February 3, 2022
Thich Nhat Hanh on “The Heart Sutra” – All Day Sitting January 2022
Norman speaks on Thich Nhat Hanh’s version of the Heart Sutra, “The Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore,” which can be found on the Plum Village website “plumvillage.org.”...
December 16, 2020
Lotus Sutra 2020 – Talk 18 – Refuge In Body
Norman Presented last talk in the Lotus Sutra Sersies to the Upaya Zen Center in Tuscon, Arizona on December 12, 2020. This series referencing the Gene Reeves as well as...
November 29, 2020
Lotus Sutra 2020 – Talk 17 – Chapters 24 thru 28
Norman gives his 17th and last talk of the Lotus Sutra 2020 series to the Everyday Zen November All Day Sitting. This series referencing the Gene Reeves as well as...
November 29, 2020
Lotus Sutra 2020 – Talk 16 – Chapters 21-24
Norman gives his 16th talk of the Lotus Sutra 2020 Series to the Dharma Seminar on Chapters 21 thru 24. This series referencing the Gene Reeves as well as the...
November 13, 2020
Lotus Sutra 2020 – Talk 13 – Loon Lake Sesshin
Norman give his talk on the Lotus Stura, the 13th in the series, to the Loon Lake Sesshin on November 10, 2020. This series referencing the Gene Reeves as well...
November 13, 2020
Lotus Sutra 2020 – Talk 14 – Shuso Christopher Dumbleton – Universal Bodhisavas
Shuso Christopher Dumbleton gives his last talk to the Practice Period, and 14th talk on the Lotus Sutra, on “Universal Bodhisatvas.” This series referencing the Gene Reeves as well as...
November 5, 2020
Lotus Sutra 2020 – Talk 12 – Chapters 15 and 16
Norman gives the 12th talk on The Lotus Sutra on Chapters 15 and 16 to the Dharma Seminar. This series referencing the Gene Reeves as well as the Burton Watson...
October 31, 2020
Lotus Sutra 2020 – Talk 11 – Chapters 12-14 – Sesshin 5
Norman gives his 11th talk in The Lotus Sutra 2020 series on Chapters 12 – 14. This is the fifth and final talk of the 2020 Dharma Seminar Sesshin. This...
October 30, 2020
Lotus Sutra 2020 – Talk 10 – Chapter 11 – Sesshin 4
Norman gives the 10th talk on the Lotus Sutra 2020 series on Chapter 12 and is the fourth talk of the Dharma Seminar 2020 Sesshin. This series referencing the Gene...
October 29, 2020
Lotus Sutra 2020 – Talk 9 – Chapter 11 – Sesshin 3
Norman gives the ninth talk on the Lotus Sutra 2020 series on Chapter 11 and is the third talk of the Dharma Seminar 2020 Sesshin. This series referencing the Gene...
October 29, 2020
Lotus Sutra 2020 – Talk 8 – Chapters 8, 9, 10 – Sesshin 2
Norman gives the eighth talk of the Lotus Sutra 2020 series and the second Sesshin Talk on Chapters 8, 9 and 10 referencing the Gene Reeves as well as the...
October 27, 2020
Lotus Sutra 2020 – Talk 7 – Chapter 7 – Sesshin 1
Norman gives his seventh talk of the Lotus Sutra 2020 Series on Chapter 7 of The Lotus Sutra referencing the Gene Reeves as well as the Burton Watson edition of...
October 22, 2020
Lotus Sutra 2020 – Talk 6 – Chapters 5 & 6
Norman gives the sixth talk of the Lotus Sutra 2020 series on Chapters 5 & 6 referencing the Gene Reeves as well as the Burton Watson edition of the same...
October 8, 2020
Lotus Sutra 2020 – Talk 4 – Chapters 3 & 4
Norman gives his fourth talk on The Lotus Sutra speaking on Chapters 3 and 4 referencing the Gene Reeves as well as the Burton Watson edition of the same name.
October 7, 2020
Lotus Sutra 2020 – Talk 3 – Upaya Zen Center – October 5, 2020
Norman gives his third talk on The Lotus Sutra 2020 series titled “Universal Inclusion” to The Upaya Zen Center. Norman referencing the Gene Reeves as well as the Burton Watson...
October 2, 2020
Lotus Sutra 2020 – Talk 2 – Upaya
Norman gives his second talk of The Lotus Sutra 2020 series to the Dharma Seminar referencing the Gene Reeves as well as the Burton Watson edition of the same name.
September 29, 2020
Lotus Sutra 2020 – Talk 1 – All Day Sitting September 2020
Norman gives his first talk of The Lotus Sutra 2020 series to the EDZ All Day Sitting September 2020 referencing the Gene Reeves as well as the Burton Watson edition...
March 1, 2020
Vimalakirti Sutra 2020 – Talk 9 – Vimalakirti’s Silence – All Day Sitting February 2020
Norman gives the last talk of the 2020 Vimalakiriti series at the February All Day Sitting at Green Gulch Farms. This series references the book Vimalakirti: The Holy Teaching of...
February 28, 2020
“The Unsurpassable Wisdom of Vimalakirti” Musical Puppet Play
To conclude our 2020 Vimalakirti Sutra series, Patricia Sullivan was joined by some sangha members in a special performance of “The Unsurpassable Wisdom of Vimalakirti”, a musical puppet play based...
February 27, 2020
Vimalakirti Sutra 2020 – Talk 8
Norman gives the eighth and final talk of the Vimalakirti Sutra 2020 to the Dharma Seminar on Chapters 10, 11, and 12. This series references the book Vimalakirti: The Holy...
February 23, 2020
Vimalakirti Sutra 2020 – Talk 7 – Jeff Bickner
Jeff Bickner gives the seventh talk on the Vimalakirti Sutra, Chapter 11 to the Dharma Seminar. This series references the book Vimalakirti: The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti.
February 13, 2020
Vimalakirti Sutra 2020 – Talk 6 – Jeff Bickner
Jeff Bickner gives the sixth talk on the Vimalakirti 2020 series to the Dharma Seminar. This series references the book Vimalakirti: The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti.
February 6, 2020
Vimalakirti Sutra 2020- Talk 5 – Chapters 8 and 9
Norman presents the fourth talk from Chapters 8 and 9 of the Vimalakirti Sutra to the Bay Area Sharma Seminar. This series references the book Vimalakirti: The Holy Teaching of...
January 30, 2020
Vimalakirti Sutra 2020 – Talk 4 – Chapters 5, 6, and 7 – Dharma Seminar
Norman presents the fourth talk from Chapters 5, 6, and 7 of the Vimalakirti Sutra to the Bay Area Dharma Seminar. This series references the book Vimalakirti: The Holy Teaching...
January 23, 2020
Vimalakirti Sutra 2020 – Talk 3 – Chapters 4, 5 – Dharma Seminar
Norman presents the third talk from Capters 4 and 5 of the Vimalakirti Sutra to the Bay Area Dharma Seminar. This series references the book Vimalakirti: The Holy Teaching of...
January 16, 2020
Vimalakirti Sutra 2020 – Talk 2 – Chapters 2, 3 – Dharma Seminar
Norman presents the second talk from Chapters 2 and 3 of the Vimalakirti Sutra to the Bay Area Dharma Seminar. This series references the book Vimalakirti: The Holy Teaching of...
January 9, 2020
Vimalakirti Sutra – Talk 1 – Dharma Seminar – January 2020
Norman Fischer presented the first talk in the series on the Vimalakirti Sutra to the Dharma Seminar. This series references the book Vimalakirti: The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti.
October 16, 2019
Imagination Saves Lives – Jaune Evans – Talk 6 – World Could Be Otherwise
Jaune Evans gives the sixth talk in the Wold Could Be Otherwise series on “Imagination Saves Lives”
October 8, 2019
Perfection of Enthusiasm – Sue Moon
Sue Moon speaks on “The Perfection of Enthusiasm” to the Sky Island Zen group.
February 17, 2019
The Heart Sutra – Talk 6 – February 2019
Chris Fortin presents the sixth talk on the Heart Sutra to the Dharma Seminar in February 2019 > View the pdf