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Sunday Dharma Talks
These talks are by Genmyo unless otherwise indicated.
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
View
"Single Blossom..." Calligraphy
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
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