Dharma Discourse by Konrad Ryushin Marchaj, Sensei - Ryushin Sensei discusses how our everyday experience is constantly being filtered through our personal bubbles of illusion. Inside, we believe we are the center of the world- and so we suffer.

Dharma Discourse by Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei - Who can say how we came to be who we are? The workings of cause and effect are incredibly subtle, but Shugen Sensei teaches that when we deeply clarify what our life is about,

Dharma Discourse by John Daido Loori, Roshi - In this humorous talk, Daido Roshi asks us to examine and relinquish our obsession with thinking, and our tendency to overvalue it. He encourages all practitioners to delve deeply into the practice of ...

Dharma Discourse by John Daido Loori, Roshi - Seeking fulfillment from our lives, we may feel anxious not to make any misteps. But what is a life without mistakes? In this talk, Daido Roshi encourages us to cultivate deep faith in our buddha nature,

Dharma Discourse by Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei - In this humorous talk, Sensei teaches us that the wandering mind is universal. These thoughts are the cause of our suffering, but also not the enemy. To go beyond them we need to be relaxed - yet d...

Dharma Discourse by John Daido Loori, Roshi - This impassioned talk by Daido Roshi packs in quite a bit of teaching - he speaks about koan study, the five kinds of blindness, the different upaya or skillful means of Zen,

Dharma Discourse by Konrad Ryushin Marchaj, Sensei - Ryushin Sensei discusses how true insight is not cloaked in fancy liturgy, accomplishments,  or actions. To see the truth of one's life is to live as full human beings,

Dharma Discourse by Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei - In this talk, Shugen Sensei continues the teachings about the stages along the Path. The 7th stage of the Ox Herding Pictures is called Forgetting the Ox. After the 6th stage of riding the ox home,

Dharma Discourse by John Daido Loori, Roshi - Realization isn’t about ideas, theories, or beliefs. It’s a direct, personal experience of reality. If we want to realize the Buddha’s teaching, we need to hear and see with the whole body and mind.

Dharma Discourse by Konrad Ryushin Marchaj, Sensei In this talk, the biological end isn't what's meant by "The Great Death." Instead, it asks, "what does it look like when someone dies completely in the midst of life?" One aspect is the release of anxi