Norman gives his first dharma talk at the Santa Sabins Sesshin 2024 on “Zazen and Mind Only Teachings,” Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it....

Author Ben Connelly speaks on his book  “Vasubandhu’s Three Natures”  to the Dharma Seminar. This is the eleventh and concluding talk of the series. Ben Connelly’s Website Texts Discussed Vasubandhu’s...

Norman gives his tenth and final talk on “Vasubandhu’s Three Natures” of the Yogachara (Mind Only School). Our main text will be the book “Vasubandhu’s Three Natures” by Ben Connelly...

Norman gives his ninth talk on “Vasubandhu’s Three Natures” of the Yogachara (Mind Only School). Our main text will be the book “Vasubandhu’s Three Natures” by Ben Connelly as well...

Norman gives his eighth talk on “Vasubandhu’s Three Natures” of the Yogachara (Mind Only School). Our main text will be the book “Vasubandhu’s Three Natures” by Ben Connelly as well...

Norman gives his seventh talk on “Vasubandhu’s Three Natures” of the Yogachara (Mind Only School). Our main text will be the book “Vasubandhu’s Three Natures” by Ben Connelly as well...

Norman gives his sixth talk on “Vasubandhu’s Three Natures” of the Yogachara (Mind Only School). Our main text will be the book “Vasubandhu’s Three Natures” by Ben Connelly as well...

Norman gives his fifth talk on “Vasubandhu’s Three Natures” of the Yogachara (Mind Only School). Our main text will be the book “Vasubandhu’s Three Natures” by Ben Connelly as well...

Norman gives his fourth talk on “Vasubandhu’s Three Natures” of the Yogachara (Mind Only School). Our main text will be the book “Vasubandhu’s Three Natures” by Ben Connelly as well...

Norman gives his third talk on “Vasubandhu’s Three Natures” of the Yogachara (Mind Only School). Our main text will be the book “Vasubandhu’s Three Natures” by Ben Connelly as well...

Norman gives his second talk on “Vasubandhu’s Three Natures” of the Yogachara (Mind Only School). Our main text will be the book “Vasubandhu’s Three Natures” by Ben Connelly as well...

Norman gives his first talk on “Vasubandhu’s Three Natures” of the Yogachara (Mind Only School). Our main text will be the book “Vasubandhu’s Three Natures” by Ben Connelly as well...

Norman gives his first talk to the Santa Sabina Sesshin 2022 on “The Seven Jhanas” or Meditation States.   Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without...

Norman Fischer presents his fourth talk at the Sesshin on Samish Island – June 21, 2017

Norman Fischer presents the Seventh and final talk on Vasubandhu’s thirty verses

Alan Block presents the sixth talk in the series on Vasubandhu’s Thirty Verses

Norman Fischer presents his 5th talk on Vasubandhu’s Thirty Verses

Sue Moon gives her first talk in the series Self and No Self at the Dharma Seminar in April

Norman Fischer presents the third talk in the series on the Yogacara by Ben Connelly

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

From the beginning, Norman Fischer never had much use for Zen teachers — and he still doesn’t. But after years of being one himself, he has a fuller appreciation of...

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...

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,...

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Talk on Desire given at Samish Island Sesshin

Zoketsu discusses how we can only experience what we think of as the objective world as it comes into being through our senses.