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Big Mind Talks
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Freedom in LimitationSerial: SF-12372 10/19/2025, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Big Mind |
Oct 19 2025 Green Gulch Farm |
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Study the SelfSerial: SF-12413 08/06/2025, Kristin Diggs, dharma talk at City Center. Zazen, Big Mind, Buddha Nature |
Aug 30 2025 City Center |
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Awakening Through Everyday Kitchen ZenSerial: SF-08200 Talk by Teah Strozer at City Center on 2025-03-05 Tenzo, Buddha Mind, Big Mind |
Mar 05 2025 City Center |
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Embracing Suffering Through Everyday ZenSerial: SF-08987 Talk by Steve Weintraub at Green Gulch Farm on 2023-10-08 Suffering, Big Mind |
Oct 08 2023 Green Gulch Farm |
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Embodying Non-Dual Zen AwarenessSerial: SF-08918 Talk by Kokyo Henkel at Green Gulch Farm on 2023-03-05 Buddha Nature, Big Mind |
Mar 05 2023 Green Gulch Farm |
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It’s An Experiential LearningSerial: SF-07990 On the day of the one-day sitting, a talk on Refuge in the form of formal practice, zazen - stimulating what we already are. Zazen, Big Mind |
Feb 19 2022 City Center |
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Zen Harmony in DiversitySerial: SF-11232 Talk by Hoitsu Suzuki at City Center on 2020-11-10 Zazen, Suzuki Roshi, Big Mind |
Nov 10 2020 City Center |
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Flowing Mind: Zen's Water MetaphorSerial: SF-12336 Talk by David Zimmerman at City Center on 2020-02-12 Big Mind, Zazen |
Feb 12 2020 City Center |
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Zen Roots of Ecological MindfulnessSerial: SF-12183 Talk by Wendy Johnson at Green Gulch Farm on 2020-02-09 Gratitude, Big Mind |
Feb 09 2020 Green Gulch Farm |
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Beginners Heart: Zen in ActionSerial: SF-12335 Talk by Tim Oconnor Fraser at City Center on 2019-12-02 Shuso, Big Mind, Ceremony |
Dec 02 2019 City Center |
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Awakening through Zen's Interconnected SelfSerial: SF-12276 Talk by Ed Satazhan at City Center on 2018-12-05 Study, Big Mind, Dogen |
Dec 05 2018 City Center |
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The Natural Order of MindSerial: SF-07635 1/27/2014, Sojun Mel Weitsman dharma talk at Tassajara. Big Mind, Zazen, Monkey Mind |
Jan 27 2014 Tassajara |
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The Mind of the Great Sage of IndiaSatipatthana Sutra, Theravada, Zazen, Big Mind, Four Noble Truths, Realization,... |
Jul 10 2007 City Center |
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Just Showing UpSkillful Means, Gurus, Authoritarians, Big Mind, Rumi, Don't Know Mind |
Nov 12 2006 Green Gulch Farm |
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Stopping and ListeningSerial: SF-00945 Sunday Lecture Children's Lecture: Baby beluga; why are you here?; Dogen's Three Minds: joyful mind, kind mind, big mind; mother's love as essence of spirituality (... Tenzo Kyokun, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Gratitude, Suzuki Roshi, Hate |
Sep 03 2006 Green Gulch Farm |
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Mindful Tasting, Authentic Living Ceremony, Way-Seeking Mind, Big Mind |
Nov 07 2004 |
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Lotus Sutra ClassSerial: SF-03556 Dining Room Class 3 Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Lotus Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Heart Sutra, Big Mind,... |
Oct 20 2004 Tassajara |
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Living The Good LifeSerial: SF-00933 Sunday Lecture Patience, Ordinary Mind, Mill Valley, Big Mind, Intimacy, Cultivation |
Aug 29 2004 Green Gulch Farm |
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Dining Room Lecture Buddha Ancestors, Suzuki Roshi, Nirvana, Big Mind, Equanimity, Diversity |
Aug 18 2004 Tassajara |
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Which Is The Real Seijo?Serial: SF-00967 One-day sitting lecture: when our "soul is split", what is true? Just sitting in the midst of samsara. Four Noble Truths, Suzuki Roshi, Big Mind, Subject-and-Object, Buddha Ancestors,... |
Jun 19 2004 Green Gulch Farm |
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Translating Zen: Mindfulness in Every Word Big Mind, Monkey Mind, Kinhin, Emptiness, Heart Sutra |
Aug 14 2002 |
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Embracing Vulnerability Through Zen Connection Priest, Big Mind, Money, Buddha Nature |
Mar 24 2002 |
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Tenzo Kyokun Class Practice Period, Bodhisattva Way, Emptiness, Tassajara, Dharma Transmission, Big Mind... |
Nov 28 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sunday Lecture Ceremony, Dragons, Zazen, Big Mind, Suzuki Roshi |
Nov 26 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sunday Lecture Realization, Practice Period, Buddha Ancestors, Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony, Big Mind,... |
Oct 29 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Tenzo Kyokun Class Conversation, Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Monastic Practice, Big Mind, Soto Zen... |
Oct 24 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sunday Lecture Monastic Practice, Zazen, Big Mind, Buddha Ancestors, Soto Zen, Concentration... |
Aug 20 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Surangama Sutra Class Big Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Practice Period, Three Treasures, Emptiness, Buddha... |
May 16 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Stretching Into Life's Impermanence Big Mind, Daily Life, Okesa, War |
Aug 11 1999 |
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The Feeling Of Practice PeriodSerial: SF-00148 Wednesday talk; the heart and determination to study - to support and appreciate the practice period. Practice Period, Impermanence, Precepts, Zazen Mind, Big Mind, Conversation |
Oct 21 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Trusting The Path of Presence Big Mind, Don't Know Mind, Hindrances, Monkey Mind |
Jun 14 1998 |
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Embrace Imperfection, Live Fully Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Soto Zen, Posture |
1998 |
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Embrace Life's Challenges Fully Big Mind, Money, Don't Know Mind, Liberation |
Aug 13 1997 |
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Sunday Lecture Big Mind, Ceremony, Buddha Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Right Speech, Practice Period,... |
Mar 09 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Zen Balance: Engaged Yet Detached Suzuki Roshi, Ego, Big Mind, Zazen, Daily Life, Zazen Mind, Tassajara |
Nov 01 1995 |
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Tokubetsu Sesshin Gratitude, Monastic Practice, Ceremony, Transmission, Big Mind, Lay Practice,... |
Mar 28 1995 |
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Sunday LectureSerial: SF-03675 Includes Q&A and discussion Big Mind, Emptiness, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Zazen, Posture, New Year,... |
Mar 13 1994 Green Gulch Farm |
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Gratitude Unveiled in Zen Practice Gratitude, Lovingkindness, Intimacy, Big Mind |
Nov 21 1993 |
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Interconnected Stillness: Zen Beyond Sentience Big Mind, Tozan |
Apr 07 1993 |
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Mindfulness: Embracing Imperfection with Compassion Big Mind, Tozan, Precepts, Lay Practice |
May 24 1992 |
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Hokyo Zammai Class Five Ranks, Emptiness, Hui-neng, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Buddha Nature, Darkness-and-Light... |
Feb 19 1992 2 |
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Ascending the Zen Pole of Effort Big Mind, Ego, Separation, Soto Zen |
Sep 03 1976 |
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Big Mind, Endless Compassion Journey Big Mind, Patience, Buddha Mind, Buddha Nature, Funeral, Compassion, Suffering... |
Dec 04 1971 |
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Why We Must Have RulesFirst Principle, Big Mind, Family Practice |
Aug 17 1971 Tassajara |
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Obon DaysCeremony, Big Mind, Nishiari Bokusan, Suffering |
Aug 12 1971 Tassajara |
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Why Then Is It Necessary To Accept PreceptsPrecepts, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Priest, Big Mind, Zazen |
Jul 17 1971 City Center |
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Resuming Big MindSerial: SR-00272 Sesshin Lecture No. 1 [”For this seven-day sesshin, there are only transcriptions for lectures given on Days 1, 3... Sesshin, Big Mind, Zuimonki, Hate, Zoom, Zazen, Ceremony |
Feb 05 1971 City Center |
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The Boss of EverythingZazen, Big Mind, Precepts, Bodhidharma, Zazen, Suffering |
Jan 16 1971 City Center |
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Buddha Is Always HereSerial: SR-00051 Sandokai Lecture III [The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture: Line 5 Reigen myoni kokettari... Branching Streams, Sandokai, Emptiness, Buddha Nature, Suffering, Compassion,... |
Jun 01 1970 Tassajara |
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Things-As-It-IsSerial: SR-00048 Sandokai Lecture I [This is the first in a series of lectures on the Sandokai (Chin. Cantong qi or Tisan-tiung-chii), a... Branching Streams, Sandokai, Big Mind |
May 27 1970 Tassajara |