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Anshi Zachary Smith Talks

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Title	Speaker	Date
Body, Breath and Hara Anshi Zachary Smith examines the "doing nothing” of zazen, and how much it actually does. Zazen, Posture, Suzuki Roshi	Anshi Zachary Smith	Jun 10 2026 City Center
Three Turning Phrases Serial: SF-12379 08/13/2025, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center. Anshi Zachary Smith examines case 96 from the Blue Cliff Record which holds suggestions about how to frame one’s... Blue Cliff Record, Bodhidharma	Anshi Zachary Smith	Aug 13 2025 City Center
Embodied Precepts, Interwoven Lives Serial: SF-08230 Talk by Jisan Tova Green Zach Smith Shosan Victoria Austin at City Center on 2025-04-19 Ceremony	Jisan Tova Green, Shosan Victoria Austin, Anshi Zachary Smith	Apr 19 2025 City Center
Mind, Memory and the Fire Serial: SF-08106 02/19/2025, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center. Anshi Zachary Smith asks “How can we study and engage with memory and mind processes in such a way that it...	Anshi Zachary Smith	Feb 19 2025 City Center
Consciousness: The Interwoven Fabric of Existence Serial: SF-08193 Talk by Anshi Zachary Smith at City Center on 2025-02-19 Consciousness, Storehouse Consciousness	Anshi Zachary Smith	Feb 19 2025 City Center
Rice and Big Ideas Serial: SF-08110 01/15/2025, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center. Anshi Zachary Smith examines two koans (Zen teaching stories) from the Blue Cliff Record that have to do with... Samadhi	Anshi Zachary Smith	Jan 15 2025 City Center
Doing the Work Serial: SF-08256 04/17/2024, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Anshi Zachary Smith digs into the well-known Case 17 of the... Zazen	Anshi Zachary Smith	Apr 17 2024 City Center
Is Every Day REALLY Good? Serial: SF-08406 01/10/2024, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, from Beginner's Mind Temple, Zachary discusses an often-used koan (teaching story): Yúnmén’s “... Effort, Blue Cliff Record	Anshi Zachary Smith	Jan 10 2024 City Center
Beyond Duality in Zen Practice Serial: SF-08660 Talk by Zachary Smith at City Center on 2024-01-10 Effort	Anshi Zachary Smith	Jan 10 2024 City Center
Beginner's Mind in Every Moment Zazen	Anshi Zachary Smith	2024
An Encounter at the Bakery! Serial: SF-08822 08/23/2023, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center. The most striking feature of the famous Koan recorded as Case 1 of the Blue Cliff Record and entitled, in... Bodhidharma, Blue Cliff Record	Anshi Zachary Smith	Aug 23 2023 City Center
Introspection and Attention Serial: SF-08708 04/15/2023, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center. Anshi Zachary Smith, in this talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, explores Buddhism's program of introspective... Consciousness	Anshi Zachary Smith	Apr 15 2023 City Center
The Precepts and the Paramitas Serial: SF-07899 09/24/2022, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center. We discuss the precepts, giving a bit of history, and how they changed as Buddhism was infused with new... Suffering	Anshi Zachary Smith	Sep 24 2022 City Center
The Price of Rice and the Metta Sutta Serial: SF-07888 09/17/2022, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center. We discuss Case 5 of the Book of Serenity - “Qīngyuán and the Price of Rice” - and how, as in all good Koans... Suffering	Anshi Zachary Smith	Sep 17 2022 City Center
Jukai Receiving the Precepts Serial: SF-07906 A dharma talk on the day of a jukai ceremony, exploring vow and the 16 Bodhisattva precepts. 01/22/2022, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis, Jisan Tova Green, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma... Precepts, Ceremony	Jisan Tova Green, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis, Anshi Zachary Smith	Jan 22 2022 City Center
Jukai - Receiving the Precepts Serial: SF-07973 A dharma talk on the day of a jukai ceremony, exploring vow and the 16 Bodhisattva precepts. 01/22/2022, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis, Jisan Tova Green, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma... Precepts, Ceremony	Jisan Tova Green, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis, Anshi Zachary Smith	Jan 22 2022 City Center
Satipatthana: An overview Serial: SF-10904 Looking at the Satipatthana Sutta, the Heart Sutra and the Genjo Koan and how these three seminal documents reveal resonance that transcend time and space. 06/09/2021,... Heart Sutra, Suffering	Anshi Zachary Smith	Jun 09 2021 City Center
Enlightenment Through Mindful Emptiness Serial: SF-11124 Talk by Anshi Zachary Smith at City Center on 2021-06-09 Heart Sutra, Suffering, Study	Anshi Zachary Smith	Jun 09 2021 City Center
Devotional Zazen (video) Serial: SF-11231 An exploration of Liberation and Devotion in Zen. 12/16/2020, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center. Zazen	Anshi Zachary Smith	Dec 16 2020 City Center
Zen Freedom Through Impossible Sits Serial: SF-11357 Talk by Zzi Anshi Zach Smith on 2020-10-12 Posture, Zazen	Anshi Zachary Smith	Oct 12 2020
It Actually is You (video) Serial: SF-11299 09/02/2020, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center. Gratitude, Heart Sutra, Koan	Anshi Zachary Smith	Sep 02 2020 City Center
Posture of Presence in Zazen Serial: SF-11219 Talk by Zazen Instruction Anshi Zachary Smith at City Center on 2020-07-25 Posture, Zazen	Anshi Zachary Smith	Jul 25 2020 City Center
Zazen: Ancient Practice, Modern Peace Serial: SF-11273 Talk by Zazen Instruction Anshi Zachary Smith at City Center on 2020-07-18 Posture, Zazen	Anshi Zachary Smith	Jul 18 2020 City Center
Just Sitting: The Art of Zazen Serial: SF-11264 Talk by Zazen Instruction Anshi Zachary Smith at City Center on 2020-05-23 Posture, Zazen	Anshi Zachary Smith	May 23 2020 City Center
Understanding Life Through Zazen Practice Serial: SF-11323 Talk by Zazen Instruction Anshi Zachary Smith at City Center on 2020-05-16 Posture, Zazen	Anshi Zachary Smith	May 16 2020 City Center
Awakened Conduct (video) Serial: SF-11352 02/22/2020, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center.	Anshi Zachary Smith	Feb 22 2020 City Center
Zen's Path: Conduct Over Experience Serial: SF-12253 Talk by Zachary Smith at City Center on 2020-02-22 Blue Cliff Record, Zazen	Anshi Zachary Smith	Feb 22 2020 City Center
Doing Nothing Serial: SF-10801 4/24/2019, Anshi Zachary Smith dharma talk at City Center. Dharma Transmission, Ceremony	Anshi Zachary Smith	Apr 24 2019 City Center
How Do You Hear The Dharma? Serial: SF-10350 12/13/2017, Anshi Zachary Smith dharma talk at City Center. Posture	Anshi Zachary Smith	Dec 13 2017 City Center
Hanging from a Tree by your Teeth Serial: SF-10327 8/2/2017, Anshi Zachary Smith dharma talk at City Center.	Anshi Zachary Smith	Aug 02 2017 City Center
The Great Way Serial: SF-10439 1/11/2017, Anshi Zachary Smith dharma talk at City Center. Zazen, Study	Anshi Zachary Smith	Jan 11 2017 City Center
There It Is Serial: SF-11941 8/13/2016, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center. Study, Koan	Anshi Zachary Smith	Aug 13 2016 City Center
Zen Mindfulness Amidst Life's Chaos Serial: SF-12073 Talk by Zachary Smith at City Center on 2016-08-13 Study	Anshi Zachary Smith	Aug 13 2016 City Center
The Chain of Causation Serial: SF-12095 4/13/2016, Anshi Zachary Smith dharma talk at City Center.	Anshi Zachary Smith	Apr 13 2016 City Center
LIve This Moment Serial: SF-11979 1/13/2016, Anshi Zachary Smith dharma talk at City Center.	Anshi Zachary Smith	Jan 13 2016 City Center
The Body under the Flowering Hedge Serial: SF-09207 6/24/2015, Anshi Zachary Smith dharma talk at City Center. Dharmakaya	Anshi Zachary Smith	Jun 24 2015 City Center
The World in a Grain of Rice Serial: SF-09231 4/15/2015, Anshi Zachary Smith dharma talk at City Center. Study, Koan	Anshi Zachary Smith	Apr 15 2015 City Center
Sun-faced Buddha, Moon-faced Buddha: Living Skillfully with the Human Condition Serial: SF-07540 2014-04-16, Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center.	Anshi Zachary Smith	Apr 16 2014 City Center
The Fabric of This Moment Serial: SF-09368 12/12/2012, Anshi Zachary Smith dharma talk at City Center. Suffering	Anshi Zachary Smith	Dec 12 2012 City Center
Householder Zen: Always Be Practicing Serial: SF-09334 1/11/2012, Anshi Zachary Smith dharma talk at City Center. Effort	Anshi Zachary Smith	Jan 11 2012 City Center
Becoming Completely Human Serial: SF-10685 5/15/2010, Anshi Zachary Smith dharma talk at City Center.	Anshi Zachary Smith	May 15 2010 City Center
Zen Resolutions: Beyond Self-Improvement Serial: SF-10041 Talk by Zachary Smith at City Center on 2007-12-29	Anshi Zachary Smith	Dec 29 2007 City Center
Hiding a Crooked Intention Serial: SF-10011 11/14/2007, Anshi Zachary Smith dharma talk at City Center. Continuous Practice, Koan	Anshi Zachary Smith	Nov 14 2007 City Center