Talks by Reb Anderson
This page is a collection of talks by Reb Anderson, recorded at various times in recent years. All talks are in MP3 format.
Reb has approved the publication of these talks. For questions about the talks on this site, please contact Reb's assistant <rebassistant@sfzc.org>.
Other talks by Reb Anderson, as well as those by many other teachers from the San Franciso Zen Center, can be found at the SFZC Dharma Talks site.
| No Abode Hermitage August 14, 2010 |
The Unique Breeze of Reality and the Wondrous Function of Non-Dual Wisdom |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
| The Yoga Room July, 2010 |
The Mind of Enlightenment |
July 15, 2010 (play) (download) July 22, 2010 (play) (download) July 29, 2010 (play) (download) Auguest 5, 2010 (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage July 17, 2010 |
Avalokiteshvara's Questions for the Buddha |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage April 17, 2010 |
On the Eve of Going for Refuge in the Triple Treasure |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
| The Yoga Room March, 2010 |
Training for the Selfless Heart |
March 11, 2010 (play) (download) March 18, 2010 (play) (download) March 25, 2010 (play) (download) April 1, 2010 (play) (download) April 8, 2010 (play) (download) April 15, 2010 (play) (download) April 22, 2010 (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage March 6, 2010 |
Is the Bodhisattva Path Exclusive? |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage February 6, 2010 |
Continuous Compassion for Karmic Consciousness |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage January 3, 2010 |
New Year's Dharma Greeting |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage December 12, 2009 |
Deep Faith in Cause and Effect has now become Deep Faith in Being a Sentient Being |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
| The Yoga Room November-December, 2009 |
On Enlightenment and Delusion |
November 5, 2009 (play) (download) November 12, 2009 (play) (download) November 19, 2009 (play) (download) December 2, 2009 (play) (download) December 10, 2009 (play) (download) December 17, 2009 (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage November 14, 2009 |
For a Sentient Being to be a Sentient Being is just not to Move |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage October 17, 2009 |
Causation within the Wondrous Dharma Flower |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage September 26, 2009 |
Leaving Home and Receiving the Precepts |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage August 8, 2009 |
Meditation on Pride |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage July 18, 2009 |
The Ultimate Transcends Difference and UnitySamdhinirmochana Mahayana Sutra Chapter 3, part 2 |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
| The Yoga Room July 21, 2009 |
Causation and Non-Self |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage June 23, 2009 |
The Ultimate transcends Difference and UnitySamdhinirmochana Mahayana Sutra Chapter 3, part 1 |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage May 23, 2009 |
The Ultimate Transcends All ArgumentationSamdhinirmochana Mahayana Sutra Chapter 2 |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
| The Yoga Room March-April, 2009 |
Causation and Non-Self |
March 12, 2009 (play) (download) March 19, 2009 (play) (download) March 26, 2009 (play) (download) April 4, 2009 (play) (download) April 9, 2009 (play) (download) April 16, 2009 (play) (download) April 23, 2009 (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage March 21, 2009 |
Revealing the Intention of the BuddhaSamdhinirmochana Mahayana Sutra Chapter 1 |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage March 15, 2009 |
Loving All Being and Resistance |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage December 13, 2008 |
Faith that Allows Doubt and the Idea that All Ideas are Contingent and Empty |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage November 22, 2008 |
The Practice That Fills and Is Filled by the Entire Universe and the Bodhisattva Precept of Not Killing |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage October 18, 2008 |
Buddha Sitting as Us; Us Sitting as Buddha |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage September 20, 2008 |
Current Heightened Awareness of Fear |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage September 6, 2008 |
Practicing the Four Frames of Mindfulness as Gates to Totality |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage August 16, 2008 |
The Buddha Way is Ongoing Crisis |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage July 26, 2008 (morning) |
Prajna Paramita as Not Abiding |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage July 26, 2008 (afternoon) |
Yunyan Sweeps the Ground |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| The Yoga Room July-August, 2008 |
Entering and Embodying Truth |
July 15, 2008 (play) (download) July 22, 2008 (play) (download) July 29, 2008 (play) (download) August 5, 2008 (play) (download) August 12, 2008 (play) (download) |
| Green Gulch Farm June 15, 2008 |
Going for Refuge, Practicing with Fear |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage June 14, 2008 |
Bodhisattva Action is to Remain Unmoved |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| Green Gulch Farm May 25, 2008 |
Thinking and Not Thinking |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage May 10, 2008 (morning) |
How Can I Help Beings Enter? |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage May 10, 2008 (afternoon) |
Pure Land is Here and Now |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage April 4, 2008 |
About the Lotus Sutra |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| The Yoga Room March-April, 2008 |
Embodying the Lotus Sutra |
March 6, 2008 (play) (download) March 13, 2008 (play) (download) March 20, 2008 (play) (download) March 27, 2008 (play) (download) April 3, 2008 (play) (download) April 10, 2008 (play) (download) April 17, 2008 (play) (download) April 24, 2008 (play) (download) |
| Green Gulch Farm November 11, 2007 |
Bodhisattva Initiation |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage November 1, 2007 |
Fearlessness |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| Green Gulch Farm October 21, 2007 |
Wholeheartedness |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage October 20, 2007 |
Wholeheartedness |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| Green Gulch Farm September 9, 2007 |
Wholeheartedness |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage September 8, 2007 |
Bodhisattva Vows |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage July 28, 2007 (afternoon) |
Only a Buddha and a Buddha The Lotus Sutra says that the desire to help beings open to Buddha's wisdom is the condition for Buddha's appearing in this world. |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage July 28, 2007 (morning) |
Worship of the Buddha When a person pays homage and bows to the Buddhas, there is just one Buddha with no other person. |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| Green Gulch Farm July 15, 2007 |
The Highest Happiness |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage July 14, 2007 (afternoon) |
Prajna Paramita The "Perfection of Wisdom" is the bodhisattva's understanding of emptiness, which is available to those who are settled in the conventional world. |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage July 14, 2007 (morning) |
The Bodhisattva and the Mahayana "Enlightening beings" are committed to living for the benefit of all beings; they practice in the "universal vehicle" which includes everyone. |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| The Yoga Room July 10-August 21, 2007 |
Zen Meditation as Bodhisattva Vow During this course, we will study the bodhisattva vow, to see how the compassionate intentions of enlightening beings generate, work, and play with the mind of enlightenment to promote peace and harmony among all beings. We will explore ways to reinterpret and reinvigorate these timeless vows to meet the problems of our contemporary society in a beneficial way. |
July 10, 2007 (play) (download) July 17, 2007 (play) (download) July 24, 2007 (play) (download) July 31, 2007 (play) (download) August 7, 2007 (play) (download) August 14, 2007 (play) (download) August 21, 2007 (play) (download) |
| Green Gulch Farm May 27, 2007 |
Gracious Attention to Stories |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| Mount Madonna Center May 4-6, 2007 |
The Light of Buddha's Wisdom - Precepts of Compassion Buddha sheds the light of wisdom on the true nature of suffering, liberation, and the human mind, on the teachings of compassion, moral causation, and the whole phenomenal universe. This retreat offered an opportunity to receive, study, and contemplate Buddha's teachings on mind, precepts of compassion, and moral cause and effect. The discussions and contemplations were framed in the light of wisdom which is far beyond all discussion. Wonderful teachings were offered together with ways of not clinging to those teachings. There were periods of quiet sitting, walking meditation, oral teachings, and group discussions, with opportunities for individual interviews as time allowed. |
Part 1 (play) (download) Part 2 (play) (download) Part 3 (play) (download) Part 4 (play) (download) Part 5 (play) (download) Part 6 (play) (download) Part 7 (play) (download) |
| Green Gulch Farm April 1, 2007 |
Enlightenment is the Silent Bond |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage February 3, 2007 |
Gnosticism American Buddhism as a gnostic practice; meaning of the word "tathagata" |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage February 3, 2007 |
Happiness The pursuit of happiness vs. wanting others to be happy; happiness from absorption in activity |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage August 12, 2006 |
Intention Transforms the World Our thinking and intention makes the world what it is; awareness of intention makes our contribution a positive one |
Full talk (play) (download) |
| No Abode Hermitage May 27, 2006 |
Baizhang's Fox Being clear about cause and effect, intention, karma. |
Part 1 (play) (download) Part 2 (play) (download) |
| Green Gulch Farm January 8, 2006 |
Crisis: A Spiritual Turning Point Spiritual life exists in crisis, which can be used as a turning point. To the extent that we recognize that where we sit right now is a turning point, we are able to understand the possibility of freedom in this moment. The Chinese character for "crisis" consists of two radicals: danger and opportunity. A common danger is the crisis of faith that emerges when the conversation or stories about "truths" are stopped. Zen stories are about crises and turning points, where people in face-to-face meetings turn from bondage to freedom, and from ignorance to enlightenment. They are stories that demonstrate that opening to the dangers that surround us is also opening to the opportunities, and closing to those dangers closes us to those opportunities. |
Part 1 (play) (download) Part 2 (play) (download) |