Past Dharma Talks

• April 9, 2023 – Vicki Joren Goldsmith – Buddha’s Birthday, The Story of His Birth
• April 4, 2023 – Tina Yudo Thornberry – Longchi, The Flesh of Bodhidharma
• March 26, 2023 – Rev Eishin Tom Houghton Nan Ch’uan’s Circle from the Blue Cliff Record
• March 19, 2023 – Rev Shuji Valdene Mintzmyer – Safe and Easy Practices, Notes From The Lotus Sutra
• March 12, 2023 – Vicki Joren Goldsmith – Mortality, Wake up! This is It!
• February 26, 2023 – Rev Shuji Valdene Mintzmyer – The Lotus Sutra and the Great Stupa
• February 19, 2023 – Tina Yudo Thornberry – Practicing with Failure
• February 12, 2023 – Rev Eishin Tom Houghton – A Reading of the Sutra of the Bequeathed Teaching of the Buddha
• February 5, 2023 – Vicki Joren Goldsmith – Where is your mind right now?
• January 29, 2023 – Rev Gendo Curtis Thornberry – Little Things
• January 22, 2023 – Rev Shuji Valdene Mintzmyer – We are all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
• January 15, 2023 – Tina Yudo Thornberry – Self Compassion
• January 8, 2023 – Rev Eishin Tom Houghton – Gratitude
• January 1, 2023 – Vicki Joren Goldsmith – New Beginnings, A Thin Layer of Ice, A New Grandson, and a Leg of Lamb
• December 25 2022 – Rev Gendo Curt Thornberry – Understanding Desire in Practice
• December 18, 2022 – Tina Yudo Thornberry – Reflections on Compassion
• December 11, 2022 – Rev Shuji Valdene Mintzmyer – The Lotus Sutra and Faith
• December 4, 2022 – Rev Eishin Tom Houghton – A Reading of the Story of the Buddha’s Enlightenment
• November 27, 2022 – Rev Gendo Curt Thornberry – Zazen Again?
• November 20, 2022 – Rev Shuji Valeden Mintzmyer – Shariputra and Skillful Means More From the Lotus Sutra
• November 6, 2022 – Vicki Joren Goldsmith Practicing With The Five Hindrances, Part 2
• October 30, 2022 – Rev Eishin Tom Houghton Harmony in Balance
• October 23, 2022 – Vicki Joren Goldsmith – Practicing With The Five Hindrances, Part 1
• October 16, 2022 – Tina Yudo Thornberry – A Few Thoughts About Rules
• October 2, 2022 – Rev Shuji Valdene Mintzmyer – The Dharma is for Everyone
• September 25, 2022 – Rev Gendo Curtis Thornberry – Menmitsu-no-kafu: Abiding in Continuous Intimacy
• September 18, 2022 – Vicki Joren Goldsmith – Anger As A Skill
• September 11, 2022 – Rev Eishin Tom Houghton – Encountering the Dharma Buying a New Bicycle
• September 4, 2022 – Tina Yudo Thornberry – Why It Is Great To Be An Oldish Zen Woman
• August 28, 2022 – Rev Shuji Valdene Mintzmyer – Stories from the Lotus Sutra, Practice for the Common Good
• August 21, 2022 – Rev Eishin Tom Houghton – Weaving Liberation With The Thread of the Breath
• August 14, 2022 – Vicki Joren Goldsmith – Diamond Breakthrough
• August 7, 2022 – Rev Gendo Curtis Thornberry – Finding Awareness In Suffering
• July 31, 2022 – Tina Yudo Thornberry – Women of the Way, Punika the Slave
• July 3, 2022 – Tina Yudo Thornberry – Do Not Be Angry
• June 26, 2022 – Rev Eishin Tom Houghton – Valley Sounds, Mountain Colors
• June 19, 2022 – Vicki Joren Goldsmith – This Thing Called Religion
• June 12, 2022 – Paul Jaffe – One Dharma, Zen and the Four Foundations of Mindfulness
• June 5, 2022 – Rev Eido Bruce Espe – Throwing Yourself Away
• May 29, 2022 – Rev Gendo Curtis Thornberry – Facing Fear in Uncertainty
• May 22, 2022 – Tina Yudo Thornberry – Jakucho Setouchi A Flower, A Flame
• May 15, 2022 – Vicki Joren Goldsmith – Tricycle Buddhism and Ecology Summit Living the Dharma in a Time of Crisis
• May 8, 2022 – Rev Shuji Valdene Mintzmyer – The Parable of the Burning House
• April 24, 2022 – Rev Eishin Tom Houghton – Chasing and Escaping
• April 17, 2022 – Tina Yudo Thornberry – Fallen Flowers of Tokeiji
• April 3, 2022 – Rev Shuji Valdene Mintzmyer – Buddha’s Birthday