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Hakuin – A Talk

Meet a great reformer of Zen koan practice, and learn about his life.

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Richard L. FricksPosted on April 26, 2023Categories MeditationTags Sam Harris, Waking Up APPLeave a comment on Hakuin – A Talk

Four Levels of Love – A Talk

Discover the four reasons for practice, from a Zen perspective.

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Richard L. FricksPosted on April 25, 2023Categories MeditationTags Sam Harris, Waking Up APPLeave a comment on Four Levels of Love – A Talk

Everyday Awakening

See how ordinary activities can feel boundless, free, and fulfilling.

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Richard L. FricksPosted on April 24, 2023Categories MeditationTags Sam Harris, Waking Up APPLeave a comment on Everyday Awakening

Not Knowing is Most Intimate

Release your plans, schemes, and ideas—and discover what’s here, now.

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Richard L. FricksPosted on April 23, 2023Categories MeditationTags Sam Harris, Waking Up APPLeave a comment on Not Knowing is Most Intimate

Not Knowing is Most Intimate

Release your plans, schemes, and ideas—and discover what’s here, now.

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Richard L. FricksPosted on April 21, 2023Categories MeditationTags Sam Harris, Waking Up APPLeave a comment on Not Knowing is Most Intimate

The Whole Earth is Medicine

Discover how our psychological wounds can also be the agents of our healing.

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Richard L. FricksPosted on April 20, 2023Categories MeditationTags Sam Harris, Waking Up APPLeave a comment on The Whole Earth is Medicine

Original Nature–A Talk

Revisit the central experience in Zen known as kenshō, or awakening.

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Richard L. FricksPosted on April 19, 2023Categories MeditationTags Sam Harris, Waking Up APPLeave a comment on Original Nature–A Talk

Sweeping the Yard

See how a single sound could knock away everything you know

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Richard L. FricksPosted on April 18, 2023Categories MeditationTags Sam Harris, Waking Up APPLeave a comment on Sweeping the Yard

What is this

Inquire into the very essence of everything you experience.

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Richard L. FricksPosted on April 17, 2023Categories MeditationTags Sam Harris, Waking Up APPLeave a comment on What is this

Ordinary Mind is the Way

Discover how ordinary experience can in fact be quite extraordinary.

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Richard L. FricksPosted on April 16, 2023Categories MeditationTags Sam Harris, Waking Up APPLeave a comment on Ordinary Mind is the Way

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