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 Luminous Owl <luminousowl@gmail.com>.
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
April 4, 2008 |
About the Lotus Sutra
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Full talk |
| The Yoga Room
March-April, 2008 |
Embodying the Lotus Sutra
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March 6, 2008 March 13, 2008 March 20, 2008 March 27, 2008 April 3, 2008 April 10, 2008 April 17, 2008 April 24, 2008 |
| Green Gulch Farm
November 11, 2007 |
Bodhisattva Initiation
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Full talk |
| No Abode Hermitage
November 1, 2007 |
Fearlessness
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Full talk |
| Green Gulch Farm
October 21, 2007 |
Wholeheartedness
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Full talk |
| No Abode Hermitage
October 20, 2007 |
Wholeheartedness
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Full talk |
| Green Gulch Farm
September 9, 2007 |
Wholeheartedness
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Full talk |
| No Abode Hermitage
September 8, 2007 |
Bodhisattva Vows
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Full talk, morning Full talk, afternoon |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Green Gulch Farm
July 15, 2007 |
The Highest Happiness
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Full talk |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 July 17, 2007 July 24, 2007 July 31, 2007 August 7, 2007 August 14, 2007 August 21, 2007 |
| Green Gulch Farm
May 27, 2007 |
Gracious Attention to Stories
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Full talk |
| 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 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 |
| Green Gulch Farm
April 1, 2007 |
Enlightenment is the Silent Bond
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Full talk |
| No Abode Hermitage
February 3, 2007 |
Gnosticism
American Buddhism as a gnostic practice; meaning of the word "tathagata" |
Full talk |
| No Abode Hermitage
February 3, 2007 |
Happiness
The pursuit of happiness vs. wanting others to be happy; happiness from absorption in activity |
Full talk |
| 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 |
| No Abode Hermitage
May 27, 2006 |
Baizhang's Fox
Being clear about cause and effect, intention, karma. |
Part 1 Part 2 |
| 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 Part 2 |