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Sunday Dharma Talks

 

    These talks are by Genmyo unless otherwise indicated.

Being This  3-10-24

Denying This  3-3-24

Being Suppleness  2-25-24

Everything Changes  2-18-24

Three Students of Zen  2-11-24

Fictions  2-4-24

Life and Death  1-28-24

Most Intimate  1-7-24

Not Knowing, Part 2  12-17-23

Not Knowing  12-10-23

Suffering, End to Suffering  12-3-23

Bodhi Day Practice  11-26-23

The Gift of This Moment  11-19-23

Experiencing  11-5-23

Making Our Practice Effort  10-29-23

Buddha Sits in Front of an Advancing Army  10-22-23

The Three Poisons  10-15-23

Being Bidhisattva  10-8-23
  Links mentioned in talk;
    Therigathapali - Book of Verses of Elder Bhikkhunis
    Theragathapali - Book of Verses of Elder Bhikkhus

Thanks for Everything...  10-1-23

Stories  9-24-23

Studying Self, Forgetting Self  9-17-23

Sitting Upright  9-10-23

Prajna Paramita  8-6-23

Names  8-6-23

This Practice  7-30-23  (Mushin)

Sangha  7-23-23  (Mushin)

No Hindrance  7-16-23

Un-Born  7-9-23

Independence  7-2-23

No Zen Teachers  6-25-23

Ancestors  6-18-23

Being At Ease  6-11-23

This  6-4-23

Being Vulnerable  5-21-23

Continuous Practice  5-14-23

Transformation  5-7-23

Cage of Attachment  4-30-23

Bodhisattva's Vow Part 2  4-23-23

Bodhisattva's Vow  4-16-23

Experiencing This  4-9-23

Performative Part 2  4-2-23

Performative  3-26-23

Memorial for Joyce Meyer  3-19-23

Now We See This...  3-5-23

Realize the Awakened Life  2-26-23

This Perfect Moment  2-19-23

Opening This Moment  2-12-23

Habits  2-5-23

Caught  1-29-23

Not Two  1-22-23

Just This Moment  1-8-23

Fusion & Fission  12-18-22

Bodhi Day  12-11-22

Hindrances  12-4-22

Nansen's Flower  11-20-22 (Mushin)

Non-thinking  11-6-22

Am I Here?  10-30-22

Avoiding This  10-23-22

Sky Clouds  10-16-22

Beginnings and Endings  10-9-22

Always  10-2-22

You Are Not Different...  9-25-22

Joko - Picking Choosing  9-22-22 (at ZCSD)

Avalokiteshvara Part 2  9/18/22

Avalokiteshvara  9/11/22

Sesshin  8/28/22

This Moment  8/21/22

Light Part 2  8/14/22

Light  8/7/22

Core Belief  7/31/22

Hopeless  7/24/22 (Mushin)

To Study the Buddha Way  7/17/22

Heat Cold  7/10/22

Bridge of Joshu  7/3/22

Possessed  6/26/22

Gatha of Atonement Part 2  6/19/22

Gatha of Atonement Part 1  6/12/22

Snow on Silver  6/5/22

Useless  5/22/22

Just This  5/15/22

You Are  5/8/22

Basic  5/7/22

Every Day is a Good Day  5/1/22

Appreciating  4/24/22

Impermanence  4/17/22  (Mushin)

This Now  4/10/22

I have no complaints whatsoever, thanks for everything   4/3/22

Thanks for everything, I have no complaints whatsoever  3/27/22

Huangbo Shuts the Door  3/20/22

Way  3/6/22

Huang Bo  2/27/22

3 Marks  2/20/22 - Text of Joko's article "Justice?"

Blue Sky  2/13/22

Joshu's Bamboo  2/6/22

Changing  1/30/22

Caught  1/23/22

Stopped  1/9/22

Neither  12/19/21

Our Practice  12/12/21

End Suffering  12/5/21

Just This  11/28/21

Caught  11/21/21

All is Realized  11/10/21  At ZCSD

This is Not It  11/7/21

Just This  10/31/21

Not Harming  10/24/21

Experiencing; Non-Clinging  10/17/21

Noise  10/10/21

Life Experiencing  10/3/21

Let What Comes  9/26/21

Fear  9/19/21

Witnessing  9/12/21

At One  8/29/21

This  8/22/21

When...  8/15/21

Being Peace  8/8/21

This  8/1/21

Response  7/18/21

Words  7/11/21

Independence-Dependence  7/4/21

Zen and the Art of Non-Knowing  6/27/21 (by Ed Mushin Russell)

Risk and Unborn  6/20/21

Practice of Sesshin  6/16/21 (at Zen Center of San Diego)

No-fear  6/13/21

Abiding Nowhere  6/6/21

Abiding  5/23/21

Life Is  5/16/21

Forms of Emptiness  5/9/21

Form is Empty  5/2/21

Part 3  No-pretense  4/25/21

Part 2  Nansen's Cat  4/18/21

Part 1  Useless  4/11/21

Baizhang's Fox  4/4/21

Changing  3/28/21

Mazu, Part 2  3/14/21

Mazu, Part 1  3/7/21

Peace Has No Special Form  2/28/21

Joshu's Clothes on Your Body, Paintings on Your Head  2/18/21

Buddha Points to the Ground  2/7/21

Prajnatara "Always Thus"  1/31/21

Bodhidharma  1/24/21

Zazening-Experiencing  1/7/21

Not-Thinging  1/3/21

Our Universe  12/27/20

This Perfect Practice Place  12/25/20

Experiencing  12/20/20

Not Any Thing  12/18/20

The Hundred Grasses  12/13/20

Wisdom Perfection  12/6/20

Ongoing Changing  12/2/20 - at ZCSD

Smiling Eyes Bodhi  11/29/20

Peaceful Dwelling  11/22/20

Zazening at Peace  11/8/20

Paradise  11/1/20

Non-Harming  10/25/20

Cause-Effect  10/18/20

5 Day Reminders  10/15/20

Now  10/11/20

Zen Tea  9/27/20

Tea  9/20/20

Forgive  9/13/20

Bodhisattva Compassion  8/30/20

Nothing Lacking  8/23/20

Myriad  8/16/20

Beings Are Numberless  8/9/20

Bow  8/4/20

Sutra  8/2/20

Buddha Life  7/29/20

Your Bridge, Part 2  7/26/20

Your Bridge  7/23/20

Happiness  7/12/20

Liberty  7/5/20

Appreciating Life  7/1/20

Spacious, Not-Two  6/28/20

The Perfect Life  6/22/20

Courage  6/14/20

Non-harming, Buddha's Protest  6/7/20

Selling Water  5/31/20

Maezumi Roshi's Teaching  5/17/20

Moon in Water  5/13/20

Still  5/5/20

Living Our Wisdom  5/3/20

Life of...  4/30/20

Not-Knowing  4/26/20

True Name Light  4/25/20

Experiencing  4/24/20

Bodhisattva Vow  4/19/20
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Arriving  4/15/20

Not-imposing  4/12/20

Life  4/8/20

Zazen Daily  4/5/20

Chatter  3/22/20

Impermanence  3/15/20

Not-Two  3/8/20

Changing  3/1/20

Don't Re-Member  2/23/20

Forgetting  2/16/20

Not-Born, Not-Destroyed  2/9/20

Experiencing - Releasing Suffering  2/2/20

Ongoing Practice  1/26/20

Unified  1/12/20

Still  12/15/19

Buddha  12/8/19

Awakening  12/1/19

Bodhisattva  11/17/19

Simple  11/3/19

Your Life  10/27/19

Prajna Wisdom  10/20/19

Moment  10/13/19

Not Falling Into, Not Avoiding  10/6/19

Vast is the Robe of Liberation  9/29/19

Real Form  9/22/19

Nurturing Practice  9/15/19

Shells  8/11/19

Not Yours, Yours  8/4/19

Being Peace  7/28/19

Saying I  7/21/19

Sitting  7/7/19

Independence  6/30/19

Practice Life  6/23/19

Words  6/16/19

Smile  6/9/19

Nonattainment, Notknowing  6/2/19

Mother  5/12/19

Right Now  5/5/19

Addiction  4/28/19

Eyes, Ears  4/13/19

You Are Not The Boss  4/7/19

Flowers  3/31/19

Sitting  3/17/19

Being Peace  3/3/19

Gate', Gate'  2/24/19

Speaking of Faults  2/17/19

Practices  2/3/19

A Few Words  1/13/19

Sitting  1/12/19

Joy and Fear  1/6/19

Being at Peace  12/16/18

Living Awakening  12/9/18

Awakening  12/2/18

Vast Emptiness  11/25/18

Reactive Habits  11/18/18

This  11/4/18

Ocean Wave  10/28/18

Nothing is Yours  10/21/18

Clearly Seeing  10/14/18

Not Confuse  10/7/18

Greed  9/30/18

Anger Hatred  9/23/18

Abandoning Control  9/16/18

Past, Future, Present  9/9/18

Sesshin  8/26/18

Inconceivable  8/19/18

At This Moment  8/12/18

Vast Liberation  8/5/18

Caught, Believing  7/29/18

Quiet Meditative  7/22/18

Nothing Special Peace  7/8/18

Comes Thus  7/1/18

Here  6/24/18

When  6/17/18

Zazen Moment  6/10/18

Not Fit  6/3/18

Caught  5/20/18

Connected  5/13/18

Arising  5/6/18

Immediacy  4/29/18

In the Midst  4/22/18

Dreaming  4/15/18

Zazen  4/8/18

Alive  4/1/18

Gratitude, Hate  3/25/18

This Life  3/18/18

Anger  3/4/18

Perfect Way  2/25/18

Controlled  2/11/18

Illumination  2/4/18

Circumstance Moment  1/28/18

Zazen Not You, Not Other  1/21/18

New Year  1/7/18

End of Year  12/17/17

Light  12/10/17

No-need  12/3/17

Not Thankful  11/19/17

Extended Practice  11/5/17

Joyous  10/29/17

Fire  10/22/17

Bow  10/15/17

Fear  10/8/17

Basic Practice  10/1/17

This Moment  9/24/17

Healing Response  9/10/17

Practice  8/27/17

Mushroom and Mycelium  8/20/17

Enchantments  8/13/17

What Store  8/6/17

Clarifying Practice  7/30/17

Zazen With  7/9/17

You Are  7/2/17

Air Wind  6/25/17

Lift Up  6/18/17

Non-Binding  6/11/17

Harboring  6/4/17

Early Sesshin  5/21/17

Practice Place  5/14/17

Caught  5/7/17

Harmed-Nonharming  4/30/17

All Day Zazening  4/23/17

This  4/16/17

Birth  4/9/17

Zazening Opportunity  4/2/17

Being Just This Moment  3/26/17

Making  3/12/17

Welcoming  3/5/17

Fear  2/26/17

Marvelous Life  2/19/17

Responsible  2/12/17

Are and Are-Not  2/3/17

Buddha's Koan  1/26/17

Healing  1/20/17

Free of Fear  1/6/17

Buddha Light Shines Everywhere  12/18/16

Attachment Part 2  12/11/16

Attachment Part 1  12/4/16

Mushrooms and Alaya Vijnana  11/27/16

Healing Response  11/20/16

Sesshin Begins  11/6/16

Win, Lose  10/30/16

This Very Life  10/23/16

Having, Losing  10/16/16

Zazening Silence  10/9/16

Embodying  10/2/16

Zazening Is Simple  9/25/16

Responding As Is  9/18/16

In Any Event  9/11/16

Zazen in the Mist  8/28/16

Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory  8/21/16

Real  8/14/16

Interrupting Thought, Interrupting Defiling  8/7/16

Endless Dimension  7/31/16

Non-Permanence  7/24/16

Opportunity Privilige  7/17/16

Being Just This  7/3/16

Mysterious  6/26/16

Serving  6/19/16

Carrying Lightly  6/12/16

Simple  6/5/16

Great Gift  5/22/16

Much Ado About Nothing, Part B  5/15/16

In Any Event  5/8/16

If Not Now, When  5/1/16

Much Ado About Nothing, Part A  4/24/16

Intimacy Life  4/17/16

On Ocean  4/10/16

Above the Heaven  4/3/16

Not Speaking of the Faults of Others  3/27/16

Danger  3/20/16

Zazen  3/6/16

Gold  2/28/16

One Side Illumined, One Side Dark  2/21/16

Entrusting  2/14/16

Something Else  2/7/16

I; Not-I Part B  1/31/16

I; Not-I Part A  1/24/16

Resolution, Vow, Experiencing  1/10/16