"Mu Koan 1" is from Rohatsu Sesshin 2017. In this sesshin series, Dosho and Tetsugan explore the three break-through koans: "mu," "the sound of one hand," and "who hears?"

"Is There Love in the Universe?" is Kosho McCall's dharma talk for Sunday Open Zen on November 26, 2017. In the talk, Kosho looks into the vastness of space, exhausts our binary human view, and finds it right here.

"Forging Ahead Vigorously" is the Sunday Open Zen talk for November 12, 2017. In the talk, Tetsugan uses Blue Cliff Record 55: Daowu's Condolence Call to highlight the importance of energy and enthusiasm in Zen practice and how we actualize it in surprising ways.

"Birth Death and Intimate Self Knowledge" is the Sunday Open Zen talk from November 5, 2017. In the talk, Dosho addresses three essential questions about this life - Who am I? What is death? And what will become of me? In the koan introspection process, these questions are the focus of Gateless Barriers Case 47: Dōushuài’s Three Barriers.

"The Seeker and the Path" is the Sunday Open Zen talk for October 29, 2017. In the talk, guest teacher Kosho McCall, retired abbot of the Austin Zen Center, shares some of his personal story of seeking the spiritual path through Christianity and Zen.

"Embodying Awakening In Daily Life" is Tetsugan's talk for Sunday Open Zen, October 15, 2017. In the talk, Tetsugan comments on Gateless Barrier, Case 7 Zhaozhou's Wash Your Bowls. The practice of taking care of everything as the buddha is emphasized. As Paula Arai said, "When a nun uses a rag to wipe a table, she is to treat the rag and the table with the same respect she should give Sakyamuni Buddha."

"I Can't Do It" is Dosho's talk for Sunday Open Zen on October 8, 2017. In the talk, Dosho explores the stories we tell ourselves, especially in the dark and difficult times in life, inspired by The Record of Going Easy "Case 41 Luòpǔ With One Foot in the Grave."

"Ghosts: Healing A Divided World" is the Sunday Open Zen talk from October 1, 2017, by guest teacher, James Myoun Ford Roshi. In the talk, James investigates ghosts - those things that haunt us and how to heal.

"We Have a Situation Here: A Woman in Concentration": Dosho's talk at Sunday Open Zen for September 24, 2017, based on Gateless Barrier, Case 42. The talk covers some background on Shakyamuni Buddha, Manjushri, and the importance of settled concentration as well as awakening. The recent book by Robert Wright, Why Buddhism is True, is also highlighted.

"Movement is Inferior to Stillness" is Tetsugan's Sunday Open Zen talk from September 17, 2017. In the talk, she addresses the issue of speech and silence, using some verses from Beata Grant's new book, Zen Echoes: Classic Koans with Verse Commentaries by Three Female Zen Masters.