Green Gulch Farm Talks

This talk is about the source and the many forms of the Bodhisattva Vow, that vow to devote ourselves to the welfare of others which is the heart of our community life.
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Scholar, author, priest and social activist Duncan Ryuken Williams teaches in the talk on the text Sandokai, situating it in its context among Buddhist teachings on shifting...

Continuing the conversation on the harmony of absolute and relative truths, this talks suggests that we zazen is a good place to focus on the inconceivable reality, to discover...

This talk is based on Suzuki roshi’s lectures (from the book Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness) on Zen Master Shitou’s poem about the relationship between the ultimate...

What are reactivity and responsiveness? How do they work in terms of inner process, impact and relational practice?
10/10/2021, Korin Charlie Pokorny, dharma talk at...

In the talk, Abbot Ed Sattizahn uses the "Every Day is a Good Day" koan, and Suzuki's Roshi's teaching, to explore how it may be genuinely beneficial, to ourselves and others,...

The buddhas and Zen ancestors encourage us to become lucid dreamers - realizing that we are dreaming while remaining within the dream, where subject and object appear as...

Teachings and practices connecting our fundamental and profound practices of gratitude and generosity.
08/29/2021, Zenshin Greg Fain, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm....

Talk by Jiryu at Green Gulch Farm on 2021-08-22

In this talk, Abbot David weaves together personal stories regarding “seeing” with teachings by Vasubandhu, Shakyamuni Buddha, and Suzuki Roshi in an exploration of the nature...

In this time of worldwide sickness, teachings of Vimalakirti—the bodhisattva who manifests illness for the sake of teaching sentient beings— is brought up. Linda also offers a...

This Sunday Dharma talk was a special offering by Green Gulch Abbess Fu Schroeder and Rev. angel Kyodo williams, in conversation about the suffering caused by racism, and how...

By practicing zazen again and again we create space to receive stillness right in the midst of our many stories and imaginations about the world, and in this way begin to see a...

This talk centers on the two truths about our one world, the human world and Buddha’s world, with 5 easy steps on how to bring those worlds together again.
07/11/2021,...

Senior Dharma Teacher Eijun Linda Cutts reflects on "a lifetime of devotion." 07/04/2021, Eijun Linda Cutts, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.

Tenshin Roshi shares examples modern and ancient of the practice of generosity.
06/20/2021, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.

Inspired by the wisdom of a young girl talking to her mother about kindness, this talk touches on the Buddhist practices of tranquility and insight that allows us live in...

Suzuki Roshi often encouraged practitioners to "empty their minds," and this talk uses passages from his teaching to explore two aspects of this "emptying" - letting the mind...

Talk by Ango Sara Tashker at Green Gulch Farm on 2021-05-30

Reflecting on the recent passing of her mother in Japan, Rev. Kobiyama shares the meaning and power of Japanese Buddhist culture and rituals around death.
05/23/2021,...

Tenshin Roshi shares the teaching he feels he would offer if it were his last talk - the practice of sitting with all beings in the midst of suffering.
05/16/2021,...

Talk by Jiryu at Green Gulch Farm on 2021-05-09

Talk by Tenshin Reb Anderson at Green Gulch Farm on 2021-05-05

Rev. Duncan Ryuken Williams, Soto Zen priest, Buddhist scholar, and activist, draws on teachings of Dogen and stories of his own path while sharing his work on "May We Gather...