Ancient Dragon Zen Gate Dharma Talks
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Fundamentally Zazen is a Caring Practice
30 mins; March 22, 2026
Practice Commitment: Closing The Gates
42 mins; March 15, 2026
David Chadwick and Suzuki Roshi’s Lineage
42 mins; March 08, 2026
Zhaozhou Meets Two Hermits
37 mins; February 22, 2026
Encouragement to Practice Completely
40 mins; February 15, 2026
What Do You Call the World?
40 mins; February 08, 2026
Rigidity and Self-Delusion in Practice
46 mins; February 01, 2026
Considering the Activities of Zazen
33 mins; January 25, 2026
Zhaozhou’s Wash Your Bowl
44 mins; January 18, 2026
Appropriate Response
35 mins; January 11, 2026
Tanto Talk
21 mins; January 04, 2026
Unpacking the Heart Sutra
46 mins; December 14, 2025
Rohatsu sesshin – Day 5 – Tenzo Turning the Wheel of Dharma
36 mins; December 07, 2025
Rohatsu sesshin – Day 4 – Turning the Wheel of Dharma
35 mins; December 06, 2025
Rohatsu sesshin – Day 3 – Turning the Wheel of Dharma
49 mins; December 05, 2025
Rohatsu sesshin – Day 2 – Turning the Wheel of Dharma
31 mins; December 04, 2025
Rohatsu sesshin – Day 1 – Turning the Wheel of Dharma
32 mins; December 03, 2025
Bendowa – Embracing Dogen’s Endeavor of the Way
43 mins; November 23, 2025
Bendowa – Embracing Dogen’s Endeavor of the Way
43 mins; November 23, 2025
Dragon-bodhisattvas Practicing the Precepts
47 mins; November 09, 2025
Priest Ordination
44 mins; November 02, 2025
Huayan and Zen Precepts
54 mins; October 19, 2025
The Changing Role of the Precepts in Soto Zen Practice
80 hours 1 min; October 12, 2025
Sejiki Ceremony Preview
39 mins; October 05, 2025
Upagupta – Part II, Using The Ground To Get Up
35 mins; September 28, 2025
Dragons report on the Branching Streams Gathering
54 mins; September 21, 2025
The Spiral That Reconnects
47 mins; September 14, 2025
Upagupta Part 1 – Are You Leaving Home Physically or Mentally?
38 mins; August 24, 2025
Beginning the Bodhisattva Path and Generosity
46 mins; August 17, 2025
Opening To Big Mind
41 mins; August 10, 2025
Generosity That Goes Beyond
44 mins; August 03, 2025
Nanquan Points At A Peony
32 mins; July 27, 2025
Patience Paramita
44 mins; July 20, 2025
Scholar Talk: Dependent Arising and Why Everything Matters
59 mins; July 13, 2025
We Reflect On The Effort….All Beings Support Each Other
39 mins; July 06, 2025
The 2nd Paramita,“Ethical Conduct”
47 mins; June 29, 2025
Great teacher Issan’s skillful means
42 mins; June 22, 2025
Not one not two: Sangha Strength
56 mins; June 21, 2025
Ancestors convey how to answer a call
45 mins; June 15, 2025
Practice Period: Continuing Effort Without Desire
45 mins; May 18, 2025
Practicing with Joko Beck in the 1990s
30 mins; May 12, 2025
Suffering and skillful means
61 hours 25 mins; May 11, 2025
Emperor Wu Meets Bodhidharma Face-to-Face
50 mins; May 04, 2025
This is not a Tanto Talk
53 mins; April 28, 2025
Great Ancestor Darlene Cohen takes on suffering
61 hours 18 mins; April 27, 2025
Blanche Hartman: Willing to be just this one
68 hours 54 mins; April 20, 2025
The Two Truths – The Practice Realization of Zazen
38 mins; April 13, 2025
Blanche Hartman and the effort of daffodils
46 mins; April 06, 2025
Joko Beck’s Compassion arising and melting reactivity
45 mins; March 30, 2025
Practice Period 2025 – Joko Beck
56 mins; March 23, 2025
Dongshan and the Five Positions
55 mins; March 16, 2025
Deep Listening
50 mins; March 09, 2025
Genjokoan
46 mins; March 02, 2025
Zazen and the Hamster Wheel
45 mins; February 23, 2025
Parinirvana Day
39 mins; February 16, 2025
Dongshan’s Jewel Mirror Samadhi
51 mins; February 09, 2025
Caring with the Breath
50 mins; February 02, 2025
Moving with the Breath
49 mins; January 26, 2025
Reflecting on 50 Years of Zazen
56 mins; January 19, 2025
Breathing into the new year
59 mins; January 05, 2025
Remembering Abbot Hozan Alan Senauke
33 mins; December 23, 2024
Composure
53 mins; December 22, 2024
Shakyamuni Sees the Morning Star
48 mins; December 15, 2024
Awakening under a tree
61 hours 19 mins; December 08, 2024
Mending rips and tears
45 mins; December 01, 2024
Dogen’s Painting of a Rice Cake
61 hours 45 mins; November 24, 2024
Returning to the ground of this moment
60 hours 55 mins; November 10, 2024
Compassion and boundless ambiguity
48 mins; November 03, 2024
Consistent Practice
54 mins; October 20, 2024
Wrap-up of Dogen’s Expressing the Dream Within the Dream Seminar
56 mins; October 13, 2024
The Dharma of Welcoming
49 mins; October 06, 2024
Delight in the difficulty of practice!
58 mins; September 29, 2024
The bodhisattva precept ceremony (jukai) as community harvest
43 mins; September 22, 2024
In Anticipation of Jukai
48 mins; September 15, 2024
Reflections on the Five Remembrances
47 mins; September 08, 2024
Shanavasa – A Teacher Disciple Dialogue
43 mins; August 25, 2024
Engaged Buddhism
252408 hours 36 mins; August 18, 2024
Bring Me the Rhinoceros
46 mins; August 11, 2024
Gassho: Joining palms is dynamic bodhisattva activity
42 mins; August 04, 2024
You Are Here
49 mins; July 28, 2024
Releasing the compassion body, planting the treasure seed
35 mins; July 21, 2024
Ordinary Mind Is the Way
49 mins; July 14, 2024
Maylie Scott’s Prayer to Guide the Bodhisattva’s Response
44 mins; July 07, 2024
The Equal Ground of Zazen
48 mins; June 23, 2024
Responding to the Request of the Present Moment
46 mins; June 16, 2024
Guiding Teacher Transition Ceremony – hogetsu
37 mins; June 09, 2024
Guiding Teacher Transition Ceremony – Taigen
38 mins; June 09, 2024
Now, What?
58 mins; June 02, 2024
Peeking Behind the Facade Seeking the Source
48 mins; May 27, 2024
Taigen Leighton Final Dharma Talk (as guiding teacher)
59 mins; May 26, 2024
Hongzhi and the Mysterious Pivot
44 mins; May 19, 2024
Hongzhi and Meditation on Space (and Time)
36 mins; May 18, 2024
Hongzhi and Settling within
47 mins; May 17, 2024
Zen Ongoing Balancing
49 mins; May 13, 2024
Return to the Source and the Backward Step
61 hours 51 mins; May 12, 2024
All Beings are my Ancestors
38 mins; May 06, 2024
Guidepost for Silent Illumination
71 hours 42 mins; May 05, 2024
Graciously Share Yourself and the Genuine Field
35 mins; April 29, 2024
Hongzhi’s mutual response, Gaza and student encampments
73 hours 34 mins; April 28, 2024
Romp and Play in Samadhi, part 2
41 mins; April 22, 2024