Everyday Zen Podcast

Alan Block gives the fifth  talk of the Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind 2025 Series on “Control.”  This series of talks is given by senior Everyday Zen teachers on the chapter of their choice from Suzuki Roshi’s book “Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Than...

Norman gives his dharma talk to the Everyday Zen July 2025 All Day Sitting on the chant “En Mei Jukku Kannongyo. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/En-Mei-Jukku-Kannongyo-All-Day-Sitting-July-2025.mp3  

John Murray  gives the fourth talk of the Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind 2025 Series on “Beyond Experience.”  This series is part of  five class talks given by senior Everyday Zen teachers on the chapter of their choice from Suzuki Roshi’s book “Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teac...

Christopher Dumbleton gives the third talk of the Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind 2025 Series on “Experience Not Philosophy.”  This series is part of  five class talks given by senior Everyday Zen teachers on the chapter of their choice from Suzuki Roshi’s book “Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot contin...

James Flaherty gives the second talk of the Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind 2025 Series on “Study Yourself”  This series is part of  five class talks given by senior Everyday Zen teachers on the chapter of their choice from Suzuki Roshi’s book “Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachi...

Judith Gilbert gives the first talk of the Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind 2025 Series on “Prologue: Beginner’s Mind.”  This series is part of  five class talks given by senior Everyday Zen teachers on the chapter of their choice from Suzuki Roshi’s book “Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continu...

Norman gives his third and last talk to the Samish Island 2025 Sesshin on the chant “En Mei Jukku Kannongyo. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you!   https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/En-Mei-Jukku-Kannongyo-Samish-Island-Sesshin-Talk-3-6-17-25.mp3

Norman gives a talk on “Opening the Hand of Thought” to the Samish Island 2025 Sesshin. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025-06-16-ZoketsuNorman-Openingthehandofthought-SamishIslandSesshin-Zoom.mp4  

Norman gives a talk on the Koan “What do You Call the World” to the Samish Island 2025 Sesshin. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you!   https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025-06-15-ZoketsuNormanFischer-Whatdoyoucalltheworld-SamishIslandSesshin-Zoom...

Jeff Bickner gives a talk on “Paying Attention” to the Everyday Zen June 2025 All Day Sitting. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Paying-Attention-Jeff-Bickner-June-2025-All-Day-Sitting.mp3  

Norman Fischer gives the eighth and final talk on Nagarjuna’s “Verses From the Center” (Mulamadhyamakakarika). This Everyday Zen 2025 series references Stephen Batchelor’s book “Verses From the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you!...

Jeff Bickner gives a talk on “Dogen’s Uji (The Time Being) and Zeitgeist.” Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Dogens-Uji-_The-Time-Being_-and-Zeitgeist-Jeff-Bickner.mp3

Kathie Fischer gives her seventh and final talk on Nagarjuna’s “Verses From the Center” (Mulamadhyamakakarika). This Everyday Zen 2025 series references Stephen Batchelor’s book “Verses From the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you!...

Kathie Fischer gives her sixth talk of Nagarjuna’s “Verses From the Center” (Mulamadhyamakakarika). This Everyday Zen 2025 series references Stephen Batchelor’s book “Verses From the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3....

Kathie Fischer gives her fifth talk of Nagarjuna’s “Verses From the Center” (Mulamadhyamakakarika). This Everyday Zen 2025 series references Stephen Batchelor’s book “Verses From the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3....

Kathie Fischer gives her fourth talk of Nagarjuna’s “Verses From the Center” (Mulamadhyamakakarika). This Everyday Zen 2025 series references Stephen Batchelor’s book “Verses From the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3...

Norman gives a dharma talk to the Mountain Rain Sangha on “Dongshan Stories” regarding several koans of this venerable Zen teacher. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Dongshan-Stories-Mountain-Rain-Sangha-5_3_25.mp3

Kathie Fischer gives her third talk of Nagarjuna’s “Verses From the Center” (Mulamadhyamakakarika) at the May 2025 All Day Sitting at Green Gulch Farms. This Everyday Zen 2025 series references Stephen Batchelor’s book “Verses From the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offerin...

Kathie Fischer gives her second talk of Nagarjuna’s “Verses From the Center” (Mulamadhyamakakarika). This Everyday Zen 2025 series references Stephen Batchelor’s book “Verses From the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3...

Kathie Fischer gives the first talk of the “Verses From the Center 2025 Series” with an introduction to the great Buddhist teacher Nagarjuna and his emptiness teachings from his work “Verses from the Center” (Mulamadhyamakakarika). This series references Stephen Batchelor’s book “Verses From the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime.” https://s3.us-west...

Jaune Evans gives a dharma talk on “The Real Bridge” referencing Koan Case 52 in The Blue Cliff Record Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/The-Real-Bridge-Jaune-Evans.mp3  

Mary Ann Sacksteder gives a dharma talk to the Dharma Seminar on “A Monk in the World.” Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/A-Monk-in-the-World-Mary-Ann-Sacksteder.mp3

Norman gives a guided meditation on “On Being With Suffering” to the SCIPI group April 11, 2025. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Guided-Meditation-On-Being-With-Suffering-4-11-25.mp3

Norman gives a talk to the Dharma Seminar on “Becoming Yourself.”  This is based on excerpts of a new upcoming book on Suzuki Roshi by Jiryu Rutschman-Byler that is to be published within the next year. https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Susuki-Roshi-Becoming-Yourself.mp3

Norman gives a Passover Talk to the Makor Or group April 6, 2025 Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Makor-Or-Passover-Retreat-April-6-2025.mp3