Everyday Zen Podcast

Norman gives a talk on "Buddhism and Jewish Meditation" to the Awakened Heart Project for Contemplative Judaism. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Buddhism-and-Jewish-Meditation-Awakened-Heart-Talk-1.mp3

Norman gives a talk to the Dharma Seminar on Dogen's "Birth and Death." Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Dogens-_Birth-and-Death_.mp3

Norman give a talk on Dogen's "Continuous Practice" at the Upaya Zen Center. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Dogens-_Continuous-Practice_-Upaya-07_28_24.mp3

Norman gives a dharma talk "On Vowing" to the Everyday Zen July All Day Sitting at Green Gulch Farms. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/On-Vowing-All-Day-Sittting-July-20-2024.mp3  

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. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Denkoroku-The-Transmisssion-of-the-Light-2024-Talk-6-Huineng-Jeff-Bickner.mp3

Norman gives his third and final talk of his "Trust in Mind" series to the Samish Island Sesshin 2024. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Samish-Island-Sesshin-2024-Talk-3-Trust-in-Mind.mp3  

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. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Denkoroku-The-Transmission-of-the-Light-2024-Talk-5-Hongren-Jeff-Bickner.mp3

Norman gives his second talk of his "Trust in Mind" series to the Samish Island Sesshin 2024. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Samish-Island-Sesshin-2024-Talk-2-Trust-in-Mind.mp3  

Norman gives a talk on "Picking and Choosing" to the June 2024 All Day Sitting at Green Gulch Farms Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Picking-and-Choosing-All-Day-Sitting-June-2024.mp3  

Norman gives his first talk of his "Trust in Mind" series to the Samish Island Sesshin 2024 Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Samish-Island-Sesshin-2024-Talk-1-Trust-in-Mind.mp3

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. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Denkoroku-The-Transmission-of-the-Light-2024-Talk-4-Daoxin.mp3

Norman gives the third 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. This 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 Sengcan, the successor to Huike. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Denkoroku-The-Transmission-of-the-Light-2024-Talk-3-Sengcan.mp3

Norman gives the second 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. This 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 Huike, the successor to Bodhidharma. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Denkoroku-The-Transmission-of-the-Light-2024-Talk-2.mp3

Jeff Bickner gives the first 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. This series references the  text of Thomas Cleary's "Transmission of the Light: Zen in the Art of Enlightenment by Zen Master Keizan." This first talk is on Bodhidharma - Case 29. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Denkoroku-The-Transmission-of-the-Lamp-2024-Talk-1-Jeff-Bickner.mp3

Norman gives a dharma talk "On Compassion" to the May 2024 Everyday Zen All Day Sitting at Green Gulch Farms Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/On-Compassion-All-Day-Sitting-May-2024.mp3  

Norman gives Guided Meditation "On Compassion." Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Guided-Meditation-On-Compassion-5-19-24.mp3

Kathie Fischer gives her fourth and last talk of the "First Buddhist Women" series. Our text will be Susan Murcott’s First Buddhist Women: Poems and Stories of Awakening, a book on the Pali text Therigatha, a collection of poems by early Buddhist nuns. This final talk will discuss the nuns Kema and Upalavanna. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/First-Buddhist-Women-Talk-4-Kathie-Fischer.mp3

Norman gives a Guided Meditation "On Gratitude." Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Guided-Meditation-On-Gratitude-5-11-24.mp3

Kathie Fischer gives her third talk of the "First Buddhist Women" series. Our text will be Susan Murcott’s First Buddhist Women: Poems and Stories of Awakening, a book on the Pali text Therigatha, a collection of poems by early Buddhist nuns. This talk focuses on Mahapajapati Gotami  the foster-mother of the Buddha who was the first woman to seek ordination and became the first bhikkhuni (Buddhist nun).. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/First-Buddhist-Women-Talk-3-Kathie-Fischer.mp3

Norman gives a talk at the Kannon Do Meditation Center on "Sadāprarudita - The Every Weeping Bodhisattva" from the Prajna Paramita 8,000 lines. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Sadaprarudita-The-Ever-Weeping-Bodhisaattva-Kannando-May-2024.mp3