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 Heritage May 17, 2013	I've long heard there is no Zen in India Fayan's Hair's Breadth	First talk: I've long heard there is no Zen in India   (play)  (download) Second talk: Fayan's Hair's Breadth   (play)  (download)
No Abode Heritage April 13, 2013	I Have Long Heard of Dragon Pond	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
The Yoga Rooom March, 2013	The Perfection of Wisdom	March 7, 2013   (play)  (download)
No Abode Heritage March 2, 2013	The Buddha Mind Seal and the Teachings of Perfect Wisdom	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
No Abode Heritage February 2, 2013	A Special Transmission Outside the Scriptures Ornament of the Sage's Mind	First talk: A Special Transmission Outside the Scriptures   (play)  (download) Later talk: Ornament of the Sage's Mind   (play)  (download)
No Abode Heritage December 15, 2012	The Virtue of the Bodhisattva's Delayed Gratification	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
No Abode Heritage November 11, 2012	Three Kinds of Compassion	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
The Yoga Room November, 2012	On the Body	November 1, 2012   (play)  (download) November 8, 2012   (play)  (download) November 15, 2012   (play)  (download) November 29, 2012   (play)  (download) December 13, 2012   (play)  (download)
No Abode Heritage October 6, 2012	Bodhisattva Precepts Guided by the Teaching of Mind Only	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
No Abode Heritage September 1, 2012	The Bodhisattva's Mind of No Abode	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
No Abode Heritage August 11, 2012	Wisdom Verifies Wisdom A Lotus Flower Blossoms on Each Thought	First talk: Wisdom Verifies Wisdom   (play)  (download) Later talk: A Lotus Flower Blossoms on Each Thought   (play)  (download)
No Abode Hermitage July 13, 2012	When Dharma fills Body and Mind	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
The Yoga Room July-August, 2012	Facing Change and Realizing Peace	July 5, 2012   (play)  (download) July 12, 2012   (play)  (download) July 19, 2012   (play)  (download) July 26, 2012   (play)  (download) August 2, 2012   (play)  (download) August 9, 2012   (play)  (download) August 16, 2012   (play)  (download) August 23, 2012   (play)  (download)
No Abode Hermitage July 1, 2012	Chick and Hen -- Inquiring and Responding	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
No Abode Hermitage April 14, 2012	The Room, the Seat, and the Robe	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
The Yoga Room March-April, 2012	The Seeds and Fruits of True Awakening	March 8, 2012   (play)  (download) March 22, 201   (play)  (download) March 29, 2012   (play)  (download) April 5, 2012   (play)  (download) April 12, 2012   (play)  (download) April 19, 2012   (play)  (download) April 26, 2012   (play)  (download)
No Abode Hermitage March 10, 2012	A Family Style for Realizing the Oneness of All Families	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
No Abode Hermitage February 4, 2012	The Four Aspects of Practicing the Threefold Ethics of Bodhisattvas	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
No Abode Hermitage January 2, 2012	Householder Bodhisattvas, What is Your Aspiration for this New Year?	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
No Abode Hermitage December 17, 2011	The Boatman Does Not Use a Wooden Goose	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
No Abode Hermitage November 12, 2011	The Bodhisattva's Perfection of Being Ordinary	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
The Yoga Room November-December, 2011	The Bodhisattva's Creativity and Freedom	November 3, 2011   (play)  (download) November 10, 2011   (play)  (download) November 17, 2011   (play)  (download) December 1, 2011   (play)  (download) December 8, 2011   (play)  (download) December 15, 2011   (play)  (download)
No Abode Hermitage October 15, 2011	Stimulating Bodhisattva's courage and entering reality	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
No Abode Hermitage October 1, 2011	Entry into the nature of the knowable	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
No Abode Hermitage September 11, 2011	Xiang Yan hears the sound of stones striking bamboo	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
No Abode Hermitage August 13, 2011	Study of delusion is the Buddha Way	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
No Abode Hermitage July 16, 2011	Embracing the Mahayana: Do You Want to be an Artist?	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
The Yoga Room July, 2011	Transforming the Mind of Delusion	July 14, 2011   (play)  (download) July 21, 2011   (play)  (download) July 28, 2011   (play)  (download) August 4, 2011   (play)  (download) August 11, 2011   (play)  (download) August 18, 2011   (play)  (download)
No Abode Hermitage June 11, 2011	Embracing Enlightenment I	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
No Abode Hermitage May 21, 2011	The Sitting Meditation of this School	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
No Abode Hermitage April 16, 2011	Conscious and Unconscious Obstructions of the Buddha Way	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
The Yoga Room March, 2011	Zen Stories	March 3, 2011   (play)  (download) March 10, 2011   (play)  (download) March 17, 2011   (play)  (download) March 31, 2011   (play)  (download) April 7, 2011   (play)  (download) April 14, 2011   (play)  (download) April 28, 2011   (play)  (download)
No Abode Hermitage February 12, 2011	The Basic Practice of Stillness and Silence	Full talk   (play)  (download)
No Abode Hermitage January 2, 2011	Whole-Hearted Commitment for the New Year	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
No Abode Hermitage December 4, 2010	Intimacy with Birth and Death: The 39th Yearly Memorial for Suzuki Roshi	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
No Abode Hermitage November 6, 2010	Paying Respect to the Great Teacher	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
No Abode Hermitage October 16, 2010	The Definitive Instructions on the Deeds of the Enlightened, Part I	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
No Abode Hermitage September 18, 2010	Facing the Wall for Nine Years	Morning talk   (play)  (download) Afternoon talk   (play)  (download)
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) August 5, 2010   (play)  (download) August 12, 2010   (play)  (download) August 19, 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)