Green Gulch Farm Talks

09/22/2024, Thiemo Blank, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
This dharma talk was given at Green Gulch Farm by Tanto Thiemo Blank. ​The talk gives an introduction into the...

09/08/2024, Stephanie Blank, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
This talk was given at Green Gulch Farm by Gyokuden Steph Blank. In the talk, Gyokuden invokes dragon...

08/25/2024, Onryu Mary Stares, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
In this talk Onryu Mary Stares discusses reality. How our attachments and karma lead us to obscure reality...

Talk by Jiryu Rutschman Byler at Green Gulch Farm on 2024-08-11

07/28/2024, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Studying Zen precepts, our tradition transmits a wealth of teachings to help us stop harming at...

07/14/2024, Jisan Tova Green, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Each life is a journey and we are all travelers. Some are forced to travel, displaced by wars or the...

06/30/2024, Myoju Erin Merk, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
This talk was given at Green Gulch Farm by Myoju Shinjin Erin Merk on Pride Day 2024 in a celebration of...

06/16/2024, Ryuko Laura Burges, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Laura talks about how we can practice with grief, loss, and ordinary everyday suffering, She weaves in...

06/09/2024, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
In this talk, Jiryu reflects on the practice of shikantaza, just sitting, as a Way that is...

05/19/2024, Kathie Fischer, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Dharma is all around us. We find it in the earth's atmosphere as we breathe in, energized, and in the earth's...

05/05/2024, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Offering a talk on the day of a funeral service for Caroline Meister, Jiryu observes that in the...

Talk by Zoketsu Norman Fischer at Green Gulch Farm on 2024-04-28

04/14/2024, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
In this talk, Jiryu suggests that by reflecting on the potential of Artificial Intelligence in...

03/31/2024, Shoho Kuebast, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
In this talk, Shoho Kuebast is reflecting on how taking refuge can be taken as a daily practice. It seems to...

Talk by Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts at Green Gulch Farm on 2024-03-24

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...

03/03/2024, Thiemo Blank, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk Thiemo Blank uses a scene from "Harry Potter" to playfully teach about penetrating the "Walls" in our...

02/25/2024, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. The first of the four Great Bodhisattva Vows is to “save all beings”, but what exactly does this mean and...

02/18/2024, Sonja Gardenswarz, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Zazen, a yogic practice, a word, an invitation, a posture, a pause in time, a space, a clearing between the...

Talk by Jiryu Rutschman Byler at Green Gulch Farm on 2024-02-11

01/21/2024, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In the great flower adornment scripture, chapter 67, the Buddha says, “All sentient beings without exception...

01/07/2024, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
This talk is a contemplation of the Flower Adornment Scripture saying “Clearly observe the Dharma of...

11/26/2023, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In times of trouble, may the gracious teachings of the gentle Buddhas aid us in healing ourselves and the world....

11/05/2023, Eijun Linda Cutts, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. After finishing 11 days on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain, Linda brings up the koan, Case 20 in...