must all take when walking the way.

Zen Bites #11: Sitting Meditation

Zen Buddhism & Psychotherapy
Zen and Psychology join forces to discuss Zazen meditation: with tips on how to meditate effectively, it’s history, and why it is such a central practice in both secular and religious mindfulness practices.

Master Sessan’s Three Tips for Zen Training

The Gateway Talks
“Master Sessan said: ‘In our daily life we should remember three things: joining the palms as in prayer; bowing as in worship; and charity.

Zen Bites #9: Mindfulness of eating and drinking

Zen Buddhism & Psychotherapy
In this podcast Jamie and Martin discuss the mindfulness of eating and drinking, and how a meditational way of being in this inevitable act, helps us to connect with the present moment.

Zen Bites #8: Working with the Emotional Household

Zen Buddhism & Psychotherapy
In this podcast Jamie & Martin discuss the necessity of working with the emotions, as a key to the transformation of the heart and laying down the delusion of 'I'. 

The Four Foundations of Mindful Awareness: Mindfulness of Dharmas

Dharma Talks 
In this talk we look at the five hindrances and how they relate to the final foundation of mind, awareness of mind objects.

The Four Foundations of Mindful Awareness: Mind

Dharma Talks
From the buddhist perspective mind includes more than just thinking. It is the place where all experience can be experienced.

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness Awareness: Sensation

A Dharma Talk
Mindfulness of 'feeling' is key to habit formation. How do we undo unskilful habits and create more skilful behaviours in our lives? This podcast continues our series of talks on The Four Foundations of Mindful Awareness.

The Four Foundations of Mindful Awareness: Body

Gateway Talks
A teaching that provides the foundation for Buddhist practice, as taught by the historical Buddha Gautuma.

Introduction to The Four Foundations of Mindfulness Scripture

Gateway Talks
In this talk we examine the fundamentals of mindfulness 

Podcast: An Extract from The Lotus Sutra

The Sutra of Innumerable Means
'Skilful Means' is a central plank of a bodhisattva's training. In this extract the Buddha makes this skill central to realisation and enlightenment.

The Three Temptations of Māra

A Rohatsu Week Talk
The three temptations take place as the ascetic Gautama sits under the Bodhi Tree in his final attempt to see into the nature of reality and become free from suffering. Not to be confused with the notion of the 'devil', Māra is a deity from the Hindu pantheon who plays a dual role as tempter and tester for...

Podcast: Section from the Diamond Sutra

The 32 Marks of Buddha
The 32 mark were used as living symbols of Buddha and aligned to the creation of the 'practice body' of adherents to deliver beings out of delusion. The power of the Buddha made manifest through teachings, meditation, words and ritual practices.

Podcast: A Passage from the Diamond Sutra (1)

The Diamond Sutra is part of the Great Heart of Wisdom cycle of scriptures. In this talk: karma, self and no-self; the bodhisattva path and nested selves.

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