Talks by Reb Anderson
Greetings. 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>. For more information on Reb and his teaching schedule, see his main teaching site.
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 March 3, 2018 |
Bodhidharma Listening to the Cries of the World |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage February 3, 2018 |
Everything Is Calling for a Compassionate Response Guidance or Control |
Everything Is Calling for a Compassionate Response (play) (download) Guidance or Control (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage November 11, 2017 |
Buddha’s Zazen is Face-to-Face Transmission Watch the Set-Up Carefully |
Buddha’s Zazen is Face-to-Face Transmission (play) (download) Watch the Set-Up Carefully (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage October 14, 2017 |
Buddhas Turn the Wheel of Dharma in the Midst of Fierce Flames |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage August 5, 2017 |
The Teaching of the Buddha’s Whole Lifetime |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage July 8, 2017 |
Prajna Paramita, the Lovely, the Holy |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage June 3, 2017 |
The Buddha Mind Seal Is Face-to-Face Conversation In Praise Of Silence And Stillness |
Morning talk: The Buddha Mind Seal Is Face-to-Face Conversation (play) (download) Afternoon talk: In Praise Of Silence And Stillness (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage May 6, 2017 |
Building A Sanctuary For Awakening The One Vehicle Lives In Silence And Stillness |
Morning talk: Building A Sanctuary For Awakening (play) (download) Afternoon talk: The One Vehicle Lives In Silence And Stillness (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage April 1, 2017 |
A Sanctuary Is Built Right Here, Right Now Zazen Is World Transformation |
Morning talk: A Sanctuary Is Built Right Here, Right Now (play) (download) Afternoon talk: Zazen Is World Transformation (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage March 4, 2017 |
Having Compassion for All the Forms of Illusions Being Generous With Our Limitations |
Morning talk: Having Compassion for the All Forms of Illusions (play) (download) Afternoon talk: Being Generous With Our Limitations (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage February 4, 2017 |
Zen Meditation Is World Transformation |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage January 2, 2017 |
Awakening Lives In Silence And Stillness Bodhisattva Practice Includes Everything |
Mornning talk: Awakening Lives In Silence And Stillness (play) (download) Afternoon talk: Bodhisattva Practice Includes Everything (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage December 17, 2016 |
This Is Good Place To Build A Sanctuary Regarding The Real Form Of the Universe |
Morning talk: This Is Good Place To Build A Sanctuary (play) (download) Afternoon talk: Regarding The Real Form Of the Universe (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage November 12, 2016 |
Listening to the Cries of the World |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage October 8, 2016 |
Since You Cannot Waste Time, Don’t Buddhas And Bodhisattvas Are Intimate Communication |
Morning talk: Since You Cannot Waste Time, Don’t (play) (download) Afternoon talk: Buddhas And Bodhisattvas Are Intimate Communication (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage September 17, 2016 |
The Pivotal Activity of All the Buddhas |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage August 6, 2016 |
The Unceasing Effort to Free All Beings Extending Tender Loving Care |
Morning talk: The Unceasing Effort to Free All Beings (play) (download) Afternoon talk: Extending Tender Loving Care (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage July 23, 2016 |
Our Practice is Performed Together With All Beings The Usefulness of Doubt in the Life of a Bodhisattva |
Mornig talk: Our Practice is Performed Together With All Beings (play) (download) Afternoon talk: The Usefulness of Doubt in the Life of a Bodhisattva (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage June 11, 2016 |
The Pivotal Business of Buddha’s House |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage May 7, 2016 |
A Lotus Sutra Narrative of the Bodhisattva Path Following through with the Dung Shoveling |
Morning talk: A Lotus Sutra Narrative of the Bodhisattva Path (play) (download) Afternoon talk: Following through with the Dung Shoveling (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage April 9, 2016 |
Melting the Root of Transgression Breaking the Mirror |
Morning talk: Melting the Root of Transgression (play) (download) Afternoon talk: Breaking the Mirror (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage March 5, 2016 |
We Aspire To Be Buddha But We Don’t Know For Sure What That Is Remembering And Forgetting What Is Most Important |
Morning talk: We Aspire To Be Buddha But We Don’t Know For Sure What That Is (play) (download) Afternoon talk: Remembering And Forgetting What Is Most Important (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage February 6, 2016 |
From the First Time You Meet a Teacher Sit to Become Free of Sitting |
Morning talk: From the First Time You Meet a Teacher (play) (download) Afternoon talk: Sit to Become Free of Sitting (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage January 2, 2016 |
Cultivating Samadhi |
Morning talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage December 12, 2015 |
Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part 10 |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage November 14, 2015 |
Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part 9 |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage October 10, 2015 |
Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part 8 |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage September 19, 2015 |
Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part 7 |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage August 8, 2015 |
Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part 6: Not Abiding In Renunciation When You Don’t Have Your Cake, You Can Eat It Too |
Morning talk: Not Abiding In Renunciation (play) (download) Afternoon talk: When You Don’t Have Your Cake, You Can Eat It Too (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage July 11, 2015 |
Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part 5: Wholeheartedly Wondering Who You Are |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage June 6, 2015 |
Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part 4 |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage May 9, 2015 |
Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part 3 |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage April 4, 2015 |
Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part 2 |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage March 7, 2015 |
Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part 1 |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage February 7, 2015 |
A Bodhisattva Vow Ceremony: Your Mind Is Becoming Buddha |
Morning talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage January 3, 2015 |
Heartbreak Hotel: Karmic Consciousness |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage December 13, 2014 |
Everything Is a Precious Mirror |
Morning talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage November 22, 2014 |
A Buddha’s Practice is Done Together with Each Person The Real Form of the Universe |
First talk: A Buddha’s Practice is Done Together with Each Person (play) (download) Second talk: The Real Form of the Universe (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage October 11, 2014 |
Zen Meditation as the Bodhisattva Precepts |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage September 12, 2014 |
From Where Does an Appropriate Response Emerge? |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage August 9, 2014 |
Listening, Training, Hearing and Liberation |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage July 12, 2014 |
The Sound of the Valley Stream and the Color of the Mountain Hearing the Living Words of Nature |
First talk: The Sound of the Valley Stream and the Color of the Mountain (play) (download) Second talk: Hearing the Living Words of Nature (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage June 7, 2014 |
Clean the Temple and Listen to the Cries of the World Fayen’s Good Friendship |
First talk: Clean the Temple and Listen to the Cries of the World (play) (download) Second talk: Fayen’s Good Friendship (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage April 12, 2014 |
I always think of Hunan in Spring |
Morning talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage March 22 - 23, 2014 |
Exploring Consciousness and Realizing Wisdom |
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) Part 8 (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage March 1, 2014 |
Speakable and Unspeakable Names of Our Zen Family Ancestors |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage February 1, 2014 |
The Good Friendship of Shitou, Matsu and Yaoshan |
Part 1 (play) (download) Part 2 (play) (download) |
Green Gulch January 22, 2014 |
Essence of Mind: Daowu Teaches the Essential Gate to Truth |
Sesshin dharma talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage January 4, 2014 |
Honoring Student-Teacher Relationship (Flower Adornment Scripture) |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage December 14, 2013 |
Liberation from Passion |
Morning talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage November 23, 2013 |
Remembering Fred Maroth |
Morning talk (play) (download) |
Green Gulch November 17, 2013 |
Master Judi’s One Finger Zen |
Sunday dharma talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage September 21, 2013 |
The Work of Going Beyond Buddha No Abode: Going Beyond Buddha |
First talk: The Work of Going Beyond Buddha (play) (download) Second talk: No Abode: Going Beyond Buddha (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage August 10, 2013 |
Observing the Breathing Body and the Mind of No Abode |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
The Yoga Room August, 2013 |
On Breathing |
August 1, 2013 (play) (download) August 8, 2013 (play) (download) August 15, 2013 (play) (download) August 22, 2013 (play) (download) August 29, 2013 (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage June 22, 2013 |
Sitting in the Big, Invisible World The Bodhisattva’s Three-fold Ethics and Three-fold Samadhi |
First talk: Sitting in the Big, Invisible World (play) (download) Second talk: The Bodhisattva’s Three-fold Ethics and Three-fold Samadhi (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage 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 Hermitage 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 Hermitage March 2, 2013 |
The Buddha Mind Seal and the Teachings of Perfect Wisdom |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage 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 Hermitage December 15, 2012 |
The Virtue of the Bodhisattva’s Delayed Gratification |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage 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 Hermitage October 6, 2012 |
Bodhisattva Precepts Guided by the Teaching of Mind Only |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage September 1, 2012 |
The Bodhisattva’s Mind of No Abode |
Morning talk (play) (download) Afternoon talk (play) (download) |
No Abode Hermitage 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 |
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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. |
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Green Gulch Farm April 1, 2007 |
Enlightenment is the Silent Bond |
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No Abode Hermitage February 3, 2007 |
Gnosticism American Buddhism as a gnostic practice; meaning of the word “tathagata” |
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No Abode Hermitage February 3, 2007 |
Happiness The pursuit of happiness vs. wanting others to be happy; happiness from absorption in activity |
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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 |
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No Abode Hermitage May 27, 2006 |
Baizhang’s Fox Being clear about cause and effect, intention, karma. |
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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. |
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