Suzuki Roshi Talks

Anshi Zachary Smith examines the "doing nothing” of zazen, and how much it actually does.

Jiryu Rutschman-Byler explores and invites the practice of profound ease, which we can touch by exhaling completely enough to “let go of hundreds of years,” and which can feel like, as...

Rinso Ed Sattizahn reflects on the meaning of Jizo’s staff and comments on David Chadwick and the Shunryu Suzuki teaching story “Everything Changes.”

Edward Espe Brown emphasizes how we learn by our own careful observation rather than simply following instructions, through reflections on his early Zen training and the creation of the “...

Talk by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel Osho at City Center on 2025-10-18

09/21/2025, Hoka Chris Fortin, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Hoka Chris Fortin asks: How do we—individually and as one—not turn away but bear witness, and respond to...

08/27/2025, So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson, dharma talk at City Center.
So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson explores what it means to be a good ancestor now: carrying warmth, witnessing...

08/23/2025, Myles Cowherd, dharma talk at City Center.
Myles Cowherd explores the transformative power of sincerity and acceptance as a counterpoint to a life of...

08/23/2025, Myles Cowherd, dharma talk at City Center.
Myles Cowherd explores the transformative power of sincerity and acceptance as a counterpoint to a life of...

08/16/2025, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at City Center.
Central Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman unpacks what it might mean to become yourself through the simple but...

Talk by Ryushin Paul Haller at City Center on 2025-07-26

07/19/2025, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at City Center.
Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler celebrates together with the sangha the launch of the first new book of Suzuki...

07/19/2025, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at City Center.
Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler celebrates together with the sangha the launch of the first new book of Suzuki...

06/01/2025, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler takes up the theme of “Becoming Yourself,” the title of a new book of...

05/31/2025, Teah Strozer, dharma talk at City Center.
Teah Strozer explores the ways that our assumptions and fixed ideas about people or situations can blind us to...

Myogen Kathryn Stark talks about Shantideva, his work on the Way of the Bodhisattva, and how we apply this to our own lives.

During a study week devoted to her teachings, Ryotan Cynthia Kear shares her memories of her teacher, Darlene Cohen.

04/02/2025, So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson, dharma talk at City Center.
So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson examines the rich intersection between Zen practice and artistic expression—...

Talk by Jiryu Rutschman Byler at Green Gulch Farm on 2025-03-09

Talk by Fu Schroeder Sangha on 2025-03-02

02/02/2025, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler suggests that to meet the current moment, we might practice a deep-rooted...

Talk by Fu Schroeder Sangha Sessions Zen Mind Beginners Mind Kakuon on 2025-01-12

Talk by Eli Brown Stevenson at City Center on 2024-12-05

Talk by Jisan Tova Green at City Center on 2024-12-04