Norman speaks on Thich Nhat Hanh’s version of the Heart Sutra, “The Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore,” which can be found on the Plum Village website “plumvillage.org.”

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Norman leads a memorial service for Thich Nhat Hanh followed by Chris Fortin speaking on Dogen’s Mana Shobogenzo Case 213 “The Bodhisattva of Miraculous Powers.” This koan can be found in John Daido Loori’s: “The True Dharma Eye – Zen Master Dogen’s Three Hundred Koans.”

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Chris Fortin a Norman Fischer both speak to the Dharma Seminar on “Baizhang’s Fox” Mana Shobogenzo case 102; also Book of Serenity case 8, and Gateless Barrier (Mumonkan) 2. In this series Norman is referencing  John Daido Loori’s book “The Tue Dharma Eye – Zen Master Dogen’s Three Hundred Koans.”

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Chris Fortin and Norman Fischer both speak to the Dharma Seminar on “The Bodhisattva of Compassion’s Hands and Eyes'” Mana Shobogenzo case 105; also Book of Serenity case 54 and Blue Cliff Record case 89. In this series Norman is referencing  the book from John Daido Loori: “The True Dharma Eye – Zen Master Dogen’s three Hundred Koans.”

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Norman and Chris Fortin both speak on Dogen’s Mana Shobogenzo Case 34 – The World-Honored One’s “Intimate Speech.”  This case can be found in John Daido Loori’s  book “The True Dharma Eye – Zen Master Dogen’s Three Hundred Koans.”

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Norman gives his talk to the EDZ December 2021 All Day Sitting on Case 58 of the Book of Serenity “The Diamond Scripture’s Revilement.”  In this koan the Commentary of the Sixth Patriarch is paramount to the meaning of the Koan.

Norman gives the third and last talk to the Dharma Seminar on poet Saigyo Hoshi.  Saigyō Hōshi was a famous Japanese poet of the late Heian and early Kamakura period. He later took the pen name Saigyō, meaning “Western Journey”, a reference to Amida Buddha and the Western paradise. He lived alone for long periods in his life in Saga, Mt. Koya, Mt. Yoshino, Ise, and many other places, but he is more known for the many long, poetic journeys he took to Northern Honshū that would later inspire Bashō in his Narrow Road to the Interior.

Jaune Evans gives the second talk to the Dharma Seminar on poet Saigyo Hoshi entitled “Dharma is a Mirror of Your Mind.”  Saigyō Hōshi was a famous Japanese poet of the late Heian and early Kamakura period. He later took the pen name Saigyō, meaning “Western Journey”, a reference to Amida Buddha and the Western paradise. He lived alone for long periods in his life in Saga, Mt. Koya, Mt. Yoshino, Ise, and many other places, but he is more known for the many long, poetic journeys he took to Northern Honshū that would later inspire Bashō in his Narrow Road to the Interior.

Saigyō Hōshi was a famous Japanese poet of the late Heian and early Kamakura period.

He later took the pen name Saigyō, meaning “Western Journey”, a reference to Amida Buddha and the Western paradise. He lived alone for long periods in his life in Saga, Mt. Koya, Mt. Yoshino, Ise, and many other places, but he is more known for the many long, poetic journeys he took to Northern Honshū that would later inspire Bashō in his Narrow Road to the Interior.