Talk on Being A Priest given at Empty Nest Zendo retreat for Everyday Zen priests and lay entrusted. On Being a Priest By Zoketsu Norman Fischer | May 23, 2008...

In this essay about applied dharma, Norman writes about skillful means, mindfulness and his work with conflict mediators, hospice workers, lawyers and employees at Google. The article is published in...

Zoketsu lectures on Daniel Goleman’s Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama. – Proceedings of a dialogue between the Dalai Lama and Western philosophers and scientists. The Buddhist...

The Buddhist path is the training and cultivation of the mind, which includes working with both emotion and thinking. So it is not a matter of using ethics and will...

First of two part talk on Mindfulness given to the Metta Institute Mindfulness 1 – Metta Institute First of two part talk on Mindfulness given at the Metta Institute By...

A talk on Buddhist Ethics, given to the Kaiser Ethics Committee, in Oakland, CA Talk on Buddhist Ethics to Kaiser Ethics Committee Feb 12, 2010 First, I am very honored...

At a Spirit Rock retreat on “Training in Compassion,” Norman Fischer gives a talk on Suffering and Gratitude on January 28, 2015. Suffering and Gratitude Jan 2015 Zoketsu Norman Fischer...

Sue Moon leads the seminar in this talk on Training the Mind based on Atisha’s Seven Points of Mind Training, a famous teaching of Tibetan Buddhism based on Pema Chodron’s...

  Norman Fischer: Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong Shambhala (January 8, 2013) ISBN 1611800404 Purchase the book on Amazon   Purchase the book on Barnes and...

Norman gives the first talk of the Tassajara Zen Mind Training Workshop (Training in Compassion, 59 Slogans) on the Introduction and Training in the Preliminaries. The talk is followed by...

Jeff Bickner leads the seminar in this talk on Training the Mind based on Atisha’s Seven Points of Mind Training, a famous teaching of Tibetan Buddhism based on Pema Chodron’s...

Fourth talk in a series on Training the Mind based on Atisha’s Seven Points of Mind Training, a famous teaching of Tibetan Buddhism. Norman refers to both Pema Chodron’s book...

Meditation instruction for series on Training the Mind based on Atisha’s Seven Points of Mind Training, a famous teaching of Tibetan Buddhism. In this series Norman refers to both Pema...

First Talk in series on Training the Mind based on Atisha’s Seven Points of Mind Training, a famous teaching of Tibetan Buddhism. Norman refers to bothPema Chodron’s book “Start Where...

Third talk in a series on Training the Mind based on Atisha’s Seven Points of Mind Training, a famous teaching of Tibetan Buddhism. Norman refers to both Pema Chodron’s book...

Second Talk in series on Training the Mind based on Atisha’s Seven Points of Mind Training, a famous teaching of Tibetan Buddhism. Norman refers to both Pema Chodron’s book “Start...

Second in a two part series of the History of Precepts. History of Precepts 2 By Norman Fischer | April 22, 2009 Transcribed, abridged, and edited by Murray McGillivray and...

Sixth and final in a series on Women in Buddhism 2009 based on two texts: Grace Shireson’s “Zen Women: Beyond Tea Ladies, Iron Maidens and Macho Masters” and Susan Murcott’s...

An ancient set of Buddhist slogans offers us six powerful techniques to transform life’s difficulties into awakening and benefit. Times are tough. We need a way to cope. Halfway measures...

Zoketsu Norman Fischer: My Vision of the New Spiritual Life in America Spiritual Manifestos: Visions for Renewed Religious Life in America from Young Spiritual Leaders of Many Faiths ed.Niles Elliot...

Final Dharma Seminar Talk, July 27, 2004, based on the book by Dalai Lama and Daniel Goleman, “Destructive Emotions: How Can We Overcome Them?” Bantam Books, 2003. Chapter entitled “Encouraging...

It’s time now for us to realize that, although we know we’re not perfect, although all our wounds are not healed, we’re ready to take more responsibility for the world,...

Second Talk in series on Training the Mind based on Atisha’s Seven Points of Mind Training, a famous teaching of Tibetan Buddhism using Pema Chodron’s book “Start Where You Are”....

Norman gives the second talk of the 2012 Tassajara Zen Mind Training Workshop on Absolute and Relative Compassion, the first slogans for absolute compassion training. Norman gives a guided meditation...

Many teachers have made this one phrase, ‘not knowing is most intimate,’ the heart of their teaching, repeating it over and over again. But what does it mean and how...

The title of this essay is taken from a well known story, in which Bodhidharma asks four disciples to state their understanding of Buddhism. The title of this essay is...

Norman Fischer’s first talk, “Background to The Precepts,” of the April 2014 Dharma Seminar on The Sixteen Bodhisattva Precepts. [This segment follows a discussion of pre-Mahayana and early Mahayana precept...

Norman initiates his series with Talk #1 on “Old Path White Clouds” by Thich Nhat Hanh at the January 2016 Bay Area Dharma Seminar. Excerpt from this talk on the...

Norman gives the second talk on Training in Compassion – Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong to the Dharma Seminar

Norman gives the third talk at the Tassajara 2012 Zen Mind Training Workshop (59 Slogans) on Sending and Receiving (relative compassion). Norman gives a Guided Meditation on Sending and Receiving...