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Readings from the Torah
Talk given to Makor Or Jewish community on Readings from the Torah
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
January 6, 2005 |
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Our Lives a Garment
Talk to Makor Or Jewish community on Our Lives a Garment
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
January 3, 2005 |
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Mumonkan Series 2002 (Talk 16 of 17) - Yun-men's Dried Shitstick
Koan on "Yun-men's Dried Shitstick" as found in case 21 of the Mumonkan or Gateless Barrier. This koan challenges us to put aside dogma using a turning word to turn the heart and mind around.
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
January 1, 2005 |
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Mumonkan Series 2002 (Talk 11 of 17) - Sound of the Bell
Koan on "Sound of the Bell" as found in case 16 of the Mumonkan or The Gateless Barrier. This Koan speaks of everything disappearing into the sound of the bell, the universe, buddha nature, yet Yun-men continues and just puts on his robe.
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
January 1, 2005 |
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Mumonkan Series 2002 (Talk 07 of 17) - Beyond Speech and Silence
Koan on "Beyond Speech and Silence" or "Equality and Differentiation" as found in case 24 of the Mumonkan or The Gateless Barrier. This is also known as "Feng-hsueh: Equality and Differentiation". This Koan speaks of the world of silence and the world of speech, oneness and differentiation. Or,this may be more a matter of perception.
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
January 1, 2005 |
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Compassion
What is compassion? Zoketsu gives a guided meditation on the practice of cultivating compassion. He describes the relationship between compassion, suffering, and liberation.
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
December 31, 2004 |
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Sandokai (Talk 2 of 6))
In talk two on the Sandokai, Norman speaks of the nuances between one-ness and many-ness, quoting often from Suzuki Roshi's "Branching Streams Flow in the Dark."
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
December 1, 2004 |
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Zen Army
How can we as Zen practioners wage peace? How can we go forth in the world to wage peace for oneself and others? Zoketsu discusses waging peace through forgiveness.
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
November 28, 2004 |
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Sandokai (Talk 7 of 7)
A series of talks on Zen poem "Merging of Difference and Unity"
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
November 16, 2004 |
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Lotus Sutra (Talk 1 of 5)
Part One of a series of five talks on the Lotus Sutra. The Lotus Sutra is important text for all of Far East Asian Buddhism. It recasts the Buddha as a cosmic principle rather than a revered teacher, and shows the importance of a path of faith and devotion in Buddhism. Norman gives five talks based on Burton Watson's translation of the Lotus Sutra.
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
October 22, 2004 |
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On Questioning
Zoketsu proposes the spirit of questioning as the core practice of Zen. Deep questioning goes beyond anxiety, answers, and thought, and somehow brings us to the radical kindness that is the true spirit of Zen.
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
January 1, 2000 |
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A Few Words About Emptiness
Zoketsu discusses the Buddhist concept and reality of emptiness and what bearing it has on our lives.
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
January 1, 2000 |
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A Few Zen Stories
Short comments on contemporary and ancient Zen stories
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
January 1, 2000 |
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My Own Heart Let Me More Have Pity On
I want to tell you about coming apart, wanting to die, and returning at last to myself, and about how my Buddhist practice both helped and hindered me in this zigzag journey.
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Susan Moon
January 1, 2000 |
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Sutras from the Old Way
A compendium of fourteen important texts from the Pali Canon, the oldest collection of Buddhist scriptures, selected and introduced by Zoketsu.
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
January 1, 2000 |
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The Surangama Sutra
A very important sutra that includes material on perception and consciousness. The complete version of the sutra offered here as a text file was downloaded from the Buddhist Text Society. It is also available at the Gold Buddha Monastery website.
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Master Hsuan Hua
January 1, 2000 |
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The Music of Our Lives
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?
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
October 31, 1998 |
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La Música De Nuestras Vidas
Comentario sobre Hekiganroku (Crónicas del Acantilado Azul) caso #52: “Asnos cruzan, Caballos cruzan” de Zhaozhou
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
October 31, 1998 |
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Cutting Through Our Problems
Elder Ting asked Linji "What is the great meaning of the Buddhist Teaching?" Ji came down off his meditation seat, grabbed and held (Ting), gave him a slap, and then pushed him away. Why do we not bow?
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
March 27, 1998 |
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Nonattachment
Norman talks about finding happiness by letting go of desire and aversion. He tells us that non-attachment does not mean denying our humanness.
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Zoketsu Norman Fischer
February 16, 1998 |
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The Book of Equanimity: Illuminating Classic Zen Koans
New translation of Book of Serenity, with good comments by a contemporary American Zen teacher.
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Gerry Shishin Wick
2005 |
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The Book of Serenity: One Hundred Zen Dialogues
Translation (with traditional commentary) of 100 koans.
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Thomas Cleary, translator
2005 |
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The Lotus Sutra
The Lotus Sutra is an important text for all of Far East Asian Buddhism. It recasts the Buddha as a cosmic principle rather than a revered teacher, and shows the importance of a path of faith and devotion in Buddhism. This translation by Burton Watson is the text Norman uses in his five talks on the Lotus Sutra.
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Burton Watson
1993 |
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The Four Immeasurables, Revised Edition: Cultivating a Boundless Heart
Good discussion of the Four Immeasurables
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B. Alan Wallace
2004 |
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Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama
Text on which many of the audio files below are based. A useful discussion between the Dalai lama and others on emotions.
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Dalai Lama with Daniel Goleman
2004 |
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Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist
A secondary text for the philosophically/academically minded:
Brilliant philosophical exegesis of Dogen’s thought. First published more than thirty-five years ago.
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Hee-Jin Kim
2004 |
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Seeing Through Zen
The pun of the title is a clue to the spirit of this informed and informative book.
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John R. MacRae
2004 |
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Double Exposure
Bernard’s brilliant discussion of comparative philosophy East and West.
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Bernard Faure
2003 |
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Daughters of Emptiness
The poems and life stories of 48 Chinese Buddhist nuns over 16 centuries. Much of the poetry is exquisitely beautiful and imbued with the dharma, and the life stories shed a clear light on the difficulties that faced female practitioners and women drawn to a monastic life in China.
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Beata Grant
2003 |
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2. The Way of the Bodhisattva: A Translation of the Bodhicharyavatara
Another recommended version of the Shantideva text.
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Shantideva
2003 |
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