Dharma Talks A Dharma talk is a public discourse on Buddhism given by a Zen Buddhist teacher. Our Dharma Talks are available here and in your favorite podcast app. David Rynick – The Paramita of Joyful EffortNovember 15, 2024 Melissa Blacker – The Wholehearted WayNovember 12, 2024 David Rynick – The Paramita of PatienceOctober 29, 2024 Melissa Blacker – Accepting Your LifeOctober 22, 2024 David Rynick – The Paramita of Ethical ActionOctober 15, 2024 Melissa Blacker – The Fruit of the Bodhisattva WayOctober 1, 2024 David Rynick – The Paramita of GenerositySeptember 24, 2024 Melissa Blacker – Mind is BuddhaSeptember 17, 2024 David Rynick – Making Use of DiscomfortSeptember 3, 2024 Melissa Blacker – The Great Meaning of the BuddhadharmaAugust 9, 2024 David Rynick – Each Thing Has Its Own Intrinsic ValueAugust 6, 2024 Melissa Blacker – What Meets the Eye is the WayAugust 5, 2024 David Rynick – A Shining WindowAugust 2, 2024 Melissa Blacker – The Myriad Things Are One’s Own SelfJuly 30, 2024 David Rynick – Intensive PracticeJuly 29, 2024 David Rynick – Seeking With Empty HandsJuly 24, 2024 Melissa Blacker – The First Noble TruthJuly 16, 2024 David Rynick – Progressing EnergeticallyJuly 3, 2024 David Rynick – Human FlowersJune 27, 2024 Melissa Blacker – The Founder of ZenJune 24, 2024 David Rynick – Deep DemocracyJune 11, 2024 Melissa Blacker – The Five RemembrancesJune 8, 2024 Melissa Blacker – Finding Your Path and PlaceMay 28, 2024 David Rynick – The Dharma Does Not Rise Up AloneMay 21, 2024 David Rynick – Inner Illumination Restores WonderMay 19, 2024 Melissa Blacker – Blue Cliff Record – Case 86May 18, 2024 David Rynick – Proceed With CareApril 30, 2024 Melissa Blacker – Harmony of Relative and AbsoluteApril 23, 2024 David Rynick – The Ocean of AwarenessApril 12, 2024 Melissa Blacker – Everything is IncludedApril 9, 2024 David Rynick – The Wholehearted WayApril 2, 2024 Melissa Blacker – GenjōkōanMarch 26, 2024 Melissa Blacker – Case #9 – Blue Cliff RecordMarch 22, 2024 David Rynick – Experience it For YourselfMarch 15, 2024 David Rynick – The Dharma Realm in the Ten DirectionsMarch 12, 2024 Melissa Blacker – Do Not Squander Your LifeMarch 5, 2024 David Rynick – Sun-Face Buddha, Moon-Face BuddhaMarch 4, 2024 David Rynick – Real FreedomFebruary 27, 2024 Melissa Blacker – True HappinessFebruary 21, 2024 David Rynick – The Tathagata’s Complete EnlightenmentFebruary 16, 2024 David Rynick – BowingFebruary 6, 2024 David Rynick – One Thing After AnotherJanuary 30, 2024 Melissa Blacker – Manjushri, Samantabhadra, AvalokiteshvaraJanuary 29, 2024 Melissa Blacker – Dharma NameJanuary 16, 2024 David Rynick – Wholehearted PracticeJanuary 9, 2024 David Rynick – The Lojong PreliminariesJanuary 9, 2024 Melissa Blacker – The Meaning of This MomentJanuary 2, 2024 David Rynick – The Bodhisattva Way Is Just ThisDecember 26, 2023 David Rynick – The Many and the OneDecember 18, 2023 Melissa Blacker – Awakening to DiscouragementDecember 12, 2023 Melissa Blacker – Buddha’s AwakeningDecember 8, 2023 David Rynick – Transcendent EnlightementDecember 5, 2023 Melissa Blacker – The Ten Thousand FormsNovember 27, 2023 David Rynick – The Bodhisattva of CompassionNovember 17, 2023 Melissa Blacker – Great DoubtNovember 7, 2023 David Rynick – Being TimeNovember 3, 2023 David Rynick – The Vast Autumn SkyOctober 24, 2023 Melissa Blacker – Zen Practice and Human ConflictOctober 17, 2023 Melissa Blacker – Leaving Thinking as It IsOctober 13, 2023 David Rynick – Not Dwelling AnywhereOctober 10, 2023 David Rynick – Respond Unencumbered to Each Speck of DustOctober 5, 2023 Melissa Blacker – The House of BuddhaOctober 4, 2023 Melissa Blacker – This Way is Originally So CloseSeptember 25, 2023 David Rynick – Joyful EnergySeptember 22, 2023 David Rynick – Cultivating Patience and GenerositySeptember 19, 2023 Melissa Blacker – Sun-Face Buddha, Moon-Face BuddhaSeptember 12, 2023 David Rynick – The Clear, Wondrously Bright FieldAugust 22, 2023 Melissa Blacker – Dust Particle SamadhiAugust 14, 2023 Melissa Blacker – Sesame Rice Cakes and ManjuAugust 8, 2023 Melissa Blacker – May I Ask Your Answer?August 7, 2023 David Rynick – Transcending the Buddhas and the AncestorsAugust 5, 2023 David Rynick – Sesame Rice CakeAugust 2, 2023 David Rynick – Within There is a JewelJuly 31, 2023 David Rynick – Bodhisattva ActionJuly 25, 2023 Melissa Blacker – Who Is That Other?July 24, 2023 Melissa Blacker – What is Most ImportantJuly 21, 2023 David Rynick – Cut Off DelusionJuly 10, 2023 Melissa Blacker – Self-nature is the LightJuly 4, 2023 In This Passing Moment, Karma RipensJune 30, 2023 Melissa Blacker – What Is the Essential Meaning of Buddhism?June 26, 2023 David Rynick – A God Mask, a Devil MaskJune 20, 2023 Melissa Blacker – The Dharma; Incomparably Profound and Infinitely SubtleJune 13, 2023 David Rynick – Maintain the Vow to Realize AwakeningJune 6, 2023 Melissa Blacker – Just SitJune 2, 2023 Melissa Blacker – Opening the Hand of ThoughtMay 30, 2023 David Rynick – Wonder and BeautyMay 18, 2023 Melissa Blacker – Case #12 – The Gateless GateMay 18, 2023 David Rynick – The Heart of True EntrustingMay 5, 2023 Melissa Blacker – Sun-Faced Buddha, Moon-Faced BuddhaMay 2, 2023 David Rynick – The Way of Zen PracticeApril 25, 2023 Melissa Blacker – Do Not Waste Even a MinuteApril 18, 2023 Melissa Blacker – Attached to the Line of TearsApril 13, 2023 Melissa Blacker – Going Alone to Meet a TeacherApril 4, 2023 David Rynick – The Mysterious Truth of the TathagataApril 3, 2023 David Rynick – Blue Cliff Record Case 49: Sansheng Passes Through the NetMarch 28, 2023 Melissa Blacker – Here is the Lotus LandMarch 21, 2023 David Rynick – Self and OtherMarch 17, 2023 Melissa Blacker – Knock at Any DoorMarch 14, 2023 David Rynick – Basic KindnessMarch 10, 2023 Melissa Blacker – Cultivating the MindMarch 7, 2023 David Rynick – Actualizing Fundamental RealityFebruary 21, 2023 Melissa Blacker – Compassion UnboundFebruary 14, 2023 David Rynick – Case #78 – The Book of EquanimityFebruary 7, 2023 Melissa Blacker – This Moment is the KoanFebruary 3, 2023 Melissa Blacker – The Gateless Gate: Case #16February 1, 2023 David Rynick – RepentanceJanuary 30, 2023 Melissa Blacker – Great CompassionJanuary 25, 2023 David Rynick – I Am the Only OneJanuary 24, 2023 David Rynick – Though the Hut is Small, it Includes the Entire WorldJanuary 6, 2023 Melissa Blacker – The Consolations of Zen PracticeJanuary 3, 2023 David Rynick – To Know the DarkDecember 20, 2022 Melissa Blacker – The Five HindrancesDecember 17, 2022 Melissa Blacker – The Truth Has Always Been ExhibitedDecember 6, 2022 David Rynick – Facing UncertaintyNovember 17, 2022 Melissa Blacker – This Very Mind is BuddhaNovember 16, 2022 Melissa Blacker – Not Finding Fault With OthersNovember 15, 2022 David Rynick – Accepting Apparent InjusticeNovember 15, 2022 Melissa Blacker – I Am the Only OneNovember 2, 2022 Melissa Blacker – The Three PoisonsNovember 1, 2022 David Rynick – It Is Already HereOctober 27, 2022 David Rynick – Buddha NatureOctober 25, 2022 David Rynick – Being LostOctober 21, 2022 Melissa Blacker – Cut Off the Mind-RoadOctober 19, 2022 David Rynick – It is EverywhereOctober 11, 2022 Melissa Blacker – Case #89 – The Blue Cliff RecordOctober 3, 2022 Melissa Blacker – Awareness of the BodySeptember 21, 2022 David Rynick – Our Great Zen PowerSeptember 13, 2022 Melissa Blacker – The Gateless Gate: Case #16August 30, 2022 Melissa Blacker – The Dharma of ThusnessAugust 29, 2022 Melissa Blacker – Seeking Guidance From TeachersAugust 22, 2022 Melissa Blacker – Awake to Just ThisJuly 27, 2022 David Rynick – Being UprightJuly 15, 2022 Melissa Blacker – The Essence of ZenJuly 12, 2022 Melissa Blacker – Do Not Waste Even a MinuteJuly 3, 2022 David Rynick – Take the Backward StepJuly 1, 2022 Melissa Blacker – No KnowingJune 17, 2022 David Rynick – All Dharmas Are Amazing Beyond DescriptionJune 15, 2022 David Rynick – Seeing ThroughJune 14, 2022 David Rynick – Enter Into the Heart LandJune 11, 2022 Melissa Blacker – Case #3: The Blue Cliff RecordJune 10, 2022 Melissa Blacker – Wander Into the Circle of WonderJune 7, 2022 David Rynick – The Dharma of ThusnessJune 1, 2022 David Rynick – I Now Go On AloneMay 31, 2022 Melissa Blacker – The Gateless Gate: Case #14May 24, 2022 David Rynick – Appreciating Our LifeMay 23, 2022 David Rynick – Gateless Gate: Case #2May 22, 2022 Melissa Blacker – Who are you?May 21, 2022 Melissa Blacker – Body & Mind, Ocean & WavesMay 20, 2022 Melissa Blacker – The Original Dwelling PlaceMay 6, 2022 David Rynick – The Way of TendernessMay 3, 2022 David Rynick – Playful ZenApril 19, 2022 Melissa Blacker – The Book of Serenity, Case 67April 15, 2022 David Rynick – This Mystery of Coming and GoingApril 8, 2022 Melissa Blacker – Days Like LightningApril 5, 2022 Melissa Blacker – The Precept of Not Defaming The Three TreasuresMarch 22, 2022 Melissa Blacker – The Precept of Not Harboring Ill WillMarch 18, 2022 David Rynick – To Give Ourselves in This MomentMarch 15, 2022 Melissa Blacker – The Precept of Not Sparing the Dharma AssetsMarch 11, 2022 David Rynick – No FaultMarch 8, 2022 David Rynick – Ethical ConductMarch 4, 2022 Melissa Blacker – The Precept of Not Elevating Yourself While Abusing OthersMarch 1, 2022 David Rynick – PatienceFebruary 22, 2022 David Rynick – Right HereFebruary 18, 2022 Melissa Blacker – The Precept of Not Finding Fault With OthersFebruary 15, 2022 David Rynick – Continual InvestigationFebruary 8, 2022 Melissa Blacker – The Precept of Not Intoxicating Mind and BodyFebruary 7, 2022 Melissa Blacker – The Precept of Not Speaking FalselyFebruary 2, 2022 David Rynick – Awakening to DiscouragementJanuary 31, 2022 David Rynick – Remembering Thich Nhat HanhJanuary 26, 2022 Melissa Blacker – The Precept of Not Misusing SexJanuary 21, 2022 Melissa Blacker – This Is HappinessJanuary 19, 2022 David Rynick – The Field of Boundless EmptinessJanuary 11, 2022 Melissa Blacker – The Precept of Not StealingJanuary 10, 2022 David Rynick – This World of DewJanuary 7, 2022 Melissa Blacker – The Precept of Not KillingJanuary 4, 2022 David Rynick – No Preparation for Something ElseJanuary 3, 2022 Melissa Blacker – Vow to Practice GoodDecember 28, 2021 Melissa Blacker – Vow to Cease From EvilDecember 27, 2021 Melissa Blacker – The Three RefugesDecember 24, 2021 David Rynick – Silent IlluminationDecember 21, 2021 David Rynick – Alone on the Great Sublime PeakDecember 7, 2021 David Rynick – Facing What You Have ExcludedDecember 3, 2021 Melissa Blacker – This Dharma Entrance GateNovember 30, 2021 David Rynick – The Four PreliminariesNovember 23, 2021 Melissa Blacker – Showing UpNovember 19, 2021 Melissa Blacker – The Three BarriersNovember 16, 2021 David Rynick – Everything Is Correct and Totally SufficientNovember 15, 2021 David Rynick – The Practice of SurrenderNovember 9, 2021 Michael Fieleke – Case 27 – The Blue Cliff RecordNovember 8, 2021 David Rynick – Vows For Daily LifeNovember 5, 2021 Melissa Blacker – Invocation of KanzeonNovember 2, 2021 Melissa Blacker – The Ghosts of the WorldNovember 1, 2021 David Rynick – Dharma TransmissionOctober 27, 2021 Melissa Blacker – The Zen CircleOctober 22, 2021 Melissa Blacker – Ordinary Mind is the WayOctober 19, 2021 David Rynick – Spiritual Energy Will Marvelously Transport YouOctober 18, 2021 David Rynick – Dependent Co-arisingOctober 12, 2021 David Rynick – Karma RipeningOctober 8, 2021 Melissa Blacker – The Song of ZazenOctober 5, 2021 David Rynick – The Four Noble TruthsOctober 1, 2021 David Rynick – The Wandering MindSeptember 28, 2021 Melissa Blacker – Mind Like the MoonSeptember 24, 2021 David Rynick – The Essential Art of ZazenSeptember 21, 2021 David Rynick – To Live in the Bodhisattva SpiritSeptember 17, 2021 Melissa Blacker – The Human RealmSeptember 14, 2021 Melissa Blacker – The Realm of GodsSeptember 13, 2021 Melissa Blacker – The Realm of Angry GodsSeptember 10, 2021 David Rynick – Still the Same Old MeSeptember 7, 2021 David Rynick – To Appreciate Being HumanSeptember 3, 2021 Melissa Blacker – The Animal RealmAugust 31, 2021 Melissa Blacker – Hungry GhostsAugust 20, 2021 Melissa Blacker – The Six Realms of ExistenceAugust 19, 2021 Melissa Blacker – Not For Anything ElseAugust 16, 2021 David Rynick – The Grieving WorldAugust 13, 2021 David Rynick – Swampland FlowersAugust 10, 2021 David Rynick – The Practice of GenerosityAugust 3, 2021 Melissa Blacker – On the Mountain Sitting AloneJuly 27, 2021 David Rynick – Including EverythingJuly 23, 2021 David Rynick – Hope in the DarkJuly 20, 2021 Melissa Blacker – Awake in This World Just As It IsJuly 13, 2021 Melissa Blacker – The Ship of CompassionJuly 9, 2021 David Rynick – The Grass-Roof HermitageJuly 6, 2021 Melissa Blacker – FreedomJuly 5, 2021 Heart of True EntrustingJuly 2, 2021 Melissa Blacker – The Marrow of ZenJune 30, 2021 David Rynick – Self-Receiving SamadhiJune 22, 2021 Michael Fieleke – Case 12 – The Book of SerenityJune 21, 2021 Melissa Blacker – Mind Is the Natural BuddhaJune 15, 2021 David Rynick – Like an Iron WallJune 14, 2021 David Rynick – The Jeweled-Mirror SamadhiJune 11, 2021 David Rynick – HappinessJune 9, 2021 Melissa Blacker – Case 19, Gateless GateJune 7, 2021 Melissa Blacker – Choosing EverythingJune 3, 2021 David Rynick – BoundlessnessMay 25, 2021 David Rynick – In Accord With the BuddhadharmaMay 24, 2021 Melissa Blacker – Case 36, Blue Cliff RecordMay 21, 2021 Melissa Blacker – The Koan of Everyday LifeMay 18, 2021 David Rynick – Awakening as an ObstacleMay 11, 2021 In This Moment Karma RipensMay 10, 2021 David Rynick – The Vow To Realize AwakeningMay 7, 2021 Melissa Blacker – The Four Bodhisattva VowsMay 6, 2021 Melissa Blacker – Student and TeacherMay 4, 2021 David Rynick – The Field of Boundless EmptinessApril 20, 2021 David Rynick – Accepting CircumstancesApril 19, 2021 Melissa Blacker – The Thread of the DharmaApril 13, 2021 Melissa Blacker – Not Turning AwayApril 9, 2021 Melissa Blacker – Willing To See EverythingApril 5, 2021 David Rynick – A Bright PearlMarch 30, 2021 David Rynick – The Dharma of ThusnessMarch 22, 2021 David Rynick – This Very Mind Is Buddha MindMarch 19, 2021 Melissa Blacker – A Certain Amount of SufferingMarch 16, 2021 Melissa Blacker – Ever-Changing AppearanceMarch 12, 2021 David Rynick – Nothing To DoMarch 9, 2021 Melissa Blacker – Wanderers of the WayMarch 8, 2021 Melissa Blacker – Ignoring the NearMarch 3, 2021 Melissa Blacker – All Beings by Nature Are BuddhaMarch 2, 2021 Melissa Blacker – Visit Zen TeachersFebruary 23, 2021 David Rynick – Following ChangeFebruary 16, 2021 Melissa Blacker – Turning Towards EverythingFebruary 9, 2021 David Rynick – Giving Ourselves to Ourselves and Others to OthersFebruary 2, 2021 Melissa Blacker – Meeting Our Life With Full AttentionJanuary 29, 2021 Melissa Blacker – View of Form and EmptinessJanuary 26, 2021 Melissa Blacker – Meeting Whatever ArisesJanuary 25, 2021 David Rynick – AtonementJanuary 19, 2021 Melissa Blacker – Case 38, Gateless GateJanuary 12, 2021 David Rynick – Your True Self Is the Entire WorldJanuary 11, 2021 David Rynick – Silent IlluminationJanuary 5, 2021 Michael Fieleke – Beginner’s MindJanuary 4, 2021 David Rynick – Everything Falls ApartJanuary 1, 2021 Melissa Blacker – The Wanting CreatureDecember 29, 2020 David Rynick – Engaged BuddhismDecember 28, 2020 David Rynick – Giver, Receiver, GiftDecember 22, 2020 Michael Fieleke – Samu (Work Practice) December 18, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Unbound CompassionDecember 11, 2020 David Rynick – Life and DeathDecember 8, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Beyond KnowingDecember 7, 2020 Melissa Blacker – To Study the Buddha WayDecember 1, 2020 David Rynick – At Ease and in HarmonyNovember 24, 2020 David Rynick – Liberation From All ObstructionsNovember 23, 2020 David Rynick – The Jeweled MirrorNovember 20, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Waking From A DreamNovember 17, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Freedom in the Midst of FearNovember 13, 2020 David Rynick – The Compassionate Heart of WisdomNovember 10, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Not Praising Yourself While Abusing OthersNovember 9, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Case 41, Gateless GateNovember 3, 2020 David Rynick – Cultivating the MindOctober 23, 2020 David Rynick – Self and Other the SameOctober 20, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Case 14, Blue Cliff RecordOctober 16, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Have Some TeaOctober 13, 2020 David Rynick – Grasp the Great RealityOctober 6, 2020 Melissa Blacker – KarmaOctober 5, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Case 12, Gateless GateSeptember 22, 2020 David Rynick – Do NothingSeptember 17, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Heart-Mind Here and Now Is BuddhaSeptember 14, 2020 David Rynick – The Limitless WorldSeptember 11, 2020 David Rynick – Three Marks of ExistenceSeptember 7, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Case 40, Entangling VinesSeptember 1, 2020 David Rynick – All Dharmas Are Innately AmazingAugust 31, 2020 David Rynick – SufferingAugust 25, 2020 David Rynick – The Thought That Does the Cutting Is the ThiefAugust 21, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Case 39, Entangling VinesAugust 19, 2020 Michael Fieleke – EcodharmaAugust 17, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Case 38, Entangling VinesAugust 15, 2020 David Rynick – Song of the Jewel Mirror SamadhiAugust 11, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Case 37, Entangling VinesAugust 10, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Case 26, The Gateless GateAugust 4, 2020 David Rynick – All Things Are BoundlessAugust 3, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Meeting Things As They AreJuly 31, 2020 David Rynick – If You Set Foot on the PathJuly 29, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Face EverythingJuly 28, 2020 Mike Fieleke – Taego Bou Poem on Emptiness and FormJuly 22, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Baizhang’s FoxJuly 17, 2020 David Rynick – Song of the Grass Roof HermitageJuly 14, 2020 Robert Waldinger & Melissa Blacker – Sickness and Not SicknessJuly 13, 2020 Michael Fieleke & David Rynick – Sickness and HealingJuly 12, 2020 David Rynick – Let Everything Be As It IsJuly 10, 2020 Melissa Blacker – The Road to NanchuanJuly 8, 2020 David Rynick – The Human Body is Like a Lightning FlashJune 30, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Practice and Seek the Way TogetherJune 26, 2020 David Rynick – Staying Right in the MiddleJune 25, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Our Work as Zen PractitionersJune 23, 2020 David Rynick – The Middle WayJune 17, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Awakened ActionJune 15, 2020 David Rynick – The World of Inter-BeingJune 12, 2020 Melissa Blacker – The Student-Teacher RelationshipJune 9, 2020 David Rynick – Trusting the DarknessJune 1, 2020 Melissa Blacker – A Brittle BowlMay 28, 2020 David Rynick – Doing Nothing, Doing SomethingMay 27, 2020 David Rynick – An Unending TruthMay 25, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Not Cleaving to ThingsMay 21, 2020 David Rynick – Encouragement TalkMay 20, 2020 Melissa Blacker & David Rynick – Case 40, Blue Cliff RecordMay 19, 2020 David Rynick -The Dharma Body of the SelfMay 15, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Who is the True I?May 13, 2020 Michael Fieleke – The Mirror of ZenMay 11, 2020 David Rynick -Days Like LightningMay 5, 2020 Melissa Blacker – The Mind TurnsApril 28, 2020 Melissa Blacker – The Highest FunctionApril 24, 2020 David Rynick – Faith in Zen PracticeApril 21, 2020 David Rynick -The Way-Seeking MindApril 17, 2020 Melissa Blacker – The Top of a 100 Ft. PoleApril 15, 2020 David Rynick – To Die Every MomentApril 13, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Not Entering NirvanaApril 10, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Connected With the Ten Thousand ThingsMarch 25, 2020 David Rynick – The Fruit of the Bodhisattva WayMarch 23, 2020 David Rynick – Taking RefugeMarch 18, 2020 Melissa Blacker – True MeaningMarch 13, 2020 David Rynick – Seek NothingMarch 13, 2020 David Rynick – Spiritual Energy Will Marvelously Transport YouMarch 6, 2020 Melissa Blacker – What is Buddha?February 28, 2020 David Rynick – The Practice of Just SittingFebruary 21, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Xiangyan: Up a TreeFebruary 14, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Wuzu: “Who is That Other?”February 7, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Hui-Neng: “Neither Good Nor Evil”January 29, 2020 David Rynick – Investigating the Great MatterJanuary 27, 2020 Melissa Blacker – Bodhidharma Pacifies the MindJanuary 24, 2020 David Rynick – The Boat of Compassion Is Always Rowed in This PlaceDecember 27, 2019 Melissa Blacker – Go Straight AheadDecember 20, 2019 David Rynick – Looking Into This Great Matter of Life and DeathDecember 13, 2019 Melissa Blacker – To Be With Things Just As They AreDecember 9, 2019 David Rynick – Everything is Coming and GoingDecember 6, 2019 Melissa Blacker – Say SomethingNovember 29, 2019 David Rynick – Dependent Co-ArisingNovember 26, 2019 Michael Fieleke – Beyond WordsNovember 15, 2019 Melissa Blacker – I’m Hiding Nothing From YouNovember 11, 2019 David Rynick – Confidence in Our PracticeNovember 8, 2019 Melissa Blacker – Everything is Right HereOctober 25, 2019 Melissa Blacker – Every Day Is A Good DayOctober 18, 2019 David Rynick – Patterns of Our MindOctober 14, 2019 Melissa Blacker – Sun-Face Buddha, Moon-Face BuddhaOctober 11, 2019 David Rynick – The Teaching of EquinimitySeptember 30, 2019 Melissa Blacker – Who Am ISeptember 27, 2019 David Rynick – The One Who is AwakeSeptember 20, 2019 Melissa Blacker – Your Original FaceSeptember 13, 2019 David Rynick – Practice in ActionSeptember 6, 2019 David Rynick – Ease and JoySeptember 3, 2019 Melissa Blacker – No MeritAugust 27, 2019 Melissa Blacker – Tea With DemonsAugust 23, 2019 David Rynick – Being With SufferingAugust 16, 2019 David Rynick – Enter HereAugust 13, 2019 Melissa Blacker – Four Noble TruthsAugust 11, 2019 David Rynick – EquanimityAugust 9, 2019 David Rynick – Coconut HappinessAugust 7, 2019 Melissa Blacker – Sorrow & JoyJuly 30, 2019 Melissa Blacker – Sorrow & KindnessJuly 26, 2019 David Rynick – Metta PracticeJuly 19, 2019 Melissa Blacker – Kabir: This BodyJuly 16, 2019 Melissa Blacker – Ordinary MindJuly 12, 2019 David Rynick – Mental SufferingJuly 6, 2019 David Rynick – Basic FriendlinessJune 28, 2019 David Rynick – Living ActivityJune 21, 2019 Melissa Blacker – Nothing To DoJune 14, 2019 Michael Fieleke – Who Owns the WeatherJune 7, 2019 Melissa Blacker – Defending the SelfMay 31, 2019 Melissa Blacker – Ordinary Mind is the WayMay 17, 2019 Melissa Blacker – Sitting Long, Getting TiredMay 10, 2019 David Rynick – Reborn Every MomentMay 3, 2019 David Rynick – Right Here is the SanctuaryApril 23, 2019 Melissa Blacker – Bodhisattvas of CompassionMarch 30, 2019 Melissa Blacker – The Four Bodhisattva VowsMarch 17, 2019 Melissa Blacker – The Three TreasuresMarch 8, 2019 David Rynick – Waking UpMarch 1, 2019 David Rynick – Participating in Our LifeFebruary 15, 2019 Melissa Blacker – The Practice of LojongFebruary 1, 2019 Michael Fieleke – Forget About the EndDecember 28, 2018 Melissa Blacker – Sitting Upright in the Middle of EverythingDecember 21, 2018 David Rynick – Everything You Encounter Constitutes the Meaning of Your LifeDecember 19, 2018 Melissa Blacker – Marvelous ErrorDecember 16, 2018 David Rynick – Appreciate Your LifeDecember 14, 2018 Melissa Blacker – Bodhicitta is the Nature of Our Human BodiesNovember 30, 2018 Melissa Blacker – Resting With DifficultiesNovember 23, 2018 David Rynick – The Eight Earthly WindsNovember 16, 2018 James Cordova – Practice Love Until You Remember You Are LoveNovember 9, 2018 Melissa Blacker – Resting With What IsNovember 2, 2018 David Rynick – Appreciating the Fire of Our LifeOctober 26, 2018 David Rynick – When Things Don’t Go Our WayOctober 19, 2018 Melissa Blacker – Carried Along by Turbulent WatersOctober 12, 2018 Melissa Blacker – Xizhong Builds CartsOctober 6, 2018 Melissa Blacker – Days Like LightningOctober 5, 2018 David Rynick – You Who Seek the Dharma Should Seek NothingSeptember 28, 2018 James Cordova – Everything You Do Bears Your SignatureSeptember 14, 2018 James Cordova – This Tender HeartAugust 31, 2018 James Cordova – The Pain of Two ArrowsAugust 17, 2018 James Cordova – What is Arising in This MomentAugust 10, 2018 David Rynick – Nothing in This World Is Separate from Our Own NatureAugust 3, 2018 Melissa Blacker – Ruiyan Calls “Master”July 27, 2018 David Rynick – Oneness and Variety Are the SameJuly 13, 2018 David Rynick – Everything Comes and GoesJuly 6, 2018 Melissa Blacker – You Who Seek The Dharma Should Seek NothingJune 29, 2018 James Cordova – All Things Are Nothing But ChangeJune 22, 2018 James Cordova – Love is the Bridge Between You and EverythingJune 8, 2018 James Cordova – Things Come Together and Things Fall ApartMay 25, 2018 David Rynick – The Teaching of the MysteryMay 18, 2018 Melissa Blacker – Right And WrongMay 11, 2018 David Rynick – Be A Light Unto YourselfMay 4, 2018 Melissa Blacker – On The Verge of PerishingApril 27, 2018 James Cordova – Practice Even With Half A HeartApril 20, 2018 James Cordova – All Things Completely Love UsMarch 29, 2018 David Rynick – The Virtue of Self ConfidenceMarch 15, 2018 Melissa Blacker – Dealing with the Vast SufferingMarch 8, 2018 David Rynick – What is it Like to Sit?March 1, 2018 James Cordova – The Optical Delusion of ConsciousnessFebruary 22, 2018 David Rynick – Being Passive and Also ActiveFebruary 15, 2018 Diane Fitzgerald – Nan Ch’uan’s Truth That’s Never Been SpokenFebruary 8, 2018 Melissa Blacker – Buddhist Precepts 6 & 7February 1, 2018 David Rynick – Instructions to the CookJanuary 26, 2018 James Cordova – Non-attained BuddhaJanuary 4, 2018 Diane Fitzgerald – The Time BeingDecember 28, 2017 David Rynick – Awakening to Whatever is HereDecember 21, 2017 James Cordova – Spring EverywhereDecember 14, 2017 David Rynick – Be an Island Unto YourselfDecember 7, 2017 Melissa Blacker – The Teaching of the Three Pillars of ZenNovember 30, 2017 Melissa Blacker – The Dark and Broken RoadsNovember 23, 2017 James Cordova – Awakening From the Delusion of SeparationNovember 17, 2017 James Cordova – What is the Way?November 2, 2017 Melissa Blacker – Dongshan’s Sixty BlowsOctober 5, 2017 James Cordova – What’s the Buddha?September 21, 2017 David Rynick – Returning To What Is HereSeptember 8, 2017 James Cordova – The Illusion Of Our SeparatenessAugust 24, 2017 James Cordova – Absolute and Universal LoveAugust 17, 2017 James Cordova – Another False PeakAugust 10, 2017 Melissa Blacker – Infinite CausesAugust 3, 2017 Melissa Myozen Blacker, Roshi – In the Ocean of Yes and NoJuly 27, 2017 James Cordova – Our True NatureJuly 20, 2017 David Rynick – The Way of Non-MindJuly 13, 2017 Melissa Blacker – The Salvation of Your LIfeJuly 6, 2017 James Cordova – Learn to Tolerate EaseJune 26, 2017 Melissa Blacker – Already AwakeMay 26, 2017 David Rynick – Beyond Words and LettersMay 11, 2017 Diane Fitzgerald – What is the Need for Practice?May 3, 2017 Melissa Blacker – Not Harboring Ill WillApril 28, 2017 James Cordova – And Go OnApril 20, 2017 Melissa Blacker – Not Sparing the Dharma AssetsApril 16, 2017 David Rynick – Freedom Exactly Where You AreApril 11, 2017 Melissa Blacker – Boddhisattvas Are UsApril 4, 2017 James Cordova – Realizing YouMarch 31, 2017 David Rynick – Responding Without Falling into AchievementMarch 28, 2017 Melissa Blacker – Song of Realizing the DaoMarch 24, 2017 David Rynick – Awake to LifeMarch 22, 2017 Melissa Blacker – Vīrya and PītiMarch 17, 2017 David Rynick – Delusive CertaintyMarch 15, 2017 James Cordova – Take Off More ArmorMarch 9, 2017 Melissa Blacker – The Way Things AreMarch 7, 2017 Diane Fitzgerald – Faith and the Emptiness ViewMarch 2, 2017 Diane Fitzgerald – Knowing the Mind in PeaceMarch 2, 2017 David Rynick – Not Advancing, Not RetreatingFebruary 24, 2017 Melissa Blacker – Things Have Always Been TerribleFebruary 21, 2017 James Cordova – This Ungraspable TraceFebruary 17, 2017 Diane Fitzgerald – None of Us Is An IslandFebruary 15, 2017 James Cordova – Pleasant and UnpleasantFebruary 13, 2017 James Cordova – Facing EverythingFebruary 3, 2017 Melissa Blacker – The Way of Everyday LifeJanuary 31, 2017 Melissa Blacker, James Cordova – Every Day is a Good DayJanuary 17, 2017 Melissa Blacker – Wash Your BowlsJanuary 17, 2017 Melissa Blacker – The Three RefugesJanuary 17, 2017 Diane Fitzgerald, James Cordova – To Study the Buddha Way is to Study the SelfJanuary 17, 2017 David Rynick – Wondrously Embraced Within the RealJanuary 17, 2017 Melissa Blacker – Deshan Burns His CommentariesJanuary 17, 2017 David Rynick – In This Passing Moment Karma RipensJanuary 17, 2017 James Cordova – When the Time Comes to Let It GoJanuary 17, 2017 James Cordova – Hsiang-yen Up A TreeJanuary 16, 2017