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Minnesota Zen Meditation Center

Sunday talk archive

897 recorded talks, from March 4, 2007 to August 9, 2026. Every one can be played here or downloaded.

201 recordings do not name their speaker yet. They are all here, and you can find them by title or year.

2026

Aug 9 Anger and Compassion Ben Connelly
Aug 2 Your Practice, My Practice, Buddha Practice Keido Thotland
Jul 26 The Six Paramitas: How Do They Manifest in Meditation? Ted O’Toole
Jul 19 Sunday Talk Shodo Spring
Jul 12 The Black Swan and the Gray Rhino Tim Burkett
Jul 5 Original Stillness Ben Connelly
Jun 28 How to Ring a Bell Ted O’Toole
Jun 28 Tomoe Katagiri Memorial
Jun 21 Notes from the Road Ben Connelly
Jun 14 Mindfulness Ann Bauleke
Jun 7 Sunday Talk
May 31 Pai-Chang’s Fox: Cause and Effect are Happening Now Ted O’Toole
May 24 The Four Noble Truths - A Complete Path to Practice Jikan Evan Britzius
May 17 Baizhang’s teachings
May 10 Prajnaparamita, the Mother of All Buddhas and Four Ancestors Matt Cisler
May 3 The Dharma as a Fishbowl Nanshin White
Apr 26 Dharmakaya: The Timeless Body – Finding the Silence that Holds the Song Tim Burkett
Apr 19 How to Be OK When We’re Not Feeling OK Stephanie Wagner
Apr 12 Chi Body: The Luminous Bridge of Energy, Emotion, and Flow Tim Burkett
Apr 5 Dana Paramita; Giving Ben Connelly
Mar 29 Sinking into the Earth Body Tim Burkett
Mar 22 Harmony of Difference and Sameness Ben Connelly
Mar 15 Four Grounds for Favorable Relationships; A Bodhisattva’s Four Methods of Guidance Ben Connelly
Mar 8 Qi Energy: The Dragons Howl Tim Burkett
Mar 1 Sunday Talk by Sister Pearl Pham Sister Pearl Pham
Feb 22 It Is Like a Quilt: How Can I Care for All Beings and Still Care for Myself? Ted O’Toole
Feb 15 Stepping Off the 100-Foot Pole Authentically Keido Thotland
Feb 8 Zen Peacemakers with Eve Marko Eve Marko
Feb 1 Dharma Instruction to the Lay Assembly: Four Gathas Ben Connelly
Jan 25 Form and Emptiness, Tenderness and Longing Doshin Turbak
Jan 18 Hongzhi, 12th C.: Cultivating the Empty Field Tim Burkett
Jan 11 Sunday Talk Myo-O Habermas-Scher
Jan 4 Three Refuges Ben Connelly

2025

Dec 21 The Down to Earth Reality of Our Lives Ann Bauleke
Dec 14 Loving-Kindness Meditation Ben Connelly
Dec 7 Kuei-Shan Kicks Over the Water Bottle Ted O’Toole
Nov 30 Maitreya: Practicing with the Bodhisattva of Patience and Kindness Deb Mielke
Nov 23 Opening Ourselves to and Living from Our Great Treasure Tim Burkett
Nov 16 Waking Up to a World Without Boundaries: Comments on the Culadukkhakkhanda Sutta (The Shorter Discourse on the Mass of Suffering) Ted O’Toole
Nov 9 Embodiment and Mindfulness of Body Ben Connelly
Nov 2 Joint Service with Twin Cities Buddhist Sangha
Oct 26 The Chrysalis and the Butterfly Tim Burkett
Oct 19 Ethics and Community Ben Connelly
Oct 12 The Six Realms: An Overview Ted O’Toole
Oct 5 Sunday Talk by Sister Pearl Pham Sister Pearl Pham
Sep 28 The Body Knows Ted O’Toole
Sep 21 Book Launch for Shodo Spring’s “Falling Apart, Coming Together: The Practice of Open Reality” Shodo Spring
Sep 14 Saying Yes to Uncertainty Tim Burkett
Sep 7 Book Launch for Ben Connelly’s “Inside the Flower Garland Sutra: Huayan Buddhism and the Modern World” Ben Connelly
Aug 31 Getting Support from The Three Legged Stool: Buddha, Dharma, Sangha Tim Burkett
Aug 24 Ben’s Message from Hokyoji Practice Community Ben Connelly
Aug 17 Hongzhi’s “Four Guests and Hosts”: A Guide to Practice Ted O’Toole
Aug 10 Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage Ben Connelly
Aug 3 The Dual Nature of Refuge Ted O’Toole
Jul 20 Nyoho: Tangible Thusness; Living According to the Dharma Eido Phoebe Reinhart
Jul 13 Ch’ing-jang’s Nonattained Buddha Ted O’Toole
Jul 6 Sunday Talk Shelly Graf
Jun 29 Dreaming and Waking; Waking and Dreaming Tim Burkett
Jun 22 Sunday Talk Chikyo Imura
Jun 15 Embracing the Whole Elephant: Moving Beyond the Cognitive Fallacy Tim Burkett
Jun 8 Heart Sutra, Compassion, Non-self, No-self Ben Connelly
Jun 1 Sunday Talk Ann Bauleke
May 25 Cultivating Compassion Ben Connelly
May 18 Turning the Bodhisattva Inward Ted O’Toole
May 11 Sunday Talk Shosan Victoria Austin
May 4 Sunday Talk Nanshin White
Apr 27 How Do We Engage in Social Transformation? Ben Connelly
Apr 20 Letting Go of Shame and Appreciating Mistakes Tim Burkett
Apr 13 Parenting as Zen Practice: Mindfulness, Mystery, and Letting Go Ted O’Toole
Apr 6 Nature as a Teacher in the Mountains and Waters Sutra Tim Burkett
Mar 30 The Beautiful Illusion, the Isness of Thusness, the Appropriateness of Devotion, and the Irony of Surrender Ted O’Toole
Mar 23 Purifying Practice Sutra Ben Connelly
Mar 16 Then Will Be Now Ted O’Toole
Mar 9 Being ok with who I am Jen Racho
Mar 2 One Auspicious Night Ben Connelly
Feb 23 bell hooks: Love in Action Ben Connelly
Feb 23 Purifying Practice Sutra Ben Connelly
Feb 23 Purifying Practice Sutra Ben Connelly
Feb 16 Building the First Sangha, Part Two: What They Had Is Just What We Have Ted O’Toole
Feb 9 Building the First Sangha, Part One: The Buddha’s Initial Struggle Over Whether to Teach, and What That Means for Us Now Ted O’Toole
Feb 2 BOB DYLAN: LOVE MINUS ZERO NO LIMIT Tim Burkett
Jan 26 Four Heavenly Minds Ben Connelly
Jan 19 Dharma talk Arleta Little
Jan 12 Poem by Tu Fu Tim Burkett
Jan 5 The Generosity of Receiving Ted O’Toole

2024

Dec 22 Taking Refuge: Quilting the Black-eyed Pea Deb Mielke
Dec 15 Teachings from Dogen Tim Burkett
Dec 8 The Ox-Herding Pictures: A Ten-Part Tale of Growing Up Ted O’Toole
Dec 1 Welcome to Rohatsu Ann Bauleke
Nov 24 A Leaf Ted O’Toole
Nov 17 Arhat and Bodhisattva: Complementary Approaches to Life Tim Burkett
Nov 10 Faith, Aspiration, Zeal, and Practice Ben Connelly
Nov 3 Joint Service with Twin Cities Buddhist Sangha
Oct 27 Healing Emotions Ben Connelly
Oct 20 Hongren & Buddha Nature Jikan Evan Britzius
Oct 13 So, This Fall Has Been a Little Strange...Reflections on Weather, the Election, and Several Hundred Monks Chasing Hui-Neng Ted O’Toole
Oct 6 Love, Kindness, Empathy, Compassion Ben Connelly
Sep 29 Utterly Waiting Bussho Lahn
Sep 22 Song of the Grass-Roof Hermitage Ben Connelly
Sep 15 Sunday Talk Venerable Thuan Bach
Sep 8 Sunday Talk Gyokei Yokoyama
Sep 1 Living and Dying in a State of Readiness Tim Burkett
Aug 25 Jizo Bodhisattva Ben Connelly
Aug 18 Practice, Practice, Practice, and Take Care of Things: The Perfection of Effort Ted O’Toole
Aug 11 Sunday Talk Sister Pearl Pham
Aug 4 Only In Relationship: The Paramita of Wisdom Ted O’Toole
Jul 28 A Case is Raised: What Are We to Do in this Beautiful, Tragic World? Ted O’Toole
Jul 21 In Singing and Dancing is the Voice of the Law Myo-O Habermas-Scher
Jul 14 The Patience of Ordinary Things Bussho Lahn
Jul 7 Awakening to the Three Bodies: Physical/Earth; Energy/Feeling; Timeless/Sky Tim Burkett
Jun 30 Which Bodhisattva Does the World Most Need Now? Ted O’Toole
Jun 23 Practicing with Bodhisattvas Rosemary Taylor
Jun 16 The Secret of Zen Practice Alan Eustace
Jun 9 Senjo and Her Soul Are Separated Myoshin Diane Benjamin
Jun 2 Loom Origins Tim Burkett
May 26 Reflections on a Pilgrimage to Japan Ben Connelly
May 19 Teachings from the Pali Canon for Contemporary Practice Tim Burkett
May 12 Helen Vendler and the Poetry of Consciousness Ann Bauleke
May 5 29 Things I Learned in Japan Ted O’Toole
Apr 28 Tang Dynasty Poet Han Shan’s Vision of an Awakened Life Tim Burkett
Apr 21 Everything is Touch Bussho Lahn
Apr 14 Oneness, the Universal Truth of the Squabbling Squashes Eido Phoebe Reinhart
Apr 7 Keizan and the Popularization of Zen & Ceremony for Buddha’s Birthday Ted O’Toole
Mar 31 Let’s Talk 2: Finding the Great Potoo Deb Mielke
Mar 24 Panel with Bamboo Forest and Soto Zen Teachers
Mar 17 The Breeze Ted O’Toole
Mar 10 Sunday talk Shodo Spring
Mar 3 Mission, Vision, Values, and the Six Recollections Ted O’Toole
Feb 25 Dana and Ksanti: Giving and Endurance Ben Connelly
Feb 18 Other Beings in Your Life: How Do We Practice in the Realm of Family? Ted O’Toole
Feb 11 Healing and Hope Mark Turbak
Feb 4 Zero, A Portal into Interbeing: Chuang Tzu, St. Hildegard, and Bankei Tim Burkett
Jan 28 Chant Ben Connelly
Jan 21 An Icicle Forming in Fire Bussho Lahn
Jan 14 The Eye of the Storm Bussho Lahn
Jan 7 Dismantling the Fortress: How Do We Practice in the Realm of Desire? Ted O’Toole

2023

Dec 17 Sitting in the Midst of War Ann Bauleke
Dec 10 Beyond the Limitations of Dualistic Thinking Tim Burkett
Dec 3 Identity Action: Dogen’s “The Bodhisattva’s Four Methods of Guidance” Ted O’Toole
Nov 26 Two Zen Poets: Han Shan and Mary Oliver
Nov 19 Katagiri Roshi’s Yuige (Death Poem)
Nov 12 Listen Up(ward): A Way Towards Depolarization Inspired by the Noble Eightfold Path Pamela Ayo Yetunde
Nov 5 Joint Event with Twin Cities Buddhist Association
Oct 29 Trauma, Karma, and Healing Ben Connelly
Oct 22 Four American Poets: Gems of Zen, Gems of Wisdom Tim Burkett
Oct 8 Giving Life to Zen Forms Shosan Victoria Austin
Oct 1 Here and Now Venerable Thuan Bach
Sep 24 Refuge and Xinggang’s Poems: What Do We Do with the Needful Self? Ted O’Toole
Sep 17 Watch Yourself Come Alive Bussho Lahn
Sep 10 Dharma Position and Daily Life
Sep 3 Common Affairs Deb Mielke
Aug 27 The Third Paramita - Perfection of Patience
Aug 20 The Lion’s Roar of Queen Srimala
Aug 13 Medicine & Sickness
Aug 6 All My Cries and My Laughter at Once
Jul 30 A Path to Peace
Jul 23 Receptivity and Action Are One: The Bodhisattva Spirit in Meditation Ted O’Toole
Jul 16 A Pilgrim in Community Ben Connelly
Jul 9 Talk Sister Pearl Pham
Jul 2 The Zen of Walt Whitman Tim Burkett
Jun 25 What is a Bodhisattva to do? Ponderings of a Buddhist Economist Nanshin White
Jun 18 Zen Humor in the Face of Suffering—Moments of Disruption Ann Bauleke
Jun 11 Don’t Go, Geese! Bussho Lahn
Jun 4 Zazen Is Collective Practice Ben Connelly
May 28 Many Faces of Zen Ben Connelly
Apr 16 The Song of the Jeweled Mirror Zammai - Talk 3 Tim Burkett

2022

Jul 3 Frosting and False Gods Bussho Lahn
Jun 12 Self and No-Self in Zen
Jun 5 5.6 Billion Years of Kindness Bussho Lahn
May 29 Obstacles into Openings Tim Burkett
May 22 2022-05-22: Sunday Talk Ted O’Toole
Apr 24 How We Dig Is Everything Bussho Lahn
Apr 17 The Essential Art Bussho Lahn
Apr 10 Bodhisattva Spirit Manifesting in Community - A Talk for Buddha’s Birthday Ted O’Toole
Apr 3 Tao Te Ching - Talk 7 Tim Burkett
Mar 27 Plum Blossoms Ben Connelly
Mar 13 Dainin’s Panoramic Picture Andrea Martin
Mar 6 Shedding Our Skins Dancing the Tetralemma Tim Burkett
Feb 27 Two Approaches to Working with Difficulties Tim Burkett
Feb 20 Mayoku Thumps His Staff Ted O’Toole
Feb 13 The Way and Its Power, Part 6 Tim Burkett
Feb 6 Spiritual Friendship -- Wise Relating Shelly Graf
Jan 30 Buddhist Ways to Catch Love Jane Bleeg
Jan 23 When There is No Patience for Patience Ted O’Toole
Jan 16 Karma and Love in the Time of Fire Bussho Lahn
Jan 9 The Way and Its Power, Part 5 Tim Burkett
Jan 2 In Memory of Bell Hooks Ben Connelly

2021

Dec 19 Opening the Door to Lineage Myo-O Habermas-Scher
Dec 5 The Seven Factors of Awakening Ted O’Toole
Nov 28 Where Does the Bread Go? Bussho Lahn
Nov 14 An Appropriate Response Susan Nelson
Nov 7 Sangha, Intimacy, Teachers, and Power Ben Connelly
Oct 31 Nineteen Things About Our Practice Place Ted O’Toole
Oct 24 In This Very Fathom Long Body Ben Connelly
Oct 17 Four Noble Truths, Three Bases, and the Eight-fold Path Jane Ellen Bleeg
Oct 10 Three Bodies of Buddha: Only Mind Moves Bussho Lahn
Oct 3 48 Years of Practice: Now What? Byakuren Judith Ragir
Sep 26 The Heart of the Heart Sutra Ted O’Toole
Sep 19 Ryokan Shohaku Okumura Roshi
Sep 12 The Way and Its Power by Lao Tsu, Part 4 Tim Burkett
Sep 5 Everything Is Practice Nanshin White
Aug 29 The Way and Its Power by Lao Tsu, Part 3 Tim Burkett
Aug 22 The Four Noble Truths, No-Big-Dealness, and the Big Deal of Reopening MZMC Ted O’Toole
Aug 15 Bompu Zen vs. Minnesota Zen Wayne Moskowitz
Aug 8 Inside/Outside Ted O’Toole
Aug 1 Zen and Work: Chaos, Joy, and Reopening Ted O’Toole
Jul 25 Cultivating Equanimity Susan Nelson
Jul 18 Effort and Results: Do I Have to Feel Good to be Happy? Ted O’Toole
Jul 11 Show Up in a Good Way Ben Connelly
Jul 4 The Way and Its Power, Talk 2, Tim Burkett
Jun 27 Being Tenzo Ann Bauleke
Jun 20 Nothing is Excluded, Not Even You Ted O’Toole
Jun 13 The Way and Its Power, Talk 1, Tim Burkett
Jun 6 Seven Vinayas for the Contemporary Sangha Ted O’Toole
May 30 Bendowa Law Bill Woywod
May 23 Awareness of the Great Matter Susan Nelson
May 16 Unmasking Ourselves Bringing the Person of Naked Red Flesh Forth Tim Burkett
May 9 Cosmic, Primal, and Inner Mothers in Buddhism Andrea Martin
May 2 Planting Trees and Gaining Silence Bussho Lahn
Apr 25 Joint Event with Twin Cities Buddhist Association Andrea Martin
Apr 18 Eight Worldly Winds Ted O’Toole
Apr 11 Vows and Sexuality Ben Connelly
Apr 4 Sponsoring Our Shadow Tim Burkett
Mar 28 Wildflowers Bloom in the Night Bussho Lahn
Mar 21 Tetralemma Tim Burkett
Mar 14 Three Sadnesses Andrea Martin
Mar 7 The Rise of Mahayana Buddhism Ted O’Toole
Feb 28 Sickness, Nonsickness, and Zen Posture Ted O’Toole
Feb 21 Cultivating Joy on the Path Susan Nelson
Feb 14 Harmony of Difference and Sameness Ben Connelly
Feb 7 Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism Three Roots of Zen Tim Burkett
Jan 31 Sunday Talk Judy Melinat
Jan 24 Shame, Healing, Wholeness, and Atonement Ben Connelly
Jan 10 Form, Emptiness, and Insurrection Ted O’Toole
Jan 3 Reality and Hope Bussho Lahn

2020

Dec 20 Revisioning Memories to Liberate Happiness Tim Burkett
Dec 13 Katagiri’s Pivot of Nothingness Andrea Martin
Dec 6 A Pilgrimage Through Not Knowing to Intimacy Tim Burkett
Nov 29 Healthy Boundaries and Healthy Boundarylessness Ben Connelly
Nov 22 The Power of Names Ted O’Toole
Nov 15 Jodo Shinshu Tradition
Nov 8 Zen Teaching Poems Tim Burkett
Nov 1 Going For Refuge Ben Connelly
Oct 25 Standing Up In 2020 Ted O’Toole
Oct 18 Two Fires Bussho Lahn
Oct 11 Five Dimensions of Heart-Mind Tim Burkett
Oct 4 Practice-realization
Sep 27 What Is This Now: A Retreat Like No Other Ted O’Toole
Sep 20 Inherent Liberation Ben Connelly
Sep 13 Repentance: Responding Kindly To Our Imperfections Andrea Martin
Sep 6 Deep Compassion: Searching For Your Pillow in the Dark Tim Burkett
Aug 30 On Giving, From Dogen’s “Four Exemplary Acts of a Bodhisattva” Ted O’Toole
Aug 23 Leaving The Palace. Again. Ted O’Toole
Jun 28 It’s not about the building, but this is about the building Ted O’Toole
Jun 21 Right Speech: Talking, Listening, and Singing Andrea Martin
Jun 14 Four Bodhisattvas: Hearing and Responding to the Crise of the World Tim Burkett
Jun 7 Pausing and Leaping in Zen Practice, Poetry, and Life Tim Burkett
May 31 What can we do? Reflections in the Wake of the Killing of George Floyd Ted O’Toole
May 24 Everything is a Mirror Bussho Lahn
May 17 Black Elk and Buddha Tim Burkett
May 10 May 10 Sunday Talk
May 3 May 3 Sunday Talk Andrea Martin
Apr 26 Bodily Sensations Tim Burkett
Apr 19 Ornaments of Buddha Bussho Lahn
Apr 5 Using Mantras and Gathas in Difficult Times Tim Burkett
Mar 29 Love and Things As It Is Ben Connelly
Mar 22 Basho’s Zen Tim Burkett
Mar 8 Buddha’s World Bussho Lahn
Mar 1 The World is Still Here Ted O’Toole
Feb 23 Authenticity Tim Burkett
Feb 16 On Studying the Lotus Andrea Martin
Feb 9 Death Tim Burkett
Feb 2 Dharma and Karma Bussho Lahn
Jan 26 Small Self - No Self - Big Self Tim Burkett
Jan 19 Non-violence: Facing in All Directions Ben Connelly
Jan 12 Nan-ch’uan: Ordinary Mind is the Tao Ted O’Toole
Jan 5 Bodhichitta and Intention

2019

Dec 22 Light and Dark and the Solstice
Dec 8 You Will Be Such a Person: Dogen’s Recommendation for Zazen, part 7 Ted O’Toole
Dec 1 Panoramic Awareness: Bringing the Buddhist Tetralemma into Our Consciousness Tim Burkett
Nov 24 Nonstop Flow Bussho Lahn
Nov 17 Yikui’s Chn Meditation Ben Connelly
Nov 10 Four Classical Yogas Tim Burkett
Nov 3 Intimacy, Interdependence, and Aloneness Ben Connelly
Oct 27 Taking Refuge is Now What You Think
Oct 20 Riding the Bull Home
Oct 13 Compassion
Oct 6 Across the Road Ted O’Toole
Sep 29 The Resting of the Streams and Tides Bussho Lahn
Sep 23 Undivided Activity: The Great Way of the Buddhas
Sep 22 Awakening To Joy Through Seijiki, the Poetry of Zen Master Dogen, and Our Relationship to the Moment
Sep 15 Harmony of Difference and Sameness Ben Connelly
Sep 8 The Three Dharma Seals Ted O’Toole
Sep 1 Self-Power (Jiriki) Tim Burkett
Aug 25 Three Natures: For Power, Compassion, and Liberation Ben Connelly
Aug 18 Ferryboat in Bright Moonlight Bussho Lahn
Aug 11 Thirteen Things I Learned at Fort Sill Ted O’Toole
Aug 4 Mirror, No Mirror, Shattered Mirror Tim Burkett
Jul 21 Hearing the Cries of the World
Jul 18 Making an Art of Life Andrea Martin
Jul 14 Befriending Death
Jul 7 What Happens when Christianity and Buddhism Mix?
Jun 30 Case 4 from the Book of Serenity Ted O’Toole
Jun 23 Talking about Liberation Ben Connelly
Jun 16 Alice in the Land of Wonder Tim Burkett
Jun 9 Walking the Path on a June Morning Ted O’Toole
Jun 2 The Eightfold Path Tim Burkett
May 26 Dealing with Dragons Bussho Lahn
May 19 Developing Compassion for Our Wounds Tim Burkett
May 19 Turtle Power and Serpent Power: Taking the Exquisite Risk Tim Burkett
May 12 Zen and the Comic Spirit Tim Burkett
May 5 Bodhidharma: What do the Legends Tell Us? Ted O’Toole
Apr 28 The Heavy Lifting of Lovingkindess
Apr 21 The Golden Buddha Bussho Lahn
Apr 14 Healing Shame through Compassion and Bare Awareness Tim Burkett
Apr 7 The Buddha Mind Tim Burkett
Mar 31 Mindfulness and Intimacy Ben Connelly
Mar 24 Doubt as a Psychological and Spiritual Practice Tim Burkett
Mar 17 Skillful Means and the Two Truths Ted O’Toole
Mar 10 Taking In and Sending Out the Good Susan Nelson
Mar 3 The Five Hindrances - Talk 2 Tim Burkett
Feb 24 The Six Paramitas or Gone Beyonds Tim Burkett
Feb 17 The Zen of Money Ted O’Toole
Feb 10 The Body and the Golden Wind Bussho Lahn
Feb 3 Guest Teacher Sosan Theresa Flynn
Jan 27 Kuei-shan Kicks Over the Water Bottle Ted O’Toole
Jan 20 Zen Echoes Ben Connelly
Jan 13 Desire: A Hindrance or an Asset in Zen Practice Tim Burkett
Jan 6 Impermanence

2018

Dec 23 The Liberative Powers of Dana and Virya, the First and Fourth Paramitas of the Bodhisattva Path Susan Nelson
Dec 16 Doing Rounds: Five Altars, Infinite Beings, and Reflections on a New Role Ted O’Toole
Dec 9 Wabi Sabi in Japanese Zen Tim Burkett
Dec 2 Bahiya of the Bark-cloth Ben Connelly
Nov 25 The Root of the Root Bussho Lahn
Nov 11 The Liberative Power of the Third Paramita-Kshanti Susan Nelson
Nov 4 Value the Past and Future Tim Burkett
Oct 28 Focused Meditation, Objectless Meditation, and Big Mind Tim Burkett
Oct 21 Entering Reality, the Avatamsaka Ben Connelly
Oct 14 Seven Slogans for Personal Restoration Ted O’Toole
Oct 7 Being Against ... Being For ... Being Authentic Tim Burkett
Sep 30 Boundless Heart Ben Connelly
Sep 23 Being Peace, Enacting Harmony: Teachings from Thich Nhat Hahn and Dainin Katagiri on Peace and non-violence Within the Self Susan Nelson
Sep 16 Don’t Tame Your Elephant Bussho Lahn
Sep 9 The Unconscious Tim Burkett
Sep 2 Gender, Gender Roles, and the Roots of Aggression Ted O’Toole
Aug 26 Nan-Ch’uan: Not Mind, Not Buddha, Not Beings Ted O’Toole
Aug 19 The Smallest Biggest Things
Aug 12 Our Mission: to help people experience a deep and quiet joy a joy that arises whenever we are fully engaged in the work or play of this moment Tim Burkett
Aug 5 MZMC’s Core Principles: Compassion, Tradition, Practice, Community, Engagement, and Excellence Ted O’Toole
Jul 22 Bird’s Nest Roshi and Right Action
Jul 15 What Do You Call the World? Bussho Lahn
Jul 8 Aesop’s Fables and the Bodhisattva Path
Jul 1 Negative Change and Flow Tim Burkett
Jun 29 What Are Koans Good For? Susan Nelson
Jun 24 Zen in the Age of Anxiety: Wisdom for Navigating our Modern Lives Tim Burkett
Jun 17 Joyful Mind, Kind Mind Ben Connelly
Jun 10 Nature in Mountains and Water Sutra, Pt. 2 Tim Burkett
Jun 3 35,62, and 94: What To Do With Habit Energy Ted O’Toole
May 27 Mountains Tim Burkett
May 20 The One Moon in Every Pool Bussho Lahn
May 13 Na hi verena verani: Hatred does not cease by hatred
May 8 The Wizard of Oz Tim Burkett
Apr 29 Opening to the Inconceivable: The Four Bodhisattva Vows Ted O’Toole
Apr 22 Arrows into Flowers Bussho Lahn
Apr 17 Intimacy
Apr 8 In Darkness There is Light - Merging of Difference and Oneness Tim Burkett
Apr 1 Hope and Despair in the Season of Rebirth Susan Nelson
Mar 25 Yikui’s Chan Meditation Ben Connelly
Mar 18 Happiness Through Practice-Enlightenment Tim Burkett
Mar 11 Peace and Harmony Andrea Martin
Mar 4 Push the Gourd Beneath the Water Bussho Lahn
Feb 25 The Five Hindrances
Feb 18 Enlightenment in the Buddhist Tradition and in Soto Zen Tim Burkett
Feb 11 Wisdom and Compassion Andrea Martin
Feb 4 The Zen of Trump. There Are Bad People on Both sides: (Im)Morality and the Rehabilitation of Moral Equivalency. A Dharma Conversation
Jan 28 Kalama Sutta Ben Connelly
Jan 21 Moving Through Fear, Liberating Happiness Tim Burkett
Jan 18 Give It Up For Freedom Ben Connelly
Jan 14 Body and Mind Andrea Martin
Jan 7 The Deep Work of Acknowledging Suffering Ted O’Toole

2017

Dec 31 Faith In Four Things Bussho Lahn
Dec 17 Practice and Enlightenment Andrea Martin
Dec 10 Genjokoan, Sections 12 and 13: The Cheese of the Long River Ted O’Toole
Dec 3 No Circle, No Way Bussho Lahn
Nov 26 Tao Te Ching
Nov 19 Life Force and Life Andrea Martin
Nov 12 Mindfulness: A Progressive Process Tim Burkett
Nov 5 An Appropriate Statement: A Dharma-Drum/Urban Monk Presentation
Oct 29 Delusion and Intimacy Ben Connelly
Oct 22 Wu-Tsu: Meeting Someone Attained in the Tao Ted O’Toole
Oct 15 The Light That Shines Through Infinity. Talk 1: Introduction Andrea Martin
Oct 8 Money and Wealth Tim Burkett
Oct 1 A Warm Jacket on a Cold Morning Ted O’Toole
Sep 24 mu Bussho Lahn
Sep 17 Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi Ben Connelly
Sep 10 Blue cliff Record Case #19, “Gutei raises a finger” Bussho Lahn
Sep 3 Intimacy Talk #3 Tim Burkett
Aug 29 No Place Like Home
Aug 27 Hatred Never Ceases by Hatred Susan Nelson
Aug 20 Lose Control to Find Intimacy Tim Burkett
Aug 13 Intimacy and Attachment Tim Burkett
Aug 6 Transforming Habit Energy Ted O’Toole
Jul 30 Dogen’s Universal Recommendation for Zazen Ben Connelly
Jul 23 Working with Difficulty as Opportunity, Part 2 Tim Burkett
Jul 16 The Clouds’ Fascination and the Moon’s Cherishing Bussho Lahn
Jul 9 The Culadukkhakkanda Sutta: Mahanama and the Malaise of the Long-Term Practitioner Ted O’Toole
Jul 2 Viewing Difficulty as Opportunity Tim Burkett
Jun 25 Dongshan, Dogen, and Communicating Well
Jun 18 Zen Roots: Mind Only Ben Connelly
Jun 11 The Scripture of the Golden Eternity Ted O’Toole
Jun 4 Tapping into our Basic Goodness by Practicing Doing-Non-Doing (Wu Wei) Tim Burkett
May 28 Dreams and Wakefulness Tim Burkett
May 21 The Marriage of Buddhism and Taoism in Zen, Part 3 Tim Burkett
May 14 Heart of Wisdom Beyond Wisdom Susan Nelson
May 7 Prayer in Zen Bussho Lahn
Apr 30 What Does One Do in Light of This Understanding? Ted O’Toole
Apr 23 The Marriage of Buddhism and Taoism in Zen, Part 2: Verbal teaching (Buddhism) and Immersion in Nature (Taoism) Tim Burkett
Apr 16 Four Principles of Indiana Jones Zen Practice
Apr 9 Song of Zazen Bussho Lahn
Apr 2 Am I Conscious Now?
Mar 26 Humor, Spontaneity, Iconoclasm, Imperfection Tim Burkett
Mar 19 Track 1 Bussho Lahn
Mar 12 Cultivating Beneficial Mind Ben Connelly
Mar 5 The World Honored One Points to the Ground Susan Nelson
Feb 25 Seizei is Utterly Destitute Ted O’Toole
Feb 19 Teachings from the Golden Age of Chinese Zen Tim Burkett
Feb 12 Black Robes, Pink Hats, and the Cries of the World: What Do We Have to Offer? Ted O’Toole
Feb 5 Practicing to Become a Sage Tim Burkett
Jan 29 Giving Non-Fear Susan Nelson
Jan 22 Cracking Open the Walnut - A Tribute to Huston Smith Tim Burkett
Jan 15 Love, Interdependence, and Non-Violence Ben Connelly
Jan 3 Three Practices to Help Bussho Lahn

2016

Dec 18 Places and Non-places: There is No Place to Spit Bussho Lahn
Dec 11 Self-compassion and The Eight Worldly Winds Susan Nelson
Dec 4 The Way and Its Power Tim Burkett
Nov 27 Stop Thinking of Bodhidharma Bussho Lahn
Nov 20 Plasticity of the Universe, the Self, and the Brain Tim Burkett
Nov 13 What to do when things go bad Ted O’Toole
Nov 6 Post Traumatic Growth: Childhood Wounds as Openings into Freedom Tim Burkett
Oct 30 Bodhisattvas and Hungry Ghosts Susan Nelson
Oct 23 Vow and Delusion: How Can Right Action Coexist With Not Knowing? Ted O’Toole
Oct 16 Zen as a Spiritual Counter-culture Tim Burkett
Oct 9 Kindness, Impermanence, Interdependence Ben Connelly
Oct 4 Seven Hundred Years in China, A Very Brief (partly true) History of Soto Zen
Sep 25 Keep Fanning the World Bussho Lahn
Sep 18 The Evolutionary Argument for Buddism
Sep 11 Welcome Guest Teacher Shoken Winecoff
Sep 4 Bodhisattvas in Daily Life Tim Burkett
Aug 28 Key Features of Continuous Practice Tim Burkett
Aug 21 Shikantaza and Bearing Witness Susan Nelson
Aug 14 Zenkei Blanche Hartman: Inconceivable Joy
Aug 7 The Essence of Zen
Jul 31 A More Capacious Heart Ted O’Toole
Jul 24 Three Gifts Bussho Lahn
Jul 17 Working with Doubt: Strengthening and Deepening Meditation Practice, Talk 3 Tim Burkett
Jul 16 Working with Impediments: Strengthening and Deepening Meditation Practice, Talk 2 Tim Burkett
Jul 10 Song of the Jewel Mirror Ben Connelly
Jul 3 Strengthening and Deepening Meditation Practice, part 1 of 2 Tim Burkett
Jun 26 Form, Emptiness, and a Day in June Ted O’Toole
Jun 19 Therapy and the Buddhist Path, Talk 3: Psychodynamic Therapy and Meditation Tim Burkett
Jun 12 Verse for Opening the Sutra Bussho Lahn
Jun 5 Behavioral Therapy and the Path Tim Burkett
May 29 The Meaning of Life
May 22 The Eightfold Path and Psychotherapy Tim Burkett
May 15 Dogen’s Uji, for the time being Ben Connelly
May 8 Turtle Serpent Power Tim Burkett
May 1 Hsiang-yen: Up a Tree
Apr 24 Not about Getting There: A Zen Guide to Hitchhiking Ted O’Toole
Apr 17 Wabi Sabi
Apr 10 No Knowing, and the World is New Ted O’Toole
Apr 3 Lucky Broken Heart
Mar 27 The Moon Cannot Be Stolen
Mar 13 The Making of the Buddha: Siddhartha and Yasodhara Hand in Hand
Mar 6 A Visitor Said to Ikkyu...
Feb 28 Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage Ben Connelly
Feb 21 Right Effort, Part II: The Community and the Ten-Million Hour Rule Ted O’Toole
Feb 14 Surfing the Waves of the Great Ocean Tim Burkett
Feb 7 Touching Frost Crystals on a Winter Window
Jan 31 Four Poems on Buddha Nature
Jan 24 We Are the Mirror
Jan 17 Moving Beyond Your Narrative Fallacy Tim Burkett
Jan 10 Working, Writing, Zazen: Right Effort Ted O’Toole
Jan 3 The Great Matter Susan Nelson

2015

Dec 20 Keep Your Seat: The Three Temptations of Buddha
Dec 13 The Ten Principles in ‘The Way of Healing’
Dec 6 Trust Heart-Mind Inscription Tim Burkett
Nov 29 Working with Afflictive Emotions
Nov 22 Hakuin’s Song of Zazen Ben Connelly
Nov 15 Light in the Darkness, darkness in the light Susan Nelson
Nov 8 Your Luminous Buddha Nature Tim Burkett
Nov 1 The Power of Failure Tim Burkett
Oct 25 The Buddha Responds to an Outsider Ted O’Toole
Oct 18 Three Natures, Imaginary Nature, Dependent Nature, Complete Realized Nature Ben Connelly
Oct 11 Mind Critters, Eating, Sleeping, and Time Tim Burkett
Oct 4 Dualism and Nondualism Tim Burkett
Sep 27 Interstitial Space
Sep 20 A Masterpiece in an Instant
Sep 13 The Sand-Grains of the Mississippi Ted O’Toole
Sep 6 Defiantly Resilient and Unsentimentally Exuberant
Aug 30 Respect for Things Ted O’Toole
Aug 25 Guest Speaker Mark Nunberg
Aug 23 Overcoming Impediments to Being Just Who You Are Part II Tim Burkett
Aug 16 Cultivating the Inner Conditions for Happiness
Aug 9 Overcoming Impediments to Being Just Who You Are Tim Burkett
Aug 2 The Very Thing Ted O’Toole
Jul 26 Serious Moments
Jul 19 Mind Only, a place for practice Ben Connelly
Jul 12 Mind-only is Total Engagement Ben Connelly
Jul 5 Ethical Speech Tim Burkett
Jun 28 Mountains and Waters Sutra, Dogen Tim Burkett
Jun 21 Row Row Row Your Boat
Jun 14 Not Difficult! Ted O’Toole
Jun 7 Koans: Living the Question Susan Nelson
May 31 Precious Metal
May 24 The Paramita of (Dana) Giving Tim Burkett
May 17 Readings from ‘Nothing Holy About It’ Tim Burkett
May 10 Mother of Buddha Ben Connelly
May 3 The Paramitas of Generosity, Morality, Patience, and Wisdom Tim Burkett
Apr 26 That Quarter Second Tim Burkett
Apr 19 The Robe of Transmission
Apr 12 Your Great Life
Apr 5 Dogen’s Whole Being Buddha Nature Tim Burkett
Mar 29 Miaozong, Embodying the Infinite Ben Connelly
Mar 22 Seeing Through and Beyond the Fictional Self Through Meditation Practice Tim Burkett
Mar 15 Annual Community Meeting Tim Burkett
Mar 8 Joy: the Third Immeasurable Tim Burkett
Mar 1 Dogen’s Being Time Susan Nelson
Feb 22 The Kosambiya Sutra: The Buddha’s Six Principles of Cordiality Ted O’Toole
Feb 15 Sitting with Sutras
Feb 8 The Four Immeasurables (Part 2) Tim Burkett
Feb 1 Manjusri’s “Threes and Threes” Ted O’Toole
Jan 25 Authenticity in Zen Tim Burkett
Jan 18 Samma Samadhi, Seeing the Whole Ben Connelly
Jan 11 Wishing: In gladness and in safety, may all beings be at ease Susan Nelson
Jan 4 Simply Drop Off Everything

2014

Dec 21 A New Year Resolution
Dec 14 The Bodhisattva in Waiting
Dec 7 Rohatsu day 7 Tim Burkett
Nov 30 Rohatsu, Giving and Receiving, and Laywoman Pang
Nov 23 War/Anti-War: Reflections for Veterans Day Ted O’Toole
Nov 17 Turn Around the Light and Shine Within Ben Connelly
Nov 9 Let’s Awaken Together Susan Nelson
Nov 2 Only a Buddha and a Buddha
Oct 26 Moving Beyond the Conventional Self: Bringing the Aggregates into View Tim Burkett
Oct 19 Moving Beyond the Conventional Self: Bringing the Aggregates into View, Part 1 Tim Burkett
Oct 12 Refreshing Our Practice: Maezumi’s “Do it over and over and over” Ted O’Toole
Oct 5 Verse Before Shaving
Sep 28 Sewing Without Thread
Sep 21 Don’t Give Up Ben Connelly
Sep 14 Amban’s Forty-ninth Case Ted O’Toole
Sep 7 Yoga within Zen Tim Burkett
Aug 31 Three Poems by Xinggang
Aug 24 Dongshan Lianghe Susan Nelson
Aug 17 Learning to Work, Part Two Ted O’Toole
Aug 10 Eight Signs of Progress in Meditation Tim Burkett
Aug 3 Bind Grasses to Build a Hut Ben Connelly
Jul 27 Buddha Flowers, Leaves, Roots, and Dusts
Jul 20 Manjushri and the Woman in Samadhi
Jul 13 Three Zen Fools Tim Burkett
Jul 6 Silent Illumination
Jun 30 In This Very Body Ben Connelly
Jun 22 Learning to Work Ted O’Toole
Jun 15 Different Attitudes Toward Death Tim Burkett
Jun 8 The Bright, Boundless Field (Talk 2)
Jun 1 Crash Course in The Great Matter
May 25 Eating the Globefish Tim Burkett
May 18 What about right now? Susan Nelson
May 11 The Wise Crow - Guy
May 4 Words on the Song of the Grass Root Hermitage Ben Connelly
Apr 27 Synchronicity, Boundarilessness, Loving Kindness Tim Burkett
Apr 20 The Bright, Boundless Field
Apr 14 The Same Two Notes Ben Connelly
Apr 13 Finding Your Middle Path Ted O’Toole
Apr 6 Buddhism and Faith Ted O’Toole
Mar 30 This is how it is: an opportunity Ben Connelly
Mar 23 Further Thoughts on Failure/Success and Silence Tim Burkett
Mar 16 Steeping in Silence Tim Burkett
Mar 9 Two Monks Roll Up the Blinds Ted O’Toole
Feb 23 Mugai Nyodai, the Bucket, and the Moon
Feb 16 Melting the Shards of Negative Emotion Tim Burkett
Feb 9 Two Metaphors for Zen Practice Tim Burkett
Feb 2 The Zen Master and The Wild Fox
Jan 26 What’s love got to do with it Susan Nelson
Jan 19 Non-Violence Ben Connelly
Jan 12 Right Speech and Sangha Ted O’Toole
Jan 5 Living our Aspiration Tim Burkett

2013

Dec 22 A Caterpillar is a Caterpillar
Dec 15 My New Year’s Resolution
Dec 8 Three Types of Clear Vision Tim Burkett
Dec 1 Difference, Sameness, and Sangha Ted O’Toole
Nov 24 Two Barriers Ben Connelly
Nov 17 Harmony of Separation and Oneness Tim Burkett
Nov 3 Lying in a Hammock
Oct 27 Turn Around the Light Ben Connelly
Oct 20 Flow or Not Flow Tim Burkett
Oct 13 Let Mystery Have Its Place In You
Oct 6 Emergency and Silence - 40th Anniversary Talk
Sep 29 The First Noble Truth Ted O’Toole
Sep 22 Replacing the Body of Fear with the Body of Resiliency Tim Burkett
Sep 13 Resolve to Begin Susan Nelson
Sep 8 Radical Responsibility Ben Connelly
Sep 1 Of Myth & Zen
Aug 25 Taking the Precepts
Aug 18 Your Zazen is Buddha
Aug 11 Here at the Top of the World Ted O’Toole
Aug 4 Lions, Orangutans, and Freedom
Jul 28 Poetry in Practice Susan Nelson
Jul 21 The First Precept: Do Not Kill, But Nurture all Life Tim Burkett
Jul 14 What is it?
Jul 7 The Transformative Power of Bodhisattvas Tim Burkett
Jun 30 Continuous Practice Ted O’Toole
Jun 23 Bodhisattva’s Four Methods of Guidance
Jun 16 Becoming a Buddha by Becoming Intimate with Mara Tim Burkett
Jun 9 Meet a teacher, practice, and be well Ben Connelly
Jun 2 Components of Bare Awareness Part III Tim Burkett
May 26 Kindness Susan Nelson
May 19 Three Wonderful Things that Happened this Week
May 12 Facets of Bare Awareness and its Fruits Tim Burkett
May 5 Three Aspects of Pilgrimage
Apr 28 Living a Zen Life
Apr 21 To Realize Pure Mind in Your Delusion Is Your Practice Tim Burkett
Apr 7 Poverty and Zen: Living from Zero Tim Burkett
Mar 31 The Six Perfections: Patience
Mar 24 Living Beyond the Limitations of the Narrative Fallacy Tim Burkett
Mar 17 Dimensions of Heartmind- Embracing the Unknown Tim Burkett
Mar 10 Walking the Creek in Winter Ted O’Toole
Mar 3 Dreaming/ Waking, Waking/ Dreaming Tim Burkett
Feb 24 Taking Refuge in the Triple Treasure Susan Nelson
Feb 17 Yoga Practices within the Zen tradition Tim Burkett
Feb 10 Aspiration, Maintaining Balance, Letting Go, Teaching Through Being Tim Burkett
Feb 3 The Six Perfections: Morality
Jan 27 Bodhisattva’s Four Methods of Guidance from Shobogenzo
Jan 20 The Gateless Gate, Part 2 Tim Burkett
Jan 13 Kan ze on: Great Compassion Everyday
Jan 6 The Gateless Gate Tim Burkett

2012

Dec 23 The Six Perfections: Generosity
Dec 16 The Bodhisattva’s Four Methods of Guidance
Dec 9 Three Pounds of Flax, Three Pounds of Flow
Dec 2 Sesshin practice: Awakening to your Buddha Nature (Rohatsu Day 2) Tim Burkett
Nov 25 Breathing Life into Yasodhara’s Bones
Nov 18 The Five Contemplations, A Meal Gatha
Nov 11 Bare Awareness of Emotion Tim Burkett
Nov 4 Aspiration / Vow Tim Burkett
Oct 28 The Verse of the Robe
Oct 21 Being Summoned to Recover Your Presence of Mind Tim Burkett
Oct 14 Correct Concentration: Eight Step on the Path Tim Burkett
Oct 7 Retreat and Engagement Ben Connelly
Sep 30 Six Gates into Basho’s Zen Tim Burkett
Sep 23 Rumi’s Four Instructions
Sep 16 Taking Care of Our Place Together Ben Connelly
Sep 9 Bare Awareness Practices Tim Burkett
Sep 2 Living Beyond the Fictional Self Tim Burkett
Aug 26 Right Speech
Aug 19 Six key elements needed to thrive spiritually
Aug 12 Patience: The Practice of Perfection
Aug 5 Equanimity: Both a Practice and an Attitude Tim Burkett
Jul 29 Acceptance of Joy Ted O’Toole
Jul 22 #7: The Harmony and Separation of Oneness Tim Burkett
Jul 15 All Beings are Your Ancestors Susan Nelson
Jul 8 #6: The Harmony of Separation and Oneness Tim Burkett
Jul 1 Examining the Meaning of Hot and Cold
Jun 24 #5: The Harmony of Separation and Oneness Tim Burkett
Jun 17 Depending on Love Ben Connelly
Jun 10 #4: The Harmony of Separation and Oneness Tim Burkett
Jun 3 Birth and Death
May 27 House Building
May 20 #3: The Harmony of Separation and Oneness Tim Burkett
May 13 #2: The Harmony of Separation and Oneness Tim Burkett
May 6 The Power of Silence & Sympathetic Joy Susan Nelson
Apr 29 The Harmony of Separation and Oneness Tim Burkett
Apr 22 Earth Day
Apr 22 How to Practice
Apr 15 How to Practice
Apr 8 The Story of Chien: Healing the Splits within the Heartmind Tim Burkett
Apr 1 The Three Poisons
Mar 25 Row Row Row Your Boat Tim Burkett
Mar 18 Peace, justice and the vow to free all beings?
Mar 11 Transforming Suffering Into Joy Tim Burkett
Mar 4 Home, Mountains, Rivers, and 40 years of MZMC
Feb 26 Dana Ted O’Toole
Feb 19 Treasure Tim Burkett
Feb 12 The Five Remembrances
Feb 5 A Child-like Attitude Toward Life Tim Burkett
Jan 29 Ancestors Susan Nelson
Jan 22 Yes, No, Yes: Leaping Clear Ben Connelly
Jan 15 Linking Lovingkindness, Concentration, Equanimity, and Nirvana
Jan 8 Small Mind/Big Mind Tim Burkett

2011

Dec 18 On Home Leaving
Dec 11 Golden Wind
Dec 4 Living Lightly through Directness and Simplicity (Rohatsu Day 2 Tim Burkett
Nov 27 Zazen as Investigation
Nov 20 Hope, Fear and Equanimity Tim Burkett
Nov 6 Imagination, Ritual and Refuge Tim Burkett
Oct 30 Meditation: Both haven from and engagement with difficulty Ben Connelly
Oct 23 Thoughts, Desires, and Training the Elephant Tim Burkett
Oct 16 A Talk on Robert Aiken
Oct 2 The Student Teacher Relationship Susan Nelson
Sep 25 Aware, Awake, Here and Now
Sep 18 23 Things I Learned at Sonoma Mountain Zen Center Ted O’Toole
Sep 11 Breaking the Rhinoceros Fan and Welcoming the Rhinoceros into your life Tim Burkett
Sep 4 September 4, 2011 talk
Aug 28 Shedding Light on Zen Practice through Psychological Research Tim Burkett
Aug 21 Shantideva: Working with Emotions
Aug 14 Medicine and Sickness Tim Burkett
Aug 7 Joko Beck: Meditative Awareness
Jul 31 Dharma Talk Ted O’Toole
Jul 24 The Threefold Training and Complete Giving
Jul 17 Mahapajapati and Transformation of Consciousness Ben Connelly
Jul 3 The Dharma of Silence
Jun 26 Three Types of Triggers in the Practice of Mindful Awareness Tim Burkett
Jun 19 Contours: A Loving Kindness Story Ted O’Toole
Jun 12 Continuous Practice Tim Burkett
Jun 5 Rakusu sewing as Zen practice
May 29 Walking with Stability and Majesty
May 22 The Conditioned and the Unconditioned Tim Burkett
May 15 Loving and Letting Go Ben Connelly
May 8 Passion and Patience Tim Burkett
May 1 Fishing the Swamp: Hemingway’s Big Two-Hearted River Ted O’Toole
Apr 17 Dogen’s Four Principles for Buddhist Study
Apr 10 Joy and Suffering, Part 1 (Suffering)
Apr 3 Bodhidharma and Dogen: different yet complementary attitudes toward zen practice Tim Burkett
Mar 27 Enlightening Delusion Tim Burkett
Mar 20 Keizan-The Mother of Soto Zen Susan Nelson
Mar 13 Genjokoan Tim Burkett
Mar 6 Love Dogs
Feb 27 The Koan in Soto Zen Tim Burkett
Feb 20 Right Effort Ben Connelly
Feb 13 Faith (In) Heart/Mind 10 Tim Burkett
Feb 6 Saying What You Mean
Jan 30 Three Ways of Seeing in Zen
Jan 30 Three Ways of Seeing in Zen
Jan 23 Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage Ben Connelly
Jan 9 Faith (In) Heart/Mind 10 Tim Burkett
Jan 2 Upright Intention

2010

Dec 19 Sun In The Morning, Moon At Night Susan Nelson
Dec 12 The Importance of Posture Ted O’Toole
Dec 5 Faith (In) Heart/Mind 7 (Rohatsu Day 2) Tim Burkett
Nov 28 Sticking with One Thing
Nov 21 Faith (In) Heart/Mind 6 Tim Burkett
Nov 14 Faith (In) Heart/Mind 5 Tim Burkett
Nov 7 Practicing Not-Self
Oct 31 Trust (In) Heart Mind 04 Tim Burkett
Oct 17 Trust in Heart Mind 2 Tim Burkett
Oct 10 Trust in Heart Mind Tim Burkett
Oct 3 Just This Is It: Two Stories
Sep 26 Ceaseless Effort Andrea Martin
Sep 19 Taking The First Steps Of The Day Tim Burkett
Sep 12 The Metta (Lovingkindness) Sutra
Sep 5 Translating Spiritual Ideals in Daily Practice
Aug 29 Intimacy Ben Connelly
Aug 22 Transforming Greed into Generosity Tim Burkett
Aug 8 Breaking the chain of habitual reaction Tim Burkett
Aug 1 Practicing in Heaven Ted O’Toole
Jul 25 The Tao Te Ching
Jul 18 The Liberating Power of Bare Awareness Tim Burkett
Jul 11 Faith in The Three Pillars of Zen
Jul 4 The Universal and the Particular Tim Burkett
Jun 27 Sitting on the Cushion with the Deepwater Horizon Blowout
Jun 20 Practicing in Hell Ted O’Toole
Jun 6 Contemporary Application of a 1300-Year Old Poem Susan Nelson
May 30 Opening up to our non-contingent Goodness Tim Burkett
May 23 Listening as a Bodhisattva Practice
May 16 Three Paths to Nirvana II: Going it alone; Working with a teacher in a sangha; Helping others Tim Burkett
May 9 Three Paths to Nirvana Tim Burkett
May 2 The Zen of Baseball and The Baseball of Zen Ted O’Toole
Apr 27 Enlightenment: Helping Others
Apr 25 “We Shall not Cease From Exploration...” Ben Connelly
Apr 11 Resurrection in Zen Buddhism: Sloughing off the Corpse of Memory Tim Burkett
Mar 28 Sangha Susan Nelson
Mar 21 The Paramitas Tim Burkett
Mar 14 Practicing the “Yes Set” Tim Burkett
Mar 7 Katagiri Memorial Sesshin Sunday
Feb 28 Not Fishing For It
Feb 21 Dorothy, Buddha Nature, and the Fictional Self Tim Burkett
Feb 14 Dorothy, the Yellow Brick Road, and Buddha Tim Burkett
Feb 7 Do Non-sentient Beings Expound the Dharma?
Jan 31 Standing Up in Things as They Are
Jan 24 Equanimity
Jan 24 Money Tim Burkett
Jan 17 Sermon on the Mount A Second Perspective
Jan 10 Tips on Zen Practice from the Sermon on the Mount Tim Burkett
Jan 3 Taking Stock of Ourselves

2009

Dec 20 Zen for Hard Times Ted O’Toole
Dec 13 Concentration: the 8th Step on the Buddhist Path Tim Burkett
Dec 6 Rohatsu Day 2 - Right Effort Pt 2 Tim Burkett
Nov 29 Four Elements of a Bodhisattva’s Relations
Nov 22 Core Buddhist and Core American Values, how they overlap Tim Burkett
Nov 15 Q&A
Nov 8 Correct Thought/Attitude Tim Burkett
Nov 1 The Great Way Is Not Difficult, Part 2 Susan Nelson
Oct 25 Five Hindrances That Come Up In Buddhist Practice Tim Burkett
Oct 18 Departures
Oct 11 Two stories/koans about friendship and awakening from 9th century China Tim Burkett
Sep 27 Koans continued Tim Burkett
Sep 20 Three Types of Koans from Ancient China Tim Burkett
Sep 13 Acting within the Dilemma: Hsiang-yen’s Up a Tree Ted O’Toole
Sep 6 Taking Stock
Aug 30 The Ten Oxherding Pictures Tim Burkett
Aug 23 Dharma Talk
Aug 16 Buddha’s Advice to the Kalamas
Aug 16 The Great Way Is Not Difficult Susan Nelson
Aug 2 Anxiety and Dogen Tim Burkett
Jul 26 Get Out of the Way, Get in the Way
Jul 19 Tonen Talk
Jul 12 Bendowa Part 2
Jul 5 The Four Vows Ben Connelly
Jun 28 Self-Fulfilling Samadhi: Whole Hearted Practice in the Sea of Life Tim Burkett
Jun 21 Bendowa: Living in Vow
Jun 14 Being Summoned to Suchness: Pablo Neruda and Dogon Tim Burkett
Jun 7 Mistake after mistake, let our lives unfold with compassion
May 31 Sun Face Buddha, Moon Face Buddha Susan Nelson
May 24 Five Hindrances to a Meditative Life Tim Burkett
May 17 Zen and the Arts
May 10 Case 16, the Blue Cliff Records: Cracking Open the Shell Tim Burkett
May 3 Eight Spiritual Practices
Apr 26 Brain Plasticity and Enlightenment Tim Burkett
Mar 29 Who is I?
Mar 8 Converting Hot Loneliness into Cool Loneliness Tim Burkett
Mar 1 Interdependence Ted O’Toole
Feb 22 Sexuality and Zen: What is the Middle Way? Tim Burkett
Feb 15 The Perfection of Giving
Feb 8 Dogen’s Teaching on Living an Awakened Life Tim Burkett
Feb 1 Buddhist views on political leadership Ted O’Toole
Jan 25 Working with Emotion and Anger Tim Burkett
Jan 18 The Perfection of Patience
Jan 11 Blue Cliff Records #6: Direct Experience Tim Burkett
Jan 4 Taking Refuge in the New Year Ted O’Toole

2008

Dec 28 Defilement and As-It-Isness
Dec 21 The Gift of Listening
Dec 14 Blue Cliff Record Case #58 Tim Burkett
Dec 7 Caring for the Soul Produces Healthy Apples Tim Burkett
Nov 30 The Samadhi of Self-Fulfilling Activity
Nov 23 Joy and the Origins of the Middle Way Ted O’Toole
Nov 16 Dismantling Dissatisfaction and Manifesting Joy Tim Burkett
Nov 2 Using the Four Foundations of Mindfulness to Deal with Difficulties Tim Burkett
Oct 19 My Stroke of Insight Tim Burkett
Oct 12 Meditation’s Gift to Compassion: Activating the Four Vows Tim Burkett
Oct 5 The Four Sublime Abodes
Sep 28 Dogen’s teaching on enlightenment delusion Tim Burkett
Sep 14 Minnesota Zen Center Talk
Sep 7 The bright mirror, the shattered mirror, and no mirror: Three views of enlightenment in Zen Tim Burkett
Aug 31 Taking Stock
Aug 24 The Zen Fool Tim Burkett
Aug 17 Minnesota Zen Center talk Ted O’Toole
Aug 3 Archetypes of De-Construction and Hope Tim Burkett
Jul 27 Genjo Koan 9: Final Sentence Tim Burkett
Jul 6 Genjo Koan 8: Actualizing Reality Tim Burkett
Jun 22 Genjo Koan 7 Tim Burkett
Jun 16 Genjo Koan 6 Tim Burkett
Jun 15 Genjo Koan 5 Tim Burkett
Jun 14 Genjo Koan 4 Tim Burkett
Jun 8 Is the Bottle Half-Empty or Half-Full: The Four Noble Truths
May 25 Exploring Life’s Central Questions Tim Burkett
May 18 Meditation as Performance Art
May 11 Genjo Koan 3: Three practices to help us realize that all Dharmas are the Buddhist Dharma Tim Burkett
May 4 About the Saturday Morning Service
Apr 27 Genjo Koan 2 Tim Burkett
Apr 20 Practical Buddhism
Apr 6 To study the self is to be identified by all things Tim Burkett
Mar 16 Mu Chi’s Persommons Tim Burkett
Mar 9 Narrative Fallacy Tim Burkett
Mar 2 Dogen’s Points to Watch in Practicing the Way
Feb 24 Instructions of Zen Masters about how to bring flow into your life Tim Burkett
Feb 10 Manjusri: The Bodhisattva of Wisdom Tim Burkett
Feb 3 Chaplaincy Susan Nelson
Jan 27 A Mandala of Enlighted Activity Tim Burkett
Jan 20 Look! Snow is falling...
Jan 13 The Red Mare and the Black Stallion Tim Burkett

2007

Dec 23 Solstice
Dec 16 The Buddhist Path: A Never Ending Spiral Tim Burkett
Dec 9 Bare Attention, Awakening, and Personalization in Zen Practice Tim Burkett
Nov 25 Engaged Spirituality
Nov 18 Patterns 2: Seeing and Becoming Free from the Six Realms Tim Burkett
Nov 11 Armisitice Day
Oct 28 Freedom of Choice and Freedom from Choice Tim Burkett
Oct 21 The Enlightened Life
Oct 20 Mindfulness Day Talk Susan Nelson
Oct 14 Learning to Depend on the Inconceivable: Welcoming the Rhinoceros into your Life Tim Burkett
Sep 30 Loosening Ego Rigidity Tim Burkett
Sep 23 Taking Stock
Sep 9 Three Perspectives on Enlightenment from India, China, and Japan Tim Burkett
Sep 2 Humor in Buddhist Practice Tim Burkett
Aug 26 Inconceivable Perfection
Aug 18 Mindfulness Day Talk Tim Burkett
Aug 12 When Shikantaza is Not Enough: Emptiness Practice, Compassion Practices, and the Path of Service Susan Nelson
Aug 5 Thinking, Waiting, and Fasting in the Life of Zen Master Joshu Tim Burkett
Jul 29 Emptiness: East and West Tim Burkett
Jul 15 Four Messages from Home Tim Burkett
Jul 8 Verses on Faith Heart Mind 19 Tim Burkett
Jun 3 Verses on Faith Heart Mind 17 Tim Burkett
May 27 The Buddha’s Teachings on Life and Death Susan Nelson
May 20 Verses on Faith Heart Mind 16 Tim Burkett
May 6 Verses on Faith Heart Mind 15 Tim Burkett
Apr 29 Some Guidelines for Zazen Practice
Apr 22 Verses on Faith Heart Mind 14 Tim Burkett
Mar 18 Verses on Faith Heart Mind 12 Tim Burkett
Mar 4 Verses on Faith, Heart, Mind 11 Tim Burkett

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