In Norman's second talk at the the Santa Sabina 2009 Sesshin Norman gives his first of two talks on koan Case 41 of the Book of Serenity "Luopo Close to Death".

In Norman's third talk at the the Santa Sabina 2009 Sesshin Norman gives his second of two talks on koan Case 41 of the Book of Serenity "Luopo Close to Death".

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

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

Norman discuses the koan Dizang Planting the Fields case 12 of the Book of Serenity. This is the last koan of this three months series on koans from the Book of Serenity.

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 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 koan "Mi Hu's Enlightenment or Not" as found in case 62 of the Book of Serenity - Thomas Cleary edition. This is the fourth and last talk given at the Loon Lake Sesshin 2009.

Norman speaks on the koan "Everyday Mind" case 19 of the Mumonkan. This talk is given at the Kannon-do Temple in Los Altos, Ca.

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

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

Two old dharma friends and their worthy teacher dance through identity and practice. Seppo (Xuefeng) tries so hard. Can we let go of our idea of who we are and enter into this life?

Comentarios del caso 25 del Blue Cliff Record

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 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

Comentario sobre Hekiganroku (Crónicas del Acantilado Azul) caso #52: “Asnos cruzan, Caballos cruzan” de Zhaozhou

Zoketsu discusses the famous case of Nanchuan cutting a cat in two. Zhaozhou could have saved that cat, could you?

... Aun si has memorizado todos los sutras, no puedes utilizarlos.

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.