Norman speaks on the koan on The Insentient at the Headlands Institute. This is the same talk given the first day of the Loon Lake Sesshin 2010 - November 7 which was not recorded at that time due to a recording error.

This is a substitution talk given at the Headlands Institute of the first talk given at the Loon Lake Sesshin 2010 on The Insentient koan.

Norman gives the second talk to the Loon Lake 2010 Sesshin on a second koan regarding The Insentient.

Norman gives the eighth and final dharma talk of the Santa Sabina Sesshin 2011 on "The Lion's Roar and The Four Wives".

Nornman gives a talk on The Meaning of Love.

Norman gives his second talk on The Mind is Hard to Control to the Mar de Jade December Sesshin.

Norman gives the fourth talk to the Samish Island 2012 Sesshin on The Old Woman and the Pure Land (Emila Heller commentary).

Shuso Florence Caplow talks on The Old Woman's Relatives to the Santa Sabina 2012 Sesshin.

Norman gives the sixth talk at the Koan workshop at Tassjara on "The One Who Is Not Busy" followed by a guided meditation. This case can be found in the Book of Serenity Case 21 edited by Thomas Cleary.

Norman gives the second talk in the Koans 2011 series on Avoid Picking and Choosing - Case 2 Blue Cliff Record "The Ultimate Path is Without Difficulty". Also found In Mana Shobogenzo Case 11.

500 lives reborn as a fox for one misstep! Zoketsu speaks on karma and practice.

Norman talks about Right Action from the Zen perspective.

Norman talks about Right Action from the Zen perspective.

Zoketsu discusses ceremonies and practice with families.

Zoketsu discusses his own life story, poetry, being a priest, and the unknowable nature of our life.

Commentary on Dogen's important work on "Birth and Death" as published in "Moon in a Dewdrop" which reminds us that the realm of birth and death are enlightenment and to engage fully in them.

A talk about the essentially unrepresentable nature of Buddhism, given by Norman at the "Speaking For the Buddha?: Buddhism and the Media" conference at U.C. Berkeley on February 8-9, 2005

Norman speaks on Bodhidharma's Emptiness - Case 2 of the Book of Serenity Thomas Cleary edition. We are left with the questions of Boundlessness (or Emptiness) and Don't Know.

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.