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Talks given at City Center unless marked with (GGF) for Green Gulch Farm, in Marin.

Date Speaker Topic Action Duration
July 15, 2007
GGF
Tenshin Reb Anderson The Highest Happiness Download 39:44
July 14, 2007 Dairyu Michael Wenger When Subjectivity and Objectivity Shake Hands Download 31:35
July 11, 2007 Abbot Ryushin Paul Haller The Mind of the Great Sage of India Download 43:00
July 8, 2007
GGF
Fu Schroeder Existing in the Present Moment Download 40:49
July 7, 2007 Abbot Ryushin Paul Haller Realizing the Essence and Embracing the 10,000 Things Download 42:20
June 30, 2007 Steve Weintraub We Have Everything We Need Download 55:30
June 23, 2007 Robert Thomas What We're Learning at Zen Center Download 49:30
June 20, 2007 Christina Lehnherr Approaching Difficult Situations Download 42:35
June 24, 2007
GGF
Dairyu Michael Wenger Meeting the Dragon Download 33:16
June 24, 2007
GGF
Kiku Christina Lehnherr Doorways to Freedom Download 41:56
June 17, 2007
GGF
Jiko Linda Cutts Bodhisattva Practice and the Delegation to Colombia Download 51:51
June 16, 2007 Dairyu Michael Wenger Falling Down & Getting Up Download 29:05
June 13, 2007 Lou Hartman Radical Acceptance Download 30:00
June 9, 2007 Abbot Ryushin Paul Haller Taking Refuge in Buddha, Dharma and Sangha Download 47:45
June 10, 2007
GGF
Abbot Myogen Steve Stücky Beyond Fixed Thoughts Download 46:58
June 3, 2007
GGF
Zoketsu Norman Fischer Working with the Senses Download 48:10
May 30, 2007 Tova Green Transitions and Ceremonies Download 35:15
May 27, 2007
GGF
Tenshin Reb Anderson The Silent Bond Between All Beings Download 50:43
May 26, 2007 Shosan Victoria Austin Unintended Oppression Download 37:50
May 23, 2007 Mark Lancaster Prajna Paramita in Everday Life Download 40:25
May 20, 2007
GGF
Fu Schroeder For Love of a Child Download 33:11
May 19, 2007 Taigen Dan Leighton The Worldview of Zen and the Lotus Sutra Download 44:15
May 16, 2007 Jordan Thorn Mountains Are Mountains Download 36:35
May 13, 2007
GGF
Abbot Myogen Steve Stücky Mother's Day Download 48:40
May 12, 2007 Abbot Myogen Steve Stücky What does it mean to rely on prajna paramita? Download 50:25
May 9, 2007 Marvin Mercer The Price of Happiness Download 39:50
May 6, 2007
GGF
Meiya Wender Who Is the Buddha? Download 28:04
May 5, 2007 Jeffrey Schneider Freedom from the Myth of Spirituality Download 30:50
April 29, 2007
GGF
Steve Weintraub Karma and the Inconceivable Download 1:06:20
April 28, 2007 Jordan Thorn The Heart of Great Perfect Wisdom Sutra Download 43:25
April 25, 2007 Rosalie Curtis Our Ceremonial Life Download 35:30
April 22, 2007
GGF
Alan Senauke Becoming Buddha Download 41:54
April 21, 2007 Tom Kurai A Personal History Download 35:35
April 18, 2007 Anna Thorn Leaving Home Download 40:10
April 15, 2007
GGF
Edward Brown Liberating Your Hands Download 41:54
April 14, 2007 Paul Haller Humility and Humiliation Download 46:15
April 7, 2007 Marc Lesser Creative Effort Download 38:50
April 4, 2007 Wendy Lewis Ambivalence Download 37:04
April 1, 2007
GGF
Tenshin Reb Anderson Seeing the Beauty in All Things Download 54:39
March 25, 2007
GGF
Daigan Lueck Being Uncomfortable Download 46:37
March 24, 2007 Ryumon Guitierrez Baldoquin Zazen Is a Gate to Our True Nature Download 38:05
March 21, 2007 Sala Steinbach We Sit So That We Can See Our Stories For What They Are Download 38:00
March 18, 2007
GGF
Abbot Myogen Steve Stücky Developing Confidence in Buddha Nature Download 45:05
March 11, 2007
GGF
Luminous Owl Henkel The Teachings of Chao Chou Download 38:07
March 10, 2007 Christina Lehnherr   Download 41:15
March 7, 2007 Marsha Angus This Is A Gift Download 35:05
March 3, 2007 Blanche Hartman Everything in Your Life Is A Gift Download 28:15
March 3, 2007
(GGF)
Myogen Steve Stücky Alignment with the Great Way Download 35:14
February 25, 2007
(GGF)
Zoketsu Norman Fischer You Can't See My Not Seeing Download 45:18
February 24, 2007 Hoitsu Suzuki   Download 55:55
February 21, 2007 Blanche Hartman   Download 26:49
February 18, 2007
GGF
Meiya Wender Practicing Outside the Zendo Download 32:37
February 17, 2007
GGF
Abbot Myogen Steve Stücky Deshan and the Old Woman Download 36:15
February 17, 2007 Jordan Thorn Waking Up from the Dream of Your Life Download 35:14
February 11, 2007
(GGF)
Wendy Johnson Taking Refuge in the Presence of Trees Download 47:47
February 10, 2007 Greg Fain the Samadhi of Love & Gratitude Download 36:17
February 4, 2007
(GGF)
Jiko Linda Cutts Staying Grounded in the Midst of Delusion Download 50:52
February 3, 2007 Blanche Hartman Whole-hearted Practice of the Way Download 39:55
January 31, 2007 Michael Wenger Shadows Download 30:37
January 28, 2007
(GGF)
Darlene Cohen It's All Scenery Download 39:44
January 27, 2007 Robert Thomas The Bodhisattva's Four Methods of Guidance Download 49:45
January 20, 2007 Ingen Breen There Is No Birth and Death Download 43:17
January 10, 2007 Mark Lancaster Dharma Transmission and Family Download 43:23
January 6, 2007 Gigen Victoria Austin Vows, Choice and Personal Responsibility Download 46:18
December 30, 2006 Zenkei Blanche Hartman Buddha Is Not Somewhere Else Download 41:54
December 9, 2006 Abbot Ryushin Paul Haller Meet our Life with
Grandmotherly Eyes
Download 43:26
December 3, 2006
(GGF)
Furyu Schroeder The Gift of Nothing Download 39:05
November 29, 2006 Rev. Greg Fain Prajna Paramita:
The Wisdom of Avalokiteshvara
Download 34:02
Nov. 26, 2006
(GGF)
Abbess Jiko Linda Ruth Cutts Working with Anger and Hatred Download 44:23
Nov. 25, 2006Joan Sutherland Creating Peace and Freedom: Wisdom from the Koan Tradition Download 45:38
Nov. 18, 2006 Dairyu Michael Wenger Vulnerability is
the Mind of Enlightenment
Download 31:52
Nov. 15, 2006 Dana Velden Dhyana Paramita Download 34:14
Nov. 11, 2006 Abbot Ryushin Paul Haller The energy of this moment
has a story to it.
Download 41:24
Nov. 8, 2006 Rev. Susan O'Connell Virya Paramita: Joyful Effort Download 34:10
Oct. 28, 2006 Blanche Hartman Kshanti - Constancy;
Precious Bodhicitta
Download 39:04
Oct. 25, 2006 Jordan Thorn Sila Paramita,
The Practice of Ethics
Download 36:53
Oct. 21, 2006 Abbot Ryushin Paul Haller Sila of Zazen Download 39:50
Oct. 14, 2006 Abbot Ryushin Paul Haller The Amish Tragedy and the Nobility of the Human Spirit Download 38:41
Oct. 7, 2006 Susan O'Connell The Emptiness of Ownership Download 38:10
Oct. 4, 2006 Abbot Ryushin Paul Haller The Activity of Giving as an Agent of Change Download 38:08
Sept. 30, 2006 Abbot Ryushin Paul Haller The Practices of Dispassion, Passion, and Compassion Download 42:37
Sept. 24, 2006
(GGF)
Abbess Jiko Linda Ruth Cutts Death as a Dharma Gate Download 50:25
Sept. 23, 2006 Steve Weintraub Reclaiming the Life of Desire Download 54:17
Sept. 17, 2006
(GGF)
Luminous Owl Henkel No Self Download 51:23
Sept. 9, 2006 Rev. Yuko Masuda
Yuko Masuda
The Practice of Identification, Compassion, and Aspiration Download 50:38
Sept. 3, 2006
(GGF)
Myogen Steve Stücky The Three Kinds of Mind Download 40:45
August 23, 2006 Shinshu Roberts Genjo Koan - Firewood Becomes Ash... Download 32:50
August 12, 2006 Abbess Jiko Linda Ruth Cutts Practicing with the Environment without Delay Download 46:43
August 5, 2006 Dharmavidya David Brazier Nembutsu is Taking Refuge Download 46:22
July 5, 2006 John King Assumptions - Living and Dying Download 45:10
July 1, 2006 Wendy Lewis On Friendship Download 49:36
June 17, 2006 Paul Haller Death and Dying Download 52:44
June 10, 2006 Paul Haller Genjo Koan - Sesshin Talk 7 Download 41:24
June 9, 2006 Paul Haller Genjo Koan - Sesshin Talk 6 Download 42:43
June 8, 2006 Paul Haller Genjo Koan - Sesshin Talk 5 Download 49:00
June 7, 2006 Paul Haller Genjo Koan - Sesshin Talk 4 Download 41:34
June 6, 2006 Paul Haller Genjo Koan - Sesshin Talk 3 Download 43:25
June 5, 2006 Paul Haller Genjo Koan - Sesshin Talk 2 Download 41:14
June 4, 2006 Paul Haller Genjo Koan - Sesshin Talk 1 Download 46:36
May 27, 2006 Jordan Thorn Memorial Day - Resolve To Do No Harm Download 33:11
May 20, 2006 Blanche Hartman You're Perfect Just As You Are Download 32:41
April 26, 2006 Paul Haller Genjo Koan Lecture Download 38:38
April 15, 2006 Paul Haller Genjo Koan - Practice Period Opening Lecture Download 55:03
April 1, 2006 Ingen Breen The Project of Buddhism Download 47:07
March 29, 2006 Hoitsu Suzuki Warm-hearted Zazen,
Bowing to Mt. Fuji
Download 1:01:03
March 25, 2006 Paul Haller Forgiveness: What Brings That Alive? Download 44:57
March 11, 2006 Blanche Hartman Take Care of the Great Matter Download 33:12
February 25, 2006 Victoria Austin The Anesthesiologists' Dilemma: A Life and Death Matter Download 40:36
February 11, 2006 Paul Haller Normative Learning Download 41:36
January 14, 2006 Blanche Hartman Martin Luther King - An American Hero Download 42:29

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