Everyday Zen Podcast

Norman gives his dharma talk to the Everyday Zen July 2025 All Day Sitting on the chant “En Mei Jukku Kannongyo. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/En-Mei-Jukku-Kannongyo-All-Day-Sitting-July-2025.mp3  

Christopher Dumbleton gives the third talk of the Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind 2025 Series on “Experience Not Philosophy.”  This series is part of  five class talks given by senior Everyday Zen teachers on the chapter of their choice from Suzuki Roshi’s book “Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Zen-Mind-Beginners-Mind-2025-Series-Talk-3-Experience-Not-Philosophy-Christopher-Dumbleton.mp3

John Murray  gives the fourth talk of the Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind 2025 Series on “Beyond Experience.”  This series is part of  five class talks given by senior Everyday Zen teachers on the chapter of their choice from Suzuki Roshi’s book “Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Zen-Mind-Beginners-Mind-2025-Series-Talk-4-Beyond-Consciousness-John-Murray.mp3

Judith Gilbert gives the first talk of the Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind 2025 Series on “Prologue: Beginner’s Mind.”  This series is part of  five class talks given by senior Everyday Zen teachers on the chapter of their choice from Suzuki Roshi’s book “Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Zen-Mind-Beginners-Mind-2025-Series-Talk-1-Prologue_-Beginner_s-Mind-Judith-Gilbert.mp3  

James Flaherty gives the second talk of the Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind 2025 Series on “Prologue: Beginner’s Mind.”  This series is part of  five class talks given by senior Everyday Zen teachers on the chapter of their choice from Suzuki Roshi’s book “Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Zen-Mind-Beginners-Mind-2025-Series-Talk-2-Study-Yourself-James-Flaherty.2.mp3

Norman gives his third and last talk to the Samish Island 2025 Sesshin on the chant “En Mei Jukku Kannongyo. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you!   https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/En-Mei-Jukku-Kannongyo-Samish-Island-Sesshin-Talk-3-6-17-25.mp3

Norman gives a talk on “Opening the Hand of Thought” to the Samish Island 2025 Sesshin. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025-06-16-ZoketsuNorman-Openingthehandofthought-SamishIslandSesshin-Zoom.mp4  

Jeff Bickner gives a talk on “Paying Attention” to the Everyday Zen June 2025 All Day Sitting. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Paying-Attention-Jeff-Bickner-June-2025-All-Day-Sitting.mp3  

Norman gives a talk on the Koan “What do You Call the World” to the Samish Island 2025 Sesshin. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you!   https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025-06-15-ZoketsuNormanFischer-Whatdoyoucalltheworld-SamishIslandSesshin-Zoom.mp4

Norman Fischer gives her eighth and final talk on Nagarjuna’s “Verses From the Center” (Mulamadhyamakakarika). This Everyday Zen 2025 series references Stephen Batchelor’s book “Verses From the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Verses-From-the-Center-2025-Series-Talk-8.mp3

Jeff Bickner gives a talk on “Dogen’s Uji (The Time Being) and Zeitgeist.” Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Dogens-Uji-_The-Time-Being_-and-Zeitgeist-Jeff-Bickner.mp3

Kathie Fischer gives her seventh and final talk on Nagarjuna’s “Verses From the Center” (Mulamadhyamakakarika). This Everyday Zen 2025 series references Stephen Batchelor’s book “Verses From the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Verses-From-the-Center-2025-Series-Talk-7-Kathie-Fischer.mp3

Kathie Fischer gives her sixth talk of Nagarjuna’s “Verses From the Center” (Mulamadhyamakakarika). This Everyday Zen 2025 series references Stephen Batchelor’s book “Verses From the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Verses-From-the-Center-2025-Series-Talk-6-Kathie-Fischer.mp3

Kathie Fischer gives her fifth talk of Nagarjuna’s “Verses From the Center” (Mulamadhyamakakarika). This Everyday Zen 2025 series references Stephen Batchelor’s book “Verses From the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Verses-From-the-Center-2025-Series-Talk-5-Kathie-Fischer.mp3

Kathie Fischer gives her fourth talk of Nagarjuna’s “Verses From the Center” (Mulamadhyamakakarika). This Everyday Zen 2025 series references Stephen Batchelor’s book “Verses From the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Verses-From-the-Center-2025-Series-Talk-4-Kathie-Fischer.mp3

Norman gives a dharma talk to the Mountain Rain Sangha on “Dongshan Stories” regarding several koans of this venerable Zen teacher. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Dongshan-Stories-Mountain-Rain-Sangha-5_3_25.mp3

Kathie Fischer gives her third talk of Nagarjuna’s “Verses From the Center” (Mulamadhyamakakarika) at the May 2025 All Day Sitting at Green Gulch Farms. This Everyday Zen 2025 series references Stephen Batchelor’s book “Verses From the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Verses-From-the-Center-2025-Series-Talk-3-Kathie-Fischer-All-Day-Stting-May-2025.mp3

Kathie Fischer gives her second talk of Nagarjuna’s “Verses From the Center” (Mulamadhyamakakarika). This Everyday Zen 2025 series references Stephen Batchelor’s book “Verses From the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Verses-From-the-Center-2025-Series-Talk-2-Kathie-Fischer.mp3

Kathie Fischer gives the first talk of the “Verses From the Center 2025 Series” with an introduction to the great Buddhist teacher Nagarjuna and his emptiness teachings from his work “Verses from the Center” (Mulamadhyamakakarika). This series references Stephen Batchelor’s book “Verses From the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime.” https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Verses-From-the-Center-2025-Series-Talk-1-Kathie-Fischer.mp3

Jaune Evans gives a dharma talk on “The Real Bridge” referencing Koan Case 52 in The Blue Cliff Record Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/The-Real-Bridge-Jaune-Evans.mp3