09/27/2025, Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, dharma talk at City Center.

Chikudo Catherine Spaeth teaches that zazen shows us what to care for, and leads the way in our request to study the precepts with a teacher. In this caring we become a good friend to our practice.

09/21/2025, Hoka Chris Fortin, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.

Hoka Chris Fortin asks: How do we—individually and as one—not turn away but bear witness, and respond to the suffering of the world with clear-hearted wisdom and compassion as we awaken together to our True Nature and shared humanity.

09/20/2025, Tenmyo Dojima 堂島典明, dharma talk at City Center.

Tenmyo Dojima 堂島典明 shares how her early struggles with depression led her to rediscover Buddhism in the U.S., begin monastic training in Japan, and continue the joy of walking the Buddha Way—together with others, rooted in connection.

09/17/2025, Kim Kogen Daiho Hart, dharma talk at City Center.

Kim Kōgen Daihō Hart explores her personal journey through anxiety to the realization that it is our own, all too real human struggles that light the path to liberation.

09/14/2025, Sokaku Kathie Fischer, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.

Sokaku Kathie Fischer examines the Xin Xin Ming (Faith in Mind, or Trusting the Mind), a text by the third Chinese Chan (Zen) ancestor, Jianzhi Sengcan.

09/10/2025, Doshin Dan Gudgel, dharma talk at City Center.

Doshin Dan Gudgel discusses gratitude and devotional practices, using his personal altars as examples, and reading “The Angel Handed Me a Book” by Paul Valéry.

09/07/2025, Sozan Michael McCord, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.

Sozan Michael McCord considers the deeper purpose of monasteries—not only as places of study and community, but as spaces that preserve and sustain collective practice, creating lasting impact beyond the moment of gathering.

09/06/2025, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma talk at City Center.

Shosan Victoria Austin points out that most of us are trying to find stability in less-than-perfect places, times, and conditions. How do we build an external and internal environment that supports us to meditate in peace?

08/31/2025, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.

Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler discusses practicing kindness as an overflowing of the direct experience of non-separation, and explores the teachings of Suzuki Roshi on ethical precepts by analyzing each word in a questionable statement that he heard: "You should be kind, and that's enough."

08/06/2025, Kristin Diggs, dharma talk at City Center.

Nyokai Kristin Diggs talks about the centrality of self-study in the context of Soto Zen, the interdependent nature of body-mind-self and all phenomena, and wise view within the context of Big Mind, which includes the whole universe.