Jeff Bickner talks on "Yaoshan Ascends the Seat" Case 7 of the Book of Serenity. Unfortunately due to a technical error the first 10 minutes of Jeff's talk were not recorded.

Chris Fortin leads the Dharma Seminar on the koan Yunmen's "Two Sicknesses", case 11 of The Book of Serenity.

Florence gives talk 5 of the Zen's Women Ancestors talk on "The Zen Mirror of Tokeiji" This series is based on the Record Of the Hidden Lamp: One Hundred Koans of Awakened Women, edited by Florence Caplow and Susan Moon (forthcoming from Wisdom Publications, 2013).

Norman's first talk at the Mar De Jade December sesshin is on Zhaosho's Dog from the Book Of Serenity Case 18.

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 gives the first talk of the Vancouver May 2011 weekend on the koan "Zhaozho's Dog" as found in the Book of Serenity Case 18, Mumonkan Case 1, and Dogen's Mana Shobogenzo Case 114.

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 Sunday Green Gulch Dharma talk on the koan Zhaozho's Oak Tree.

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

Drawing on Zhaozhou's reminder to wash our bowls, Zoketsu explores the Zen approach to the material world.

Mumonkan, case 5

A Commentary on Mumonkan, case 39

Using the important case of Momonkan case 14, Nanchuan cutting the cat, Zoketsu brings up the Zen ethical precepts. What does it mean to live ethically in the world? How can we respond practically and with compassion?

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.

Koan on Zhaozhou's Dog as published in case 18 of the Book of Serenity and case 1 of the Gateless Barrier or Mumonkan. "Does the dog have Buddha Nature?" Yes and no. To take up Zhaozho's way of practice is to feel and to live beyond our human need to define and understand — even as we go on defining and understanding.

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.