Recent Dharma Talks Vimeo Dharma Talk, “The Field of Happiness Robe,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on August 23, 2026[39:36] Dharma Talk, “The True Dragon,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on August 16, 2026[39:01] Dharma Talk, “This Pivotal Opportunity,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on August 9, 2026[34:46] Dharma Talk on the Koan “Tozan’s Three Pounds,” by Shindo Steve Given on August 2, 2026[28:07] Dharma Talk, “Total Engagement in Immovable Sitting,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on July 26, 2026[32:50] Dharma Talk, “Everydayness,” by Daiho Chris Middleman[30:07] Dharma Talk, “When You Rise,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on July 5, 2026[35:12] Dharma Talk, “The Dharma Gate of Repose and Bliss,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on June 28, 2026[27:07] Dharma Talk, “The Dharma Gate of Repose and Bliss,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on June 28, 2026[27:07] Dharma Talk, “Think Not Thinking,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on June 21, 2026[32:39] Dharma Talk by Eko Jeff Kelley, on June 7, 2026[35:27] Dharma talk, “Zazen Body,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on May 31, 2026[36:37] Dharma Talk on Sanzen Instructions from Dogen’s Fukanzazengi, by Kanshin Allison Tait on May 24, 2026[40:25] Dharma Talk, “Turn the Light Around,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on May 17, 2026[34:12] Dharma Talk, “Sitting Long and Getting Tired,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on May 10, 2026[31:40] Dharma Talk, “The Mind is Lost in Confusion,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on May 3, 2026[33:54] Dharma Talk, “Zazen for the People,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on April 26, 2026[37:04] Dharma Talk, “Habit Energy,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on April 19, 2026[24:28] Dharma Talk, “The Host within the Host,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on April 5, 2026[40:08] Dharma Talk, “The Acrostic Jewel Mirror,” by Genzen Ed Cadman on March 29, 2026[28:41] Dharma Talk, “Like a Battle-scarred Tiger,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on March 22, 2026[41:59] Dharma Talk on Zazen Practice, by Kanshin Allison Tait on March 15, 2026[43:15] Dharma Talk, “Like a Tethered Colt,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on March 8, 2026[37:15] Dharma Talk, “Fineness and Greatness,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on March 1, 2026[28:19] Dharma Talk, “Drumming and Singing,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on February 22, 2026[33:47] Dharma Talk, “A Diamond Thunderbolt,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on February 15, 2026[50:34] Dharma Talk, “Dongshan’s Five Ranks,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on February 8, 2026[46:34] Dharma Talk, “Like a Babe in the World,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on February 1, 2026[34:28] Dharma Talk, “Facing the Jewel Mirror,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on January 25, 2026[37:42] Dharma Talk, “The Meaning is not in the Words,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on January 18, 2026[33:45] Dharma Talk on “The teaching of Thusness,” by Kanshin Allison Tait on January 11, 2026[40:34] 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 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