Second Talk on Tenzo Kyokun or Instructions for the Zen Cook by Dogen as found in "From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment - Refining Your Life" by Kosho Uchiyama.

This is the fifth talk of the Mar de Jade Sesshin Dec 2008 and the third of a four part series on Tenzo kyokun by Dogen.

This is the sixth talk of the Mar de Jade Sesshin Dec 2008 and is the fourth and last of the series on Tenzo kyokun by Dogen.

Norman gives his Sixth and last talk on Tenzo Teachings to the Santa Sabina 2012 Sesshin.

Norman gives the first talk of the Makor Or High Holidays Intensive 2011 on Teshuvah of Silence and Abandonment.

Norman gives a talk on The Body to the All Day Sitting at the Headlands Institute.

Normans gives the Ninth and final talk on The Buddha Is All Of Us to the Mar de Jade Sesshin April 2012

Norman speaks on "The Buddha's Heroic Practice" commemorating the anniversary of his enlightenment.

Norman gives the fifth talk at the Samish Island 2012 Sesshin on The Five Faculties.

(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

Stephen Batchelor's edition of "A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life" was the main text for Norman's ten talks on Shantideva. See Study Guide: Compassion.

Taking Our Places: the Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up, is a book about spiritual practice as a journey toward true human maturity based on mentoring work Norman did with a group of four boys on the cusp of adulthood. Taking Our Places discusses the practices and the values that can deepen our lives as we grow. It includes chapters on meditation, listening, suffering, and ethical conduct.

This classic first collection of Suzuki Roshi's lectures, published in the 1970's, is a wonderful introduction to Zen teachings, from basic posture in meditation to emptiness and enlightenment.

This is the second collection of Suzuki Roshi's lectures, and a companion volume to "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind." Suzuki talks about Zen in everyday language, with clarity and insight.

Robert Aiken Roshi's clear, insightful discussion of the complexities of Zen ethics, as they relate to personal and social action.

Another recommended version of the Shantideva text.

Another recommended Shantideva text, by the Dalai Lama and the Padmakara Translation Group

"'Being Upright'...takes us beyond the conventional interpretation of ethical precepts to the ultimate meaning that informs them."

Suzuki Roshi talks about this important Soto Zen text whose theme is the interpenetration of oneness and diversity, a cornerstone of Suzuki Roshi’s understanding.