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| 12/30/2009 |
Blanche Hartman - Roots of Compassion
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| 12/27/2009 |
Myoan Grace Schireson - Zen Women
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| 12/26/2009 |
Daigaku Rummé - The Two Approaches to Realizing the Dharma: Shikantaza and Shikankoan
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| 12/20/2009 |
Rev. Furyu Schroeder - Box of Nothing
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| 12/19/2009 |
Joan Amaral - Away
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| 12/13/2009 |
Hozan Alan Senauke - Community
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| 12/12/2009 |
Marc Lesser - Right View
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| 12/9/2009 |
Rick Slone - Putting Our Hearts on the Line
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| 12/5/2009 |
Blanche Hartman - Rohatsu Sesshin Day 7
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| 12/4/2009 |
Jordan Thorn - Rohatsu Sesshin Day 6
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| 12/3/2009 |
Joan Amaral - Rohatsu Sesshin Day 5
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| 12/2/2009 |
Blanche Hartman - Rohatsu Sesshin Day 4
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| 12/1/2009 |
Jordan Thorn - Rohatsu Sesshin Day 3
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| 11/30/2009 |
Rosalie Curtis - Rohatsu Sesshin Day 2
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| 11/29/2009 |
Shinko Rick Slone - Risking the Heart
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| 11/29/2009 |
Blanche Hartman - Rohatsu Sesshin Day 1
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| 11/28/2009 |
Jordan Thorn - Today is Today
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| 11/25/2009 |
Joan Amaral - The Moon is Always Full
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| 11/22/2009 |
Myogen Steve Stücky - Resilience
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| 11/21/2009 |
Paul Haller - You Only Get One Mystery
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| 11/18/2009 |
Ed Sattizahn - Ten More Years
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| 11/15/2009 |
Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts - Bodhisattva Precepts
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| 11/14/2009 |
Steve Weintraub - The Luncheonette Business
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| 11/11/2009 |
Martine Batchelor - The Path of Compassion
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| 11/8/2009 |
Zoketsu Norman Fischer - Our Practice Is Japanese
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| 11/7/2009 |
Myogen Steve Stücky - Warm Hearted Mirror
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| 11/4/2009 |
Joan Amaral - Composure
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| 10/31/2009 |
Paul Haller - The Zen of Halloween
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| 10/28/2009 |
Acharya Arawana Hayashi - Bravery & Compassion
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| 10/25/2009 |
Myogen Steve Stucky - Receiving and Giving Nourishment
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| 10/24/2009 |
Jordan Thorn - Roots of Compassion
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| 10/21/2009 |
Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne - Four Brahma Viharas and Sharing of Energy for the Awakening of All
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| 10/21/2009 |
Greg Fain - The Great Matter
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| 10/17/2009 |
Grace Schireson - Zen Women
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| 10/14/2009 |
Blanche Hartman - Jumping Off The 100 Foot Pole
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| 10/11/2009 |
Steve Weintraub - This is the Only Reality
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| 10/10/2009 |
Edward Brown - Cooking Life
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| 10/7/2009 |
Joan Amaral - Shuso Way-Seeking Mind Talk
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| 10/7/2009 |
Zenju Earthlyn Manuel - The Privilege of Expressing Love and Receiving It
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| 10/4/2009 |
Furyu Schroeder - Meeting Impermanence with Compassion
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| 10/3/2009 |
Yvonne Rand - Suzuki Roshi's Compassion
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| 9/30/2009 |
Rev. Harry Gyoko Bridge - Pure Land History and Practice - A Voyage of Compassion
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| 9/30/2009 |
Jordan Thorn - The Gift
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| 9/27/2009 |
Edward Espe Brown - Awaken Your Unborn Buddha Mind
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| 9/26/2009 |
Blanche Hartman - Be The Person You Want to See In The World
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| 9/23/2009 |
Dana Velden - Bringing The Cake
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| 9/20/2009 |
Zoketsu Norman Fischer - Questions Places Voices Seasons
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| 9/19/2009 |
Christina Lehnherr - Appreciating the Utterly Amazing, Unfathomable and Irreplaceable Uniqueness of Each Single Life
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| 9/13/2009 |
Seido Lee deBarros - True Helpfulness
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| 9/12/2009 |
Paul Haller - Thread of Intention
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| 9/11/2009 |
Kokyo Henkel - The Altruistic Mind of Awakening
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| 9/9/2009 |
Myo Lahey - Dragon Song in a Dead Tree
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| 9/9/2009 |
Rev. Harry Gyokyo Bridge - The Compassion of Amida Buddha
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| 9/6/2009 |
Myogen Steve Stucky - The Gift of Giving Attention
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| 9/5/2009 |
Sonja Gardenswartz - Perfect Wisdom of Gentle Buddha
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| 9/5/2009 |
Linda Ruth Cutts - Talking Trash
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| 9/2/2009 |
Anna Thorn - Cooperation
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| 9/2/2009 |
Leslie James - Learning the Nature of Things
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| 8/30/2009 |
Hoitsu Suzuki Roshi - Warm Heart Zazen of Dogen and Buddha
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| 8/26/2009 |
Ajahn Amaro - Nibbana (part A)
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| 8/26/2009 |
Ajahn Amaro - Nibbana (part B)
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| 8/26/2009 |
Ajahn Amaro - Not Clinging
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| 8/22/2009 |
Kokyo Henkel - Ceremony and Ritual
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| 8/22/2009 |
Ed Sattizahn - Making your Best Effort in Each Moment
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| 8/19/2009 |
Greg Fain - Continuous Practice of Gratitude
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| 8/19/2009 |
Leslie James - Guest and Host
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| 8/16/2009 |
Myogen Steve Stucky - Kanzeon
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| 8/16/2009 |
Paul Haller - Practicing With Money
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| 8/15/2009 |
Laura Burges - Lineage
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| 8/12/2009 |
Mary Mocine - Tea at the Palaz of Hoon
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| 8/9/2009 |
Furyu Schroeder - From Siddhartha to Buddha
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| 8/8/2009 |
Norman Fischer - Suffering
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| 8/8/2009 |
Jordan Thorn - What Brings Us to this Place?
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| 8/5/2009 |
Ryushin Paul Haller & Brother David Steindl-Rast - The Spirit of Practice: Christian and Zen
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| 8/3/2009 |
Edward Brown - Flower of Your Life Force Blooming
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| 8/2/2009 |
Jiryu Rutschman-Byler - Opening to our Actual Life
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| 8/1/2009 |
Alan Senauke - Growing Up
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| 8/1/2009 |
Steve Stücky, Brother David, Gayum Matcher - Inner Peace, Outer Peace: An Interfaith Dialogue
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| 7/31/2009 |
Paul Haller - Sesshin Talk Day #5
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| 7/30/2009 |
Paul Haller - Sesshin Talk Day #4
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| 7/29/2009 |
Paul Haller - Sesshin Talk Day #3
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| 7/29/2009 |
Kazuaki Tanahashi - Translating Dogen's Shobogenzo
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| 7/28/2009 |
Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts - Gate Gate Paragate
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| 7/28/2009 |
Paul Haller - Sesshin Talk Day #2
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| 7/27/2009 |
Paul Haller - Sesshin Talk Day #1
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| 7/26/2009 |
Myogen Steve Stucky - Creating a Culture of Wisdom and Compassion
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| 7/25/2009 |
Paul Haller - Things I Didn't Know I Loved
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| 7/22/2009 |
Andy Ferguson - Latest News on Bodhidharma
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| 7/21/2009 |
Michael Wenger - Teacher-Student Relationship
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| 7/19/2009 |
Darlene Cohen - Suffering and Wholehearted Commitment
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| 7/18/2009 |
Marc Lesser - Accomplishing More by Doing Less, Part 1
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| 7/18/2009 |
Marc Lesser - Accomplishing More by Doing Less, Part 2
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| 7/18/2009 |
Michael Wenger - Zen Practices & Zen Institutions
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| 7/13/2009 |
Fu Schroeder and Larry Yang - Diversity
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| 7/13/2009 |
Sojun Mel Weitsman - Light
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| 7/11/2009 |
Paul Haller - Intensifying Just Sitting
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| 7/5/2009 |
Zesho Susan O'Connell - An Inquiry Into Hope
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| 7/1/2009 |
Dr. Marlene Jones - Savoring
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| 6/28/2009 |
Robert Thomas - Being a Bodhisattva
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| 6/28/2009 |
Furyu Nancy Schroeder - Which Moon Is This?
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| 6/27/2009 |
Tova Green - Pride
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| 6/24/2009 |
Mark Lancaster - Buddha and Mara
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| 6/21/2009 |
Seido Lee deBarros - Father's Day and the Three Minds
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| 6/20/2009 |
Paul Haller - Samadhi
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| 6/17/2009 |
Wendy Lewis - Gratitude and Humility
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| 6/14/2009 |
Myogen Steve Stucky - Preferences and Compassion
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| 6/13/2009 |
Ingen Breen - Being Present
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| 6/13/2009 |
Jordan Thorn - The Path of Practice
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| 6/10/2009 |
Darlene Cohen - Fruits of Deepening Practice
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| 6/10/2009 |
Michael Wenger - What Do You Do with the Soundtrack
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| 6/7/2009 |
Steve Weintraub - The Feeling of Practice
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| 6/6/2009 |
Naomi Shihab Nye - Poetry Reading
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| 6/6/2009 |
Blanche Hartman - The Gift
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| 6/1/2009 |
Steve Stucky - Seeing Clearly
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| 5/31/2009 |
Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts - Continuous Practice, Refuge, and Compassion
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| 5/30/2009 |
Sojun Mel Weitsman - Brown Rice Is Just Right
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| 5/30/2009 |
Christina Lehnherr - Now is the Time
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| 5/27/2009 |
Jordan Thorn - The Second Noble Truth
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| 5/26/2009 |
Yvonne Rand - Suzuki Roshi's Compassion
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| 5/24/2009 |
Mel Weitsman, Lew Richmond, Yvonne Rand - Remembering Suzuki Roshi
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| 5/24/2009 |
Mel Weitsman, Lew Richmond, Yvonne Rand - Remembering Suzuki Roshi Q&A
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| 5/23/2009 |
Edward Brown, Peter Schneider, Les Kaye - Remembering Suzuki Roshi
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| 5/23/2009 |
Victoria Austin - Support for Shamatha
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| 5/21/2009 |
Leslie James - Realization of Delusion
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| 5/20/2009 |
Jana Drakka - Zendo Without Walls
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| 5/18/2009 |
Kokyo Henkel - Dizang Planting the Fields (1)
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| 5/18/2009 |
Kokyo Henkel - Dizang Planting the Fields (2)
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| 5/17/2009 |
Arlene Lueck - Your Perfect Self
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| 5/16/2009 |
Daigaku Rumme - Zen Basics
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| 5/15/2009 |
Steve Stucky - Suzuki Roshi's Undivided Original Way
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| 5/13/2009 |
Edward Brown - Everyone Making Their Best Effort
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| 5/10/2009 |
Tenshin Reb Anderson - Mother's Day
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| 5/9/2009 |
Teah Strozer - This Is Water
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| 5/6/2009 |
Greg Fain - The Secret of Zen Practice
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| 5/3/2009 |
Myogen Steve Stucky - Baby Buddha
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| 5/2/2009 |
Jordan Thorn - The First Noble Truth
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| 4/29/2009 |
Ingen Breen - Postcards from Emptiness
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| 4/28/2009 |
Leslie James - When Myriad Objects Come All at Once
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| 4/26/2009 |
Rev. Myo Lahey - Meeting Buddha, Beyond Buddha
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| 4/25/2009 |
Kosho McCall - Encouraging Words
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| 4/20/2009 |
Kokyo Henkel - Nonduality of Practice and Verification
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| 4/19/2009 |
Edward Brown - A Friend in the Darkness
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| 4/18/2009 |
Paul Haller - Ordination
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| 4/15/2009 |
Laura Burges - Spinning Straw into Gold
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| 4/14/2009 |
Paul Haller - The One Who Is Not Busy
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| 4/12/2009 |
Myogen Steve Stucky - Arising Mind
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| 4/11/2009 |
Jeffrey Schneider - There is No God and No Soul
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| 4/4/2009 |
Susan O'Connell - Buddha's Birthday
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| 3/29/2009 |
Christina Lehnherr - Presence
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| 3/25/2009 |
Marsha Angus - Intention, Commitment and Vow
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| 3/22/2009 |
Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts - Eyes of Compassion
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| 3/21/2009 |
Paul Haller - Dharma of Money
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| 3/18/2009 |
Michael Wenger - True Strictness
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| 3/15/2009 |
Tenshin Reb Anderson - Loving All Beings and Resistance
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| 3/14/2009 |
Jordan Thorn - The World Is What It Is
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| 3/11/2009 |
Bernd Bender - Donkey Mind
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| 3/8/2009 |
Furyu Nancy Schroeder - In the Shadow of the Moon
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| 3/7/2009 |
Mark Lancaster - Fear and Joy
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| 3/4/2009 |
Victoria Austin - Living Vow
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| 3/1/2009 |
Marc Lesser - Doing Less
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| 2/28/2009 |
Paul Haller - Heart of Vow
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| 2/25/2009 |
Michael Wenger - What's Happening
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| 2/22/2009 |
Daigan Lueck - Everything Without Exception
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| 2/21/2009 |
Marc Lesser - Less is the New More
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| 2/18/2009 |
Berndt Bender - Way-Seeking Mind
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| 2/15/2009 |
Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts - Parinirvana, Life, Death, and Ango
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| 2/14/2009 |
Victoria Austin - Three Views of Love
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| 2/11/2009 |
Blanche Hartman - Loving the World
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| 1/28/2009 |
Dana Velden - Appropriate Boldness
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| 1/24/2009 |
Blanche Hartman - The Great Matter
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| 1/14/2009 |
Victoria Austin - Remembering Rabbi Lew
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| 1/10/2009 |
Paul Haller - Divine Discontent
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| 1/7/2009 |
Linda Galijan - Bodhisattva Vow in Daily Life
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| 1/3/2009 |
Greg Fain - The Perfection of Vow
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