Daily Life Practice
Meditation
Mindfulness
Zen practice
Jun 25, 2023
Martin Goodson

What do I really want?

The Gateway Talks

Martin explores what the heart really wants and how to discover it.

In this podcast:

The Grimm’s fairy tale of Lucky Hans

Why is our heart so restless - an experiment

The Buddha’s diagnosis of this restlessness

The estrangement of the Heart as cause - what the Buddha said on his awakening

The false self and the True Nature of the Heart

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Unpacking Desire

A talk about desire and what the Buddha means in the Second Noble Truth.
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Podcast: A Passage from the Diamond Sutra (1)
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The Three Temptations of Māra

A Rohatsu Week Talk
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Introduction to The Four Foundations of Mindfulness Scripture

Gateway Talks
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The Four Foundations of Mindful Awareness: Body

Gateway Talks
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The Four Foundations of Mindful Awareness: Mindfulness of Dharmas

Dharma Talks 
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The Four Foundations of Mindfulness Awareness: Sensation

A Dharma Talk
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The Four Foundations of Mindful Awareness: Mind

Dharma Talks
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Master Sessan’s Three Tips for Zen Training

The Gateway Talks
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Form Practice in Zen Training

The Gateway Talks
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Ceasing of Notions

The Gateway Talks
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Dogen’s Falling Flowers

The Gateway Talks
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The Ever-Turning Wheel | Part 1

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Master Taian and the Old Gentleman

Gateway Talks
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Whose Song Do You Sing?

Gateway Talks
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Bankei’s ‘Unborn’

The Gateway Talks
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The Knower, The God of Buddhism

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Just Be Your Ordinary Selves

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Throwing Oneself Into Fire to Avoid Being Downed

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Nothing Further To Seek is Attaining the Dharma

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Shishi and the Knife

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What do I really want?

The Gateway Talks
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Further reading

Rest the Heart

Gateway Talks
How do we stay in the state of mediation regardless of whether we feeling good or bad?

Shishi and the Knife

Gateway Talks
Shi Tou asks Shishi for a knife but instead receives illumination. We take a look at what this unusual exchange is all about.

Bai Jiyu and Jingzhao Discuss Opposites and the Illusory Power of Words.

Gateway Talks
Before thinking of good or bad, what is your true face?

The Buddha is a Privy Hole!

Gateway Talks
Why were the Zen masters so disrespectful to the Buddha?