07/05/2025, Mark Lesser, dharma talk at City Center.

Marc Lesser discusses a teaching from Vietnamese Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh: Breathing, smiling and living are three ways to practice.

07/02/2025, Doshin Dan Gudgel, dharma talk at City Center.

Doshin Dan Gudgel explores the image of Indra’s Net and how it relates to life in this complicated, messy modern world.

06/29/2025, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.

Kokyo Henkel explores what is really transmitted from teacher to student, and some classic Zen stories about Dharma transmission.

This talk was given at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center (Zenshinji) by Gendo Lucy Xiao 玄道. Lucy reflects on different aspects of harmony. Recorded on June 28, 2025.

06/22/2025, Eijun Linda Cutts, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.

As senior dharma teacher Linda Ruth Cutts prepares to move from Green Gulch and SFZC residency after 54 years she brings up the practice of being upright in the midst of great change.

06/21/2025, Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, dharma talk at Tassajara.

06/21/2025, Esho Sudan, dharma talk at City Center.

Esho Sudan explores the life-story and great legacy of Sozen Nagasawa Roshi, a Soto Zen abbess and teacher, founder of the only women's training monastery in WW2-era Japan.

06/18/2025, Jisan Tova Green, dharma talk at City Center. Jisan Tova Green shares how Zen practice has influenced her long engagement with peace and justice issues, and draws from the words and actions of three of her mentors, Joanna Macy, Maylie Scott, and Alan Senauke.

06/15/2025, Gyokuden Stephanie Blank, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Gyokuden Steph Blank shares her experience of grief and gratitude arising through the intimate process of accompanying her father during his recent transition from the miracle of life into the miracle of death.

06/14/2025, Monitsu Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at City Center. Monitsu Pamela Weiss explores the final section of the Eihei Koso Hotsuganmon by Dogen Zenji.