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Norman gives his sixth talk of a series on the Sandokai,  "The Harmony of Difference and Sameness"  (or "Merging of Difference and Equality") to the Dharma Seminar at the April 2021 All Day Sitting. The Sandokai is a poem written by eighth  Chinese Zen  ancestor Sekito Kisen (700-790) and is a fundamental text of the Soto school of Zen.  Norman will be referencing commentaries by Shohaku Okumura (Living by Vow) and Suzuki Roshi (Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness). 

Norman gives his fifth talk of a series on the Sandokai,  "The Harmony of Difference and Sameness"  (or "Merging of Difference and Equality") to the Dharma Seminar. The Sandokai is a poem written by eighth  Chinese Zen  ancestor Sekito Kisen (700-790) and is a fundamental text of the Soto school of Zen.  Norman will be referencing commentaries by Shohaku Okumura (Living by Vow) and Suzuki Roshi (Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness). the Sandokai 2021 series. Also known as "The Harmony of Difference and Sameness," Norman will be using commentaries by Shohaku Okumura (Living by Vow) and Suzuki Roshi (Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness).

Norman Presents his talk on Jewish Meditation on Kohelet to the Awakened Heart Retreat, April 17, 2021

Norman Fischer gives his talk on Jewish Meditation - Awakened Heart and Joyful Effort

Norman gives his fourth second talk of a series on the Sandokai,  "The Harmony of Difference and Sameness"  (or "Merging of Difference and Equality") to the Dharma Seminar. The Sandokai is a poem written by eighth  Chinese Zen  ancestor Sekito Kisen (700-790) and is a fundamental text of the Soto school of Zen.  Norman will be referencing commentaries by Shohaku Okumura (Living by Vow) and Suzuki Roshi (Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness). the Sandokai 2021 series. Also known as "The Harmony of Difference and Sameness," Norman will be using commentaries by Shohaku Okumura (Living by Vow) and Suzuki Roshi (Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness).

Kathie Fischer gives the second talk of the Dogen's Zuimonki series to the San Francisco Zen Center. > View the pdf

Norman gives his third talk of a series on the Sandokai,  "The Harmony of Difference and Sameness"  (or "Merging of Difference and Equality") to the Dharma Seminar. The Sandokai is a poem written by eighth  Chinese Zen  ancestor Sekito Kisen (700-790) and is a fundamental text of the Soto school of Zen.  Norman will be referencing commentaries by Shohaku Okumura (Living by Vow) and Suzuki Roshi (Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness). the Sandokai 2021 series. Also known as "The Harmony of Difference and Sameness," Norman will be using commentaries by Shohaku Okumura (Living by Vow) and Suzuki Roshi (Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness).  

Norman gives his second talk of a series on the Sandokai,  "The Harmony of Difference and Sameness"  (or "Merging of Difference and Equality") to the Dharma Seminar. The Sandokai is a poem written by eighth  Chinese Zen  ancestor Sekito Kisen (700-790) and is a fundamental text of the Soto school of Zen.  Norman will be referencing commentaries by Shohaku Okumura (Living by Vow) and Suzuki Roshi (Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness). the Sandokai 2021 series. Also known as "The Harmony of Difference and Sameness," Norman will be using commentaries by Shohaku Okumura (Living by Vow) and Suzuki Roshi (Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness).

Jaune Evans gives a talk to the Everyday Zen March All Day Sitting on "So Much Beauty to Save" with reference to the SanDoKai or Harmony of Difference and Equality.

Norman gives the tenth and final talk to the San Francisco Zen Center Intensive on Dogen's "Zuimonki" which consists of dharma talks of Eihei Dogen recorded by his dharma successor Koun Ejo Zenji. > View the pdf

Norman gives the eighth talk to the San Francisco Zen Center Intensive on Dogen's "Zuimonki" which consists of dharma talks of Eihei Dogen recorded by his dharma successor Koun Ejo Zen. > View the pdf

Norman gives the first talk of the 2017 Koan series from Case 60 of the Book of Serenity "Iron Grinder".

The Diamond Sutra is a Mahayana sutra from the genre of Prajnaparamita ('perfection of wisdom') sutras. In this series Norman will referernce the Diamond Sutra - Red Pine Edition.  Norman covers Chapters 16 thru 32 (the end)of the Diamond Sutra, Red Pine Edition. Due to recording issues the first five minutes of the talk are missing. Diamond Sutra 5 By Zoketsu Norman Fischer | November 26, 2008 Abridged and edited by Barbara Byrum and Cynthia Schrager Chapter 17: Again the venerable Subhuti asked the Buddha, "Bhagavan if someone sets forth on the bodhisattva path, how should they stand? How should they walk? And how should they control their thoughts?" The Buddha said, "Subhuti, someone who sets forth on the bodhisattva path should give birth to the thought: 'In the realm of complete nirvana I shall liberate all beings. And while I thus liberate beings, not a single being is liberated.' And why not? Subhuti, a bodhisattva who creates the perception of a being cannot be called a 'bodhisattva.' Neither

  The Diamond Sutra is a Mahayana sutra from the genre of Prajnaparamita ('perfection of wisdom') sutras. In this series Norman will referernce the Diamond Sutra - Red Pine Edition. This is the fourth talk in this series. Diamond Sutra 4 By Zoketsu Norman Fischer | November 12, 2008 Abridged and edited by Barbara Byrum and Deborah Russell     Last time we were discussing the Diamond Sutra and the earlier Buddhist path of the arhat, the path of renunciation. We feel our own pain, and we know that there is something to be done; there is something to let go of, so we let go. We renounce. But, then, maybe we get attached to that brilliant sacrifice that we have made, to our renunciation and our sense of identity with the renunciation, to our holiness, and to our difference from others, who have not yet done this great thing that we have done. In contrast, in the bodhisattva path - the path of emptiness and compassion - we don't have the imperative to take a moral action, which is to renounce self, th

he Diamond Sutra is a Mahayana sutra from the genre of Prajnaparamita ('perfection of wisdom') sutras. In this series Norman will referernce the Diamond Sutra - Red Pine Edition.  This is the third of four talks on the Diamond Sutra.Third in a series on the Diamond Sutra, Red Pine Edition Diamond Sutra Third in a series on the Diamond Sutra - Red Pine Edition By Zoketsu Norman Fischer | May 28, 2008 Abridged and edited by Barbara Byrum and Cynthia Schrager   So tonight chapter six: This having been said, the venerable Subhuti asked the Buddha, "Bhagavan, will there be any beings in the future, in the final epoch, in the final period, in the final five hundred years of the dharma-ending age, who give birth to a perception of the truth of the words of a sutra, such as that spoken here?" The Buddha said, "Subhuti do not ask, 'Will be any beings in the future, in the final epoch, in the final period, in the final five hundred years of the dharma-ending age, who give birth to a perception of the truth

Second talk on the Diamond Sutra, Red Pine Edition Diamond Sutra 2 By Zoketsu Norman Fischer | May 21, 2008 Abridged and edited by Barbara Byrum and Deborah Russell The sutra begins with Subhuti asking the Buddha about the bodhisattva path that we are following. How should a bodhisattva stand, walk, and control her thoughts? That is the question that elicits the whole material of this sutra. This is to be taken literally - how to stand, how to walk, and how to work with our thoughts - but also figuratively. How to "stand" might mean what qualities should we develop; what guidelines to ethical conduct should we have; how can we control our thoughts; what attitudes should we be developing? The Buddha's surprising and wonderful response was not to take up the details of that question, but instead to say that all a bodhisattva has to do is to give rise to a thought, to give birth to a thought. And the thought is, "I will save all beings." All kinds of beings, no matter what kind, will be saved, and havin

The Diamond Sutra is a Mahayana sutra from the genre of Prajnaparamita ('perfection of wisdom') sutras. In this series Norman will referernce the Diamond Sutra - Red Pine Edition. Our apologies that the last few seconds of the recording were inadvertently cut off. Diamond Sutra 1 By Zoketsu Norman Fischer | June 24, 2008 Abridged and edited by Barbara Byrum and Deborah Russell Tonight I am going to begin the first of three talks on the Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita Sutra. Three talks are not enough to cover these thirty-two chapters of the Diamond Sutra, so I am going to see if I can at least say a word about the first five of the chapters. Thich Nhat Hanh has said this about the first five chapters: Please read and re-read the first five chapters of the sutra. All of the essentials have been presented, and if you re-read these sections, you will come to understand its meaning. Once you understand, you may find the Diamond Sutra like a piece of beautiful music. Without straining at all, the meaning wi

https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20105531/05_VerseFromTheCenter_DharmaSeminar5_2004-08-31.mp3 Norman gives his fifth and last talk on Stephen Batchelor's book, Verses from the Center: A Buddshisdt Vision of the Sublime which reflects the poems of 2nd century philosopher and Narlanda Master, Nagarjuna. Book reference: Versesd from the Center:  A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime by Stephen Batchelor                              

https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20105452/04_VerseFromTheCenter4_DharmaSeminar_2004-08-24.mp3 Norman gives his fourth talk on Stephen Batchelor's book, Verses from the Center: A Buddshisdt Vision of the Sublime which reflects the poems of 2nd century philosopher and Narlanda Master, Nagarjuna. Book reference: Versesd from the Center:  A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime by Stephen Batchelor                              

Norman gives his third talk on Stephen Batchelor's book, Verses from the Center: A Buddshisdt Vision of the Sublime which reflects the poems of 2nd century philosopher and Narlanda Master, Nagarjuna. Book reference: Verses from the Center:  A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime by Stephen Batchelor https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20105420/03_VerseFromtheCenter3_DharmaSeminar_2004-08-17.mp3                                 https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20105351/02_VerseFromTheCenter2_DharmaSeminar_2004-08-10.mp3