Norman speaks on the Koan Mi Hu's "Enlightenment or Not" Case 62 in the "Book of Serenity" Thomas Cleary edition.

Francisco Cinencio gives the second "Evening Talk" at the Mar De Jade 2010 Sesshin.

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.

Norman gives the fourth and final talk to the Insight Yoga Institute reading his new poems.

First in a Study of the Five Skandas - Form, Feeling, Perception, Volition, Consciousness -using Chogyam Trungpa's book "Glimpses of Abhidharma"

Second in a Study of the Five Skandas - Form, Feeling, Perception, Volition, Consciousness -using Chogyam Trungpa's book "Glimpses of Abhidharma"

Third in a Study of the Five Skandas - Form, Feeling, Perception, Volition, Consciousness -using Chogyam Trungpa's book "Glimpses of Abhidharma"

Norman gives the second talk of the 2012 Tassajara Zen Mind Training Workshop on Absolute and Relative Compassion, the first slogans for absolute compassion training. Norman gives a guided meditation at the end of the talk.

Zoketsu Norman Fischer talks about a Zen approach to dealing with the suffering brought about by afflicted emotions. From sesshin given at Mar de Jade.

(plática impartida el 24 de agosto del 2005, Everyday Zen Dharma Seminar. A ser publicado en Tricycle Magazine.)

When Buddha was on Vulture Peak he twirled a flower before the assembly. Everyone was silent. Only Maha-kashapa smiled. Buddha said: `I have the eye treasury of the true teaching, the heart of Nirvana, the true form of non-form, and the ineffable gate of Dharma. It is a special transmission outside the teaching. I now entrust it to Maha-kashapa.' This story is not historically true but it isn't made up either. Over the years I've come to appreciate that it expresses something spiritually accurate about the Zen lineage.

It's interesting to consider the Buddha's political ideals, his recommendations for what we might call the good society. And it's striking that he had no recommendations. There is no term in Buddhism, as far as I know, that corresponds to out Western concept of "justice."

First of Series of talks on the Pali Canon based on the book "In the Buddha's Words" by Bhikkhu Bodhi

Second of Series of talks on the Pali Canon based on the book "In the Buddha's Words" by Bhikkhu Bodhi

Third of Series of talks on the Pali Canon based on the book "In the Buddha's Words" by Bhikkhu Bodhi

Fourth of Series of talks on the Pali Canon based on the book "In the Buddha's Words" by Bhikkhu Bodhi

Fifth of Series of talks on the Pali Canon based on the book "In the Buddha's Words" by Bhikkhu Bodhi

Sixth of Series of talks on the Pali Canon based on the book "In the Buddha's Words" by Bhikkhu Bodhi

Another recommended Santideva text, translated by B. Alan Wallace and Vesna A Wallace.

Detailed and technical but lucid and reliable. For those who want to delve into abhidharma.

Thay’s usual simple, clear, and poetic treatment.

Wonderful collection of personal essays on the body in practice.

Talks on the Five Hindrances on the Four Immeasurables by one of Zoketsu’ s beloved teachers.

In this introduction to "Beyond Thinking: A Guide to Zen Meditation," a collection of Dogen's writing compiled and translated by Kazuaki Tanahashi, Zoketsu assesses the work and central message of Dogen-zengi.

More Dogen, but with an emphasis on meditation practice as theme. Lengthy introduction by Zoketsu.

A sophisticated and essential discussion of Buddhism from a feminist perspective.

Conze was a great scholar. His translations, especially of the Prajna literature (see Topic 9, Emptiness Teachings), remain standard after more than forty years. This book is his classical discussion of the basics of Buddhist psychology and philosophy. The reader must be patient with his quirky and supercilious style, which is great fun once you get used to it.