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1. Zen Koan Practice Introduction: Who Hears this Sound
This is an introduction to Koan Study. Zoketsu discusses the history of Koans and their relationship to Zen practice in the Rinzai and Soto schools of Zen. He recommends Dogen’s Genjo Koan as a guide in making this very life our central koan.
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
March 13, 2001 |
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Basic Zen - Language
Dharma Seminar Series, Spring, 2001 - May 8, 2001. How the written and spoken word condition our view of the world and, therefore, our lives.
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
May 8, 2001 |
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Choices
In this talk on Choices, Norman speaks on the difficulties and regrets of too many choices, and how living with fewer choices may result in more happiness and freedom.
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
August 24, 2008 |
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On Suffering
Norman speaks to professionals and care givers on the topic of suffering. "Suffering is the jewel in the crown of the way." "All spiritual goodness, all healing, develops from suffering, which is why it is so precious."
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
March 14, 2008 |
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1. Zen Koan Practice Introduction: Who Hears this Sound
This is an introduction to Koan Study. Zoketsu discusses the history of Koans and their relationship to Zen practice in the Rinzai and Soto schools of Zen. He recommends Dogen’s Genjo Koan as a guide in making this very life our central koan.
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
March 13, 2001 |
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A Few Words About Emptiness
Zoketsu discusses the Buddhist concept and reality of emptiness and what bearing it has on our lives.
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
January 1, 2000 |
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Getting Started
"Zen teacher Norman Fischer proposes a two-week trial run to get your meditation practice started and looks at some of the obstacles that will come up."
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
August 4, 2010 |
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The Raw Spot
In this essay for Shambhala Sun magazine, Norman writes about the pain and bewilderment of losing his closest friend, and offers concrete advice and ways to work with loss. The title, "The Raw Spot," refers to the teaching by Chogyam Trungpa on embryonic compassion, which grows from the sore or raw or wounded spot in our bodies and hearts.
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
April 23, 2009 |
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Why I Have to Write
Aren’t words and concepts the antithesis of enlightenment? In an essay published in the March 2007 issue of Shambhala Sun, Norman wonders why he is compelled to write, and concludes that all language is a form of prayer.
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
May 31, 2009 |
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