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

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 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 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.

Peter Van der Sterre speaks on Baizhang's Fox - Case 8 of the Book of Serenity.

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.

Koan on Baizhang's Fox as published in The Gateless Barrier #14 and the Book of Serenity #8. This Koan deals with Karma and the cause and affect of our actions.

Norman's fourth talk at the Mar de Jade December sesshin is entitled Barrier based on Case 19 of the Book of Serenity - Yunmen's "Sumeru".

Norman speaks on Bodhidharma's Emptiness - Case 2 of the Book of Serenity Thomas Cleary edition. We are left with the questions of Boundlessness (or Emptiness) and Don't Know.

Norman talks about finding happiness by letting go of desire and aversion. He tells us that non-attachment does not mean denying our humanness.

Many teachers have made this one phrase, 'not knowing is most intimate,' the heart of their teaching, repeating it over and over again. But what does it mean and how can we make use of it for our lives?

Nanquan Puyuan (Nanchuan) responded to the monks request for further teaching "[This truth] is not mind, not Buddha, not anything." Zoketsu discusses the Heart Sutra and daily practice in light of this teaching.

Yanguan had a rhinoceros fan. Possibly it was made of rhinoceros horn. It was no doubt a very expensive item.... But naturally the rhinoceros fan is broken. Because real life, our actual life, is broken. But brokenness isn't a tragedy, it's a delight.

Talking to yourself as Zen practice and other suggestions for daily life practice.

Bodhidharma meets Emporer Wu in this famous case. Can we meet ourselves with the same integrity?

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.

This is a substitution talk given at the Headlands Institute of the first talk given at the Loon Lake Sesshin 2010 on The Insentient koan.

What does old man Zhaozhou have to say about the way we approach our everyday lives? How can we learn to listen to the music of our lives?

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.

Zen teacher Robert Aitken’s thorough-going translation of and commentary on the 48 koans of the Mumonkan.

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