Heart of Compassion Zen Sangha
By: Ando Jaune Evans
Language: en-us
Categories: Religion, Spirituality, Buddhism
The Heart of Compassion Zen Sangha is a member-community of Everyday Zen and Branching Streams, West Marin, CA. Donations: westmarincommunityservices.org/donate. Please scroll down to "Where can we designate your gift?" and indicate HOC sangha.
Episodes
HOC - December 12, 2025 - "Practicing Patience With All Beings" - Wendy Johnson
Dec 14, 2025Source book: 'The World Could Be Otherwise' by Norman Fischer
Duration: 00:37:03HOC - December 5, 2025 - "Buddha's Day of Awakening 2025" - Jaune Evans
Dec 07, 2025HOC - November 21, 2025 - "Beyond Ethical Conduct" - Jaune Evans
Nov 26, 2025Source book: 'The World Could Be Otherwise' by Norman Fischer
Duration: 00:14:34HOC - November 14, 2025 - "Ethical Conduct and Peacekeeping" - Wendy Johnson
Nov 15, 2025Source book: 'The World Could Be Otherwise' by Norman Fischer
Duration: 00:27:56HOC - November 7, 2025 - "The Perfection of Ethical Conduct" - Jaune Evans
Nov 09, 2025Source book: 'The World Could Be Otherwise' by Norman Fischer
Duration: 00:17:53HOC - October 31, 2025 - "The Skillful Means of Generosity" - Wendy Johnson, Jaune Evans
Nov 01, 2025Source book: 'The World Could Be Otherwise' by Norman Fischer
Please note that around the 6 minute mark and again at the 23 minute mark there are interruptions in the recording. Yet, nothing is really lost. Apologies for the loss of flow.
Duration: 00:40:30HOC - October 24, 2025 - "Generosity Sets Things in Motion" - Barbara Bernier and Irene Borger
Oct 25, 2025Source book: 'The World Could Be Otherwise' by Norman Fischer
Duration: 00:43:49HOC - October 17, 2025 - "The Perfection of Generosity" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson, and Sangha
Oct 20, 2025Source book: 'The World Could Be Otherwise' by Norman Fischer
Duration: 00:28:47HOC - October 10, 2025 -"Sending and Receiving Imagination" - special guest: Norman Fischer
Oct 12, 2025Sangha is reading: 'The World Could Be Otherwise' by Norman Fischer
Note: the recording has a glitchy patch from minute 7:46 through to 9:12 and at 9:05 it is silent until 9:12. (The recorders internet connection was unstable.)
During the glitchy time, Norman is speaking about the philosopher John Sallis and refers to Sallis' book: Force of Imagination: The Sense of the Elemental (Studies in Continental Thought)
Duration: 00:53:23HOC - October 3, 2025 - "Finding Your Standing Stone" - Wendy Johnson, Harmony Grisman
Oct 06, 2025HOC - September 26, 2025 - "A Pocket Book of Paramitas" - Jaune Evans and Sangha
Sep 28, 2025Source book: The World Could Be Otherwise by Norman Fischer
Duration: 00:38:34HOC - September 19, 2025 - "Seeing With Dark-Adjusted Eyes" - Wendy Johnson
Sep 20, 2025Source book: The World Could Be Otherwise by Norman Fischer
Duration: 00:35:22HOC - September 12, 2025 - "Imagination is a Key Site of Spiritual Practice" - Jaune Evans
Sep 14, 2025HOC - September 5, 2025 - "Our Heart of Compassion Circle of Belongingness" - Jaune Evans and Sangha
Sep 08, 2025Please note that at the 40:15 min mark there was a mysterious interruption and the beginning portion of Larry's share is not in this recording.
Duration: 01:21:44HOC - August 28, 2025 - Green Gulch Retreat - "Into the Tangle; Gardening at the Dragon's Gate" - Wendy Johnson and Sangha
Sep 04, 2025HOC - August 29, 2025 - Green Gulch Retreat - "Soil Kinship" Jaune Evans and Sangha
Sep 04, 2025HOC - August 22, 2025 - "Ryokan's Path to Freedom" Part 2 - Jaune Evans and Wendy Johnson
Aug 24, 2025HOC - August 15, 2025 - "Ryokan's Path to Freedom" Part 1 - Jaune Evans
Aug 16, 2025HOC - June 20, 2025 - "Sangha Reflections On the 14 Tiep Hein Precepts" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson, and Sangha
Jun 22, 2025Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hein Precepts, 1966
Duration: 00:55:41HOC - June 13, 2025 -"Precept 14: 'Stepping Off Into the Unknown, Being Wonderfully Together'" - Jaune Evans
Jun 14, 2025Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hein Precepts, 1966
Precept 14: Do not mistreat your body. Learn to handle it with respect, preserve vital energies (sexual, breath, spirit) for the realization of the Way. Be fully aware of the responsibility of bringing new lives into the world. Meditate on the world into which you are bringing new beings.
Duration: 00:42:08HOC - June 6, 2025 - "Precept 13: 'Possess Nothing That Should Belong to Others'"- Wendy Johnson, Marty Frankel, and Sangha
Jun 09, 2025Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hein Precepts, 1966
Precept 13: Possess nothing that should belong to others. Respect the property of others, but prevent others from profiting from human suffering or the suffering of other species on Earth.
Duration: 00:55:58HOC - May 30, 2025 - "Precept 12: 'Do Not Kill'" - Jaune Evans, Nora Burnett
May 31, 2025Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hein Precepts, 1966
12. Do not kill. Do not let others kill. Find whatever means possible to protect life and prevent war.
Note: This recording begins with Jaune reading the 14 Precepts. It completes at the 12:50 mark.
Duration: 00:29:37HOC - May 25, 2025 - "Precept 11: 'Do Not Live with a Vocation that is Harmful to Humans and Nature....'" - Jaune Evans, Jane Flint
May 24, 2025Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hein Precepts, 1966
11. Do not live with a vocation that is harmful to humans and nature. Do not invest in companies that deprive others of their chance to live. Select a vocation that helps realize your ideal of compassion.
Duration: 00:19:50HOC - May 16, 2025 - "Precept 10: 'Not Using Our Spiritual Community for Personal or Political Gain'" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson
May 17, 2025Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hein Precepts, 1966
10. Do not use the Buddhist community for personal gain or profit, or transform your community into a political party. A religious community, however, should take a clear stand against oppression and injustice and should strive to change the situation without engaging in partisan conflicts.
Duration: 00:37:15HOC - May 9, 2025 - "Precept 9: '...Have Courage to Speak Out About Situations of Injustice...'" Ruth White and Jaune Evans
May 11, 2025Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hein Precepts, 1966
9th Precept:
Do not say untruthful things for the sake of Personal interest or to impress people. Do not utter words that cause division and hatred. Do not spread news that you do not know to be certain. Do not criticize or condemn things of which you are not sure. Always speak truthfully and constructively. Have the courage to speak out about situations of injustice, even when doing so may threaten your own safety.
Duration: 00:26:21HOC - May 2, 2025 - "Precept 8: 'Do not utter words that can create discord....'" Wendy Johnson and Patricia Starr
May 03, 2025Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Toep Hein Precepts, 1966
Recommended: 'Beginning a New' by Sister Chan Chong
Precept 8:
Do not utter words that can create discord and cause the community to break. Make every effort to reconcile and resolve all conflicts, however small.
Duration: 00:33:04HOC - April 25, 2025 - "Precept 7: 'Do Not Lose Yourself In Dispersion....'" - Wendy Johnson and Barbara Bernier
Apr 26, 2025Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hein Precepts, 1966
Precept 7:
Do not lose yourself in dispersion and in your surroundings. Practice mindful breathing to come back to what is happening in the present moment. Be in touch with what is wondrous, refreshing, and healing both inside and around you. Plant seeds of joy, peace, and understanding in yourself in order to facilitate the work of transformation in the depths of your consciousness.
Duration: 00:33:24HOC - April 18, 2025 - "Precept 6: 'Do Not Maintain Anger or Hatred...'" - Jaune Evans, Irene Borger
Apr 20, 2025Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 1966
Included in the talk were a dozen or so slides depicting paintings and photos that show anger throughout time in various expressions.
Precept 6:
Do not maintain anger or hatred. Learn to penetrate and transform them when they are still seeds in your consciousness. As soon as they arise, turn your attention to your breath in order to see and understand the nature of your anger and hatred and the nature of the persons who have caused your anger and hatred.
Duration: 00:20:01HOC - April 11, 2025 - "Precept 5: 'Do Not Accumulate Wealth...'" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson, and Steve Costa
Apr 12, 2025Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 1966
5. Do not accumulate wealth while millions are hungry. Do not take as the aim of your life fame, profit, wealth, or sensual pleasure. Live simply and share time, energy, and material resources with those who are in need.
Duration: 00:19:38HOC - April 4, 2025 - "Precept 4: 'Do Not Avoid Contact with Suffering'" - Wendy Johnson, Mary Christy-Cirillo
Apr 07, 2025Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 1966
4. Do not avoid contact with suffering or close your eyes before suffering. Do not lose awareness of the existence of suffering in the life of the world. Find ways to be with those who are suffering, including personal contact, images, and sound. By such means, awaken yourself and others to the reality of suffering in the world.
Duration: 00:35:35HOC - March 28, 2025 - "Precept 3: 'Do Not Force Others to Adopt Your Views' " - Wendy Johnson, Patricia Starr
Mar 30, 2025Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 1966
3. Do not force others, including children, by any means whatsoever, to adopt your views, whether by authority, threat, money, propaganda, or even education. However, through compassionate dialogue, help others renounce fanaticism and narrowness.
Duration: 00:33:08HOC - March 21, 2025 - "Precept 2: 'Practicing Non-attachment to Views'" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson, Audrey Meinertzhagen
Mar 22, 2025Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 1966
2. Do not think the knowledge you presently possess is changeless, absolute truth. Avoid being narrow-minded and bound to present views. Learn and practice nonattachment from views in order to be open to receive others' viewpoints. Truth is found in life and not merely in conceptual knowledge. Be ready to learn throughout your entire life and to observe reality in yourself and in the world at all times.
Duration: 00:20:32HOC - March 14, 2025 - "Tiep Hien Precepts: Precept 1 'Do Not Be Idolatrous' " - Wendy Johnson, Eden Clearbrook
Mar 16, 2025Source: Thich Nhat Hanh, Tiep Hien Precepts, 1966
1. Do not be idolatrous about or bound to any doctrine, theory, or ideology, even Buddhist ones. Buddhist systems of thought are guiding means; they are not absolute truth.
Duration: 00:21:25HOC - March 7, 2025 - "Welcoming the 14 Precepts of the Order of Interbeing" - Wendy Johnson
Mar 08, 2025References:
Interbeing by Thich Nhat HanhFor A Future To Be Possible by Thich Nhat HanhHOC - February 28, 2025 - "Serving Others as a Bridge" - Jaune Evans
Mar 02, 2025Reference: Zen Seeds by Shundo Aoyama
Duration: 00:31:00HOC - February 21, 2025 - "The World of Mutual Sympathy" - Wendy Johnson
Feb 22, 2025Book referenced: 'Zen Seeds" by Shundo Aoyama
Duration: 00:23:27HOC - February 14, 2025 - "Finding Courage/Knowing When it's Time to Wait, Gather, Act" - Jane Flint
Feb 17, 2025Book referenced: 'Zen Seeds', chapter: 'Plum Blossoms Open the Early Spring' by Shundo Aoyama
Duration: 00:18:13HOC - February 7, 2025 - "Parental Mind" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson, and Anlor Delvin
Feb 10, 2025Book referenced: 'Zen Seeds' by Shundo Aoyama
Duration: 00:32:25HOC - January 31, 2025 - "Looking for a Good Teacher" - Jane Flint and Jaune Evans
Feb 02, 2025Book referenced: "Zen Seeds" Shundo Aoyama
Duration: 00:15:03HOC - January 24, 2025 - "Embracing the Wanted and the Unwanted" - Jaune Evans
Jan 27, 2025Reading from 'Zen Seeds' by Shundo Aoyama
Duration: 00:28:10HOC - January 17, 2025 - "An Eye-Opening" - Jaune Evans
Jan 18, 2025The reading is from ' Zen Seeds' by Shundo Aoyama.
Duration: 00:29:16HOC - January 10, 2025 - "The Blessing Way" - Jaune Evans
Jan 13, 2025HOC - December 20, 2024 - "Zen Seeds - Faces and Bodies Reveal Everything" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson, and Sangha
Dec 24, 2024HOC - December 13, 2024 - "Zen Seeds" - Jaune Evans and Wendy Johnson
Dec 15, 2024HOC - December 7, 2024 - "Bodhi Day Celebration" - Jaune Evans and Wendy Johnson
Dec 08, 2024HOC - November 22, 2024 - "This Next Great Turning" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson, and Sangha
Nov 28, 2024HOC - November 15, 2024 - "What Do We Really Care About?" Part 2 - Jaune Evans and Wendy Johnson
Nov 18, 2024Please note, this recording does not include shared thoughts from the sangha members.
Duration: 00:07:10HOC - November 8, 2024 - "What Do We Really Care About?" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson, and Sangha
Nov 11, 2024HOC - November 8, 2024 - "What Do We Really Care About?" Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson, and Sangha
Nov 10, 2024HOC - November 1, 2024 - "Stretching Your Well-Disciplined Strengths" - Wendy Johnson and Irene Borger
Nov 02, 2024HOC - October 25, 2024 - "Trees as Dharma Gates" - Wendy Johnson and Barbara Bernier
Oct 27, 2024HOC - October 18, 2024 - "Facing the Trauma of Our Times" - Wendy Johnson and Colin Farish
Oct 21, 2024HOC - October 11, 2024 - "Homage to Indigenous People's Day" - Jaune Evans and Wendy Johnson
Oct 17, 2024HOC - October 4, 2024 - "Engaged Wisdom, Action and Lovingkindness" - Jaune Evans and Wendy Johnson
Oct 04, 2024HOC - September 27, 2024 - "Gateway of Despair, 'World as Lover...' 3" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson
Sep 30, 2024Chapter 3 of 'World As Lover, World As Self'
Book references cited by Wendy : 'Walking with the Wind' by John Lewis and 'Just Mercy' by Brian Stevenson
HOC - September 6, 2024 - "8th Anniversary Heart of Compassion Zen Sangha Musings" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson, and Sangha
Sep 20, 2024HOC - September 20, 2024 - "Gratitude and Climate Change" - Jane Flint and Ruth White
Sep 20, 2024HOC - September 13, 2024 - "World as Lover, World as Self 1" - Jaune Evans and Wendy Johnson
Sep 18, 2024
References:
Book: World as Lover, World as Self : Courage for Global Justice and Planetary Awakening - Joanna Macy, Edited by Stephanie Kaza - 30th Anniversary Edition
Bioneers clip on YouTube of Joanna Macy speaking: https://youtu.be/mrCPVtf0bWA?si=b_EZ_Cnn0I92w9rMF
HOC - August 30, 2024 - "Love Letters to the Earth 4" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson, and Sangha
Aug 30, 2024HOC - August 23, 2024 - "Love Letter to Earth 3" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson, and Sangha
Aug 24, 2024References
Primary study text: Love Letter to the Earth, Thich Nat HangArticle: The San Francisco Standard, August 22, 2024 -"Redwood forest with Sonoma County's most famous tree is now protected forever"Poets: Pattiann Rogers, Dorianne Laux, Khalil Gibran Duration: 00:58:37HOC - August 16, 2024 -"Love Letter to Earth 2" - Jaune Evans, Wendy Johnson, and Sangha
Aug 18, 2024Continued study and explorations based on Thich Nhat Hanh's "Love Letter to the Earth".
Duration: 00:57:14HOC - August 9, 2024 - "Love Letter to Earth 1"- Jaune Evans and Wendy Johnson
Aug 12, 2024HOC - June 28, 2024 - "Climate Repentance Ceremony" - Jaune Evans and Wendy Johnson
Jun 29, 2024In acknowledgement of the wonder and love we have for our planet, the sangha gathered for a day-long retreat and began the day with this ceremony.
Duration: 00:43:08