Prairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma Talks

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a Dharma talk on Chapters 6 (Prediction) and 7 (The Parable of the Magic City) of the Lotus Sutra.

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a Dharma talk on Chapters 4  (Faith Discernment) and 5 (The Parable of the Herbs).

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a Dharma talk on Chapter 3 of the Lotus Sutra.

Send us Fan Mail Sangha member Paula Scarborough gives a talk titled, "Exploring the Dana Paramita, the Way of Giving and Receiving ".

Send us Fan Mail Sangha member Daitoku Rick Vosper gives a talk titled, "Kwan Um: A Korean Perspective on Zen".

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Shin-E Kieran Rhysling leads a lively sangha discussion on a section of Katagiri Roshi’s book, You Have to Say Something , entitled There’s No Escaping This Moment.

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin speaks on Chapter Two of the Lotus Sutra, entitled Tactful Means.

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a talk on Chapter One of The Lotus Sutra.

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Ensho Chikudo D Madrid gives a talk based on the book by Diane Eshin Rizzetto "Waking Up To What You Do", discussing how we practice with the precepts in everyday life.

Send us Fan Mail Isabelle Andre presents a talk titled, “Broken Bodhisattva”. This powerful talk explores how we can embrace loss and heartbreak during tumultuous times on the Bodhisattva path.

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie presents a talk titled, “When Your House of Practice Burns”. The talk ties together the burning of the Tassajara zendo and library on March 26 with the burning down of relationship trust to the Paramita Practices of Generosity, Energy, Patience and Wisdom-insight.

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a talk on The Sutra of Innumerable Meanings from the Lotus Sutra.

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie gives a talk exploring practice. Like Homer’s Odyssey, each practitioner undertakes an epic journey with others and alone within themselves.

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin speaks on Dogen's "King of Samadhis" from the Shobogenzo.

Send us Fan Mail Sangha member Nendo David Pavlacky gives a talk exploring Buddha’s ancient teaching of impermanency from the Lankavatara Sutra and Katagiri Roshi’s teaching of total dynamic functioning.

Send us Fan Mail Sangha member Shin-E Kieran Rhysling facilitates a discussion about the challenges of determining an appropriate response to the harms we are seeing in the world.

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin speaks on the Birth and Death chapter of the Shobogenzo.

Send us Fan Mail Guest speaker Dr. Bishal Karna gives a talk titled, “The Zen of Loving Your Neighbor”.  This talk is a fascinating exploration of the different approaches of Christianity and Zen to loving your neighbor and how, ultimately, they seek to achieve the same end.  Bishal Karna is a professor of comparative religion and the creator and host of The Spiritual Context Podcast. He lives in...

Send us Fan Mail Guest speaker Rev. Jisho Sara Siebert gives a talk entitled, "What is true freedom? Traditional Zen practice and our lives." The talk addresses the question of how the forms and practices of Soto Zen can help us recognize that our limited self is not the center of the universe and instead can help us move beyond our habituated preferences.  

Send us Fan Mail This series of talks was recorded in 2025. After each talk, the sangha engaged in lively discussion, which was not recorded. The talks were an examination of the Statement of Recognition and Repentance from the Soto Zen Buddhist conference of 2018.  https://www.szba.org/szba-statement-on-recognition-and-repentance

Send us Fan Mail This series of talks was recorded in 2025. After each talk, the sangha engaged in lively discussion, which was not recorded. The talks were an examination of the Statement of Recognition and Repentance from the Soto Zen Buddhist conference of 2018.  https://www.szba.org/szba-statement-on-recognition-and-repentance

Send us Fan Mail This series of talks was recorded in 2025. After each talk, the sangha engaged in lively discussion, which was not recorded. The talks were an examination of the Statement of Recognition and Repentance from the Soto Zen Buddhist conference of 2018.  https://www.szba.org/szba-statement-on-recognition-and-repentance

Send us Fan Mail This series of talks was recorded in 2025. After each talk, the sangha engaged in lively discussion, which was not recorded. The talks were an examination of the Statement of Recognition and Repentance from the Soto Zen Buddhist conference of 2018.  https://www.szba.org/szba-statement-on-recognition-and-repentance

Send us Fan Mail This series of talks was recorded in 2025. After each talk, the sangha engaged in lively discussion, which was not recorded. The talks were an examination of the Statement of Recognition and Repentance from the Soto Zen Buddhist conference of 2018.  https://www.szba.org/szba-statement-on-recognition-and-repentance

Send us Fan Mail This series of talks was recorded in 2025. After each talk, the sangha engaged in lively discussion, which was not recorded. The talks were an examination of the Statement of Recognition and Repentance from the Soto Zen Buddhist conference of 2018.  https://www.szba.org/szba-statement-on-recognition-and-repentance