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Vasubandhu’s Three Natures – Yogachara Mind Only School – Talk 1

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 as the Jay Garfield’s  “Vasubandhu’s Treatise on the Three Natures: A Translation and Commentary.”

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Wheel of Life and the Bodhisattva Path – Talk 4 – Way Seeking Mind – Chris Fortin

Chris Fortin gives her fourth and final talk on the Wheel of Life and the Bodhisattva Path on Way Seeking Mind.  This is a short talk and introduction to three Sangha members (Liz Salin, Audrey Meinertzhagen and Shuffy) giving talks which are not published here for privacy reasons.  Sangha members may on request the link to the Way Seeking Mind talks by requesting them at resources@everydayzen.org     Please allow a short delay for the link to be emailed to you. 

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Shantideva on Patience – Talk 3 – A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life

Norman gives his third talk on Shantideva on Patience from a “Bodhisattva’s Way of Life” chapter 6, Stephen Batchelor edition.

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Shantideva on Patience – Talk 2 – A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life

Norman gives his second talk on Shantideva on Patience from a “Bodhisattva’s Way of Life” chapter 6, Stephen Batchelor edition.

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Shantideva on Patience – Talk 1 from A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life

Norman gives his first talk of a three part series of Shantideva’s teachings on “Patience” from “A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life,” chapter 6 of Stephen Batchelor edition.

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The Field of Vast Brightness – Talk 9 – The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi – Jaune Evans

Jaune Evans gives the ninth and last talk on “The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi” series on “The Field of Vast Brightness” referencing the book “Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi” by Taigen Dan Leighton and Yi Wu. Hongzhi is credited with first articulating the practice of “just sitting” which is Dogen’s practice, and ours.

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Shantideva and Bodhicitta, Awakening Heart-Mind – Chris Fortin – All Day Sitting December 2022

Chris Fortin gives a talk on “Shantideva and Bodhicitta, the Awakening Heart-Mind” to the December Everyday Zen All Day Sitting.

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The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi – Entryways to Hongzhi – Talk 8 – James Flaherty

James Flaherty gives the eighth talk of “The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi” referencing the book “Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi” by Taigen Dan Leighton and Yi Wu. Hongzhi is credited with first articulating the practice of “just sitting” which is Dogen’s practice, and ours.

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The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi – Talk 7

Norman  gives the seventh talk of “The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi” referencing the book “Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi” by Taigen Dan Leighton and Yi Wu. Hongzhi is credited with first articulating the practice of “just sitting” which is Dogen’s practice, and ours.

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The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi – Talk 6 – Kathie Fischer

Kathie Fischer gives the sixth talk of “The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi” referencing the book “Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi” by Taigen Dan Leighton and Yi Wu. Hongzhi is credited with first articulating the practice of “just sitting” which is Dogen’s practice, and ours.

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The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi – Talk 5

Norman gives the fifth talk of “The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi” referencing the book “Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi” by Taigen Dan Leighton and Yi Wu. Hongzhi is credited with first articulating the practice of “just sitting” which is Dogen’s practice, and ours.

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The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi – Talk 4 – All Day Sitting October 2022

Norman Fischer gives the fourth talk of “The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi” to the October 2022 All Day Sitting referencing the book “Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi” by Taigen Dan Leighton and Yi Wu. Hongzhi is credited with first articulating the practice of “just sitting” which is Dogen’s practice, and ours.

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The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi – Talk 3 – Kathie Fischer

Kathie Fischer gives the third talk of “The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi” referencing the book “Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi” by Taigen Dan Leighton and Yi Wu. Hongzhi is credited with first articulating the practice of “just sitting” which is Dogen’s practice, and ours.

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The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi – Talk 2

Norman gives the second talk of “The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi” referencing the book “Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi” by Taigen Dan Leighton and Yi Wu. Hongzhi is credited with first articulating the practice of “just sitting” which is Dogen’s practice, and ours.

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The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi – Talk 1

Norman gives the first talk of “The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi” referencing the book “Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi” by Taigen Dan Leighton and Yi Wu. Hongzhi is credited with first articulating the practice of “just sitting” which is Dogen’s practice, and ours.

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Platform Sutra 2021 – Talk 16 – November All Day Sitting

Norman gives his sixteenth and final talk of the Platform Sutra 2021 series on the Denkoroku to the November All Day Sitting.  In the Platform Sutra Hi-neng (sixth patriarch) confers the formless precepts of the Southern School of Zen.  In this series Norman references Red Pine: “The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng.”

 

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Platform Sutra 2021 – Talk 13 – Shuso Talk 3

Shuso Eva Bovenzi gives the thirteenth talk (Shuso talk 3) of the Platform Sutra 2021 series to the Dharma Seminar.  In the Platform Sutra Hui-neng (sixth patriarch) confers the formless precepts of the Southern School of Zen. In this series Norman references Red Pine: “The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng.”