Norman gives the seventh talk at the Koan Workshop at Tassajara on a brief History of Koans followed by an exercise using capping phrases.

Norman gives the eighth and last talk at the Koan workshop at Tassajara on Practicing Being Not Busy based on Case 21 of the Book of Serenity edited by Thomas Cleary.

Norman gives the fifth talk at the Tassajara workshop on Koans on "Dizhang's Intimacy" followed by a guided meditation. This case can be found in the Book of Serenity Case 20 edited by Thomas Cleary.

Norman gives his fourth talk at the Tassajara 2011 Koan workshop on the Commentary on the koan regarding Zhaozho's Mu as found in the Book of Serenity Case 18 as edited by Thomas Cleary.

Norman gives the second talk on Koans at Tassajara on Baizhang's Fox as found in the Book of Serenity Case 8 edited by Thomas Cleary.

Norman gives the first talk of the Koan workshop at Tassajara on an Introduction to Koans.

Norman speaks on the Koan Dongshan Is Unwell Case 94 of the Book of Serenity and how we practice with illness. This recording is at lower than optimum volume due to technical difficulties.

Norman speaks on the fourth and final talk of the Koans 2011 series on Ziyong's Earth as found in "Eminent Nuns" by Beata Grant (University of Hawaii Press).

Norman gives the second talk to the Vancouver May 2011 weekend on the koan "Avoid Picking and Choosing" as found in the Blue Cliff Record Case 2 and Dogen's Mana Shobogenzo case 11.

Norman gives the ninth and final talk of the Zen's Women Ancestors series on Zhaozhou's Intimate Touch. This series is based on Record of the Hidden Lamp: One Hundred Koans of Awakened Women, edited by Florence Caplow and Susan Moon (forthcoming from Wisdom Publications, 2013

Norman gives the second talk on Zen's Women Ancestors on Iron Grindstone Liu's Feast. This series is based on Record of the Hidden Lamp: One Hundred Koans of Awakened Women, edited by Florence Caplow and Susan Moon (forthcoming from Wisdom Publications, 2013

Norman speaks on the Koan Dongshan Is Unwell Case 94 of the Book of Serenity and how we practice with illness. This recording is at lower than optimum volume due to technical difficulties.

Norman gives the third talk of the Koans 2011 series on "No Zen Master" found in the Blue Cliff Record Case 11 "Huang Po's Gobblers of Dregs" and Book of Serenity Case 53 "Huangbo's Dreg Slurpers.

Norman gives the second talk in the Koans 2011 series on Avoid Picking and Choosing - Case 2 Blue Cliff Record "The Ultimate Path is Without Difficulty". Also found In Mana Shobogenzo Case 11.

Norman gives the first talk on the Koans 2011 series on Zhaozho's Dog (Book of Serenity case 18, Mumankan case 1, and Dogen's Mana Shobogenzo case 114. Norman also read his Blog entry found on EDZ regarding the death of Osama Bin Ladin.

Norman speaks on the koan on The Insentient at the Headlands Institute. This is the same talk given the first day of the Loon Lake Sesshin 2010 - November 7 which was not recorded at that time due to a recording error.

Norman gives his fourth talk at the Loon Lake Sesshin continuing his comments on koan The Cypress Tree - Enlightenment.

Norman gives the third talk to the Loon Lake 2010 Sesshin on The Cypress Tree Koan - Enlightenment. This is the first of two talks on the Cypress Tree koan

Translation (with traditional commentary) of 100 koans.

New translation of Book of Serenity, with good comments by a contemporary American Zen teacher.

Translation (with traditional commentary) of 100 koans.

Another collection of scholarly essays about the origins and uses of the koan literature in Zen history.

A good reference work covering the Chinese Zen teachers who are the heroes of the koan stories.