
Everyday Zen Podcast
Dharma Talks from the Everyday Zen Foundation
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Feb 27, 2025 • 53min
Living by Vow – Talk 4 – 2025 Series – The Three Refuges
Norman gives the fourth talk of the “Living by Vow” 2025 Series to the Dharma Seminar as the focus of the Everyday Zen 2025 Practice Period. His lectures reference Shohaku Okumura’s book “Living by Vow; A Practical Introduction to Eight Essential Zen Chants and Texts.” This talk focuses on “The Three Refuges.”
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Feb 22, 2025 • 23min
Living by Vow – Talk 3 – 2025 Series – Shuso Laura Trippi – Vowing Through Forms
Shuso Laura Trippi gives the third dharma talk of the “Living by Vow” 2025 Series to the Dharma Seminar as the focus of the Everyday Zen 2025 Practice Period. Her talk is on “Vowing Through Forms” referencing Shohaku Okumura’s book “Living by Vow; A Practical Introduction to Eight Essential Zen Chants and Texts.”
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Feb 13, 2025 • 43min
Living by Vow – Talk 2 – 2025 Series
Norman gives his second talk of the “Living by Vow” 2025 Series to the Dharma Seminar as the focus of the Everyday Zen 2025 Practice Period. His lectures reference Shohaku Okumura’s book “Living by Vow; A Practical Introduction to Eight Essential Zen Chants and Texts.”
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Feb 11, 2025 • 38min
Transmission of the Lamp – Ashvaghosha – Zen Center for Contemplative Care 2/10/25
Norman gives a talk from the “Transmission of the Lamp” on Ashvaghosa to the Zen Center for Contemplative Care
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Feb 6, 2025 • 37min
Living by Vow – Talk 1 – 2025 Series
Norman gives his first talk of the “Living by Vow” 2025 Series to the Dharma Seminar as the focus of the Everyday Zen 2025 Practice Period. His lectures reference Shohaku Okumura’s book “Living by Vow; A Practical Introduction to Eight Essential Zen Chants and Texts.”
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Feb 3, 2025 • 55min
Practice Period Opening 2025 – All Day Sitting – Norman Fischer and Shuso Laura Trippi
Norman opens the 2025 Everyday Zen Practice Period with a talk on Dogen’s practice period instructions followed by Shuso Laura Trippi’s readings of selected practice period intentions from submissions of some of the participants
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Jan 30, 2025 • 49min
Dogen’s Continuous Practice – 2024/5 Series – On Language (Painting a Rice Cake)
Norman gives the seventeenth talk to the Dharma Seminar on Dogen’s Continuous Practice from Kaz Tanahashi”s translation of the Shobogenzo Fasciles 31a and 31b. In this talk Norman speaks On Language (Painting of a Rice Cake).
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Jan 23, 2025 • 40min
Dogen’s Continuous Practice – Talk 16 – 2024/5 Series – Phillip Whalen on Zazen
Norman gives the sixteenth talk to the Dharma Seminar on Dogen’s Continuous Practice from Kaz Tanahashi”s translation of the Shobogenzo Fasciles 31a and 31b. In this talk Norman speaks on Phillip Whalen on zazen.
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Jan 16, 2025 • 39min
Dogen’s Continuous Practice – Talk 15 – 2024/5 Series – Huike’s Arm
Norman gives the fifteenth talk to the Dharma Seminar on Dogen’s Continuous Practice from Kaz Tanahashi”s translation of the Shobogenzo Fasciles 31a and 31b. In this talk Norman speaks on Huike’s Arm.
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Jan 16, 2025 • 24min
Response to Suffering – Zen Center for Contemplative Care – 1/11/25
Norman gives a talk on “Response to Suffering” to the Zen Center for Contemplative Care on January 11. 2025
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