Norman gives the fifth talk of "The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi" referencing the book "Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi" by Taigen Dan Leighton and Yi Wu. Hongzhi is credited with first articulating the practice of "just sitting" which is Dogen's practice, and ours.

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The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi – Talk 5

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Norman gives the second talk of the "Denkoroku - The Transmission of the Lamp " 2024 series to the Dharma Seminar.  The Denkoroku was written by Keizan Jokin (1264-1325) who along with Dogen is considered to be one of the two founding patriarchs of the Soto Zen School. The Denkoroku presents the transmission stories of the lineage of Soto Zen ancestors. This series references the  text of Thomas Cleary's "Transmission oof Light: Zen in the Art of Enlightenment by Zen Master Keizan." This talk focuses on Huike, the successor to Bodhidarma.

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Denkoroku – The Transmission of the Lamp 2024 – Talk 2

Jeff Bickner gives the first talk of the "Denkoroku - The Transmission of the Lamp 2024"  series to the Dharma Seminar.  The Denkoroku was written by Keizan Jokin (1264-1325) who along with Dogen is considered to be one of the two founding patriarchs of the Soto Zen School. The Denkoroku presents the transmission stories of the lineage of Soto Zen ancestors. This series references the  text of Thomas Cleary's "Transmission oof Light: Zen in the Art of Enlightenment by Zen Master Keizan."

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Denkoroku – The Transmission of the Lamp 2024 – Talk 1 – Jeff Bickner

Norman gives a dharma talk "On Compassion" to the May 2024 Everyday Zen All Day Sitting at Green Gulch Farms

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On Compassion – All Day Sitting – May 2024

Norman gives Guided Meditation "On Compassion."

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Guided Meditation “On Compassion”

Kathie Fischer gives her fourth and last talk of the "First Buddhist Women" series. Our text will be Susan Murcott’s First Buddhist Women: Poems and Stories of Awakening, a book on the Pali text Therigatha, a collection of poems by early Buddhist nuns. This final talk will discuss the nuns Kema and Upalavanna.

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The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi – Talk 5

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