Zoketsu lectures on Daniel Goleman's Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama. - Proceedings of a dialogue between the Dalai Lama and Western philosophers and scientists. Discussion of the transcendent vs. immanent self. A discussion of emotions and conditioning, and an examination of three methods of working with negative emotions.

Zoketsu lectures on Daniel Goleman's Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama. - Proceedings of a dialogue between the Dalai Lama and Western philosophers and scientists. The Buddhist path is the training and cultivation of the mind, which includes working with both emotion and thinking. So it is not a matter of using ethics and will to overcome and tame emotion, but rather using mindfulness of our mental states, that include both emotion and thought, to create a transformation of the emotions that arise

Zoketsu lectures on Daniel Goleman's Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama. - Proceedings of a dialogue between the Dalai Lama and Western philosophers and scientists. Discussion of the spirit of working with and studying our emotional life. Rather than taking it as a given, it is something with which we are actively engaged. Description of the brahnmaviharas: loving kindness, equanimity, compassion, and sympathetic joy

Zoketsu lectures on Daniel Goleman's Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama. - Proceedings of a dialogue between the Dalai Lama and Western philosophers and scientists. Zoketsu discuses cultivating emotional balance and how to work with emotions on and off the cushion. He advocates the cultivation of sympathetic joy.

Zoketsu lectures on Daniel Goleman's Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama. - Proceedings of a dialogue between the Dalai Lama and Western philosophers and scientists. Zoketsu discusses emotions and the scientific approach of studying the brain. He further discusses zazen and the practice of working with thoughts.

Zoketsu lectures on Daniel Goleman's Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama. - Proceedings of a dialogue between the Dalai Lama and Western philosophers and scientists. The goal of working with emotions is to cultivate compassion. One wants to live as completely and accurately as possible because otherwise both you and others suffer.

Talk given on "Worldview" given at December 2006 Mar de Jade sesshin.

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.

Mumonkan, case 5

A Commentary on Mumonkan, case 39

Norman addresses issues of physical and emotional pain and how they manifest during zazen practice.

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?

We do the practice of Zen forms to promote and extend awareness. When we de-emphasize the outer person through practicing the Forms, we can allow the true inner person, the person that Suzuki Roshi was always on the lookout for, to emerge.

Series of talks based on Suzuki Roshi's book "Zen Mind Beginner's Mind" In this series, only small portions of the book are addressed and not a total overview of the writings.

Series of talks based on Suzuki Roshi's book "Zen Mind Beginner's Mind" In this series, only small portions of the book are addressed and not a total overview of the writings.

Series of talks based on Suzuki Roshi's book "Zen Mind Beginner's Mind" In this series, only small portions of the book are addressed and not a total overview of the writings.

Series of talks based on Suzuki Roshi's book "Zen Mind Beginner's Mind" In this series, only small portions of the book are addressed and not a total overview of the writings.

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.