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Ordinary Mind Talks

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Title	Speaker	Date
Ordinary Mind is the Way Rinso Ed Sattizahn presents a commentary on the koan, Case 19, from the Gateless Barrier with a sidebar on practicing with impermanence. Ordinary Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Impermanence	Rinso Ed Sattizahn	May 09 2026 City Center
How Can We Not Pick and Choose? Serial: SF-12374 Sokaku Kathie Fischer examines the Xin Xin Ming (Faith in Mind, or Trusting the Mind), a text by the third Chinese Chan (Zen) ancestor, Jianzhi Sengcan. Ordinary Mind, Koan, Zhaozhou	Sokaku Kathie Fischer	Sep 14 2025 Green Gulch Farm
Traveling the Path With Ordinary Mind Serial: SF-08357 08/14/2024, Roger Hillyard, dharma talk at City Center. This talk was given at Beginner's Mind Temple, by Roger Hillyard. The path is sometimes dark and difficult,... Ordinary Mind, Buddha Nature	Henzan Roger Hillyard	Aug 14 2024 City Center
Journey Within: Embrace the Path Serial: SF-08674 Talk by Roger Hillyard at City Center on 2024-08-14 Ordinary Mind, Buddha Nature	Henzan Roger Hillyard	Aug 14 2024 City Center
Song of the Trusting Mind Serial: SF-08384 03/10/2024, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. The great Way is not difficult for those who hold no preferences, it is like vast space with nothing lacking... Zendo, Ordinary Mind	Kokyo Henkel	Mar 10 2024 Green Gulch Farm
Zen Embrace: Practice Non-Preference Serial: SF-08562 Talk by Kokyo Henkel at Green Gulch Farm on 2024-03-10 Ordinary Mind, Bodhidharma, Zazen	Kokyo Henkel	Mar 10 2024 Green Gulch Farm
Zen Minds in Everyday Life Serial: SF-12301 Talk by Marc Lesser Nothing Hidden at City Center on 2020-03-21 Ordinary Mind, Dogen	Marc Lesser	Mar 21 2020 City Center
Accepting and Resisting Serial: SF-12264 Sesshin Day 6 Lay Practice, Emotions, Ordinary Mind	Ryushin Paul Haller	Feb 01 2020 City Center
Zen and the Art of Ordinary Serial: SF-12311 Talk by Bryan Clark at City Center on 2019-12-28 Ordinary Mind, Koan, Delusion	Bryan Clark	Dec 28 2019 City Center
Embracing the Present Ordinary Mind Serial: SF-12261 Talk by Ed Sattizahn at City Center on 2019-11-16 Ordinary Mind, Japan, Rinzai	Rinso Ed Sattizahn	Nov 16 2019 City Center
Turning the Light Around And Benefitting Beings Serial: SF-10872 04/14/2019, Sonja Gardenswartz, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Ordinary Mind	Sonja Gardenswartz	Apr 14 2019 Green Gulch Farm
Awakening Through Ordinary Presence Serial: SF-10319 Talk by Tmzc Greg Fain on 2017-11-11 Samsara, Ordinary Mind	Zenshin Greg Fain	Nov 11 2017
Not Subject To Knowing Or Not Knowing Serial: SF-10456 7/22/2017, Rinso Ed Sattizahn dharma talk at City Center. Ordinary Mind	Rinso Ed Sattizahn	Jul 22 2017 City Center
Birth of the Buddha, The World Honored One Serial: SF-07417 4/28/2013, Linda Cutts, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Ordinary Mind	Eijun Linda Cutts	Apr 28 2013 Green Gulch Farm
Dogen's Zen - Class #2 Serial: SF-07456 1/31/2013, Ryushin Paul Haller, dharma talk at Tassajara. Ordinary Mind	Ryushin Paul Haller	Jan 31 2013 Tassajara
No Grasping Views, Right View, and The View Serial: SF-11824 8/3/2011, Leslie James dharma talk at Tassajara. Suffering, Ordinary Mind	Leslie James	Aug 03 2011 Tassajara
Sesshin Intention Serial: SF-11748 1/31/2011, Ryushin Paul Haller dharma talk at Tassajara. Ordinary Mind	Ryushin Paul Haller	Jan 31 2011 Tassajara
Daddy, Are We Poor? Serial: SF-09633 11/15/2008, Myogen Steve Stucky dharma talk at City Center. Sangha, Ordinary Mind	Myogen Steve Stücky	Nov 15 2008 City Center
Telling Our Deepest Darkest Secrets Serial: SF-09661 2/10/2008, Edward Espe Brown dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Ordinary Mind	Edward Espe Brown	Feb 10 2008 Green Gulch Farm
Sesshin Lecture Serial: SF-00986 Architecture at GGF; Layman Pang; many sesshins; "gamble everything on love"; sesshin romance and the potentiality of the present moment; recognizing your Buddha... Sesshin, Layman Pang, Suzuki Roshi, Sandokai, Buddha Mind, Buddha Nature, Ordinary...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Apr 06 2007 Green Gulch Farm
Sesshin Practices Serial: SF-00992 Sesshin Lecture: ordinary mind is the Tao; practice of confession; guilt/shame; Self-Receiving and -Employing Samadhi Sesshin, Zhaozhou, Ordinary Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Right Effort, Posture, Buddha Nature...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Apr 03 2007 Green Gulch Farm
Alignment With The Great Way Serial: SF-00944 Sunday Lecture - Children's Lecture: waging peace; taking up a practice Zhaozhou, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Mind, Delusion, Posture, Ordinary Mind, Zazen, Lay...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Mar 04 2007 Green Gulch Farm
It's Just Food! Suzuki Roshi, Dogen, Tassajara, Ordinary Mind, Money, Way-Seeking Mind, Lay Practice...	Edward Espe Brown	Jul 16 2006 Green Gulch Farm
Ordinary Mind and Buddha Mind Serial: SF-03578 Sesshin 2 Day 6 Ordinary Mind	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 25 2005 Tassajara
Embracing Ordinary: Zen's Path Within Buddha Nature, Don't Know Mind, Ordinary Mind	Edward Espe Brown	Jan 30 2005
Hokyo Zammai Class Consciousness, Ordinary Mind	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 23 2005 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra Class Serial: SF-03557 Dining Room Class Lotus Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Intimacy, Monastic Practice, Posture, Ordinary Mind,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Dec 03 2004 Tassajara
Living The Good Life Serial: SF-00933 Sunday Lecture Patience, Ordinary Mind, Mill Valley, Big Mind, Intimacy, Cultivation	Fu Schroeder	Aug 29 2004 Green Gulch Farm
Zen Sincerity: Virtue in Everyday Actions Mill Valley, Ordinary Mind, Practice Period, Tatsugami	Edward Espe Brown	May 04 2004
Zen Sincerity in Everyday Leadership Mill Valley, Ordinary Mind, Practice Period, Tatsugami	Edward Espe Brown	May 04 2004
Everyday Courage in Zen Practice Tassajara, Ordinary Mind, Vimalakirti, Diversity, Ego		May 29 2001
Evolving Zen: Dogen's Monastic Insights Intimacy, Karmic Consciousness, Gratitude, Doubt, Ordinary Mind		May 14 2001
Wednesday Lecture Buddha Mind, Practice Period, Monastic Practice, Ceremony, Ordinary Mind, Nirvana...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Feb 23 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Skillful Paths to Collective Awakening Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Ordinary Mind, Tassajara, First Principle		Sep 19 1999
Zen Pathways to Everyday Enlightenment Hate, Ordinary Mind, Practice Period, Rumi	Edward Espe Brown	Aug 02 1999
Embracing Presence: Beyond Perfection Yaoshan, Death, Posture, Ordinary Mind, Concentration	Edward Espe Brown	Jun 16 1998
Being You: Zen's Path to Authenticity Posture, Ordinary Mind, Ordination, Don't Know Mind, Ceremony	Edward Espe Brown	Jun 07 1998
Chao Chou's Four Gates Serial: SF-03239 Sunday Lecture: case 9 of the Blue Cliff Record: "What is Chao Chou?" "East gate, west gate, south gate, north gate" Emptiness, Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Ordinary Mind, Blue Cliff...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 19 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Mindful Living Through Zen Observation Ordinary Mind, Posture, Community, Thich Nhat Hanh	Edward Espe Brown	Jun 05 1997
Sunday Lecture Ordinary Mind, Impermanence	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jan 30 1994 Green Gulch Farm
Everyday Enlightenment in Ordinary Life Ordinary Mind, Hindrances, Gratitude	Edward Espe Brown	Jul 24 1991
Finding Joy in Zazen Practice Ordinary Mind, Heart Sutra, Concentration, Samadhi	Edward Espe Brown	Jun 04 1990
Poetry, Love, and Spiritual Rebellion Emptiness, Conversation, Chanting, Ordinary Mind, Lay Practice	Allen Ginsberg	Sep 28 1981
Because I Was Not Well Serial: SF-05143A SR023 Track 1 Suzuki Roshi's afternoon sesshin 4-23-68 copied [there are also photographs of hand-written notes on missing portions of Q&A - per tape operator's... Sesshin, Koan, Ordinary Mind, Everyday Mind, Composure, Doubt	Suzuki Roshi	Apr 23 1968 A Tassajara