Recent Dharma Talks Dharma Talk on Knowledge, by Jundo Steve Given on January 4, 2026[21:34] Dharma Talk, “”Be Not Big,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on December 14, 2025[21:01] Dharma Talk on “Unsurpassed, Perfect Enlightenment,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on November 23, 2025[38:16] Dharma Talk on “No Ignorance and No End to Ignorance,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on November 9, 2025[32:12] Dharma Talk on the Heart Sutra, by Daiho Chris Middleman on November 2, 2025[28:04] Dharma Talk on “The Character of Emptiness,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on October 19, 2025[39:26] Dharma Talk on “Emptiness and Form,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on October 12, 2025[30:21] Dharma Talk on “Emptiness and Form,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on October 12, 2025[30:21] Dharma Talk on “Heart of Great Compassion,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on October 5, 2025[32:00] Dharma Talk on “”Buddham Saranam Gacchami,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on September 28, 2025[33:54] Dharma Talk on “Working with Thoughts and Feelings as They Arise During Zazen”, by Kanshin Allison Tait on September 20, 2025[36:41] Dharma Talk on Stories, by Kanshin Allison Tait on September 19, 2025[40:22] Dharma Talk for New Member Welcoming Ceremony, by Kanshin Allison Tait on September 7, 2025[15:21] Dharma Talk on “Together Practice”, by Kanshin Allison Tait on August 31, 2025[20:59] Dharma Talk on The Heart Sutra, by Genzen Ed Cadman on August 24, 2025[30:07] Dharma Talk on Boundless Compassion, by Kanshin Allison Tait on August 17, 2025[32:41] Dharma Talk on Equanimity, by Daiho Shindo Steve Given on August 10, 2025[29:41] Dharma Talk on “The Four Truths,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on August 3, 2025[29:34] Dharma Talk, “Seeing the Nature,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on July 27, 2025[19:59] Dharma Talk, “The Authentic Teaching,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on July 20, 2025[24:36] Dharma Talk on Repentance, by Kanshin Allison Tait on July 13, 2025[24:50] Dharma Talk, “Hello Habit Energy”, by Kanshin Allison Tait on July 6, 2025[37:48] Dharma Talk on The Point of Zazen, by Kanshin Allison Tait on June 22, 2025[30:52] Dharma Talk on the Fundamentals: Posture and Breathing, by Kanshin Allison Tait on June 8, 2025[33:17] Dharma Talk by the Shuso, Daiho Chris Middleman, reflecting on the Spring practice period, May 17, 2025[25:22] Dharma Talk on “Turning Adversity into the Path” and “Driving All Blames into One”, by Myoshin Kate McCandless on May 17, 2025[39:31] Dharma Talk on Compassion Training, by our Shuso, Daiho Chris Middleman, on May 11, 2025[30:46] Dharma Talk on Choosing a Lojong Slogan for your Practice, by Kanshin Allison Tait on May 4, 2025[32:49] Dharma Talk on Lojong and the Three Minds, by Kanshin Allison Tait on April 27, 2025[44:03] Dharma Talk on Lojong: Transforming Bad Circumstances, by Kanshin Allison Tait on April 20, 2025[41:50] Dharma Talk on Lojong Mind Training, by Kanshin Allison Tait on April 13, 2025[47:39] Dharma Talk on the Koan “Daowu Tends the Sick,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on March 23, 2025[31:34] Dharma Talk on the Chant of Boundless Compassion, by Genzen Ed Cadman on March 16, 2025[31:34] Dharma Talk on Others, Just Like Me, by Kanshin Allison Tait on March 2, 2025[28:45] Dharma Talk on Revolution, by Kanshin Allison Tait on February 23, 2025[43:47] Dharma Talk on the Heart Sutra, by Genzen Ed Cadman on February 9, 2025[32:55] Dharma Talk on Buddha Nature, by Kanshin Allison Tait on February 2, 2025[47:19] Dharma talk on Anger, by Kanshin Allison Tait on January 26, 2025[42:03] Dharma Talk for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on January 19, 2025[40:49] Dharma Talk on Right Intention by Kanshin Allison Tait on January 12, 2025[42:11] Autumn in Japan by Thomas Phillips on January 5, 2025[30:21] Dharma Talk on Rohatsu, by Kanshin Allison Tait on December 8, 2024[37:55] Dharma Talk on the Final Verse from The Song of the Grass Hut, by Kanshin Allison Tait on November 24, 2024[33:45] Dharma Talk on Verse #6 from The Song of the Grass Hut, by Kanshin Allison Tait on November 17, 2024[46:39] Dharma Talk on The Ten Oxherding Pictures, by Jundo Steve Given on November 10, 2024[38:53] Dharma Talk on Verse #5 from The Song of the Grass Hut, by Kanshin Allison Tait on November 3, 2024[34:26] Dharma Talk on Verse #4 from The Song of the Grass Hut, by Kanshin Allison Tait on October 27, 2024[31:34] Dharma Talk on Verse #3 from The Song of the Grass Hut, by Kanshin Allison Tait on October 20, 2024[32:17] Dharma Talk on Verse #2 from The Song of the Grass Hut, by Kanshin Allison Tait on October 13, 2024[40:46] Dharma Talk on Practice Themes from Rereading “Zen Mind, Beginners Mind”, by Shindo Mike Gillespie on September 29, 2024[38:44] Dharma Talk on Vows, by Kanshin Allison Tait on September 22, 2024[29:55] Dharma talk on Endurance, by Kanshin Allison Tait on September 15, 2024[36:05] Dharma Talk on Abandoning the Unskillful and Cultivating the Good, By Kanshin Allison Tait on September 8, 2024[31:24] Way-Seeking Mind talk, by Kanshin Allison Tait on September 1, 2024[52:07] Dharma Talk on Zen Practice, by Jundo Steve Given, on August 25, 2024[44:07] Dharma Talk on the Koan “Dongshan’s Each Stitch,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on August 11, 2024[26:54] Practice Instruction, by Genzen Ed Cadman on August 4, 2024[33:02] Dharma Talk on Jukai and Ordination, by Kanshin Allison Tait on July 28, 2024[51:50] Dharma Talk on Maitreya Buddha, by Kanshin Allison Tait on July 21, 2024[36:20] Dharma Talk on Tara Bodhisattva, by Kanshin Allison Tait on July 14, 2024[30:49] Dharma Talk #2 on Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, by Kanshin Allison Tait on July 7, 2024[31:09] Dharma Talk on Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, by Kanshin Allison Tait on June 30, 2024[46:37] Dharma Talk on Change, by Shindo Mike Gillespie on June 23, 2024[37:37] Dharma Talk on Samantabadra Bodhisattva, by Kanshin Allison Tait on June 9, 2024[33:22] Dharma Talk on Manjushri Bodhisattva by Kanshin Allison Tait on June 2, 2024[37:43] Dharma Talk on Jizo Bodhisattva by Kanshin Allison Tait on May 26, 2024[37:18] Dharma Talk on Practicing with Silence by Myoshin Kate McCandless on May 19, 2024[45:40] Tuesday Class #5 on “The Taste of Silence,” talk by Chikyo Ewan Magie on May 14, 2024[35:14] Dharma Talk on Practicing within Sangha, by Chikyo Ewan Magie on May 12, 2024[45:13] Tuesday Class #4 on “The Taste of Silence,” talk by Chikyo Ewan Magie on May 7, 2024[36:57] Tuesday Class #3 on “The Taste of Silence,” talk by Chikyo Ewan Magie on April 30, 2024[41:04] Dharma Talk on Keeping Open Space Above by Kanshin Allison Tait on April 28, 2024[37:50] Dharma talk on Taking the Backward Step by Shinmon Michael Newton on April 21, 2024[37:46] Tuesday Class #2 on “The Taste of Silence,” talk by Chikyo Ewan Magie on April 16, 2024[30:09] Dharma talk on Right Action by Jundo Steve Given on April 14, 2024[30:27] Tuesday Class #1 on “The Taste of Silence,” talk by Chikyo Ewan Magie on April 10, 2024[36:52] Shuso’s Way Seeking Mind Talk by Chikyo Ewan Magie on April 7, 2024 (audio only)[37:21] Dharma Talk on Ango by Shinmon Michael Newton on April 6, 2024 (audio only)[44:27] Dharma Talk on Hidden Lamp #11: “The Old Woman’s Enlightenment,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on March 17, 2024[33:17] Dharma Talk on Hidden Lamp #50: “Satsujo Weeps,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on 10 Mar 2024[39:03] Dharma Talk on Hidden Lamp #63: “Mahapajapati Opens the Door,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on March 3, 2024[36:41] Dharma Talk on “Kisa Gotami and the Mustard Seed,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on February 18, 2024[33:00] Dharma Talk on “The Parable of the Burning Hut,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on February 11, 2024[35:14] Dharma Talk on Hidden Lamp #58: “The Goddess’s Transformations,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on February 4, 2024[39:14] Dharma Talk on “Punnika and the Brahman’s Purification” by Jundo Steve Given on January 28, 2024[30:34] Dharma Talk on “Chiyono’s No Water No Moon, by Kanshin Allison Tait on January 21, 2024[33:01] Dharma Talk on The Hidden Lamp Case #43, on January 14, 2024[26:22] Dharma Talk on Home Zazen Practice by Genzen Ed Cadman on Jan 7, 2024[39:12] Dharma Talk on “The Precepts, Impermanence and Absolute Freedom” by Kanshin Allison Tait on December 17, 2023[32:56] Dharma Talk on Precepts: “Not Indulging in Anger”, by Kanshin Allison Tait on December 10, 2023[41:36] Dharma Talk for Rohatsu Celebration by Kanshin Allison Tait on December 8, 2023[15:35] Dharma Talk on Precepts: Not Praising Self above Others, Not Disparaging the 3 Treasures, by Kanshin Allison Tait on Dec 3, 2023[29:46] Dharma talk on “The Wine of Delusion”, by Kanshin Allison Tait on November 19, 2023[42:43] Dharma Talk on the Precepts of Not Lying and Not Speaking of Others’ Faults, by Kanshin Allison Tait on November 12, 2023[48:51] Tuesday Class on Precepts: Not Intoxicating and Not Slandering Others, by Chikyo Ewan Magie on November 8, 2023[36:14] Dharma Talk on Precepts: Not Misusing Sexuality and Not Lying, by Shindo Mike Gillespie on November 5, 2023[40:54] Dharma Talk on Not Misusing Sexuality / Being Caring and Faithful in Relationships, by Kanshin Allison Tait on October 29, 2023[43:33] Dharma Talk: “Be Generous and Receive What is Offered as a Gift”, by Kanshin Allison Tait on October 22, 2023[26:19] Dharma Talk: “Do No Harm” by Kanshin Allison Tait on October 15, 2023[45:37] Tuesday class on The Three Pure Precepts by Genzen Ed Cadman on October 10, 2023[50:51] Dharma Talk on The Three Treasures by Kanshin Allison Tait on October 8, 2023[32:15] Tuesday class on Repentance and the Four Great Bohdisattva Vows by Chikyo Ewan Magie on October 4, 2023[26:15] Dharma talk on The Precepts by Kanshin Allison Tait on October 1, 2023[40:23] Dharma talk on Blue Cliff Record #3: “Master Ma is Ill” by Kanshin Allison Tait on September 24, 2023[22:57] Dharma Talk on Blue Cliff Record #11: “Huangbo’s Dreg Swilling Bozos” by Kanshin Allison Tait on September 17, 2023[14:20] Dharma Talk on Blue Cliff Record #86, “Yunmen’s Radiant Light,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on September 16, 2023[22:37] Dharma Talk on Blue Cliff Record #82, “The Flowers on the Hillside,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on September 15, 2023[28:55] Dharma Talk on Blue Cliff Record #68: “Yangshan Asks Sansheng’s Name” by Kanshin Allison Tait on September 10, 2023[25:11] Dharma Talk on Blue Cliff Record #55: “Alive or Dead” by Kanshin Allison Tait on September 3, 2023[37:40] Dharma Talk on “Respect for Things” by Jisan Tova Green on August 27, 2023[41:29] Dharma Talk on Blue Cliff Record #45: “Zhaozhou’s Canvas Jacket” by Kanshin Allison Tait on August 20, 2023[32:08] Dharma Talk on Blue Cliff Record #29: “Dasui and the World-Ending Fire”: Kanshin Allison Tait on August 13, 2023 (audio only)[31:02] Dharma Talk on Blue Cliff Record Case #80: “Zhaozhuo’s Newborn” by Jundo Steve Given on August 6, 2023[44:47] Dharma Talk on Blue Cliff Record Case #35: “Conversation with Manjusri” by Kanshin Allison Tait on July 30, 2023[33:19] Dharma Talk on Blue Cliff Record Case #74: “Jinniu Dances”, by Kanshin Allison Tait on July 23, 2023[26:37] Dharma talk on Working with Koans by Tokuden Shinki Mark Lancaster on July 16, 2023[36:35] Dharma talk on Blue Cliff Record Case #91: “Bring Me the Rhinoceros”, by Kanshin Allison Tait on July 9, 2023[32:46] Dharma Talk, “The Whole Works,” by Jishi Jeff Bickner on July 2, 2023[28:44] Dharma Talk on Blue Cliff Record Case #12 :”Three Pounds of Flax”, by Kanshin Allison Tait on June 25, 2023[32:14] Dharma Talk on Blue Cliff Record Case #14: “Yunmen’s Appropriate Response”, by Kanshin Allison Tait on June 18, 2023[32:41] Dharma Talk on Blue Cliff Record Case #27: “Yunmen’s Golden Wind”, by Kanshin Allison Tait on June 4, 2023[36:01] Dharma Talk on Blue Cliff Record Case #24: “Isan and Iron Grinder Lu”, by Kanshin Allison Tait on May 28, 2023[28:21] Dharma Talk on Mind-to-Mind Transmission by Jundo Steve Given on May 21, 2023[46:53] Dharma talk on Reincarnations by Imanaka Taijo on May 14, 2023[42:39] Dharma Talk on the Metta Sutta by Kanshin Allison Tait on May 7, 2023[37:47] Dharma Talk on The Death of the Buddha by Kanshin Allison Tait on April 30, 2023[42:40] Dharma Talk on Buddha’s Birthday by Kanshin Allison Tait on April 23, 2023[25:46] Dharma Talk on the Angulimala Sutra by Kanshin Allison Tait on Apr 16, 2023[48:45] Dharma Talk on Two Kinds of Thought by Kanshin Allison Tait on Apr 9, 2023[32:03] Dharma Talk on Right View by Kanshin Allison Tait on April 2, 2023[41:04] Dharma Talk on the Sutra on How to Catch a Snake by Kanshin Allison Tait on March 26, 2023[28:33] Dharma Talk on The Four Foundations of Mindfulness by Kanshin Allison Tait on March 19, 2023[53:18] Dharma Talk on The Full Awareness of Breathing by Kanshin Allison Tait on March 12, 2023[24:05] Dharma Talk on Lessons from West Africa by Shindo Mike Gillespie on March 5, 2023[37:24] Dharma Talk on Practicing in the Present Moment by Kanshin Allison Tait on February 26, 2023[45:05] Dharma Talk on the “Sutra on the Parable of the Saw” by Kanshin Allison Tait on February 19, 2023[43:59] Dharma Talk on the “Meghiya Sutta” by Kanshin Allison Tait on February 12, 2023[45:10] Dharma Talk on Caring For Each Other by Kanshin on 24 March 2022[42:06] Dharma Talk on The Antiracist 12 Steps by Tim Wicks and Roger Hillyard 17 April 2022[47:54] Dharma Talk “With All Beings” by Kanshin on 03 April 2022[43:36] Dharma Talk on Cultivating Joy by Kanshin on 27 March 2022[45:57] Dharma Talk on Compassion by Kanshin on 20 March 2022[51:33] Dharma Talk on Letting Go by Kanshin on 03-13-2022[42:58] Dharma Talk on Chance Gatherings by Genzen Ed Cadman 12 March 2022[40:42] Dharma Talk on Well-being by Kanshin on 06 March 2022[53:28] Dharma Talk on the Gift of Fearlessness by Kanshin on 27 February 2022[37:54] Dharma Talk on Lovingkindness by Kanshin on 20 February 2022[44:53] Dharma Talk on Lasting Happiness by Kanshin on 13 February 2022[36:05] Dharma Talk on Compassion by Steve Jundo Given on 12 February 2022[41:10] Dharma talk on Compassion by Shudo Chris Burkhart on 06 February 2022[39:53] Dharma Talk on Discrimination and Suffering by Steve Jundo Given on 30 January 2022[37:46] 2021_11-03_Sunday_Steve_Jundo_Given-Discrimination_and_Suffering[37:46] Dharma Talk on Anger by Steve Jundo Given on 08 January 2022.mp4[40:10] Dharma talk on “Pain” by Steve Jundo Given on 02 January 2022[39:33] 2021-12-12_Kanshin_Sunday_Rohatsu_The-Flower-of-Awakening-is-Bright.mp4[37:37] 2021-11-21_Sunday_Kanshin_Shobogenzo_Uji_Being-Time_Part-6.mp4[51:47] 2021-11-14_Sunday_Kanshin_Shobogenzo_Uji_Being-Time_Part-5.mp4[49:10] 2021-11-13_Zazenkai_Kanshi_Karma.mp4[52:53] 2021-11-07_Sunday_Kanshin_Sbobogenzo_Uji_Being-Time_Part-4[45:11] 2021-11-07_Kanshin_Sunday_Shobogenzo-Uji_Being-Time_Part-4.mp4[45:18] 2021-11-03_Kanshin_Sunday_Shobogenzo-Uji-Being-Time_Part-3.mp4[47:00] 2021-10-24 Kanshin – Sunday – Shobogenzo Uji Being Time – Part2.mp4[45:12] 2021-10-17 Kanshin – Sunday – Shobogenzo Uji Being Time – Part-1.mp4[50:51] 2021-10-10 Norman Fischer – Platform Sutra Red Pine Ch 20 21.mp4[41:15] 2021-09-28 Chikyo Ewan Magie – Ancestors and Koans.mp4[26:17] 2021-09-26 Koshin Christopher Cain – Sadness and Loss.mp4[31:03] 2021-09-21 Shudo Chris Burkhart – Sesshin – Chanting as Ritual and Support.mp4[34:44] 2021-09-20 Kanshin – Sesshin – Only a Buddha and a Buddha.mp4[40:43] 2021-09-19 Chris Burkhart – Sesshin – Taking Refuge in Sangha.mp4[38:13] Kanshin – Ocean Mudra Samadhi (9-18-21).mp4[47:03] Kanshin – Avalokitesvara (9-12-21).mp4[46:52] Steve Given – Sunday Dharma Talk (9-5-21).mp4[41:40] Kanshin Sunday Dharma Talk (7-18-21)[41:32] Genzen Ed Cadman Sunday Dharma Talk 7-11/21[29:39] Genjokoan – Final (6-06-2021)[38:19] Genjokoan – Paragraph 9 (5-30-2021)[45:01] Genjokoan – Paragraph 8 (5-23-2021)[44:14] Genjokoan Paragraph 7 (5-16-2021)[34:58] Genjokoan – Paragraph 4 (5-09-2021)[37:26] Genjokoan – Paragraph 3 (4-25-2021)[46:08] Dogen’s The Merit of the Kesa (04/04/2021)[42:35] 2021-04-11-Kanshin-Genjokoan-Paragraph-2[44:33] Genjokoan Paragraph 1 (4/10/2021)[57:04] Genjokoan Introduction (4/9/2021)[53:45] Buddhist Quote[00:11] 03-28-2021 Kanshin – Sunday Dharma Talk[41:31] 2021-03-21-Kanshin-Sunday-Morning[43:26] 2021-03-14-Kanshin-Sunday-Morning[40:34] Kanshin – Dogen’s Shõbõgenzõ Zenki Total Dynamic Working[43:51] Sunday Dharma Talk: Kanshin – Bendowa Series[29:11] Sunday Dharma Talk: Kanshin – Bendowa Series[29:38] Sunday Dharma Talk: Kanshin – Bendowa Series[36:34] Sunday Dharma Talk: Kanshin – Bendowa Series[47:12] Kanshin: Zazenkai Dharma Talk[44:30]
