Talk on Dogen's Bendowa.

Segunda plática sobre el Bendowa, "Practicar el camino con todo corazón."

Talk on Dogen's Bendowa

Primera plática sobre el Bendowa, "Practicar el camino con todo corazón."

Two talks in one: mindfulness and a discussion of the significance of Buddha's birthday in our own lives. Zoketsu discusses the radical difference that comes from the very simple practice of just sitting down and being with your life. Buddha's birthday reminds us that we can always, at any moment, renew our lives.

Third in a Study of the Five Skandas - Form, Feeling, Perception, Volition, Consciousness -using Chogyam Trungpa's book "Glimpses of Abhidharma"

Talk on Mindfulness for Lawyers

Second in a Study of the Five Skandas - Form, Feeling, Perception, Volition, Consciousness -using Chogyam Trungpa's book "Glimpses of Abhidharma"

First in a Study of the Five Skandas - Form, Feeling, Perception, Volition, Consciousness -using Chogyam Trungpa's book "Glimpses of Abhidharma"

Norman gives the third talk to the Insight Yoga Institute on a reading of Dogen's "Genjokoan".

Norman gives the Dharma talk at Green Gulch Zen Center on Forgiveness. This is part of the 2011 Everyday Zen practice period and there is a supplement to this talk at the Practice Period meeting the same day entitled "Practice Period Meeting 2011".

Norman gives the fifth talk on "Offering and Allowing" to the Santa Sabina Sesshin 2011.

Norman gives the second talk on Dogen's Mountain and Waters Sutra as found in Kazuaki Tanahashi's "Moon in a DewDrop" and "Treasury of the True Dharma Eye - Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo" Chapter 23 Volume 1.

Norman gives a guided meditation "Letting Go and Generosity" to the SCIPI group.

Most people come to Zen practice not quite knowing what to expect. Popular images of tough Zen masters, rigorous retreats, and hardwon enlightenment experiences may obscure the fact that, when you come down to it, Zen is as much about relationship and interaction as anything else.

Norman Fischer explains why it’s suffering that gives us the incentive, vision, and strength to transform our lives. This article is available in PDF format, for download.

Norman gives the first talk on Dogen's Mountain and Waters Sutra as found in Kazuaki Tanahashi's "Moon In a Dewdrop" and "Treasury of the True Dharma Eye - Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo" Chapter 23 Volume 1.

a tale of intrigue, thievery, masked bandits, and the help of all beings, human and non-human...

A secondary text for the philosophically/academically minded: Academic discussion of Dogen’s use of the koan tradition

An exhaustive and eye-opening history.

A sophisticated and essential discussion of Buddhism from a feminist perspective.

Teachings by a contemporary, female Japanese Soto Zen teacher and priest

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

In this profound and beautiful sutra, translated here by Robert Thurman, Vimalakirti, a layman, teaches the Mahayana doctrine of emptiness.

Explorations of many Sanskrit and Chinese sutras and the role, image, and position of women and women’s practice in those texts.

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