Norman gives a talk on "My Psalms" to the Makor Or group February 6, 2022. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/My+Psalms+-+Norman+Fischer+-+Makor+Or+February+6%2C+2022.mp3
Feb 13, 2022•57 min
Norman gives his second talk on Zen Master Dongshan "Just This Is It" koans and stories about this seminal zen master. The reference books used are; Taigen Dan Leighton "Just This Is It: Dongshan and the Practice of Suchness." In this talk Norman also references the Denkoruku or "Transmission of the Light" Chapter 39 "Great Master Tozan Ryokai." Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west...
Feb 12, 2022•53 min
Norman gives his first talk on Zen Master Dongshan, "Just This Is It". Koans and stories about this seminal zen master. The reference books used are; Taigen Dan Leighton "Just This Is It: Dongshan and the Practice of Suchness," Book of Serenity Case 49 "Dongshan Presents Offerings Before The Image," "Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi (PDF), Andy Ferguson "Zen's Chinese Heritage." Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without...
Feb 03, 2022•58 min
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." Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Thich-Nhat-Hanh-on-Heart-Sutra_All-Day-Sitting-January-2022.mp3
Feb 03, 2022•37 min
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." Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Thich-Nhat-Hanh-Memor...
Jan 28, 2022•1 hr 10 min
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." Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/202...
Jan 20, 2022•45 min
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." Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazona...
Jan 13, 2022•47 min
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." Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Mana-Shobogenzo_Case-34-The-World-Honored-Ones+_Intimate+Speech....
Jan 06, 2022•48 min
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.
Dec 19, 2021•45 min
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 ...
Dec 18, 2021•1 hr 26 min
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 Norther...
Dec 12, 2021•40 min
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.
Dec 06, 2021•36 min
Norman gives his sixteenth and final talk of the Platform Sutra 2021 series on the Denkoroku to the November All Day Sitting. In the Platform Sutra Hi-neng (sixth patriarch) confers the formless precepts of the Southern School of Zen. In this series Norman references Red Pine: "The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng."
Nov 22, 2021•52 min
Norman gives his fifteenth talk of the Platform Sutra 2021 series on the Denkoroku to the Dharma Seminar. In the Platform Sutra Hi-neng (sixth patriarch) confers the formless precepts of the Southern School of Zen. In this series Norman references Red Pine: "The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng."
Nov 19, 2021•56 min
Norman gives a Guided Meditation on "Presence" to the Conflict Resolution Professionals group.
Nov 11, 2021•15 min
Norman gives his fourteenth talk of the Platform Sutra 2021 series to the Dharma Seminar. In the Platform Sutra Hui-neng (sixth patriarch) confers the formless precepts of the Southern School of Zen. In this series Norman references Red Pine: “The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng."
Nov 11, 2021•53 min
Shuso Eva Bovenzi gives the thirteenth talk (Shuso talk 3) of the Platform Sutra 2021 series to the Dharma Seminar. In the Platform Sutra Hui-neng (sixth patriarch) confers the formless precepts of the Southern School of Zen. In this series Norman references Red Pine: “The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng."
Nov 05, 2021•23 min
Norman gives his twelfth talk of the Platform Sutra 2021 series to EDZ 2021 Sesshin (Talk 3). In the Platform Sutra Hui-neng (sixth patriarch) confers the formless precepts of the Southern School of Zen. In this series Norman references Red Pine: “The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng."
Oct 30, 2021•47 min
Norman gives his eleventh talk of the Platform Sutra 2021 series to EDZ 2021 Sesshin (Talk 3). In the Platform Sutra Hui-neng (sixth patriarch) confers the formless precepts of the Southern School of Zen. In this series Norman references Red Pine: “The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng."
Oct 30, 2021•42 min
Norman gives his tenth talk of the Platform Sutra 2021 series to EDZ 2021 Sesshin (Talk 3). In the Platform Sutra Hui-neng (sixth patriarch) confers the formless precepts of the Southern School of Zen. In this series Norman references Red Pine: “The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng."
Oct 29, 2021•45 min
Norman gives his ninth talk of the Platform Sutra 2021 series to the EDZ 2021 Sesshin (talk 2 ). In the Platform Sutra Hui-neng (sixth patriarch) confers the formless precepts of the Southern School of Zen. In this series Norman references Red Pine: “The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng."
Oct 28, 2021•46 min
Norman gives his eighth talk of the Platform Sutra 2021 series to the EDZ 2021 Sesshin (talk 1). In the Platform Sutra Hui-neng (sixth patriarch) confers the formless precepts of the Southern School of Zen. In this series Norman references Red Pine: “The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng."
Oct 28, 2021•44 min
Norman gives his seventh talk of the Platform Sutra 2021 series to the Dharma Seminar at the October All Day Sitting. In the Platform Sutra Hui-neng (sixth patriarch) confers the formless precepts of the Southern School of Zen. In this series Norman references Red Pine: “The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng.”
Oct 23, 2021•57 min
Shuso Eva Bovenzi gives the sixth talk of the Platform Sutra 2021 series to the Dharma Seminar. In the Platform Sutra Hui-neng (sixth patriarch) confers the formless precepts of the Southern School of Zen. In this series Norman references Red Pine: “The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng.”
Oct 13, 2021•24 min
Norman gives his fifth talk of the Platform Sutra 2021 series to the Dharma Seminar at the October All Day Sitting. In the Platform Sutra Hui-neng (sixth patriarch) confers the formless precepts of the Southern School of Zen. In this series Norman references Red Pine: “The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng.”
Oct 10, 2021•52 min
Norman gives his fourth talk of the Platform Sutra 2021 series to the Dharma Seminar. In the Platform Sutra Hui-neng (sixth patriarch) confers the formless precepts of the Southern School of Zen. In this series Norman references Red Pine: “The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng.”
Oct 08, 2021•59 min
Norman gives his third talk of the Platform Sutra 2021 series to the Dharma Seminar. In the Platform Sutra Hui-neng (sixth patriarch) confers the formless precepts of the Southern School of Zen. In this series Norman references Red Pine: "The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng."
Oct 01, 2021•54 min
Norman gives his second talk of the Platform Sutra 2021 series to the Dharma Seminar. In the Platform Sutra Hui-neng (sixth patriarch) confers the formless precepts of the Southern School of Zen. In this series Norman references Red Pine: "The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng."
Sep 25, 2021•51 min
Norman opens the 2021 Everyday Zen Practice Period and gives his first talk of the Platform Sutra 2021. In the Platform Sutra Hui-neng (sixth patriarch) confers the formless precepts of the Southern School of Zen. Norman will be referencing Red Pines's "The Platform Sutra:The Zen teaching of Hui-neng" throughout the series.
Sep 19, 2021•41 min
Norman gives his second and final talk to the Dharma Seminar of the Dogen's Bendowa 2021 series. In this Series Norman references the book "The Wholehearted Way" by Shohaku Okamura and Taigen Dan Leighton. Dogen's Bendowa may also be found in "Treasure of the True Dharma Eye, Zen Master Dogen's Shobogenzo," edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi, two volumes.
Sep 16, 2021•57 min