May 7, 2022
Martin Goodson

Master Taian and the Old Gentleman

Gateway Talks

In this talk we take a look at the effect that culture has on our development and the difference between loneliness and being alone.

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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

Gateway Talks
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Master Taian and the Old Gentleman

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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

The Gateway Talks
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Just Be Your Ordinary Selves

Gateway Talks
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Throwing Oneself Into Fire to Avoid Being Downed

The Gateway Talks
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Nothing Further To Seek is Attaining the Dharma

The Gateway Talks
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Shishi and the Knife

Gateway Talks
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What do I really want?

The Gateway Talks
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Rest the Heart

Gateway Talks
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Rinzai’s 'look for him before you'

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Master Rinzai's medicine for anxiety

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Death’s Three Messengers

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AUDIO COURSES
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DAILY LIFE PRACTICE
INTERVIEWS
MEDITATION
MINDFULNESS
PEOPLE
PSYCHOLOGY
ZEN PRACTICE

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Further reading

The Three Types of Zen Students

Gateway talks
We look at the three different classes of Zen students and why the teaching methods of the Zen masters can sometimes seem so bizarre. 
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Transcending Mindfulness

Psychotherapist Jamie Shavdia and Zen Buddhist teacher Martin Goodson, discuss a wide range of topics from the emerging fringes of science, psychology and spirituality.

Transcending Mindfulness: 5 | The Awakend Ape

Martin and Jamie explore the concept of ‘Paleo-living’, an attempt at living a more natural way of life inspired by tribal and indigenous cultures

Transcending Mindfulness: 4 | Self-Esteem v. No-Self

Are the Buddha's teachings on the self reconcilable with the modern notion of self-esteem?