Awakening Streams: The One River Zen Podcast

1. Episode · Aug 29, 2026

   Stop Trying to Fix Yourself | A Zen Teaching on Not Knowing | Book of Equanimity 45 (opens the original)

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   In this episode of Awakening Streams, Sensei Michael Brunner explores Case 45 of the Book of Equanimity, “The Sutra of Complete Awakening,” and the Zen practice of meeting life without demanding certainty. We often assume practice should help us eliminate difficult thoughts, overcome uncertainty, and finally understand what is happening. But this koan points in another direction: do not suppress what arises, do not add another layer of explanation, and do not turn reality itself into something t

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2. Episode · Jul 27, 2026

   Enter Zen from There | Book of Equanimity Case 81 (opens the original)

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   What if grief, uncertainty, longing, and doubt are not obstacles to Zen practice, but the very places where practice begins? In this episode, Sensei Michael Brunner explores Case 81 of the Shōyōroku, “Gensha Comes to the Province,” and the teaching, “Enter Zen from there.” Through the story of Gensha, the sound of a bubbling brook, and the raising of a robe, this talk examines how the past and future are encountered in the present moment. Sensei Michael reflects on the ways we cling to pleasure,

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