March 30, 2022
Seven Jhanas or Meditation States – Santa Sabina Sesshin 2022 – Talk 1
Norman gives his first talk to the Santa Sabina Sesshin 2022 on “The Seven Jhanas ” or Meditation States.
June 26, 2017
Talk 4, Sesshin, On Vasubandhu’s Thirty Verses
Norman Fischer presents his fourth talk at the Sesshin on Samish Island – June 21, 2017
June 15, 2017
Vasubandhu’s Thirty Verses – Talk 7
Norman Fischer presents the Seventh and final talk on Vasubandhu’s thirty verses
June 15, 2017
Vasubandhu’s Thirty Verses – Talk 6
Alan Block presents the sixth talk in the series on Vasubandhu’s Thirty Verses
June 1, 2017
Vasubandhu’s Thirty Verses – Talk 5
Norman Fischer presents his 5th talk on Vasubandhu’s Thirty Verses
May 26, 2017
Self and No Self – Talk 1 – Sue Moon
Sue Moon gives her first talk in the series Self and No Self at the Dharma Seminar in April
May 22, 2017
Vasubandhu’s Thirty Verses – Talk 3
Norman Fischer presents the third talk in the series on the Yogacara by Ben Connelly
May 12, 2017
Vasubandhu’s Thirty Verses – Talk 2
Norman gives the second talk on Vasubandhu’s Thirty Versus to the Dharma Seminar. This is also the second talk of the Mountain Rain Group series of the same name.
May 12, 2017
Vasubandhu’s Thirty Verses – Talk 1
Norman gives his first talk on Vasubandhu’s Thirty Verses to the Vancouver Mountain Rain Group. This is also the first talk for the Dharma Seminar series of the same name.
January 11, 2017
Genjo Koan 2017 Talk 1
Norman gives the first talk on Dogen’s “Genjo Koan” in the 2017 series given to the Dharma Seminar. Dogens’s Genjo Koan: Three Commentaries: Talk One January 4, 2017 Zoketsu Norman...
March 22, 2016
Shaking Up Despair or On Virya Paramita, Joyful Effort
At the EDZ Bay Area All Day Sitting on Sunday, March 20, 2016, Norman gave a talk on how to practice Joyful Effort in our troubled world. Shaking Up Despair...
March 13, 2014
Two Side of Zen
Nomon Tim compares the stepwise psychological process of practice to the unknowable emptiness side. How to hold both together? I want to again welcome everyone to sesshin. And as I...
February 28, 2013
Life is Tough – Six Ways to Deal With It
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...
March 13, 2008
On Suffering
Norman speaks to professionals and care givers on the topic of suffering. “Suffering is the jewel in the crown of the way.” “All spiritual goodness, all healing, develops from suffering,...
June 2, 2007
Senses
Zoketsu discusses how we can only experience what we think of as the objective world as it comes into being through our senses.
April 19, 2005
Abhidharma – 5 Skandas (Talk 3 of 3)
Third in a Study of the Five Skandas – Form, Feeling, Perception, Volition, Consciousness -using Chogyam Trungpa’s book “Glimpses of Abhidharma” Abhidharma 5 Skandhas Talk 3 Zoketsu Norman Fischer Transcribed...
April 12, 2005
Abhidharma – 5 Skandas (Talk 2 of 3)
Second in a Study of the Five Skandas – Form, Feeling, Perception, Volition, Consciousness -using Chogyam Trungpa’s book “Glimpses of Abhidharma” Abhidharma – 5 Skandas (Talk 2 of 3) Feelings...
April 11, 2005
Abhidharma – 5 Skandas (Talk 1 of 3)
First in a Study of the Five Skandas – Form, Feeling, Perception, Volition, Consciousness -using Chogyam Trungpa’s book “Glimpses of Abhidharma” Abhidharma – 5 Skandas (Talk 1 of 3) By...
June 10, 2004
Map of the Mind (Talk 4 of 4)
Zoketsu talks the mind and emotions from the point of view of Buddhist psychology, as it is formulated in the Abhidharma. MAP OF THE MIND (unabridged transcription by Ruth Ozeki)...
June 9, 2004
Map of the Mind (Talk 3 of 4)
Zoketsu talks the mind and emotions from the point of view of Buddhist psychology, as it is formulated in the Abhidharma. MAP OF THE MIND (unabridged transcription by Ruth Ozeki)...
June 8, 2004
Map of the Mind (Talk 2 of 4)
Zoketsu talks the mind and emotions from the point of view of Buddhist psychology, as it is formulated in the Abhidharma. MAP OF THE MIND (unabridged transcription by Ruth Ozeki)...
June 7, 2004
Map of the Mind (Talk 1 of 4)
Zoketsu talks the mind and emotions from the point of view of Buddhist psychology, as it is formulated in the Abhidharma. MAP OF THE MIND (unabridged transcription by Ruth Ozeki)...
May 30, 2004
Working With Emotions (Talk 1 of 7)
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. He examines...
May 30, 2003
Transformation at the Base (Talk 3 of 8)
Zoketsu comments on Thich Nhat Hanh’s Transformation at the Base: Fifty Verses on the Nature of Consciousness. – a readable version by Nhat Hanh of the complicated Buddhist teachings on...
May 30, 2003
Transformation at the Base (Talk 7 of 8)
Zoketsu comments on Thich Nhat Hanh’s Transformation at the Base: Fifty Verses on the Nature of Consciousness. – a readable version by Nhat Hanh of the complicated Buddhist teachings on...
May 30, 2003
Transformation at the Base (Talk 6 of 8)
Zoketsu comments on Thich Nhat Hanh’s Transformation at the Base: Fifty Verses on the Nature of Consciousness. – a readable version by Nhat Hanh of the complicated Buddhist teachings on...
May 30, 2003
Transformation at the Base (Talk 8 of 8)
Zoketsu comments on Thich Nhat Hanh’s Transformation at the Base: Fifty Verses on the Nature of Consciousness. – a readable version by Nhat Hanh of the complicated Buddhist teachings on...
