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Living by Vow – Talk 5 – 2025 Series – The Three Refuges Part Two

Norman gives the fifth talk of the “Living by Vow” 2025 Series on “The Three Refuges Part Two” to the Dharma Seminar as the focus of the Everyday Zen 2025 Practice Period. His lectures reference Shohaku Okumura’s book “Living by Vow; A Practical Introduction to Eight Essential Zen Chants and Texts.”

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Living by Vow – Talk 4 – 2025 Series – The Three Refuges

Norman gives the fourth talk of the “Living by Vow” 2025 Series  to the Dharma Seminar as the focus of the Everyday Zen 2025 Practice Period. His lectures reference Shohaku Okumura’s book “Living by Vow; A Practical Introduction to Eight Essential Zen Chants and Texts.” This talk focuses on “The Three Refuges.”

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Living by Vow – Talk 3 – 2025 Series – Shuso Laura Trippi – Vowing Through Forms

Shuso Laura Trippi gives the third dharma talk of the “Living by Vow” 2025 Series to the Dharma Seminar as the focus of the Everyday Zen 2025 Practice Period. Her talk is on “Vowing Through Forms” referencing Shohaku Okumura’s book “Living by Vow; A Practical Introduction to Eight Essential Zen Chants and Texts.”

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Living by Vow – Talk 2 – 2025 Series

Norman gives his second talk of the “Living by Vow” 2025 Series to the Dharma Seminar as the focus of the Everyday Zen 2025 Practice Period. His lectures reference Shohaku Okumura’s book “Living by Vow; A Practical Introduction to Eight Essential Zen Chants and Texts.”

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Living by Vow – Talk 1 – 2025 Series

Norman gives his first talk of the “Living by Vow” 2025 Series to the Dharma Seminar as the focus of the Everyday Zen 2025 Practice Period. His lectures reference Shohaku Okumura’s book “Living by Vow; A Practical Introduction to Eight Essential Zen Chants and Texts.”

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Dogen’s Continuous Practice – 2024/5 Series – On Language (Painting a Rice Cake)

Norman gives the seventeenth talk to the Dharma Seminar on Dogen’s Continuous Practice from Kaz Tanahashi”s translation of the Shobogenzo Fasciles 31a and 31b. In this talk Norman speaks On Language (Painting of a Rice Cake).

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Dogen’s Continuous Practice – Talk 16 – 2024/5 Series – Phillip Whalen on Zazen

Norman gives the sixteenth talk to the Dharma Seminar on Dogen’s Continuous Practice from Kaz Tanahashi”s translation of the Shobogenzo Fasciles 31a and 31b. In this talk Norman speaks on Phillip Whalen on zazen.

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Dogen’s Continuous Practice – Talk 15 – 2024/5 Series – Huike’s Arm

Norman gives the fifteenth talk to the Dharma Seminar on Dogen’s Continuous Practice from Kaz Tanahashi”s translation of the Shobogenzo Fasciles 31a and 31b. In this talk Norman speaks on Huike’s Arm.

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Dogen’s Continuous Practice – Talk 14 – 2024/5 Series – Parshva and Blanche

Norman gives the fourteenth  talk to the Dharma Seminar on Dogen’s Continuous Practice from Kaz Tanahashi”s translation of the Shobogenzo Fasciles 31a and 31b. In this talk Norman speaks on Bodhidharma. In this talk Norman speaks on Parshiva mentioned in the Fasciles and Blanch

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Dogen’s Continuous Practice – Talk 13 – 2024 Series – Bodhidharma

Norman gives the thirteenth  talk to the Dharma Seminar on Dogen’s Continuous Practice from Kaz Tanahashi”s translation of the Shobogenzo Fasciles 31a and 31b. In this talk Norman speaks on Bodhidharma.

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Dogen’s Continuous Practice – Talk 12 – 2024 Series – Buddha’s Enlightenment

Norman gives the twelfth  talk to the Dharma Seminar on Dogen’s Continuous Practice from Kaz Tanahashi”s translation of the Shobogenzo Fasciles 31a and 31b. In this talk Norman speaks on Buddha’s Enlightenment.

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Dogen’s Continuous Practice – Talk 11 – Jeff Bickner

Jeff Bickner gives his tenth talk on Dogen’s Continuous Practice from Kaz Tanahashi”s translation of the Shobogenzo Fasciles 31a and 31b to the Everyday Zen November 2024 All Day Sitting.

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Dogen’s Continuous Practice – Talk 9 – 2024 Series – Mahakashyapa

Norman gives his ninth talk to the Dharma Seminar on Dogen’s Continuous Practice from Kaz Tanahashi”s translation of the Shobogenzo Fasciles 31a and 31b. In this talk  In this talk Norman speaks on the face to face transmission of Mahakashyapa.

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Dogen’s Continuous Practice – Talk 8 – 2024 Series – Rene Descartes

Norman gives his eighth talk to the Dharma Seminar on Dogen’s Continuous Practice from Kaz Tanahashi”s translation of the Shobogenzo Fasciles 31a and 31b. In this talk  In this talk Norman speaks on Rene Decartes (1596-1650) a French mathematician, scientist and philosopher who is considered a founder of modern philosophy.

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Dogen’s Continuous Practice – Talk 7 – 2024 Series – Dai-i Flo Rublee

Dai-i Flo Rublee gives the seventh talk to the Dharma Seminar on Dogen’s Continuous Practice from Kaz Tanahashi”s translation of the Shobogenzo Fasciles 31a and 31b. Flo is an Everyday Zen priest from Vancouver’s Mountain Rain Zen Community sangha. She received shiho (dharma transmission) from Norman a year ago.

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Dogen’s Continuous Practice – Talk 6 – 2024 Series – Beautiful and Useless

Norman gives his sixth talk to the Dharma Seminar on Dogen’s Continuous Practice from Kaz Tanahashi”s translation of the Shobogenzo Fasciles 31a and 31b.

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Dogen’s Continuous Practice – Talk 5 – Christopher Dumbleton and Steve Gross

Christopher Dumbleton and Steve Gross  give the fifth talk to the Dharma Seminar on Dogen’s Continuous Practice from Kaz Tanahashi”s translation of the Shobogenzo Fasciles 31a and 31b.

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Dogen’s Continuous Practice – Talk 4 – 2024 Series – Simone Weil

Norman gives his fourth talk to the Dharma Seminar on Dogen’s Continuous Practice from Kaz Tanahashi”s translation of the Shobogenzo Fasciles 31a and 31b. This talk focuses on the teachings of Simone Weil and their insights into our Zen Continuous Practice.

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The Five Remembrances – Talk 6 – My Actions Are My Only True Belongings

Jaune Evans leads the Dharma Seminar and invites Chris Fortin to speak on  “My Actions Are My Only True Belongings,”  the sixth and final talk of “The Five Remembrances” series.

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The Five Remembrances – Talk 5 – All That is Dear to Me and Everyone I Love Are of the Nature to Change

Jaune Evans leads the Dharma Seminar and invites Frank Ostaseski to speak on  “All That is Dear to Me and Everyone I love Are of the Nature to Change,”  the fifth  talk of “The Five Remembrances” series.

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The Five Remembrances – Talk 4 – I am of the Nature to Die

Jaune Evans leads the Dharma Seminar and invites Bob Andrews, Tracy Grubbs, Michael Gelfond, Christopher Dumbleton, Renshin Bunce, and Jane Flint to share their experience of “I Am Of The Nature To Die,”  the fourth talk of “The Five Remembrances” series.

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The Five Remembrances – Talk 2 – I Am of the Nature to Have Ill Health

Jaune Evans leads the Dharma Seminar and invites Patricia Sullivan, Ty Cashman, Beth Beaullieu, John Murray and Andrea Jacoby to share their experience of “I Am Of The Nature To Have Ill Health,”  the second talk of “The Five Remembrances” series.

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The Five Remembrances – Talk 1 – I Am of the Nature to Grow Old

Jaune Evans leads the Dharma Seminar and invites Sue Moon, Naomi Newman and Steve Gross to share their experience of “I Am Of The Nature To Grow Old,”  the first talk of “The Five Remembrances” series.

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Denkoroku – The Transmission of the Light 2024 – Talk 6 – Huineng – Jeff Bickner

Jeff Bickner gives the sixth and final  talk of the “Denkoroku – The Transmission of the Light ” 2024 series to the Dharma Seminar.  The Denkoroku was written by Keizan Jokin (1264-1325) who along with Dogen is considered to be one of the two founding patriarchs of the Soto Zen School. The Denkoroku presents the transmission stories of the lineage of Soto Zen ancestors. The series references the  text of Thomas Cleary’s “Transmission of the Light: Zen in the Art of Enlightenment by Zen Master Keizan.” This talk focuses on Huinen, the successor to Hongren.

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Denkoroku – The Transmission of the Light – Talk 5 – Hongren – Jeff Bickner

Jeff Bickner gives the fifth talk of the “Denkoroku – The Transmission of the Light ” 2024 series to the Dharma Seminar.  The Denkoroku was written by Keizan Jokin (1264-1325) who along with Dogen is considered to be one of the two founding patriarchs of the Soto Zen School. The Denkoroku presents the transmission stories of the lineage of Soto Zen ancestors. The series references the  text of Thomas Cleary’s “Transmission of the Light: Zen in the Art of Enlightenment by Zen Master Keizan.” This talk focuses on Hongren, the successor to Dioxin.

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Denkoroku – The Transmission of the Light 2024 – Talk 4 – Daoxin

Norman gives the fourth talk of the “Denkoroku – The Transmission of the Light ” 2024 series to the Dharma Seminar.  The Denkoroku was written by Keizan Jokin (1264-1325) who along with Dogen is considered to be one of the two founding patriarchs of the Soto Zen School. The Denkoroku presents the transmission stories of the lineage of Soto Zen ancestors. The series references the  text of Thomas Cleary’s “Transmission of the Light: Zen in the Art of Enlightenment by Zen Master Keizan.” This talk focuses on Daoxin, the successor to Sengcan.

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